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17:45Clair Buckley:Yeah, I've got lots of mates that do that. That's a bad look. I don't do it. Oh, I'll tell you what, isn't it? The really, really skinny jeans with the boys on a night. They're really, really, really skinny jeans. Yeah, I used to wear those. Yeah, but you did it in a kind of like Pete Doherty, rock star way. I'm talking like the Essex boy look, I guess. That was it. You were like alt-Essex boy. Yeah, so this was like, I don't know, 2003, 2004. Yeah. You still see some really skinny jeans though on a night up. I think that's over. That stuff then gets... Just quickly scanning the room for making sure nobody's wearing skinny jeans.

18:27No, that stuff that is fashionable gets mocked and teased.

18:33Clair Buckley:Say Harry Styles wears something and it's a bit wacky and a bit out there. Yeah. But you go, do you know what? That's wacky and out there. But he looks quite cool. Yeah. So a couple of people will go, oh, I'm going to dress like that. Yeah. And then it will be like, oh, will you dress? And then your mates down the public are like, oh, fucking, will you dress like that for? Then it gets adopted by the helmets. Right. Which are, you know, my mates, by the way. Yeah. Then it gets adopted by them and they start doing it about 15 years after you stopped doing it. Yeah. And that's the skinny jeans thing.

19:07Clair Buckley:And then there's that famous meme. It's like that picture, isn't it, of like four, three or four guys. I think they put the in-betweeners, our heads on them as well. Like that goes around quite a lot. I mean, I know something that we've both got a problem with and we've spoke about it a lot on this podcast. Crocs. Crocs, yeah. I just think... We're always slagging Crocs off. I just think... I understand them. I understand them. I do. Jude wears them all the time. Jude wears them all the time. Well, yeah, because it just makes it easier for hockey training and stuff. When he goes to training and stuff.

19:38Yeah, it's easy.

19:39Clair Buckley:I get them. I get... But it is like you've just given up. I tell you what I don't like. The man bag. I'm not a fan of the man bag. So this is what... Actually, it was even worse than the man bag. Just a guy carrying around a bum bag like a handbag. Practical. Practical. It's the crocs of bags. Yeah. The bum bag. Yeah. This is why I like my Fred Perrys and my jeans and my 60s. Yeah. I feel like I'm not following a trend. I feel like I'm still being influenced by the music and the bands that I like and stuff, but I'm not doing it because everyone else is doing it. And that's what International National Fashion Day is about.

20:31Clair Buckley:Global National Fashion Day. Yeah, yeah. It's about being a bit different and being a bit out there. Yeah, I like it. I like when I see people dress differently. It makes me happy for them. Right, let's have a quick swipe there, Claire, because we've got some trends invented by our listeners. Okay, right. Do you hear that? sounds like breakfast is ready because Quaker's coming in hot with morning nutrition 100 % whole grain oats and a good source of fiber to fuel the rhythm of your morning and kickstart your day and that sounds absolutely delicious fuel to start whatever's next Quaker, official sponsor of FIFA World Cup 26 I, O, let's go So, Claire, we've got some more trends invented by our listeners.

21:23Love it.

21:24Clair Buckley:I should probably say, this has become a bit of a feature, isn't it? It's because everybody thinks they've done it. I should say, that's what it is. Yeah. That's how I explain this feature to begin with. Those things that you think you've done. They know. That you know you haven't. They know. Yeah. They know they're going to write in and we're going to go, no, you didn't. Here's one from Harry. Harry. Harry says, I am a generational trendsetter. Oh. Go on, Harry. Back in 2010, as a 14-year-old, I was absolutely obsessed with Oasis. I still am. I had the parka jacket, the haircut, despite being ginger.

22:05Clair Buckley:And on GCSE music days, I'd walk around with my Union Jack Epiphone Supernova strapped to my back like I was about to play Main Road. Cool. Everyone thought I was a complete idiot. Fast forward 15 years, now every person in Britain owns an Oasis jacket. Right, I'll be honest, Harry. Harry, what are you talking about? You can't... You can't claim this one. First of all, it's not an Oasis jacket. The parka was, I mean, Quadrophenia made the parka for me. This is the problem, Harry. You're too behind. You can't... You've not even got it right. You can't say in 2010 I set the trend of a parka. Same with Guinness, he says.

22:54Clair Buckley:Fucking hell. Is it still Harry? Yeah. I used to nick cans out of my stepdad's fridge and turn up to house parties drinking Guinness while everyone else was on fruity cider. Now every lad in a quarter zip is obsessed with splitting the G. Basically, I walked so the current generation could run. Kind regards, Harry. I love that from Harry Harry you fucking blew the doors off mate good for you man have you seen the new thing not splitting the G have you seen the thing for Birra Moretti you know the Birra Moretti it's like a guy if you think of the bottle but on the glasses you get it's like a guy with his arm like that and it's called setting the table and you've got to get the beer right under his arm so it looks like he's leaning on the beer Oh, God.

23:44No?

23:45Clair Buckley:It's boring, isn't it? Don't like that? No. I don't like the split in the G thing either. No, I don't either. Got another one here from Joe. Hello, Buckleys. Here is a fashion trend I started. Back in school, during the noughties, plimsolls were the slightly embarrassing footwear you used to wear during PE. But one day, in an unnamed Essex market, I saw a pair of white plimsolls. I was intrigued. I thought they looked quite nice. So I bought a pair and prepared for the inevitable backlash of knocking about in footwear only deemed acceptable in the school hall. I got a couple of snarky comments.

24:19Clair Buckley:But then, like wildfire, white plimsoes started popping up on everyone's feet. I don't have the exact dates, but I think this is definite proof that I started this. Indie bands of the 2000s, you're welcome. I had a load of pair of those and it wasn't at Essex. We travelled into Brick Lane. You get them for a fiver on Brick Lane. Hold on, are you? All my mates had it. All my mates that were in bands and stuff, we all wore these five pound cheap plimpsoles that you'd wear to death. Are you talking about actual like sand shoes? Because we didn't call them plimpsoles, we called them sand shoes. Yeah, they're like those, but they had laces.

24:54Clair Buckley:They weren't just... So you're talking about like white, the kind of white vans look? Yeah. Right. Yeah. Right. See, that's not... But they sold them in some shop on Brick Lane. It was quite, it was, I don't know, for about six months it was a thing. Right. And everyone went to Brick Lane to get these white plimps. Well, say thank you to Joe. On all the indie nights. Thursday nights in Bromford. Everyone would wear super skinny jeans. Everyone just wanted to look like they were in the Strokes, basically. Yes, right. The Strokes, the Libertines. Yeah. They really did set that trend. Yeah. I always remember the Libertines with skinny, skinny jeans in the boots.

25:32Yeah, yeah.

25:33Clair Buckley:Winklepicker. Yeah. The Chelsea boot. Chelsea boots, yeah. I've got a Marine, American Marines dress jacket. Yeah, you do. Like the one Pete Doherty wore on that album cover, wasn't I? I used to wear that for a bit. Yeah, it wasn't the, they wore the red ones, the beefeet sort of ones. I had a black one. But it's got red lining. Yeah, it's got something like that. It's got all the buttons. Yeah. I wore it for a photo shoot and I said, oh, can I keep that? Right. And the lady that got all the clothes and stuff was like, yeah, yeah, sure, no worries. I remember that. I wore it out a couple of times on those indie nights.

26:12Oh. Worked, did it?

26:14Clair Buckley:It got some looks, Claire. Did it? There was a lot of smiles. A lot of female gaze. A lot of female smiling, laughing, that sort of thing. I was like, this is definitely having a positive effect. Pointing as well? Yeah, pointing. And I was thinking, this is having a positive effect. Love that. Because I assume if they were pointing and looking angry, they would be upset. Sure. But because they were like, some of them were like tears in their eyes. Just really laughing. Pointing and laughing, holding onto their stomachs. Yeah. Yeah, I'm making a lot of people happy right now. See, the irony is, James, I loved that when you wore that.

26:49Clair Buckley:Can't wear it now. To be fair, that happened to me the other day, actually, and it was quite depressing. I've got this little dress, right, and I got it, oh God, 20 years ago. and it's tiny and it was really expensive and that's why I've kept it. It's like a little silk dress and I was looking for something the other day and I pulled it out and I just looked at it and I was like, holy shit. You'd be lucky if that would go over my thigh. Do you know, I can still fit into your wedding dress.

27:19Clair Buckley:I just thought I'd subvert that thing a little bit. This one's here from Billy. It says, hello James and Claire. Here's a trend I invented and I'm not quite sure if I should be proud of it or not. In the early 2000s, it was as if lads were competing to find the skinniest jeans possible. Put it this way, I saw a lot of packages I'd never seen before. I was also joining the hunt until I had an idea. What if I could wear my sister's jeans? I raided her wardrobe, found a lovely pair of drain pipes, took a deep breath, squeezed them on, then off I went. Perfect fit on the legs, less so on the crotch.

27:57Clair Buckley:things we did for fashion. I told my mates and was met with intrigue. Cut to a few weeks later and all the boys were wearing Topshop. Those were the days. Yeah. That was a thing. I do remember that. You must have had some girls' dreams. Yeah, of course you did. Yeah, yeah. I was in Topshop all the time along Oxford Street. Not Topman? Yeah, both. Both. I'd go through both. Right. Do you remember the, I thought what he was going to say, but I think this was too far for boys I don't think I've seen boys wearing these but do you remember the jegging yeah I had jeggings you had jeggings yeah yeah the leggings that looked like jeans yeah yeah I had jeggings you didn't yeah yeah yeah I had jeggings oh I'd like to see a picture of that I had jeggings boy

28:45Clair Buckley:listen I am just going to say officially that Billy Joe and Harry Harry if you guys believe you started those trends then you started them. That's all this needs to be. I had the skinny jeans, boots, waistcoat, scarf. The scarf, you loved a scarf, yeah. You used to steal your mum's scarves, didn't you? Yeah, I had a little silver sequined scarf I wore out. I've actually thought of something that I think I started now that you've said that. Go on. Do you remember it became, scarves were a thing for a long time, just like these really thin little scarves. and I'm pretty sure that I was the first one to wear the scarves with the skulls on it and then that became girls everywhere were wearing them and I was like you don't even like skulls I can tell by looking at you I used to go I used to like be in Brick Lane Camden all the time I don't know why doing nothing by the way because you were cool just hanging out just sat on a wall yeah that's where you needed to be seen yeah what you're not going to pull on a pair of jeggings for nothing man exactly yeah you gotta go out there and let people see it but that was the thing I was like these jeggings are gonna fucking blow everyone's minds in Essex yeah they're not gonna be able to handle it I need to be in London with my people gotta go to Camden I think you gotta go through that period in your life yeah you sort of I was like from the age of about 14 yeah to 19 I was like constantly just going jumping on the tube going to London yeah hanging outside the Hawley Arms or something to see if you could spot Amy Winehouse or something I thought Pete's in there I think Pete's in there have you heard have you heard Pete's in there fucking is he really do you think we could be mates I know do you think he'd start a band with me that's what I used to think I know that's good I used to generally be like oh fucking Pete or Carl see me they're gonna go get him in the band don't let him slip away get that kid in the band right now he's clearly one of us anyway let's have a little swipe Claire and then and then I've got a feature for you oh and I think I know where it is so don't you be looking yeah yeah I've not looked anyway that gives away the feature anyway see you in a sec anyway bye anyway right put your iPad down you big cheater no I've not looked lock it put it in your pocket save it for later yeah right you ready are you still drunk?

31:20Clair Buckley:I'm contributing nothing to this right well you can take a little break because I'm going to ask you some questions now because we are going to play Strike It Buckley yes

31:36thank you somebody's awake

31:43ready?

31:44Clair Buckley:yes ma 'am alright welcome to Strike It Buckley the fast paced trivia game show presented by yours truly, Claire Buckley. What are you laughing at? The laid back, lazy, rip off game show. Well, as it's National Fashion Day, this quiz is all about... It's International National Fashion Day. It's globally National Fashion Day. This quiz is all about fashion. Right. Okay. You've got eight questions today. Are you ready? I am ready. Make sure you're playing along at home, guys. Which iconic brand features the head of Medusa on its logo? Oh, you've got some shoes with it. I do. It begins with a V. Yeah.

32:27Clair Buckley:Versace? Yes. Nice. I do like Versace. It's very in your face, which is why I like it. If I buy something posh, I don't have enough posh stuff to go, well, I just like it because it's beautiful. I'm like, no, I want people to know. Yeah. I want you to see it. It's like... I want those double Gs to hit you in the face.

32:55I was talking about Gucci there. Right.

32:59Clair Buckley:It's all right. It's like buying a Lamborghini. Yeah, you want people to see it. People buy the Lamborghini because it is such a wacky... You could spend just as much money on an Aston Martin, maybe not so much, but you could buy an as expensive car, but it'd be a bit more subtle and classy. Yeah. But people go for the Lamborghini because they want the in-your-face and the bold layout. Yeah. I do have a pair of Versace shoes and I love them. They've got a big gold Medusa head on the front. That's how I know that. There you go. Right, question number two. Okay. Which football manager started a trend for waistcoats during the 2018 World Cup?

33:45Oh, Southgate.

33:49Clair Buckley:What's his first name? Gareth. Question number three. Go on. Lady Gaga played the lead role in which Ridley Scott directed film about a famous fashion house? Gucci. House of Gucci. Correct. Right, question number four. Which 90s fashion brand got into trouble with advertising authorities By purposefully using their name to resemble a swear word? Oh, French Connection Yeah I had one of those shirts S-E-U-K Yeah Add the perfume I used to call it for cuck Yeah Shut the for cuck up Until I sort of realised Question number five Yeah Which type of trainer features the Jumpman logo? Oh, Jordan's Yeah Harrison's obsessed with Air Jordans that was a good movie he watched the film it was a really good film yeah number six which song features fashion icons Greta Garbo Marlon Munro Jimmy Dean and Grace Kelly on the cover of a magazine which song features a magazine yeah think about that which song is about a really famous magazine Vogue Madonna there you go right number seven yeah what is the oldest Adidas shoe still in continuous production?

35:04Clair Buckley:Oh, I'm going to go with I think you're between two and I think you're going to say the wrong one. I'm actually thinking of Adidas World Cups. The football boot because that's the first No, a shoe, a trainer. Which is, what is the oldest Adidas trainer still in continuous production? I knew he would want to get this right. Look at him. Oh no. No, that one got loads of 72s. No. There's Sambas. It is the Samba. It is the Samba. Oh, we're in Sambas now. Yeah. Fucking idiot. What a fucking moron. We can't see them because of the big fucking tongue. I know. Right, last question, number eight. When did the Samba come out out of interest?

35:49Clair Buckley:Oh, I don't know. I think our listeners would want to know that. 1949. 49, wow. 1949, the Samba? That's when the Sambas came out. Wow. That's amazing. I mean, they have made a comeback. Yeah. Well, I started that. Oh, did you? Yeah. Right, okay. They came out in 49. Is that what you said, 49? Yeah. Nobody wore them. No. Nobody wore them. Not until you started doing that. I saw them and then all of a sudden, look, we've got about eight pairs of Sambas in this room alone. Right, question number eight. Yeah. Which iconic item of clothing was named after a car brand? I didn't know this. Trying to think of early cars.

36:26You have had this car.

36:29Clair Buckley:Oh is it a mini something Mini skirt There you go There we go You got Eight out of eight Yeah I got them all right Yeah we're not giving them the sand Yeah no I got that one wrong You got seven out of eight Yeah that's still pretty good That's alright Okay that was Strike it Buckley Whee

36:54Clair Buckley:Okay Claire That's it That is it That's the end. That's it, yeah. As I mentioned, and I feel it's important to mention, not to judge this episode too harshly because I feel hungover, right? But you're not. I'm not hungover. I just feel it. Right. And I'm getting worse and worse. That's it, though, for this week's episode of The Buckleys. Thank you for listening. Remember that you can get in touch with your stories and questions by emailing thebuckleys at platformmedia.uk or you can message us at thebuckleyspod on Instagram and TikTok. and don't forget to follow and subscribe to the show on Spotify or whatever podcast app that you like to use and if you're feeling extra generous why not go ahead and leave us a review all that is left is for old Double G's here to say see you next Thursday that was a podcast kind of chiefs