Fred Perry and the Skinheads: why were the attackers of Clément Méric emerging from a private sale of the English brand

SkinHeads - Wednesday June 5, Saint -Lazare district in the ninth arrondissement of Paris.A few meters from the Citadium store, specializing in "sportswear" and very frequented by young people, is organized a private sale in particular of clothing from the brand Fred Perry and Ben Sherman.At the exit, rue Caumartin, the tension rises between five skinheads and some anti -fascity activists.The fight degenerates.A few minutes later, Clément Méric received a fatal blow.

The mention of the Fred Perry brand is not unimportant.With Ben Sherman, it is indeed the club of brands most popular with far -right activists and skins groups, but also anti -fascist activists.An image that sticks to her skin.Fred Perry and his clean polo shirts at Lauriers Crown followed the evolution and the excesses of part of the English youth of the 20th century.

According to legend, it was at the age of 16 that Fred Perry decided to become tennis champion when he saw the luxury cars of players parked at the exit of a tennis tournament.Very talented, he wins the US Open three times and three times the Wimbledon tournament.After a dazzling career, this former ping-pong player born in 1909 decided to retire in the late 1940s.He then joined forces with Tibby Wegner, an Austrian football player, to launch a clothing brand specialized in tennis.The duo will invent for example the famous bracelet-sponge, an essential accessory wooded by many athletes.