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THE FASHION ECCENTRIC Charlie Oughton Each issue, The Reprobate will be talking fashion, style and individuality with a modern dandy, a determined individualist, style icon or a dapper decadent about what they wear and what makes them tick. Charlie Oughton is a lecturer, storyteller, performer, journalist and author living in a colourful bit of South London. He writes and teaches about gender, crime and taboo in culture and with a background in theatre, he has a wardrobe of the variety and peculiar choices to pose a challenge to Mr Benn. Can you describe to us what you are wearing at the moment? A shiny red waistcoat with diamanté detail, a pocket watch, a red button-down shirt (with a pocket), a yellow silk bandana (around my neck), work trousers with ample pockets (needed for phone, pens, watch, batteries and duct tape), black fingerless gloves with pink neon bones on the front, a black trilby with a green ribbon hat band, a black pinstripe suit jacket, a thermal t-shirt and scuffed working boots. I was teaching film studies via Paris is Burning today and like to look the part. It’s a balance of pizzazz and practicality. Who are your style icons? The people who you admire and who influence you? 14 Fictional: Hiccup Haddock (in How to Train Your Dragon 2) for his mixture of hard wearing but flattering leatherwear and incorporated gadgets, Jack Sparrow for the mixture of pirate chic with an effeminate/ queer twist that hints at where he’s been, P T Barnum for the otherworldly showmanship that comes with being able to carry off a top hat and Steampowered Giraffe for their mixture of Victorian tailoring, striking colours and automaton facial makeup. I also love Mika’s previous style incorporating dress shirts with adapted collars and flamboyant jackets. That and general ‘prole’ chic – waistcoats and cravats dress up working wear while remaining practical and retaining a romanticism that the “The joyous thing about clothes is they are there to experiment with - half the fun is trying things out to see what works” ladies, gents and others seem to rather love. And who do you admire now, if anyone? David Bowie. He used clothes to transport both himself and his audience into another frame of mind and that’s incredibly important for self discovery and having plain old fun. It’s also blinding for freaking people out and changing their perceptions of what life can be like. I should add my hair was not inspired by Bowie – I had it black, fancied a change, gave my hairdresser a few parameters, closed my eyes and hoped. It’s currently ginger with brown and blonde streaks. I’ll probably go blonde next. I fully intend to grow a goatee and hope to get my bloodline’s ginger streak, full Postal Dude stylie (though I’d stop short of his gimp outfit). Is being an individual (in terms of style) important, and why? Being individual is hugely important because you can use clothes to find your way into the life that you want regardless of whether or not it’s what you were raised into. Sometimes you’ll realise you’ve left the house either looking like you’ve been punched by the colour-blindness fairy or else just like a total dick, but the joyous thing about clothes is they are there to experiment with – half the fun is trying things out to see what works. If something doesn’t work, you just try something else the next day. I’ve sewn a fullsize rubber head on to a jacket for a party and wound up leaving it on for several days before now, just for the giggle of it. Where are your favourite places to shop for clothes and accessories? For shirts and suits, Asian and African- Caribbean independent shops. Not the posh ones, the high street ones dotted around south London. They tend to stock bright colours and their event wear (particularly for religious events) often incorporates eye-catching (well, eye-punching) prints and shiny bits. For waistcoats, belts, braces and cravats it’s ebay, etsy, charity shops or flea markets. I get most of my hats from Elephant and Castle Market as they’re inexpensive (about £10) but good quality. I customise them with ribbons, stripped down Poundland fairylights and fancy dress bits, old cake decorations, you name it. What is your favourite perfume to wear or smell on another? I find the smell of leather reassuring. I also like the floral scents of Lush products, though I don’t specifically buy a perfume. Do you prefer modern or vintage? I prefer vintage (or, more exactly, second hand) because I like clothing to have a sense of history – just wondering who wore those leather shorts before me. That said, I’m very against the idea of buying over-priced vintage clothes for the sake of it. I am very much of the Mr Benn school of purchasing. One of my favourite items is a statement coat bought for £25 from a Peckham charity shop. It has metallic panels on the back, lime green and brown detailing over a black and white pinstripe, huge ornamental lapels and makes me feel like Willy Wonka.
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