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MODERNISTS
MOD CULTURE
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Get set to dress like one of the boys - like a rebelliousy clad Ted back in the 60’s! For AW11, sleek tailoring, geometric patter knits and brothel creepers have been given a modern, punk Super slim cigarette trousers in ankle-skimming lengths com jacquards, sheer shirts are worn with neckties and buttoned u while polo necks are tucked into high-waist pencil skirts and polka dot court shoes. But the standout New Mod pieces th should have are the ones that combine unexpected fabric wool crombie coats with leather inserts, classic sweatshirts mixed faux fur. In the begining, Mod culture and Mod style was dominated by men. From 1960, women slowly started to become interested in Mod life and by 1963 were setting thier own Mod trends. One of the most important designers of womens Mod clothing was Mary Quant. She had opened her first boutique in 1955, in the Kings Road, Chelsea - another location that became famous for Mod clothing boutiques and designers. Her second was opened in Knightsbridge in 1961. Famous for designing many iconic Mod garments, it is probably the revolutionary Mini Skirt for which Mary Quant will be remembered. Hemlines had been creeping up since about 1958, and in 1963 were just above the knee. By 1965, a hemline five inches above the knee was not uncommon. Quant invented them, but it was the sixties boutique, Biba that put them on to the high street and into Mod fashion.
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GIG GUIDE // 2012
ddy Boy from rns, grandad fuelled twist. me in opulent up to the top, d styles wilth hat every girl mixes! Think and leather
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Le Beat Bespoke 7 weekender 22nd April 2012 - 24th April 2012 229 The Venue, 229 Great Portland Street London, UK (W1W 5PN) Friday Street Ayr Bank Holiday Mod Rally 30th April 2012 - 1st May 2012 Station Hotel, Burns Statue Square Ayr (UK) Mod Chicago 9 weekender 10th June 2012 - 11th June 2012 Various locations, See listing for details Chicago (USA) A Little Mixed Up Alldayer 18th June 2012 Fiddler’s Elbow, 1 Malden Road, Camden London (UK) 2011 Glasgow Mod Weekender 23rd June 2012 - 26th June 2012 Various locations, City centre Glasgow (UK) Dreamsville Mod Rally 15th July 2012 - 16th July 2012 Above The Edge Bar (formally Blue Note), Claremont Pier Lowestoft (UK) Moddingham 2012 15th July 2012 Various locations, City centre Nottingham (UK)
TEDDY BOYS
Manchester Mod Weekender 2011 29th July 2011 - 30th July 2011 The Deansgate, 321 Deansgate Manchester (UK)
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AW11 MONDRIAN DRESS BY YVES SAINT LAUREN
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CHIFFON DRESS £85
CHIFFON DRESS £85
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CHIFFON DRESS £85
CHIFFON DRESS £85
CHIFFON DRESS £85
CHIFFON DRESS £85
CHIFFON DRESS £85
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THE MOD SHIFT DRESS WAS ALSO A STAPLE OF ANY MOD GIRLS WARDROBE. A STRAIGHT DRESS WITHOUT A WAIST, MADE OF ALMOST ANY PATTERN AND COLOUR, IT WAS THE OP-ART INFLUENCED, BLACK AND WHITE DESIGNS THAT BECAME THE MOST ICONIC AND PERHAPS THE MOST MOD STYLES. THIS STRAIGHT STYLE DRESS REMOVED MUCH OF THE FEMINITY FROM A TRADITIONAL DRESS DESIGN, MAKING IT THE QUINTESSENTIAL MOD WOMANS DRESS. MOST WOMENS MOD CLOTHING IS ANDROGENOUS IN STYLE, OR MASCULINISED AS MALE FASHIONS WERE FEMINISED. WOMEN WORE FLAT SHOES, TROUSERS SUCH AS THE DRAINPIPE JEANS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ONLY WORN BY MEN AND SHIRTS AND SWEATERS THAT MATCHED OR IN FACT WERE MENS.
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AW11 Ullate venist, sitatec aborunt fugitae.
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Ullate venist, sitatec aborunt fugitae.
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Ullate venist, sit fugitae. Ullate venist, sitatec aborunt fugitae.
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sitatec aborunt
Ullate venist, sitatec aborunt fugitae.
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AW11 Ullate venist, sitatec aborunt fugitae.
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Ullate venist, sitatec aborunt fugitae.
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tatec aborunt
Ullate venist, sitatec aborunt fugitae.
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Ullate venist, sitatec aborunt fugitae.
Ullate venist, sita fugitae.
£65 Ullate venist, sitatec aborunt fugitae.
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