Year: 2019

  • Poignant moment before troubled times

    Poignant moment before troubled times

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    Arrivederci….poignant moment of an Italian solider saying goodbye to his amour before being sent off to war.
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  • Duke of Cool, Sir Michael Caine

    Duke of Cool, Sir Michael Caine

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    The other king of cool, Michael Caine in the 1960s-70s is one of the bars that were set for the rest of us to aspire to.
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  • McQueen, King of Cool

    McQueen, King of Cool

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    It’s hard to just narrow down “one” photo of Steve McQueen being the King of Cool.  This one strikes a chord with me, wearing the navy Baracuta G9 Harrington (He’s also been photographed many times wearing his tan G9), and the aviator sunglasses.  Definitely one of the alltime Kings of Sartorial Cool.
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  • Happy Labor Day!

    Happy Labor Day!

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  • 25 Years of Definitely Maybe

    25 Years of Definitely Maybe

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    25 years ago today, one of the greatest records of all time was released.  Oasis “Definitely Maybe”.  Time has proven this record to be one of the all time greats, of any genre.  This record will Live Forever
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  • Weller Wednesday

    Weller Wednesday

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    The engimatic Paul Weller, photo taken from the heyday of the seminal mod/punk band, The Jam.  The music of The Jam is one of our biggest influences, stylistically, musically, subculturally….

    Even our name, Thick as Thieves, was inspired by The Jam’s song of the same name.
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  • Golden Age of Flying

    Golden Age of Flying

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    Great vintage photo from the ‘Golden Age of Air Travel’ in the early 1960s.  Back when stewardesses and pilots were somewhat of a “celebrity” status occupation.
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  • Influences: Les Minets

    Influences: Les Minets

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    One of the stylist/youth movements that has influenced the Thick as Thieves aesthetic is the mid 1960s French youth movement, “Les Minets”.   In many ways this was the French youth version of English Modernists.  Highly obsessed with style and looking clean cut at all times, this short lived and not often spoken about youth group has definitely contributed to the style lexicon.
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  • Casual Hooliganism

    Casual Hooliganism

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    Great vintage capture of football fans engaging in weekend violence.  With the advent of CCTV cameras everywhere now, such boisterous behavior has been severely curtailed.
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  • In Search of the Young Soul Rebels

    In Search of the Young Soul Rebels

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    Dexy’s Midnight Runners, before they adopted the “new wave gypsy” look.  Singer Kevin Rowland has been involved in British subculture since the late 1960s and his insights into clothes and youth subculture have been well written in various books like “The Look”.
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