A Sixties costume idea for a costume or theme party or for Halloween is dressing as a Mod. Mods were a subculture in Britain that originated in the 1960s that were famous, or more properly, notorious, for the brawls they engaged in with another subculture, that of the Rockers, most notably at various seaside towns in the south of England. The name “Mod” is a shortening of the word “Modernist” which was used to describe modern jazz music of the 50s, to separate it from the traditional, or “trad” jazz music. The original scene was also associated with all night dancing and drug use.

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