Dangly things on chavy coats

[@if ®afiq]

I've got quite a large chavy coat (think East 17) and it has some dangly things at the back towards the bottom - what the hell are these for?

 

[Mr.Orb]

Strangling your helpless unprovoked victims?

 

[Gilly]

Give us a clue. Are they strings?

 

[iCraig]

A guess would suggest that they're cords for tightening the hood around your head?

 

[@if ®afiq]

I'll try and find a link somewhere..

They are stringish and from what I can tell are used as fastners/to tighten up (not on the hood though) but I just can't figure out what exactly it's supposed to do.

My coat is large and bulky - the back is longer than the front. The bottom of the back is split into two (so it looks like fish tails) and the dangly bits hang from here.

 

[robmiller]

Cords that pull the bottom bit tighter? How are they chavvy, they've been on loads of coats since the dawn of coatdom :/

 

["andy"]

eveything people on these forums mightnot like is chavvy thesedays

 

[Kol]

eveything on these forums people dont like is chavvy thesedays

I doubt he doesn't like it, he bought it

 

[nemtizz]

TTIUWP tbh.

 

[wozzizname]

Tying Frogmella, Chardonnay and the rest of your offspring to whilst making your way to the benefits office.

 

[Bri]

I know which type you mean. Not owning one, I'm not 100% sure, but I'd imagine they're for tightening the bottom of the coat up.

Have you tried to actually pull them or have you just looked at them in a state of bewilderment?

 

[Gaverick]

for tying cans to when you marry your chavette and can't afford the limo obviously, duh!

 

[@if ®afiq]

Have you tried to actually pull them or have you just looked at them in a state of bewilderment?

That pretty much it - I did try to pull them once but couldn't make any sense of it...

I've just spent 30mins trying to find it and the best thing that I could get was a ladies coat

 

[vincent1989]

A guess would suggest that they're cords for tightening the hood around your NECK?

fixed for you iCraig
much more like how i'd make coats for chavs anyway

 

[G|mp]

I'll try and find a link somewhere..

They are stringish and from what I can tell are used as fastners/to tighten up (not on the hood though) but I just can't figure out what exactly it's supposed to do.

My coat is large and bulky - the back is longer than the front. The bottom of the back is split into two (so it looks like fish tails) and the dangly bits hang from here.

They are called fish tails its a mod thing, fish tail parkas they were called

 

[Deadly Ferret]

I doubt he doesn't like it, he bought it

Oh? For all we know his nan bought it for him...

 

[Deadly Ferret]

They are called fish tails its a mod thing, fish tail parkas they were called

Doubt many people here have heard of the mods. They're too young. I myself was born best part of a decade after it ended.

 

[@if ®afiq]

They are called fish tails its a mod thing, fish tail parkas they were called

That be the one:

The concept of the Fishtail Parka design was to offer flexible extreme cold weather protection through the detachability of all parts and the "fishtail" was designed to be tied around the legs for extra insulation. The fishtail parka rear drawstrings also benefited airborne divisions as when jumping out of planes it could be tied so not to flap up and about.

Thanks

 

[Bri]

Doubt many people here have heard of the mods. They're too young. I myself was born best part of a decade after it ended.

Surely they've seen Quadrophenia though

 

[toosepin]

I swear I saw a chav with a chavish coat on - and it had a mirror on the sleeve