As you know we like to take pictures at Modshoes. There many reasons, but one good reason is that we want to show are shoes with clothes that you may already have. So below you will see The Squire – The Duke – The Earl with various combinations. We like to think this will take away some of the guess work on what to wear our shoes with.
Enjoy
Shoes in the pictures
Quick interview with the author Terry Rawlings. In the video he talks about how he came up with the design for the Rawlings shoes. And his future projects inc Book about Ben Sherman, Book about Martin Chambers drummer with The Pretenders, and George Harrison had the best Beatle wife !
Below are the Rawlings Shoes.
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
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.
Mod Shoes & Classic Outfit No1 – The HarringtonThere are many classic looks out there, but this one has to be up there at the top.
The red Harrington is an absolute classic. Coupled with a pair of jeans or trousers and some smart shoes, it can be argued that you are ready for 95% of the time. This means you can go to the pub, you can go into town on a Saturday, football, Soul do, SKA do, scooter rally, GIG , the list is very long
And thats one of the major reason we do often do pictures of our shoes with this setup.
Now there are many Harrington makes out there, and you can buy ones from £20 to whatever price you like . Some say the original Baracuta G9 , as worn by many film stars etc, is the only authentic one. The one in the pics is a Ben Sherman, the cloth is pretty good for the price.
But it is what you put it with that counts, and we think the shoes below hit the spot! So yes a Tassel loafer, Brogue or Desert boot is going to look pretty good. Personally I prefer a dark jean with more formal shoes. But a desert boot goes pretty much with any shade of jean.
And its not just jeans, as you can see in the pics, normal trousers can also fit really well.
We hope you like the pics
Harrington > Ben Sherman
Jeans > Levis 301
Trousers > Adaptor Clothing
Shirt > Photographers Own
We love Stone Roses at modshoe. Iwas at Spike Island in the 90s and was ace to see them again recently. Everyone was singing every word.
I like trainers and always liked more subtle colour ones, but it is the flash of colours that grap my eye.
These boots really remind me of early 90s Madchester days. So we thought it would be fun to do a little photoshot with some of our fav records. Hope you enjoy them.
The boots are great fit, lovely and soft and incredible value
Some pics here showing the retro trainers we sell with Hunter & Nelson Tshirts.
We like taking pics at modshoes, so recently we did some using some of our shoes with a few lps and other props. The eagle-eyed of you may notice a Jam bootleg ! Also how many of you have a JAM badge or Patch somewhere in the house.
