Founded in 1874 in the Scottish town of Hawick by William Lyle and Walter Scott and were initially influenced by the infamous Pringle brand. However, it wasn’t until 1926 they actually started to make knitted outerwear, in the beginning they started out making hosiery and underwear!

In 1926 their new goal was to create high quality knitwear, at the time their focus was far from fashion and solely about quality clothing.

Now with every designer outlet and fashion store selling some sort of Lyle and Scott clothing the brand has slowly become one of the most fashionable cult brands in England. From footballers to celebrities, youths to lad-dads, the infamous gold eagle logo can be spotted anywhere and everywhere you go.

Prices generally start from £70 for an original V-neck Lyle and Scott jumper and some styles retail around £90. The Green eagle golfing range is generally much cheaper than the more fashionable gold eagle and the heritage range can be more or less the same as the gold eagle clothing prices. However there have been a lot of fake merchandise released onto the market lately so make sure you buy from a reputable source!

The style has been adopted by few English teenagers who don’t want to conform to normal fashion trends. Manba in Japanese is thought to be the name of an old mountain hag in Japanese folklore, many people believe this hag is responsible for the bold fashion statement. Manba is not a new craze, it has been around for almost a decade and now is being adopted by teenagers outside of Japan. The darkening of the skin and the other attire such as blue contact lenses and widening their eyes began as a rebellion against natural fair skinned beauty.

The youths who are following this fashion trend in Britain regularly keep in touch via social networking sites to practitioners of Manba in Japan and the USA. A correspondent spoke to the girls father, initially he said he was a little shocked but as he learnt more about the trend he stated “it’s fine as long as they are learning about another culture” The followers all listen to the same style of music called Eurobeat and have a dance called Para-Para. With Britain being so multi-cultural it comes as no surprise that individuals want to experience other cultures and learn about everything from their fashion style to their music. For conventional fashion however you can find henleys jeans, G-Star jeans and fashion from Bench from UrbanJeans.