Ska Style
These guys are typically dressed in dark or two tone suits, skinny ties, and pork pie hats. True, they may look like the Blues Brothers, but they are actually dressing to the style of Walt Jabso the little guy on the 2 Tone label design, who was actually emulating the Rudeboy (a group of gangsters in Jamaica) style of dress. Modern day Rudeboys also draw much influence from the British Mod movement.
Rudegirls are usually clad in knee to mid-calf length skirts, tight sleeveless shirt or sweater, shoulder length hair, and cool, funky shoes. Black and white are the defining colors for this set. Both Rudeboys and Rudegirls are often seen on Vespas.
Ok, ok, don't be alarmed. True, skinheads listen to ska, but not the skins that most people are familiar with. Not the Nazi ones. They're bad. I'll give you the whole story in a nutshell. The first skinheads were Jamaican, including Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer. Real skins are everywhere and multiethnic. There are Malaysian Skins, Native American Skins, British Skins, etc. etc.. What happened is that the Nazi ones took the image and polluted it. Most skinheads I know are either apolitical or consider themselves a SHARP (SkinHeads Against Racial Prejudice). Are we clear? Good, on to the fashion... First and foremost (obivously) skins usually have a shaved head, or in the case of women, the chelsea haircut (shaved except the bangs). Skins typically wear nylon flight jackets, white shirts, skinny suspenders, black "high water" pants, and big boots. The preferred brands are Fred Perry, Doc Marten, and Ben Sherman (note the British influence).