David Steel wrote:
- if he [younger cousin] takes that further and becomes a Mod later on,
great....
Yes.. great!
> So, if your'e either a Mod or you aint, what do you class someone who
> clearly likes the idea of being a Mod, but hasn't the way of thinking,
> the amount of clothes, the amount of records, and a regular income, to
> actually be classed as a Mod?
I still class them as a non-mod.
What I mean is: you can't really be a 'part-time mod' if you know what I
mean... because 'mod' itself is a lifestyle/philosophy that you have to
be immersed in fully. Make any sense?
> And why is someone who is SO hung-up on early Modernists and pre-'62
> Modernism, so eager to proclaim Jarvis Cocker a some sort of
> contemporary Mod icon?
I just said I no longer consider Cocker anything of the sort! When I
wrote all that crap about Pulp and Cocker I was talking nonsense!!
The photo I've seen of you reminded me more of a late-70's Jam fan,
which isn't necessarily a bad thing, just different to the way you've
been putting yourself across.
I've not had any photos taken of me recently in 'high mod-gear' I'm
afraid - only in casuals. And in fact I agree that I looked scruffy in
that photo I posted to Bespoke and have since discarded a lot of my
casual clothes (Levi jacket etc.)
For your information I tend to wear Ivy Oxford, Italian or Jermyn
St/Savile Row shirts, Adam suits, Italian shoes and Smedley/Pierre
Cardin knitwear..
Just putting the record straight...
- Paul
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