Yorky
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I think that the look started before the sixties, definitely since the 50's, maybe before then.@Mr Knightley is this turning into a "Mods" only thread ?
Since a while now most posters are speaking of "mods" rather than "The Look".
From what i understood of The Look, it's in constant evolution since the 60s, originated in Europe, in several places like Italy, France, England, with strong post WW2 American influences, and then it went under an evolution (we know some of this terms were later gave to a trend) : mod, hard mod, peacock, skinhead, suedehead, smoothie, boot boy, soul boy, later casuals, etc.
Now i suppose the originals of the styles already moved on before somebody put a sticker on them (we have an example with skinheads in UK and Minets in France where in both cases it's the press that gave them their name)...
I thought the real interest of this thread was to speak about today.
Frankly to me Cary Grant (as he has been mentioned recently) looks very dated, and i have no interest in dressing like that - i mean for nostalgia, retro, dated things, moth-eaten clothing there is already "Mod to Suedehead".
Personnaly i can recognize myself in "The Look" for several reasons (mainly "Drugstore", and "skinhead") as a broader, family like term, but i can't in "mod".