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The character in Eddy Mitchell’s 1974 song ‘la Ballade de Billy Brillantine’ was originally to be named ‘Rocky Pento’ (but the makers of Pento refused the use of their trademark. https://bespokeunit.com/articles/grooming/brylcreem-review-british-usa/

The wide-striped shirt … the least commented sartorial attribute of teenage boys of the 1950s. They were meant to be more extravagant than ordinary monochrome or patterned shirts but definitely less flash than the typical 1950s  two-tone shirt. They are also much better and more befitting of the 50s rock’n’roll style than the ‘Hawaiian shirts’ […]