Man-of-Mystery
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Going back to Ivy League matters.
Charles Hamblett and Jane Deverson researched for their book Generation X between January 1963 and June 1964, and it was published in November 1964. The following anonymous extract, from page 20 of the book, purports to be the words of a youngster from that period. I first read this back in the mid-60s and this was the first mention that I can recall of ‘Ivy League’ applied to British youth.
«What about me. I dig Mod clothes but I don’t wear them. I like the Beatles but I don’t rave over them. I listen to Blue Beat music but don’t dance the Blue Beat way. I wear my hair long and sometimes use hair lacquer, but I don’t sport a Blue Beat hat. I dig everything a Mod raves over but I don’t hunt with a Mod pack. Recently I asked a typical Mod boy what title I should come under. Sizing me up he said, “You’re not one of those in-between Mods and Rockers called the Mids. There’s an Ivy League style about your suits and your appearance differs from the Mid. I would put you under the title of – a Stylist.”»
Charles Hamblett and Jane Deverson researched for their book Generation X between January 1963 and June 1964, and it was published in November 1964. The following anonymous extract, from page 20 of the book, purports to be the words of a youngster from that period. I first read this back in the mid-60s and this was the first mention that I can recall of ‘Ivy League’ applied to British youth.
«What about me. I dig Mod clothes but I don’t wear them. I like the Beatles but I don’t rave over them. I listen to Blue Beat music but don’t dance the Blue Beat way. I wear my hair long and sometimes use hair lacquer, but I don’t sport a Blue Beat hat. I dig everything a Mod raves over but I don’t hunt with a Mod pack. Recently I asked a typical Mod boy what title I should come under. Sizing me up he said, “You’re not one of those in-between Mods and Rockers called the Mids. There’s an Ivy League style about your suits and your appearance differs from the Mid. I would put you under the title of – a Stylist.”»