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Ben Watts: Teddy Boys



//See more of Ben Watts work here, or at his web site//


Edwardians, or "œTeddy Boys"€ as they became known, are an English youth subculture that created a distinctive style by wearing clothes inspired by the Edwardian period that the tailors of Savile Row attempted to reintroduce after world war two. The term "Teddy Boy"€ came about as a result of a newspaper headline that shortened Edward to Teddy and subsequently to Teddy Boy. Below are a series of Teddy Boy photos from photographer Ben Watts that I find particularly interesting. The Teddy Boy subculture is a very unique phenomenon, similar in idea to the rock and roll€ revolution in America in the 1950s.




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