Mod
モッズ / late 1950s–1960s / Style / Subculture Style
Rebellion through refinement — slim Italian suits, scooters and modern jazz — completing the marriage of consumerism and youth culture.
Slim three-button suits / Military parkas / Scooters and mirrors / The target roundel
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing primary sources and exemplary cases · Extracting principles that transfer beyond dress
- Type
- Observe the letters and signs of the era and community referred to
- Composition
- Translate silhouette and proportion into composition
- Material
- Verify the material conditions: cloth, tailoring, the wearer's body
- Caution
- Never peel off the garment's signs alone. Verify who wore it, why, and against what.
- Further study
- Carnaby Street / Quadrophenia / mods versus rockers