At 09:03 AM 2/9/00 -0800, you wrote:
>I see exactly what you mean and I have two things to say about that:
>
>1. It would seem that the current desirable things for mods are what was
>current in the 60's.
Not for all...
>Of course that was true then as well, largely because
>those things were exactly that: current. It's not for nothing that they were
>called modernists I'd suspect.
That is bad sushi, but without getting in too deep, it is believed by many
that "mod" was a reference to modern jazz...not modernism.
>Admittedly I'm no expert
Recognized...
>but it would seem
>that to carry the true spirit of the thing people would have to be listening
>to the current cutting edge of music, driving the current cutting edge of
>car (or bike) and wearing the current cutting edge of fashion. So you don't
>see too many mods painting up an '98 buick regal
You also didn't see many 60's mods investing money in '58 Volkswagens.
>all fancy and calling it
>mod, or wearing the current line of tommy hilfiger and calling it mod 'cause
>it's not, it's an '98 buick regal or it's the current line of tommy
>hilfiger.
Real mods of the sixties drove the fashion, they didn't simply follow
mainstream trends.
Same as today, mod fashion is driven by the sub-culture itself, not
mainstream trends.
I am wearing white Levis and a Brooks Bros shirt which were both purchased
in 1999. Wow! I imagine that pleasing aesthetic styles will always be
around...and mods will be there to wear them despite everyone else wearing
the latest trend.
>2. I have my doubts as to whether anything from the mid eighties through
>late nineties could ever be considered classic anyway.
People as naive as you said the same thing about the 70's, but now 70's
furniture, designs, clothes, music, and cars are all coming out as "classic".
Cheers,
Andrew McCullough
Metalcast Engineering
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