Suedehead (subculture)

Suedehead

Illustration of a male suedehead leaning on the Trojan Records logo
Years active	1970s-1980s
Country	United Kingdom
Major figures	Hoxton Tom McCourt
Influences	Skinhead, Mod
Influenced	Mod revival

The suedehead subculture was an early-1970s offshoot of skinhead subculture in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Although sharing similarities to 1960s skinheads, suedeheads grew their hair longer and dressed more formally.^[1][2] Although often working class like skinheads, some had white collar jobs. A female suedehead was a sort.

Suedeheads wore

Suedeheads were portrayed in the east end London-based film Bronco Bullfrog and the Richard Allen novel Suedehead.^[3][5][6] In the late 1970s, a suedehead revival developed following the 1977 skinhead revival. This originated with a small number of individuals such as Hoxton Tom McCourt, who also became involved with the mod revival of the late 1970s.

In the early to mid-1970s many suedeheads also owned Lambretta scooters and there was a type of mini-mod revival. It was a crossover movement based on style, music, clothes and was most common amongst working-class teenagers living in the larger inner-city conurbations.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1980s a number of

Morrissey released a single called "Suedehead" in 1988, although the lyrics appear to have nothing to do with suedehead subculture.

Footnotes

External links

• filmnoirbuff.com
• Skins, Suedes and Style from the Streets 1967–1973