Imagine you’re a 15 year old middle class boy but you like to dress like a roadman

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What watch brand do you favour? Any one got any intel on watches these type of young gents wear? To set the scene, they are also wearing black joggers or low slung jeans, Nike sport socks, Nike trainers, a white t shirt preferably Calvin Klein and a gym shark or Nike hoody, Ralph Lauren if they are feeling swish, topped off with a black north face or adidas coat and perhaps a little Nike beanie if
it is sub zero temps or they are unhappy with their hair. Any cool brands to know for a watch?

Just wow at the price of a swatch these days!

I would not encourage this. What a horrendous sense of style your boy has!

Not just you, you’re about eighth to have asked and it’s been comprehensively answered.

My 13 year old nephew is just on the cusp of this stage, so reading with interest.

What do you allow your teens to wear?

whilst I take your point this is tongue in cheek. I can’t imagine anyone on this thread is encouraging their kids to dress like this, but at 15/16 you have to let them ride it through. It’s not a route to being involved in gang culture, they’re on the whole nice boys teenage experimenting who by 6th form have moved into another phase.

My baggy tracksuit hoody puffa chunky chain wearing bum hanging out 16 year old is morphing quickly into Zara jeans Henley tops and most of Uniqlo’s men’s range.

Brilliant thread, ours has long graduated roadman school and is now an eco-sensitive horticulturalist-chef sporting a 1990s Barbour Beaufort and wellies!

They’ve been doing this for at least 30 years in my experience. My red brick university was rammed to the rafters with posh kids showing their pants and talking like Ali G in 1996.

What is this shorts under joggers thing? Can anyone explain? I wondered if there were worried about someone pulling trousers down (but not worried enough not to have them half way down the backside!)

Mine owns a Hugo Boss, it's silver link and he even has the silver chain style bracelet to match
Tres chic x

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@Shuffletoesxtreme Yes agree. It used to be a ' thing' amongst Asian boys in S London in the 90's that I hung around with. (See Goodness Gracious me sketch). My friends are now all in their 50's and working in finance or IT with their own teenage 'Bhangramuffins'
@Londersand That does concern me a bit, especially as mine is heavily into the music scene too ( although ATM that involves listening to and mixing tracks in his room and buying synth equipment.) He is very anti drugs, which I know all mums say when their kid is arrested for dealing and we've spoken about it.

Love this! I watched Ali G with my son (13) I loved it for nostalgia and comedy but he seems to think he is a genuine person to aspire to be fashion and language wise 🫪

I have this. He has however started venturing to Ralph Lauren and has started to veer towards the preppy varsity look. Also started to favour Canterbury’s over Nike and shock horror, has asked for navy, rather than black.
For watches Samuel’s is your friend. Not swatch, they’re for Dads in the same way Superdry is apparently - bruh!
His brother is still firmly in the Nike Tech Era oh the joys.

Mother of a middle class road man here!

montriex sets.
North face sets.
Apple watch.
Tommy Hilfiger watch.
Nike, Addidas, Carhart socks.

All only in grey black or very dark navy!

I think it would be a bit dramatic, it’s just a phase in a teenagers life how they dress.

Do you have teenagers? Basically, they try to fit in and look the same as everybody else. It’s not as deep as joining a gang! LOL

What is a roadman? Down and out, road surfacing contractor, runner, transient worker, I have no idea.

The Le Creuset mug 😆

Oh this is just the perfect description!!

I too am the proud owner of one of these boys, also 15! Watches not so much around here or if so an Apple watch, but we have just 'graduated' from JD to white All Saints T-Shirts and Represent hoodies which might be worth putting on the list.

I can absolutely assure you that no 15 year old boy gives as much thought to his appearance as what you just conveyed here.

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And I can assure you that they do! Oh the angst over the hair not being right or the favoured tracky bottoms being in the wash.

Would you consider reading the thread at all?

@dodgercity Oh the angst over the hair not being right

That sounds very insecure. Most teenagers grow out of that quickly enough.

or the favoured tracky bottoms being in the wash.

Anyone wearing tracky bottoms has selected them for comfort, not appearance.

If dressing like a roadman lead teens into gang life then the area I live now in would have turned into a Brazilian favela by now 😂.
Honestly. No one is saying that middle class kids are immune from trouble. But the clothes are just a costume for teens and one that this thread has shown pretty clear is grown out of as they head towards their twenties.