Mod to Suedehead

[Thin White Duke]

Nope - don’t like any of them either.
I only have a handful of short sleeve shirts. A couple of Linen camp shirts and a Lands End madras I wear on holiday. An African print shirt my F-I-L gave me (not really my style!) and a blue gingham Relco Ben Sherman rip off that I’ll probably wear with a blazer suede-style when the temps cool off.

Almost always I think a long sleeve looks better - even if you roll back the cuffs a couple of times.

I’d have probably voted for Mr K if his shirt was all one colour. I despise ‘fun’ shirts:
1. Look like something a clown would wear
2. Obviously a marketing ploy to get rid of short off cuts of material marketed to the gullible. (Sorry Mr K!)

My missus showed me a pair of running shoes she ordered today that were too big. She asked me to try them on in case they would fit me to save her returning them (I have small feet!😀). Pulled them out of the box and they were different colours. WTF? She says “everyone’s wearing them like that now” - well I’m f**king well not’ like going to the beach and seeing all the lasses in mis-matched bikinis. It doesn’t look cute it just looks like you forgot your cossie and went in the sea in your kecks!

 

[Kingstonian]

Nah, camp collar, too much like pyjamas.

Been thinking about a nice pair of pyjamas, that's about where I'm at now!

You can get away with that collar if you are not wearing a jacket. The setting helps the look. Points deducted for socklessness, but you could just crop the photo.

 

[Man-of-Mystery]

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[DavidWatts69]

Slow down!

My delivery is AK-47 style hehe

 

[Inkss]

Finally found a pair of strides in the right shade of ice blue (not light turquoise or greyish light blue) in the right fabric and with the proper rise.(well,as I remember them)
A pair of polycotton deadstock/new old stock St Michael's.
Problem was they had 9.5" wide openings and were baggy as f**k. I took them to my fella and he narrowed them to 7.5 and took them in at the top.

Strides were £15/$20 and the tailoring was also £15/$20. So £30/$40 all-in is alright

 

[Kingstonian]

Finally found a pair of strides in the right shade of ice blue (not light turquoise or greyish light blue) in the right fabric and with the proper rise.(well,as I remember them)
A pair of polycotton deadstock/new old stock St Michael's.
Problem was they had 9.5" wide openings and were baggy as f**k. I took them to my fella and he narrowed them to 7.5 and took them in at the top.

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Strides were £15/$20 and the tailoring was also £15/$20. So £30/$40 all-in is alright

I do remember Airforce blue staprest. It was one of the better colours. Don’t remember M&S offering them.

St Michael was a great brand and ‘90% made in Britain’ too. I still have an old green plastic suit carrier with that written on it.

 

[Thin White Duke]

Never knew M and S did anything like sta pressts - any idea what the vintage is for those @Inkss ?

Anyway I like ‘em - eBay? or where?

I had two pairs of light blue sta pressts bought during the revival era - one were a light sly blue, the others were a bit more saturated like a cornflower blue. I loved those and when they started to look a bit tired I went in search of a replacement but by then the main peak of the revival was winding down and high street shops had moved on to the next band wagon so stocking Mod-related gear was no longer on the agenda.

I since got a pair of Mercs which are light sky blue and some cornflower blue poly cotton Bobby Jones strides (golf?) which aren’t really sta pressts.

 

[Inkss]

Yep, another ebay find.

According to this place https://www.thecollectorscompanion.co.uk/features/vintage-clothing/dating-st-michael/ made between 1984 and 1990

 

[Clouseau]

The original Levi’s light/ice blue sta-prest had a lighter colour. A friend still have one from in the time.
And of course didn’t had a pocket flap.

 

[Inkss]

Wasn't trying to replicate the original Levis ones. I wanted them in the shade of blue of the ones I used to have. They are. And of course, mine had a pocket flap.

 

[covskin]

The original Levi’s light/ice blue sta-prest had a lighter colour. A friend still have one from in the time.

A little darker than a West Ham scarf in one of my old photos. I don't know what exactly these were - Levi's Sta-Prest or generic 'staypress' - but that was the colour we knew.

Why can't people get this colour right - it's not turquoise or teal, it's just blue.

 

[Clouseau]

Wasn't trying to replicate the original Levis ones. I wanted them in the shade of blue of the ones I used to have. They are. And of course, mine had a pocket flap.

Of course if you already preferred the knock-offs.
Kid version with short legs probably? 😉

 

[Inkss]

Of course if you already preferred the knock-offs.
Kid version with short legs probably? 😉

Well, when you're a working class lad in Britain with a navvy/bouncer dad and live in a flat above a shop in a rough part of London, you take and of course appreciate the knock-offs when original Levis ain't about. I doubt a posh French bloke would understand that.

 

[Clouseau]

Well, when you're a working class lad in Britain with a navvy/bouncer dad and live in a flat above a shop in a rough part of London, you take and of course appreciate the knock-offs when original Levis ain't about. I doubt a posh French bloke would understand that.

Oh I am going to cry, it’s Dickens my dear boy. I was expecting that reply, I don’t really know where you found I’m « posh », and I am sorry if I probably had a more successful professional career than you, but in the late 70s-early 80s you could had real Levi’s sta prest for very cheap in France.

 

[covskin]

A little darker than a West Ham scarf in one of my old photos.

I think I should point out that's a girl's leg and not mine. She had a flick knife in her bag alongside her girly stuff so don't mess!