'\"Dedicated Follower of Fashion\" is a 1966 single by British band The Kinks. It lampoons the contemporary British fashion scene and mod culture in general. Originally released as a single, it has been included on many of the band\'s later albums. Musically, it and \"A Well Respected Man\" marked the beginning of an expansion in the Kinks\' inspirations, drawing as much from British music hall traditions as from American rhythm and blues, the inspiration for breakthrough Kinks songs like \"You Really Got Me\". While it was quite scornful toward them, many of the fashionistas the song mocks would later take its title to heart. In the mid-1960s fashion in Britain was becoming increasingly daring and outrageous, driven by the youth-oriented culture of Swinging London. Boutiques such as Biba, designers like Mary Quant, and the television personalities like Cathy McGowan who popularized them became celebrated as much as the entertainers who wore their mod clothes. Fashion trends changed rapidly, and the Carnaby Street shops did a brisk business from those trying to avoid seeming out of step with the latest craze. Ray Davies saw all this and satirized the hypothetical extreme, a superficial dandy whose \"clothes are loud but never square / It will make or break him so he\'s got to buy the best ... He thinks he is a flower to be looked at ... In matters of the cloth he is as fickle as can be.\"[1][3] Davies claims he wrote the song in one sitting, typing the lyrics out on a typewriter, with no later revision.[citation needed] It was performed with Davies mostly accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, with the rest of the band joining in on the \"It will make or break him so he\'s got to buy the best \'cause...\" and echoing the \"Oh yes he is\" lines in the refrain.[3] The band attempted recording the song a number of times, playing with the arrangement, lyric diction, and guitar sounds. Davies was never totally satisfied with the release version, and was angered that the song\'s production and release were rushed by Kinks managers and Pye Records. At least two of the alternate versions are available as bonus CD tracks and as bootleg recordings. A song originally written for George Best to record in 1966. Matt Busby the then Manchester United Manager stopped George from recording it. Featuring the Vocal and Visual Talents Of STEVIE RIKS. www.stevieriks.com www.youtube.com/MrSTEVIERIKS'
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