Fred Perry
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Love that still burns bright
When I was a kid I shared a bedroom with my older brother. I had the bottom bunk, he had the top. My view when I woke up every morning, was his record player and a big, proud stack of vinyl. That vinyl was every single, and every album that The Jam had released at that point (probably some time during 1981, I was four). Paul Weller therefore became part of my consciousness. As I got older, my love for him, his music, his attitude, and his modernist influences and style, grew and grew until it outstripped my brothers. From this grew a love of Fred Perry that still burns bright and strong to this day, and it always will. Cool, elegant, sharp, mod, casual. Who would have though a polo shiirt could be so much, and say so much, and yet it does, and always will.
Richard, - 17 September 2010
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Timeless and classic
I've also been wearing Fred Perry for some time now. It seems this brand and the clothes it produces are timeless and classic. Every few years it regains its popularity in the mainstream. As the previous poster mentioned this is a brand which is the quintessential of cool.
Michael, Canada - 29 September 2005
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It is indefinably, quintessentially cool
In 1977 I fell in love. With The Jam. So naturally enough I, like countless teens worldwide, started to dress like Paul Weller. And he wore Fred Perry. Frederick John Perry. Arguably one of the greatest tennis players ever, created by mistake the first sportswear brand to be adopted and championed by 'youth' culture. Since then every man and his caddy have emulated the same model for personal gain. But Fred Perry sits outside all of that. It is indefinably, quintessentially cool. As anything truly cool is. And when I wear Fred Perry, I feel like that too. Though this is the first time I've ever told anyone. Switch to 2005, and Paul Weller is designing a new range for Fred Perry. I hope it fits me.
Jonathan, New Zealand - 22 September 2005