Mod culture started in London in the late 1950s and peaked in the early to mid 1960s. Significant elements of the 1960s mod culture included fashion (usually tailored suits and tailored women's wear), African soul and pop music and Italian Motor Scooters. As well as fashion and music the mod scene was also associated with amphetamine-fueled all night dancing at soul clubs. From the mid to late sixties the term mod was used to describe anything popular, fashionable or modern.
The Mods or Modernists were one of the Uk's biggest subcultures of the 1960s and were famous for their rivalry and violent clashes with 'the rockers' of the era.
The Mods came from predominantly working-class backgrounds. In the mid 1960s the differences became apparent between the 'peacock mods', who were less violent and more into their expensive clothes and style, and the 'hardcore mods', who were identified by their shorter hair and working class image.
The hard core mods of the mid to late 1960s eventually transformed into Skinheads. Many skinheads lived in the same economically deprived areas of South London as West Indian immigrants, these mods emulated the rude boy look of pork pie hats and too short Levi jeans. The early skinheads kept basic elements of the original mod look such as Fred Perry, Ben Sherman, Sta-pressed trousers and Levi jeans but mixed them with working class accessories such as Dr. Martens boots and trouser braces.
Mods and ex-mods were also a huge part of the early Northern Soul subculture, based on quirky 1960s and 1970s American soul records.
The Mods or Modernists were one of the Uk's biggest subcultures of the 1960s and were famous for their rivalry and violent clashes with 'the rockers' of the era.
The Mods came from predominantly working-class backgrounds. In the mid 1960s the differences became apparent between the 'peacock mods', who were less violent and more into their expensive clothes and style, and the 'hardcore mods', who were identified by their shorter hair and working class image.
The hard core mods of the mid to late 1960s eventually transformed into Skinheads. Many skinheads lived in the same economically deprived areas of South London as West Indian immigrants, these mods emulated the rude boy look of pork pie hats and too short Levi jeans. The early skinheads kept basic elements of the original mod look such as Fred Perry, Ben Sherman, Sta-pressed trousers and Levi jeans but mixed them with working class accessories such as Dr. Martens boots and trouser braces.
Mods and ex-mods were also a huge part of the early Northern Soul subculture, based on quirky 1960s and 1970s American soul records.