Umbro MTV Swim Short

Product details: - Fabric type: 100% Crinkle Nylon - Care instructions: Machine Wash - Origin: Imported - Closure type: Pull On

About this item: - Umbro x MTV Concept - Made in Madchester - All over digital print - Elasticated waistband with drawcord and side entry pockets - MTV and Stacked diamond logo embroidery

From the textile industry in the 19th century to music and football in the late 1980s, Manchester has been a driving force. Inevitably, these three strands would weave together. Coming together with Acid House in 1988, Manchester became Madchester with a new sound and people dressed in Baggys. Young people came together at clubs and gigs, ravers rubbed shoulders with indie kids and football fans.

Baggy clothing enabled the loose-limbed liquid movement of the dancers. Dressing for comfort, girls and boys often wore similar clothing creating a seemingly egalitarian, almost non-gendered look. The Madchester/Baggy look conveyed a confident Northern identity, with its roots in earlier working class street-styles which were distinct to the North West football crowds, but part of the broader Casual subculture. Matchday looks began to be as common at Stone Roses shows as at football stadiums, and sportswear began to interact with the baggy styles of music fans.

Gigs, like football matches, became spaces for working class youngsters to express themselves.

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