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Spiky hair and diamond ear studs???

irlirishkev · 2006-07-24 23:30:35

Has anyone else noticed this new 'fashion' going around?? Lads with shaven hair at the side, spiky in the middle, and wearing a square diamond earing in the left ear. Very often accompanied by some sort of striped polo shirt with the collars up. If I go for a walk around town, I'm guaranteed to see loads of them. I saw two…

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Has anyone else noticed this new 'fashion' going around??

Lads with shaven hair at the side, spiky in the middle, and wearing a square diamond earing in the left ear. Very often accompanied by some sort of striped polo shirt with the collars up. If I go for a walk around town, I'm guaranteed to see loads of them. I saw two at the gym the other day, then another one in the Spar on the way home.

Saw a few more sitting outside a local pub, and even young kids are doing it. Have I missed something? It looks so skanky (imo)..

K.

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#2 25-07-2006 1:16am

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Yep, a guy who works with me dresses exacly like that. I call him a pirate!

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#3 25-07-2006 8:48am

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Sounds a bit early Beckham to me?

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#4 25-07-2006 8:54am

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*cough* Gahey *cough*

I was going to bring this up, but you bet me to it. What the hell are these people thinking, they look like throw backs from the early 80's.

This "fashion" seems to be spreading like wild-fire too, I've seen it everywhere in Dublin.

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#5 25-07-2006 9:16am

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Agreed, when ever I see a bloke with a diamond earring I think either Justin Timberlake wannabe or he's gay.

The shaved head though does look like some one who missed the 80's though.

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#6 25-07-2006 1:49pm

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layke wrote:

Agreed, when ever I see a bloke with a diamond earring I think either Justin Timberlake wannabe or he's gay.

gay people would hardly wear something that unfashionable.

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#7 25-07-2006 2:00pm

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The diamond stud has been in for nearly a year now. I think it may have been Becks that made it popular. I don't like it much but I still think it is very fashionable. It is/was part of the whole metrosexual brigade. I think it has been adopted by the knacks along with stripes and track suit bottoms tucked into socks.

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#8 25-07-2006 4:03pm

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Yeah - I was talking to one who also had a gold tooth the other night. That was just wrong.

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#9 25-07-2006 4:22pm

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What do you think of those shorts and flat shoes that the knack girls are wearing? I often see them at my local DART station (very classy area I live in). I think the look is kind of cool!

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#10 25-07-2006 4:24pm

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It's a new scanger look.

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#11 25-07-2006 4:26pm

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Yes it is! It is quite useful because you can identify them from a good distance. This gives you sufficient time to put away your wallet and phone

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#12 25-07-2006 4:39pm

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irlirishkev wrote:

Lads with shaven hair at the side, spiky in the middle, and wearing a square diamond earing in the left ear. Very often accompanied by some sort of striped polo shirt with the collars up.(imo)..

K.

It's for chavs who can't afford the Burberry baseball cap

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#13 25-07-2006 4:50pm

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jdivision wrote:

It's for chavs who can't afford the Burberry baseball cap

No it's not. It is a form of tribalism. Things like this can be noted around the world. The Harajuku Girls are a notorious example. Dignify their effort to differentiate themselves. I am sure they are a sub-group of chavs ...

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#14 25-07-2006 5:21pm

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Ties into that I said here.
It's really just skanger fashion. They see their football heroes such as Beckham on TV, who happen to be metrosexual, and become cheap knock-offs of them.
It started to turn up last summer, but seems to have exploded this year.
Though they're not wearing their matching tracksuits as much any more, they're just as recognisable (A positive aspect for those of us who want to avoid them).

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