Yes, GG came out fighting.  Said his piece then buggered off.  As he does. 
Anyway, I've always admired him for coming from where he does and not letting much of it rub off on him.  I was always surrounded by 'hard nuts' and the potential for violence never really receded.  Kicking against it got me into a lot of trouble until I was about twenty.  After that they left me alone.  But my wife says I still look fierce.  It's actually chronic myopia.  Apparently John Lennon had the same problem.
GG mentions elsewhere the 'arrington and the smooves.  I have the smooves and can still look with a grain of nostalgia upon an 'arrington.  But the chances of me wearing one again are wafer thin.  Better to go with the fly-fronted macs.  I envy An Unseen Scene his Prince Of Wales number. 
For me, posting back in 2008/9 it was a steep but very rewarding learning curve.
Gibson, though, remains unique.  Thank heaven for it.

Don't like velvet anything, even on women.

Stax, who would have worn velvet?  And why?  And was it authentically a 'French' look?  We read about the Minets, but their style appears to have been very different and not, I don't think, very durable.  The orthodoxy goes that young men who began courting wanted to look presentable in front of the girl's parents.  So - longer hair and velvet?  Or longer hair and penny round collars?  Be a rush for those cords if they were still on offer.  I had a pair of Levis needlecord from the US some years ago.  Didn't like their styling, though.

AFS - The French Look ( or style), is just a general term I believe for (say), fitted jackets, (small) flared trousers, fitted / patterned shirts, shoes from 'Topper' , can't recall anyone calling it TFL in '71, I read some old posts on one post you're 're-booting' today, comments from Chris Hardy hit the nail on the head, TBH wearing these clothes in '71 at 18 yrs old with a long barnet you could pull a better class of girl/woman, and yes their parents didn't think you were a knucklehead, so a  more acceptable look to the older generation at that time !
RobbieB - Agree with your comments re music , as with the clobber musical tastes moved post '70, I like to think I've got a fairly broad taste these days, but nothing hits the spot like Otis or Aretha ,

I remember the period Staxfan is talking about, although I never heard it called ‘The French Look’. Feather cut hairstyle like Rod Stewart, tight fitting flares, platform shoes, flowery shirts with big round collars, short waisted  ‘Budgie’ jackets with round collars and suede panels - that were named after the character played by Adam Faith in the TV series of the same name, he wore that style. Afghan coats were also cool especially if paired with a real Afghan hound, but I never got to that level. It was the short lived glam rock era and probably the most effeminate male style since regency dandies. Fortunately no photographs of me still exist.


Staxfan - if you wish to revisit the style someone is still making the jackets here :

https://mendozamenswear.com/shop/jackets/two-tone-nappa-leather-budgie-jacket/

There’s some real horrors on that site.

Thanks for the tip Woof, but those days were definitely left behind in the ‘70’s ! , as a final comment on this subject I’d say the clobber from Squire shop, Quincy etc was a lot more subtle than some of the more outrageous high street offerings, think early Faces as opposed to (say) Sweet .....

I’m sure that orange and brown striped upholstery hastened the decline of the British car industry, I suppose it matched the rust.

This SOFTNESS would certainly exclude those Ralph Lauren work boots.  Red Wings are bad enough, heaven knows.