Teddy Boys started just after the war when, like zoot suit wearers they wore long flamboyant suits. Although unlike the zoot suiters they wore Edwardian style clothes and called themselves New Edwardians. They originated before Rock 'n' Roll. It wasn't until the mid '50s that they took up Rock 'n' Roll as their own, and started wearing brothel creepers and more exciting colours. The Daily Express nicknamed them 'Teddy Boys.' The Rock 'n' Roll generation of Teddy boys kept the name.
By the '60's some Teddy Boys decided to follow
Rock 'n' Roll, and take up the leather jacket. The next generation decided to take up slicker, more tightly cut suits to rebel against the flamboyancy of the Teds.
It was not until the '70's that the Ted revival came about, making enemies with the new generation of Punks.
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