Mod culture

Fashion Editor Lara Zand maps the mass appeal of mod culture, which epitomised the Swinging Sixties in Britain and saw fashion, music and art intersect

In his new book, Richard Weight claims punk and glam rock were actually distant relations of mod

Ask five different people what a mod is and you'll probably get five different answers, covering maybe five different decades. So here, basically, is what you need to know: "Modernists" started getting their kicks...

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2. Mod style tribe; they were a group of young people in Britain in the mid-1960s with an elegant fashion statement.

There's no shortage of books on the market with a direct of indirect link to the world of mod. But which ones are actually worth buying? Here's five mod books that are certainly worthy of

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The i-D Bible: Every Victim’s Ultimate Handbook, published in 1987, contained “essential fashion information” and was “an indispensable guide to the Eighties”. It is fascinating book and not as dated as one might imagine although it wasn’t really a guide to Eighties more a snapshot of 1987. A section called Style Wars about "tribal Britain" featured classic looks of the time adopted by Skinheads, Punks, Rockers, Teds, Hippies, Goths, Pimps, Rockabillies, Psychedelics, Preppies, B-Boys, Gents…

Mod girls.

Mod is a subculture that began in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and spread, in varying degrees, to other countries and continues today on...