Shell Suits and Outdoor Heritage: The Evolution of British Outerwear Technology
Shell Suits on the Streets: A Flash of Eighties BritainStep out onto any British high street in the late 1980s, and you’d be greeted by a technicolour parade that could put even the dullest of weather to shame. The shell suit—a riot of polyester and garish hues—became the unmistakable uniform of working-class youth, staking its…