Bring back the donkey jacket

Last week, in typically elitist London fashion, I pontificated about crombie overcoats. Well, this has prompted a response from my Yorkshire bro, the Northern Avenger. Here’s his tribute to an unjustly reviled skinhead staple. Bootgirls and bootboys, I’m handing over to the Northern Avenger…

The humble donkey jacket: one of the mainstays of the British coal miner, binman, and other manual workers and lefties of years past – and (some) skinheads of course. It has a long history with the working class. I will try – and probably fail – to explain some of its history and relevance to the skinhead cult.

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December 28, 2016October 3, 2020 by Crombieboy Categories: Clobber, Skinhead historyTags: Combat, donkey jacket, George Keys, Manchester, NCB, Pop Boutique, the working class, up north, Warrior. 24 Comments

I walked with a Crombie

About a year ago, I sneered that there was nothing “authentically skinhead” about real Crombies. With no small amount of inverted snobbery, I suggested there was no point in getting one unless you were an “MP, diplomat or KGB agent“. Well, that was then. But last month, I sussed an unbelievable bargain for a Crombie Retro Coat in mint condition. Now I think real Crombies are the dog’s bollocks.

December 23, 2016March 16, 2022 by Crombieboy Categories: Clobber, Skinhead historyTags: Adam of London, Crombie, Jump the Gun., original skinheads, Relco, Warrior. 14 Comments