Which Details? Couldn't find it in the January issue...Sorry to so
desparately seek such a much maligned photospread....
Robert
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>Subject: Re:Details... Moaning...
>Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 19:56:42 -0800
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> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:43:45 PST
> > From: "Yosi Sergant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Details... Moaning...
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> > typical reaction from Mohair Sweets:
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> > >Anybody see that
> > >"fashion" bit in Details w/ the "mod" guy and the
> > >scooter... and the badges, and the parka, and the
> > >NEEDED A FUCKING SHAVE... Anybody know this "dude"?
> > >I wonder if he's done any acting? Probably.
> >
> > I want to know if there are any photo spreads in recent mags (outside of
> > the
> > sleazenation spread and mod-zines) that listers actually believe reflect
> > our
> > lifestyles? It's just seems oh-so-easy to bitch and moan (mohair this
> > is
> > NOT a personal attack, this thread extends waaay back) at all the things
> >
> > wrong with the spread huh...i actually think this is one of the most
> > honest
> > and unassuming spreads in a fluff mag like details I've seen to date.
> > Maybe
> > that's just me. Maybe I'm not mod-e-nuff because I'm not bitching about
> > the
> > girth of his cuffs or his lack of a manbag.
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> > soul 'not mod enough for you?' fire
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>Was that Details article better than most? Yeah, maybe slightly. If they
>wanted to
>nail down that 80's mod look that is...all those goofy buttons!
>For a magazine trying to show up-to-date styles they certainly got that WAY
>off...
>I don't think they were trying to document a subculture or anything, I mean
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>no text or explanation of what the hell a mod IS (for the completely
>unaware).
>The really ironic thing is the guy is wearing $1,400 suits and $400
>trousers
>and they STILL look like ill-fitting thrift store clothes! Nothing wrong
>with
>thrift stores mind you, but if theoretically you were able to afford such a
>garment
>you would think it would fit correctly...and you wouldn't pair it with a
>lumpy
>parka-esque jacket with "MOD" patches .... (Realism right out the
>window...)
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>Anybody else notice the Allstyles Scooters psuedo GS (as featured in
>Quadrophenia!)?
>Really a Rally with GS cowls and taillight...Why, for God's sake?
>By the way, "mods love green onions", said so on the button...
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>Dan
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