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Fred Perry Laurel

Fred Perry Laurel
G9435 White Broderie Anglaise Shirt
FRED PERRY LAUREL
G9435 White Broderie Anglaise Shirt
£150.00
K9412 Blue Colour Block Knit
FRED PERRY LAUREL
K9412 Blue Colour Block Knit
£150.00
K9413 Marble Striped Knit
FRED PERRY LAUREL
K9413 Marble Striped Knit
£175.00
K9409 Knitted Stripe Buttercream Knit
FRED PERRY LAUREL
K9409 Knitted Stripe Buttercream Knit
£135.00
K9410 Blue Sheer Stripe Knit
FRED PERRY LAUREL
K9410 Blue Sheer Stripe Knit
£115.00
K9411 Knitted Blue Sheer Stripe Cardigan
FRED PERRY LAUREL
K9411 Knitted Blue Sheer Stripe Cardigan
£150.00
J9428 Buttercream Parka
FRED PERRY LAUREL
J9428 Buttercream Parka
£250.00
S9421 Blue Cord Shorts
FRED PERRY LAUREL
S9421 Blue Cord Shorts
£85.00
G8401 Printed Windsor Blue Polo Shirt
FRED PERRY LAUREL
G8401 Printed Windsor Blue Polo Shirt
£145.00     £44.00
G8408 Dark Marine Shirt
FRED PERRY LAUREL
G8408 Dark Marine Shirt
£125.00     £38.00
K8415 Dark Marine Knit
FRED PERRY LAUREL
K8415 Dark Marine Knit
£175.00     £53.00
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FRED PERRY LAUREL
K8416 Fawn Knit
£195.00     £59.00
K8410 Windsor Blue Cardigan
FRED PERRY LAUREL
K8410 Windsor Blue Cardigan
£160.00     £48.00
K8411 Vanilla Cardigan
FRED PERRY LAUREL
K8411 Vanilla Cardigan
£175.00     £53.00
J8430 Dark Marine Jacket
FRED PERRY LAUREL
J8430 Dark Marine Jacket
£795.00     £239.00
Fred Perry Laurel

FRED PERRY LAUREL

Fred Perry is the only brand that's consistently been sought out by youth subculture after youth subculture from the 1950s right up to today. Fred Perry has updated the attitude and styling of two key musical movements: the mid-60s guitar bands, and the post-punk scene of the early-80s. These periods shared a similar sharp, slimmed down silhouette including small collars, narrow ties, and slim, flat-front trousers.

The collections main influence is the look and silhouette of the sixties, a decade dominated by youth when British subcultures influenced the world’s fashion and music industry.

Frederick Perry, was born in Stockport in 1909 but moved down South while he was still at school and fell in love with table tennis. He practiced his ping pong every night, eventually becoming world champion at the tender age of 18. He then promptly retired from the game and got busy with his latest obsession, lawn tennis.

Unfortunately his style did not go down too well with the snobbish tennis heirarchy. His habit of changing his clothes mid-game to stay looking fresh, leaping over the net at the end of each match and dating a string of actresses and models caused major problems for this working class playboy. They were especially displeased when he went on to win Wimbledon three times in a row.

After the third victory he decided to move to America and become a pro at the Beverley Hills Tennis Club, giving lessons to Charlie Chaplin, David Niven, Errol Flynn and the Marx Brothers whilst establishing himself on the Hollywood party circuit.

In the late 40s Fred was approached by Tibby Wegner, an Austrian footballer who had invented a novel anti-perspirant device worn around the wrist. Fred made a few changes and the sweatband was born.

Tibby's next idea was to produce a sports shirt which was to be made from white knitted cotton pique with short sleeves and buttons down the front. Launched at Wimbledon in 1952, the Fred Perry polo shirt was an immediate success.

It was only available in white until the late 50s when unwittingly, the company had also produced the perfect accompaniment to the fledgling Mod movement whose were quick to pick up on the shirt’s suitability for their nocturnal activities. It was stylish, top button fastened under an SB3 or mohair suit, and durable enough to wear all night and still look fresh in the morning. It was the shirt of choice for diverse groups of lads throughout the 60s and 70s, ranging from the skinheads to the Northern Soul scene and Manchester's very own \"Perry Boys\".

Soon, after pressure from its streetwear fans, the company was receiving requests from stockists to add tipping to the collars and sleeves. The Fred Perry shirt instantly became the first crossover brand from sportswear to streetwear.

It started one of the most enduring and affectionate relationships between British youth culture and a sportswear brand. As British street fashion and music influenced the rest of the world, the Fred Perry shirt was noticed, adopted and worn in numerous countries around the globe.

The laurel logo (based on the old Wimbledon symbol) was stitched into the fabric of the shirt instead of merely ironed on (as was the case with the crocodile logo of the competing Lacoste brand). One thing remains constant. The original slim fit cotton piqué shirt is still made in England to the same shape, using the same fabric as it was when the Fred Perry shirt was first launched, way back in 1952.

When, in the 1990s, British street fashion turned against the giant designer labels and sought something with far more substance and heritage, it was the Fred Perry shirt they turned to. The label represented something of depth and quality within the new sound-bite superficial world that other labels had tried to create.

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