come sail away

Hey peoples!

Lately I've been inspired by the mod style of the 60s. Whether it's the geometric shapes or the halcyon aura of the whole concept, it's fantastic. Plus, it started in Britain (I know it just got 10 times better). 

Here are some pictures to demonstrate mod:

This is twiggy, famous for her mod makeup.

And a link from Rookie on how to do the mod eye makeup.

So I used the clothes and makeup that I had to emulate these outfits to what I had a perspective of when it came to mod. I think of teenagers from the vintage world putting a start into the way people see fashion today. You see, I am not obsessed with fashion but I am obsessed with humanity and the fascination that I have with our years of culture. Mod is a style created by us and how we were trying to make a statement.

Google defines it as

noun

BRITISH

1. 1.

   (especially in the early 1960s) a young person of a subculture characterized by stylish dress, the riding of motor scooters, and a liking for soul music.

is any one else in love with this definition. I'm going to marry it.

Here is my interpretation of this style:

(Sorry for my awkward poses and terrible camera quality)

My shirt is a plain white ribbed long sleeved turtleneck and my skirt is denim scraps from forever 21. I have twiggy styled eyeliner in brown at the bottom of my eyes and concealer. 

and another outfit:

My hair is just plain old straitened. 

I'm not wearing any makeup except for black mascara and I would be wearing more 60s style eyeshadow but I'm at my dad's house currently and I have no makeup here. I'm wearing a black and white grid dress which adds a flare to the geometric idea to the entire style.

 The dress has slight flares on the ends of the sleeves and the bottom of the dress and I thought it looked kind of 60s/70s that way. There is a gold bead at the top and a hole but it's not too big. Although I wanted to add a collar, I didn't because I wanted to post as soon as I could and adding a collar would add more time. By the way, the brand of the dress is HAANI and I got it from a thrift shop.

 My shoes are are my black grungey work boot things  which I've blogged about before.

And this is the end of my tiny mod revolution. 

Alex