Were Mods Working Class?

George Melly wrote that mods were initially a small group of clothes-focused English working class young men insisting on clothes and shoes tailored to their style, who emerged during the modern jazz boom of the late 1950s. ... According to Dick Hebdige, mods created a parody of the consumer society that they lived in.

What social class were the Mods?

The Mods were the baby boomers of an affluent post-war Britain; they had the money to spend and chose to spend it in the best Jazz clubs and on the finest Italian slim-fit suits. The term Modernist derives from Modern Jazz – the music of choice for the early mod.

What did the mods believe in?

The Mods were an incredible 1960's youth sub-culture who shared a common desire to embrace a new found financial and parental freedom and to stand out above the crowd with regards to originality in fashion, music and social status and what they achieved still influences aspects of contemporary life.