Tag: mods

1960s Yale USA t-shirt remade

If the t-shirt above looks familiar, it's probably because you own a copy of the Mods book by Richard Barnes, where it is featured at least a couple of time within the book. Actually. it's also showing at the Reading Steady Go exhibition too. Anyway, the main point here is […]

Mods wanted for paid photo shoot

Want some money? There's some paid photo shoot work for mods on offer, but as you might expect, it does come with conditions. It's for a shoot for 'a famous Parisian department store' commercial, with the date being 10th June and the location London. You'll get £180 for your troubles. […]

Mods feature in Le Figaro

Just flagged up on the forums, French publication Le Figaro has an extensive feature on British subcultures, headed up by a piece of the mod scene. There's nothing new there, the usual 'we want to be different' stuff and a brief summary of mod. But it's well worth a read. […]

BBC mods and rockers gallery

Think this is a new gallery (although I've seen some of the photos before), so this mods and rockers gallery on the BBC Sussex site is worth a quick look. According to the site, all the images are from the bank holiday riots of 1964 in the area – so […]

Les Mods movie from 1965 online

This was flagged up on the forums and is certainly worth mentioning to a wider audience – Les Mods, a French documentary about London mods from 1965. This is a rough translation of the write-up:Discover the new English youth in the district of Hammersmith, London, particularly 'mods' or new dandies […]

Brighton Rock – the official trailer

At last (but still well ahead of the cinema release), we have the trailer for the remake of Brighton Rock. As you well know, this is a mod-related remake, the original era being shifted by 30 years or so to the early 1960s, throwing in some parka-clad mods and scooters […]