It was typified by young men wearing clothes inspired by those of the Edwardian period, which Savile Row tailors had tried to re-introduce after World War II: "Edward" being shortened to Ted after a Daily headline in 1953 first coined the term 'Teddy boy', which stuck.
Tuesday, 7 August 2007
I Used To Be King of The Teds Down in Muswell Hill...
It was typified by young men wearing clothes inspired by those of the Edwardian period, which Savile Row tailors had tried to re-introduce after World War II: "Edward" being shortened to Ted after a Daily headline in 1953 first coined the term 'Teddy boy', which stuck.
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