cordshoes I can’t find it - but Marr is at the front of a shot with him and Moz.
I’m sure it’s a cord, hooded jacket.
I’ve read recently that Marr said he was a Perry Boy. It stood out to me, because I don’t think it’s true.
He discusses them here: “Every Perry Boy who’s ever walked around the centre of Manchester. They are really important to me. When I went to France and New York and all those places, I expected to see all these amazingly dressed people but, honestly, the Perry Boys in Manchester have got so much more class than anybody else in the world. I stole all my fashion ideas from them.”
“This shirt that I’m wearing now – my sister and I used to wear these shirts in the late ‘70s. These guys called the Perry Boys used to wear them. They always made quite an impression on me. In the Smiths, when I used to wear a sheepskin coat and these necklaces over a sweater and sweaters around my waist — that all came from the Perry Girls. That’s something I saw girls on the street wearing. They weren’t very rock and roll. They were sort of street. Rock ‘n roll in the late ‘70s in the UK – there were a lot of students involved. It was kind of an intellectual thing. I’m talking about working-class people who considered music press to be pretentious. They were probably right. I always liked and admired their style even though I was into music press and rock ‘n roll.”
Anyway… cord jackets - we got them from Leeds market. They did them in navy blue, olive, chocolate brown and beige. Checked lining and diagonal pockets. Drawstring at the bottom. Only to be worn zipped up enough to hang off one shoulder and the bottom sort of tucked under.
Passed down to you, via a long pole, they type they opened windows in school classrooms. Many had the shit lining, but the olive or navy blue with a better lining looked the biz.
