Continued….
Or are you Rockers?
Yours,
Whisty Xx
Posts Tagged ‘Mods
Ahoy there!
Brighton, the spiritual home of the Mod.
Being a Mod at heart,with a penchant for biker-style leather, there was only one option for what I’d wear for a day trip to Brighton last weekend. I’d have to go with two outfits. A Fred Perry jumper and a Topshop leather biker jacket.
Trouser-wise, that was a no-brainer; a pair of royal blue, shiny, sparkly skin-tight leggings – which were, to my delight, renamed mermaid trousers by a fabulously camp fellow outside an ‘adult store’. I’ll go with that, mermaid trousers, at the seaside is too perfect.
Are you Mods…
Jumper, Fred Perry
Chain, Bag & Disco Pants, ORVintage
Lita-Style Boots, Korkys
To Be Continued tomorrow…
09
Aug
10
Fred Perry’s, Menswear and Music
Hey All,
Apparently we’re set for a bit of summery weather this week. In eager anticipation, I’ve pulled out my ancient Fred Perry polo shirt. I thrifted it when I was in 6th Form and have worn it religiously every summer since. Fred Perry‘s are quite tomboyish, but I love how they represent so many elements of music and sub-culture.
The website, for example says: “1959: The fledgling British Mod movement members were quick to pick up on the shirts suitability for nocturnal activities. …top button fastened under … a mohair suit and durable to wear all night long and still look fresh in the morning. It became the first crossover brand from sportswear to street wear”.
Music and Fred Perry seem to have moved hand-in-hand ever since. Through the 70′s and 80′s with bands like The Jam and The Specials. To the 90′s with Britpop bands like Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene and Blur. This autumn sees the launch of Amy Winehouse’s collaboration with the brand, sketches here:
Amy Winehouse for Fred Perry
Paul Weller
Terry Hall, The Specials
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Editorial and TV
Cook, Skins
Eh, me again.
Should the sunshine fail to appear; I was in BT2 last week and crushed hard on the A/W’10 range of button-down collar, plaid / check shirts by Farah. I’m thinking this one should do it.
Get on the ’80′s style vibe by watching the new Shane Meadows’ ‘This is England’ mini series that starts next month on Channel 4:
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06
Jul
10
A lesson in cool.
OR: This is about as close to sport as I like to get.
Hey All,
After recommending it on here last Friday, I thought I should probably put in an appearance at Kings of Concrete. Ironically, spending most of the time there on the grass but anyway; I went along Saturday, kinda dragging poor Lorna from StyleIsle, in her fab heels, along with me. I was blown away by it and even though I hadn’t seen a single ad, it was crazy busy.
So basically this is just a glorified outfit post that incorporates some impossibly cool people who, well basically made me feel like a bit of a geek actually.
Happy to report that there were no rubbish slogan Tees, just loads of brands that were far too cool for me to have ever heard of. Did feel a bit Napoleon Dynamite actually, except even less cool. Must do better Whisty.
The leggings are blatantly dirty rip-offs of the Les Chiffoniers ones that everyone was wearing last summer to festivals and the like. But the thing is, you can’t really go too far wrong with a wipe-clean leggings at a music festival can you? That’s also my Zara Taylor mini harmonica round my neck, it gets so much love.
All outfit details and more photos on HerApparel
Skaters
Skaters
Beatboxing.
(You know when you don’t really know a word, but you have to say the word. And When you do say the word, it sounds a bit wrong and then you feel silly and don’t want to say the word ever again ’cause you’re pretty sure it’s not actually a word at all..? yeah that just happened there).
Skaters
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20
Apr
10
Subculture: Fashion and Music
Chères Readers
I’m off out dancing this evening, it’s a long time coming and I cannot wait! So excited! In the meantime I’ve been thinking about subcultures, especially after posting about the pyjama girls the other day. I’m just posting these to represent a couple of the most well-known music-based subcultures of the last 60 years.
Teddy Boys, Mods, Punks and Skins.
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