MY WORD IT'S DAVE AGAIN, HE MUST BE DOING A WEDGE ON HIS MOSS BROS ACCOUNT. WHAT I PARTICULARLY LIKE ABOUT THIS LOOK IS HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL. WE CAN SEE FROM THIS PICTURE THAT HE CLEARLY FELT THAT A PORK PIE HAT, AS FAVOURED BY THE MODS IN THE 60'S WOULD SET OFF THE LEATHER WAISTCOAT AND T-SHIRT PERFECTLY
RON TREE, AN EXTROVERT IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. WHAT I FEEL HE IS TRYING TO EXPRESS HERE IS "WHO NEEDS F***ING CLOTHES, NOT ME, I CAN LOOK GOOD BY PAINTING MYSELF WITH THIS STUFF I'VE HAD SINCE I WAS A KID!". ALL I WOULD SAY TO RON IS "IF YOU'VE HAD THAT SINCE YOUR CHILDHOOD , MAKE SURE IT'S NOT LEAD BASED BEFORE YOU START COVERING YOURSELF IN IT !"
NO FEATURE SUCH AS THIS WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT MENTION OF ANOTHER GREAT HAWKWIND FASHION GURU, THE ONE AND ONLY MR BOB CALVERT. YEARS BEFORE IT WAS THE "MUST HAVE" ITEM ADORNING THOUSANDS OF SPOTTY YOUTHS NECKS WE CAN CLEARLY SEE ROBERT WEARING A BURBERRY SCARF AND OVERCOAT. MIND YOU, THE PRICE THEY CHARGE FOR THEIR CLOBBER IT'S NO WONDER THAT POOR OLD BOB DIED PENNILESS. I FEEL THAT MENTION SHOULD ALSO BE MADE OF HARVEY IN THE BACKGROUND, WHO APPEARS TO BE USING A CURLY GUITAR LEAD "A LA BRIAN MAY" AS BRACES
NOW WE'RE REALLY COOKING, DAVE IS NOW BRINGING HIS SOCIAL AWARENESS TO HIS LOOK. IN WHAT IS AN OBVIOUS NOD TO THE PLIGHT OF BOTH MINERS AND HEALTH WORKERS. I THINK WHAT HE IS TRYING TO EXPRESS HERE IS " IF YOU ARE EMPLOYED IN EITHER OF THESE PROFESSIONS THE PAY IS SO CRAP THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN AFFORD TO PUT A F***ING SHIRT ON YOUR BACK!"
NEXT UNDER THE MICROSCOPE IS OUR OLD MATE AND SOMETIME HAWKWIND COLLABORATOR MICHAEL MOORCOCK. WHILST NOT THE IDEAL PICTURE TO FULLY ANALYSE THE AUTHORS KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S HOT AND WHAT'S NOT, WE CAN STILL SEE THAT HE USES WHAT I CALL THE "MATCH AND CONTRAST" PRINCIPLE. IN LAYMAN'S TERMS THAT MEANS THAT WHILST HIS JACKET AND SHIRT "CONTRAST" HIS SHIRT AND BEARD ARE AS ONE!. I WOULD ALSO GUESS THAT THIS SHOT WAS TAKEN AROUND 1977 AS I FEEL THE LOOK HAS A VERY "SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER" FEEL ABOUT IT!!