Surfers Soulies Skinheads and Skaters: Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties

Collected here is an audacious panorama of street style--clothes worn by real people--from beatnik to hippie to cyberpunk, and its influence on high fashion. All the hottest trends start on the street and are then cleaned up for the mass market. Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads and Skaters goes back to the source, charting the cycle of street style of the decades.