How to Dress like a 2 Tone Ska fan

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Wear the correct shoes and keep them polished.

   Get loafers, brogues or Doc Martens eight-hole boots or Gibsons; plain black, oxblood or cherry red.
   
   Girls' variations of the above are winkle pickers with heels or monkey boots.
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   Step 2: Get a Harrington jacket with tartan (plaid) lining.

   For the winter you may want a plain v-neck jumper (sweater in the US).
   
   Coats are three-button dress jackets, with the bottom button undone; black, white, gray or any combination of those three colors. ,, Girls can wear tight short skirts and tights
   - checked black and white
   - or 1960s black ski pants. ,, For boys a short crop or flat-top.
   
   For girls, a 1960s-style bob, similar to Barbara Feldman in Get Smart.
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   Step 3: Acquire the proper type of shirts; button-down Ben Sherman block colours or check patterns.

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   Step 4: Acquire fitted straight leg trousers or jeans - short at the cuff to show off pristine white socks.

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   Step 5: Acquire the proper accessories: Pork-pie hat with really shallow brim or a Trilby hat; Wraparound shades or Wayfarers; Braces

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   Step 6: thin and red

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   Step 7: black or white.

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   Step 8: Wear your hair short.

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