were considered dandies, compared to the other, more masculine subculture of the time, the Rockers."5 The Mods clothes were streamlined. They wore tailored slim suits, often in mohair, and with single-breasted jackets. Their suits differed from the boxier, more conservative suits, which most men at the time wore. Many mods wore more flamboyant clothes. Portobello Road was home to 'I was Lord Kitchener's Valet', a store, which sold old military clothes and movie costumes. This shop provided many mods with their outlandish clothing, such as vintage Royal Guards jackets, or long military coats, to which some mods sewed fur from other old coats onto the cuffs and collars. For more casual wear the mods wore Sta-prest trousers, slimmer in cut, and Fred Perry of Ben Sherman shirts. The Mods were particularly known for their trademark parkas, which they wore while riding their Vespa scooters, another component of the Mod movement. Mod girls often sported black leather coats, short slim skirts or slim trousers, and black boot
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