'The A-Z of Mod'

On my recent trip up to London to visit a friend in university I purchased this book for a little bit of light train reading and immediately got hooked. Mod styling has always been an interest of mine (having a dad like mine its a must), being introduced to bands like The Jam, The Who, The Specials and The Small Faces at a young age has stuck with me for the past 18 years of my life.

The book itself goes into detail about everything Mod from the classic parka to the Atlantic Records company who signed artists such as Otis Reading and Aretha Franklin. A definite must read for anyone who is interested in Mod fashion or if you're just curious. 

Fred Perry Photography

Here are some of my favourite shots from my Fred Perry inspired photo shoot. I am not the best photographer in the world but I feel that it is something in which i would like to keep practicing and hopefully get more familiar with.

Fred Perry Moodboard Activity

Todays activity entitled us (being pre prepped) to create a physical mood board depicting our favourite designer or brand. Being an eclectic person I like a lot of  different brands, mainly menswear as I am an androgynous dresser and feel a mens shape on a female form can be extremely flattering and stylish. My favourite brand is 'Fred Perry' as I love the classic polo shirt but the history of the brand itself and the different sub cultures you associate with it including the 'mod' culture of the late 70's and 80's. 

Within the mood board seminar activity we were asked to create different variations using the same images in which we brought with us including magazine snippets, print outs from the internet and our own photography.

I feel that this helped to create different looks and inspirations for us as students, it also gave us an opportunity to move around our photos before sticking them down in order to finalise the look. 

(My finished mood board) 

Nottingham Street Style

The aim of this first task while at university was to portray Nottingham's individual style, as well as for us, in groups, to start to become familiar with the new city we will be living in the for the next 3 years.

My group decided not to focus on one specific type of person but to find a wide diversity of people when choosing who to photograph, we then had to upload it onto the university Pinterest (link provided) and present our findings to the rest of our seminar groups. 

I thoroughly enjoyed this task as I aspire to become a stylist one day, looking and analysing the way in which people dress helps to determine sub cultures and personality traits within a person. Here is what we found...

The general vibe of fashion that I depicted around Nottingham is that there isnt one style, the clothes are widely diverse from the 'Mod' style right up to 'Punk' inspirations and touches of 'Glamour'. I especially loved finding couples who style themselves similarly very much like 'The Kooples' adverts/marketing strategies. 

http://www.pinterest.com/fcp1streetstyle/nottingham-style/