"In subsequent decades, youth culture presented a continued
disruption to social codes of behaviour and display. In Britain,
class played a significant part in shaping subculture’s nature. In the
1960s, Mods aped middle class respectability in neat, sharp
suits, while Skinheads toughened up this style to assert a strong
working class identity, based on workwear. In each case, youth
style was driven by a combination of its members’ search for
excitement and devotion to particular music styles. In the early
21st century, a more diffuse group within working, and
unemployed, youth emerged. ‘Chavs’ were condemned as tasteless,
for their unselfconscious flaunting of obvious branding and
disregard for middle class ideals of style. Media coverage exposed
embedded class prejudice, as the term quickly became associated
with criminality amongst teenagers on council estates. Chavs’
aggressive sportswear styles were connected to negative
stereotypes of the working class, as an easily grasped visible
incarnation of inner city lawlessness"
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