How is it that the Mod (and to a lesser extent Skinhead) look has aged so well? When you think about it, the original melting pot of American Ivy League, Italian suits and British attitude is well over half a century old now. It officially belongs to the history books.
Yet it still looks good in a way that so many other fashion trends simply don't. Take a new romantic fringe or a hippy smock - would you really go out dressed in that now? What of the glam rock phase? What of the punk mohawk?
If I look at the modern wardrobe now it seems to be, purely by accident, a theft of some of the most memorable elements of Mod - parkas, button down collars and of course the tailored suit. I don’t see creepers or beads in there so much any more.
And the world is the better-looking for it.
Yet it still looks good in a way that so many other fashion trends simply don't. Take a new romantic fringe or a hippy smock - would you really go out dressed in that now? What of the glam rock phase? What of the punk mohawk?
If I look at the modern wardrobe now it seems to be, purely by accident, a theft of some of the most memorable elements of Mod - parkas, button down collars and of course the tailored suit. I don’t see creepers or beads in there so much any more.
And the world is the better-looking for it.
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