David Dry 60s Mod with Vespa GS Scooter , talks about mod and shoes in the 60s.
Are You Ready For The Weekend
Its Easter this weekend, and the start of the season for a lot of people. To me its time to forget the winter and enjoy the long weekend. Maybe your a Mod or Scooter Boy going on your first rally of the year. You may be off to a Northern Soul do, a good few miles away.
Wherever you are going you want to be smart and looking good.
We hope you enjoy the pics and it inspires you.
Shoes in this blog
We have had these boots for a while now, and at last i finally got my own pair. I love monkey boots, as they are not as in your face as DMs. I have worn since early 80s, but i always wanted a better quality pair. The ones i had back then and you get still get, are great but not the best.
Trickers make a very good pair, but at £450 a pair they are out of most peoples pockets, including mine. So we got these made for us, in the UK but was able to get them out for a good price, i was really pleased with the finished article.
It seems that our customers like them as well, as i have had to wait 6 months to get my own pair ! Anyways they went on my feet for the 1st time Saturday before “Sounds Of The Street” do.
The rest is in the video, enjoy.
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Here at Mod Shoes, we always appreciate quality, and are happy to endorse and collaborate with the brands that we like and admire. Hawkins and Shepherd manufacture hand made luxury shirts, their ethos being ” A great shirt should give you confidence for the day ahead”. A sentiment that we echo with our shoes! So we are very happy to showcase two of their superb shirts in our photo shoot. One, you may notice, is for the ladies, and had some great details which you can see in the pictures.
The checkered men’s shirt is a great addition to their pin collar collection.
We think they complement our shoes, and would be a worthy addition to your wardrobe.
Shoes in this blog
We have been busy with the camera recently, and have taken lots of pictures. We are always happy for a chance to showcase products by other brands that we think our customers will appreciate. Here you can see the Mod Shoes Exclusive Colour Rawlings with a cool double breasted suit from Adaptor Clothing.
We think they look really good together, and also think the shoes will look equally smart with a lot of suit combinations. I have worn mine with suits and also more casual trousers. My step son wears his with jeans, and I think that they look really cool. Why not buy all three colours? You will never be short of a great co-ordinating look!
Gibson London and Modshoes
You will notice we do a few photo shots with Gibson Clothing. We do this becuase we like their clothes. Some are not what many would think are MOD, but thats kind of not the point. Smart clothes are smart clothes, and good many of MODshoes customers are not MODS !
So thats got that out of the way, what we love about their clothes is they are cool, smart, orginal, with a nod to the past, but complementary and lots of other adjectives, but most importantly they are GOOD
We like teaming up parts of their range with other makes and importantly our shoes. So below you will see our Tassel Loafers with several outfits. The same for our Jeffery West Weavers.
The prince of wales Harrington is a classic , and goes with loads of our shoes, and the check means it can sit with our new black penny loafers the Earls.
The country squire look they do is a very now / current , but also retains a vintage classic integrity, a man who know his stuff.
The Boating blazer below is so so cool and look so good with our Chestnut Dukes
Notice as well a classic 3 button mod suit, with covered buttons. The colour is very cool and proper stand out in a crowd.
What we also like about their clothes is you can buy fairly easy but not everywhere, something we try to do with our shoes.
Here are a collection of pics we did recently to show our shoes with a cool , but smart jacket. We hope you find it informative
Stepped Mod Trousers and Shoes
Here at modshoes we liked the stepped trousers. When done correctly the trouser sits really good with the shoes, and keeps that all important line in the the trouser from buckling.
I don’t want to go into some long article about tailoring, but i do get asked where can you buy these style of trousers from ? Hence why i am writing. The trousers themselves are from Adaptor Clotting, who are now making their own range of clothes inc Suits and Trouser.
But the important bit is the step you have to get a Tailor or seamstress to help you with. There are differing thoughts on height and it can make a difference which shoes you wear, and the width of the trouser. So the edge of the trouser must be just shy of the top of the shoe, but not too much as you end up with ankle swingers.
If you are thinking of getting your trousers done, make sure you get a trouser that sits right around your waist or hip, as the whole exercise can be rendered useless if you pull your trousers up after !
Now in terms of the shoes you can see here a few example from the Modshoes range, and we think they go nicely with the blue trousers. Personally i love seeing a bit of the Tassels or Fringe coming out from below the trouser. When done right it can look very smart.
Sometimes the laces on a brogue or normal shoe can get caught, so bare this in mind if you are thinking about this style.
Anyways enjoy the pics.
Modshoes and Smart Green Check Suit
Suits are the mainstay of any mod wardrobe. The classic suit comes in many forms, and there are generally a few pointers to a mod suit, over say a normal work suit, or of the peg number.
I dont want get pulled into the 3 button rules etc. As there are plenty of much better websites with that kind of thing on. Parka Ave being a very good one.
My concern is the shoes and do they go with the suit, and possible more importantly the cloth it is made from. In the pictures you can see suits which have very subtle patterns.
Yes , other aspects infulence the overall look, like tie, socks etc but the main amoount of area shown in the suit, and then the shoes !
Its the colour in the patterns that make the pallet you work with. Now its judgement and also your choice what you think works and doesnt. In the pictures is a very dark green suit, with small grey and blue fleck. The other suit is a very Dark grey with a tiny line of red running through it, which nealry impossible to see on the pics.
This kind of subtle thread are think are great, and compliment with our shoes make a really good outift.
I will end with one think that i truely believe in though, i think tis a real shame to see a great outfit, but cheap shoes ! By that i mean shoes that dont match. Make sure the quality is mainyained through the whole of the outfit .
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