{"id":156,"date":"2025-10-13T18:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/husbands-paris.com\/en\/?p=156"},"modified":"2025-10-13T18:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:16:08","slug":"the-bande-du-drugstore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpadmin.husbands-paris.com\/en\/journal\/the-bande-du-drugstore\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BANDE DU DRUGSTORE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u00ab Minets : fake beatniks, dandy hating everything that is french – the Bande du drugstore is first and foremost anti-y\u00e9y\u00e9. \u00bb Jean Monod, Les Barjots, 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The term “minets” appears in 1965 and designated young Parisians smitten with English culture. Janson de Sailly Schoolboys or SciencesPo students who listened the Who and Animals. At a time when music is ubiquitous and constantly evolving, minets only listen to English pop or soul. About 50 of these youngsters spend all their thursdays afternoon at the Champs-Elys\u00e9es\u2019 Drugstore. They are the “Bande du Drugstore”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Catholic school uniforms to Anglo-Saxon style<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Their silhouette is both androgynous et rebel. Coming from catholic schools where uniforms are mandatory, minets find themselves in a anglo-saxon style, neutral. A provincial style rather than Cambridge\u2019s students Preppy style. Robust and shabby clothes, nothing being more downgrading than new garments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bande du Drugstore\u2019s members wear english wardrobe classics :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A wardrobe composed of classic clothes from the English style<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

golden buttons blazer (featuring the most British-like escutcheon);<\/p>\n\n\n\n

houndstooth tweed of flannel jacket;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

oxford button-down shirts, from St-Ouen flee market;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

gabardine trench-coats, often chosen several sizes down;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

slim-fitted velvet suits from Renoma and O\u2019Brial;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

corduroy five-pocket trousers (jeans are for rockers) cropped and slim-fitted to highlight a pair of Clarks, Carvil zip-up boots or JM Weston loafers;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

shetlands crewneck chosen in bright colors: canari-yellow, candy-pink, pale blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bande du Drugstore was a true subculture, the movement, appearing in 1965, reaches its climax in 1966 before disappearing in 1968. In spite of the brevity of their existence, minets left to prosperity a silhouette and unwavering images of youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drugstore, avenue des Champs-Elys\u00e9es, Paris, France. 1965.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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SEIGNER, Jean-Louis, phot. Minets devant le Drugstore. Paris, France. May 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri, phot. group of Minets. Paris, France. 1970.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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BURRI, Ren\u00e9, phot. the Drugstore\u2019s entrance. Paris, France. 1960.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n