All about Mod, Mods and the Mod scene from the 1960s, through the revival and into the present day
EC Star‘s mod inspired designs continue to impress, and while their monochrome and block colour mod gear looks great, some of their prints are arguably even better. This Joceline jacket is available in both flower and leaf print to make a statement. The double breasted cut, and colour matched buttons, […]
Pinafore dresses needn’t always look eerily cutesy, as best displayed by Mary Quant and her ilk during the 1960s. The dress has now become a classic wardrobe staple, and affordable imitations are all over the high street and the net. This La Redoute version is a great Winter version in […]
We featured this in red some time back, but now the Fred Perry nylon bomber jacket in the more universal navy blue. Aside from that, this is much the same jacket, a lightweight number with red and white detailing mixing with the navy blue nylon body, a Fred Perry red […]
Gloucestershire has a new mod revival-inspired band by the name of The Q. The four-piece (Shane on drums, Rob on bass, Mike on guitar/vocals, and Tim also on guitar/vocals) deal in melodic, catchy power-pop very much in the mod tradition of The Jam, The Chords and Secret Affair. Their song […]
Stamp collecting might just become cool with the introduction of the Royal Mail’s British Design Classics postage stamps. Launching on 13th January 2009, the stamps feature 10 icons of British design from the 1930s to the 1960s, including the likes of the Mini, the mini skirt, the Penguin paperback, Concorde, […]
Performance / We Love You at the National Film Theatre – Saturday 22nd November 2008 It was with enormous anticipation that my good lady and I bought tickets for this showing of the seminal ‘Performance’ and the rare outing of The Rolling Stones ‘We Love You’ promo. Not only would […]
Another 1960s trainer returns alongside the Italia – the Adidas Tokio. Originally dating from 1964 and designed as a running shoe, the Tokio is more about style than sport these days. The last time we saw it was in red and white, this time it’s in white with blue detailing […]
Mojo magazine comes up trumps again with its latest issue that features another quality cover-mounted compilation CD. The Heavy Mod CD contains 15 tracks from artists such as The Move, The Yardbirds, Deep Purple, The Creation, The Pretty Things, Small Faces, and Aphrodite’s Child. Mojo says it is celebrating ‘the […]
