Sales are kicking off, including the Fred Perry online sale, which has some hefty discounts. Up to 50 per cent off in fact for mens and womens gear, which includes the 1960s-style Textured Knitted Sports Shirt above. Once £90, you can now grab one for just £45. Those World Cup […]
Tag: sixties
Fred Perry x Tootal scarves
Not the first time that the two labels have collaborated, but this is an all-new collection of Fred Perry x Tootal scarves. Available in 'highly limited numbers', there are three designs in the range, a polka dot scarf, a paisley scarf and a medallion scarf, all with different patterns on […]
New Brutus Trimfit shirts incoming
If you follow the Brutus Facebook page, you might already know some of this. If you don't, Brutus Trimfit has some new shirts coming soon, including the one pictured above. The three designs pictured are all samples of designs likely to appear soon, the black and yellow tartan long-sleeve (first […]
Swinger's Guide to London reissue
Ok, it's a long story, but an interesting one that could mean a reissue of A Swinger's Guide To London by Piri Halasz. I've never seen the original, but when trying to find a copy, I managed to get in touch with the author, who wrote the book as a […]
Laurel Aitken – Voodoo Woman CD
Big thanks to Doug for pointing us in the direction of this interesting forthcoming release – Voodoo Woman by Laurel Aitken. Subtitled Music for Mods, Soul & Ska Sounds from the Sixties, that pretty much sums up what you get, tunes that proved popular across the mod scene during the […]
Spotify playlist: Humble Hammond
The Hammond organ, created by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and a mainstay in popular music since the 1950s. So here we have a Spotify playlist that celebrates it – Humble Hammond. From the 60s to (more or less) the present day, but missing out the prog and metal bands. So […]
Pete Quaife (The Kinks) RIP
Original Kinks bassist Pete Quaife has died, aged 66 of causes so far unknown, although according to the BBC, he had been undergoing kidney dialysis for over a decade. Quaife played on all the band's breakthrough hits and arguably the band's finest slab of plastic – The Kinks Are the […]
Mod Crop The Musical returns
It was running last year and now Mod Crop The Musical is returning for another run in Nottingham. Written by Steve Wallis and Quadrophenia novelist Alan Fletcher, the story is set in 1965 and based on Brummel's Last Riff, the latter writers' first novel in his Mod Crop Trilogy. It's […]
