Photos: Charlie Watts's Guide to Dressing Like a Gentleman
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Photo: Getty Images1/6"I got a love of clothes from my father," says Watts, who grew up in London; his dad drove a lorry, or truck, for the railroad . "He used to take me to his tailor. In those days, you'd have a little Jewish guy in the East End who made you things."
Photo: Getty Images2/6Watts backstage in 1964, one year after he joined the Stones. Prior to that, he was in jazz and R&B bands. He helped popularize the buttoned-up-shirt, no-tie look amongst rockers—something he'd picked up from jazz musicians.
Photo: Getty Images3/6With the Stones in 2008: "I always felt totally out of place with the Stones," says Watts, with the band in 2008. "Not as a person, but the way I looked."
Photo: WENN4/6Keith Richards cutting Watts's hair around 1965. "We both hate hairdressers," says Watts. "He always cut his own hair. He takes it deadly seriously, that."
