Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Mod: Keep a narrow line from shoulder to knee, broken once by the parka
- Type
- Set in Mod's manner (Pick one mark, a roundel or an arrow, and use only that), and let Teddy Boys's lettering (No lettering, the hair and the shoe declare the affiliation) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Mod's material (Mohair sheen, slim three button cut, waterproof parka, chromed mirrors); bring in exactly one thing from Teddy Boys (Thick crepe soles, narrow woven ties, cloth that takes a drape).
- Colour
- Build on #eae6de, #6b655c, #1a1815 and admit one accent from #eae6de, #6b655c, #1a1815.
Where they fight
- Both belong to Subculture Style, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.
Caution
- Mod Assuming that a roundel and a scooter are enough drops the precision of cut the style actually rests on, leaving a pile of signs.
- Teddy Boys The more carefully the Edwardian detail is reproduced the more authentic it looks, and the joke about class quietly disappears.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Mod (Style, late 1950s–1960s) and its accent from Teddy Boys (Style, 1950s–). Structural cues: Slim three-button suits; Military parkas; Scooters and mirrors; The target roundel. Accent cues, used sparingly: Long drape jackets; Slim ties; Crepe-soled shoes; The quiff. Composition: Keep a narrow line from shoulder to knee, broken once by the parka. Type and lettering: Pick one mark, a roundel or an arrow, and use only that. Let one material quality come from the second style: Thick crepe soles, narrow woven ties, cloth that takes a drape. Mood: Exhilaration, Rebellion, Technology, Nostalgia, Play. Color: build on #eae6de, #6b655c, #1a1815 with a single accent drawn from #eae6de, #6b655c, #1a1815. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- Mod late 1950s–1960s / Style / Subculture Style
Slim Italian suits, scooters and modern jazz made a rebellion carried out through refinement, and completed the marriage of consumerism and youth culture.
- Teddy Boys 1950s– / Style / Subculture Style
Working-class youths appropriated Edwardian upper-class dress. Postwar Britain's first youth subculture, it set the pattern for every youth culture that followed.
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