Mod to Suedehead

[Man-of-Mystery]

Nik Louis – The Art of Fine Clothing

My website is finally up and running! Only 4 items on at the moment but more to come, shirts, pants, and footwear will be up in the next few weeks. Let me know if you have any suggestions as it may still need to be ironed out a bit.

It's like a John Simons cultural exchange!

Where did you source that Tattersall button-down? I remember late-mid-60s mods wearing them with knitted ties.

 

[Ivyskin89]

It's like a John Simons cultural exchange!

Where did you source that Tattersall button-down? I remember late-mid-60s mods wearing them with knitted ties.

It was remanence the factory had. I really love this fabric.
Shame I don't know where to get more of it.

 

[Man-of-Mystery]

It was remanence the factory had. I really love this fabric.
Shame I don't know where to get more of it.

There are plenty of shirts in Tat check in 'country clothing' shops in the UK, but usually baggy and with the wrong kind of collar. Next time I see one I'll look at the label and let you know what I find - you may be able to ask them where they get the cloth from and make something up from that. On the other hand, they may tell you to take a proverbial!

 

[Ivyskin89]

There are plenty of shirts in Tat check in 'country clothing' shops in the UK, but usually baggy and with the wrong kind of collar. Next time I see one I'll look at the label and let you know what I find - you may be able to ask them where they get the cloth from and make something up from that. On the other hand, they may tell you to take a proverbial!

Appreciate the detective work MoM.

Btw did mods and/or skinheads/suedeheads wear any flannel shirts? I know there were those striped flannel grandad shirts. What about tartan flannel button-down shirts? Did Ben Sherman or other companies produce any?

 

[Man-of-Mystery]

Not as far as I know. The Bens were Oxford weave, and the cheaper brands (Jaytex, Brutus) were... well... whatever.

And no one I knew in that era ever wore a grand-dad shirt.

I had a years-old Madras I used to wear sometimes.

 

[Natty Pinstripe]

I have no memories of anyone wearing flannel shirts and kind of have to keep from laughing at the thought. As for grandad shirts - you mean collar less correct. I only recall white ones at the very beginning, before it became widespread.

 

[The Saint]

I dont recall flannel shirts or collarless shirts ever being de rigueur for Mods . I recall the so called grandad shirt being a fashion item for men and women at some point in the 7ts( maybe around the time of the Simon shirt) .
In the 9ts l went to buy a suit and the assistant said that l could buy a grandad shirt to go along with it . .????

Hey MoM , are you doing some archeology in the pic ?

 

[Man-of-Mystery]

Hey MoM , are you doing some archeology in the pic ?

That's right. It was summer of 1969, and for something unusual to do I got a place on a youth camp in the foothills of the Taunus mts in Germany, with an international bunch. We were digging the site of a supposed Roman camp. We hardly turned up a button, but right where you see me in that pic I'm about to unearth a Medieval coin.

Most of the time I hung out with some French girls, two of whom spent much of the time discussing how much they disliked Germans. Rather daft of them to come to Germany, then! The third one was kinda my girlfriend for the duration.

Part way through the fortnight I came down with acute bronchitis and was confined to bed. our accommodation was in a school classroom, and we had camp beds, so it wasn't exactly bliss. When I felt a bit better, I was given the duty of wheeling our food from the kitchens of the local hospital. I had a relapse on the way home - I remember getting on a train, but have no recollection how I got back to England.

 

[DonkeyJacket1]

I'm about to unearth a Medieval coin.

That is pretty cool, remember what century it was?.

 

[Botolph]

That is pretty cool, remember what century it was?.

Looks like mid-20th century to me ???

 

[DonkeyJacket1]

Looks like mid-20th century to me ???

 

[The Saint]

That's right. It was summer of 1969, and for something unusual to do I got a place on a youth camp in the foothills of the Taunus mts in Germany, with an international bunch. We were digging the site of a supposed Roman camp. We hardly turned up a button, but right where you see me in that pic I'm about to unearth a Medieval coin.

Most of the time I hung out with some French girls, two of whom spent much of the time discussing how much they disliked Germans. Rather daft of them to come to Germany, then! The third one was kinda my girlfriend for the duration.

Part way through the fortnight I came down with acute bronchitis and was confined to bed. our accommodation was in a school classroom, and we had camp beds, so it wasn't exactly bliss. When I felt a bit better, I was given the duty of wheeling our food from the kitchens of the local hospital. I had a relapse on the way home - I remember getting on a train, but have no recollection how I got back to England.

Interesting stuff , my man.
I thought you were about to unearth an almost forgotten but much loved '45 from days gone by. .

 

[Botolph]

TAXI!!!!!!

 

[Man-of-Mystery]

That is pretty cool, remember what century it was?.

I can't remember!

 

[The Saint]

I can't remember!

I recently got a a rather shiney Half Crown mid- 20th century . In fact I think it is 1963. .I'll have to check. .

It remeinded me of how far a Half-Crown used to go , back in the day. .