The Kinks: Dedicated Follower of Fashion Songwriters: DAVIES, RAYMOND DOUGLAS They seek him here, they seek him there, His clothes are loud, but never square It will make or break him so he's got to buy the best, Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion And when he does his little rounds, Round the boutiques of London town, Eagerly pursuing all the latest fads and trends, Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is) He thinks he is a flower to be looked at, And when he pulls his frilly nylon panties right up tight, He feels a dedicated follower of fashion Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is) There's one thing that he loves and that is flattery One week he's in polka-dots, the next week he is in stripes Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion They seek him here, they seek him there, In Regent Street and Leicester Square Everywhere the Carnabetian army marches on, Each one a dedicated follower of fashion Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is) His world is built round discotheques and parties This pleasure-seeking individual always looks his best Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is) He flits from shop to shop just like a butterfly In matters of the cloth he is as fickle as can be, Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion He’s a dedicated follower of fashion He’s a dedicated follower of fashion About the song Sometime around 1965, London style had an explosion of colour, and the classic styles of mods and rockers was soon displaced by an outrageous fashion revolution coming out of Carnaby Street in the West End If you’ve seen any of the Austin Powers movies, you can probably picture the trends: velvet jackets, circus striped trousers, impossibly short mini-dresses, pageboy haircuts on men and women alike, PVC outfits and accessories, false eyelashes and crazy hats London became super-stylish and quite daring in its tastes, shattering the stereotype that the British were reserved and understated In the US, Time Magazine described London as “swinging” and the tag stuck for the next few years — in fact, “Swinging London” developed quite an international reputation, not just in America but also in trendy centres like Paris and Rome, a reputation made all the more glamorous by the London fashion industry, by pop stars like the Beatles and the Stones, and by a string of James Bond movies (Austin Powers would come later…) The Kinks, however, were never known to follow a trend, and they began making fun of the new fashionistas almost as soon as they sprang into being, releasing “Dedicated Follower of Fashion” in February 1966 http://phonybeatlemania.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/11-the-kinks-dedicated-follower-of-fashion-1966/ Does the song celebrate fashionable people or ridicule them? What the highlighted words in the song mean? Are you a dedicated follower of fashion? Why? Why not? What’s fashionable right now? What are your favourite trends? What are the most ridiculous?