Welcome to Atom Retro's quick and easy guide to building the ultimate Mod, Retro or Indie wardrobe. Here are a few outfits and combination suggestions to help you find the perfect clothes to suit your style and acheive the look your after. It all adds up to you looking great!
Style Suggestions:
- SUITED AND BOOTED: The Ultimate Sixties Mod Look
- INDIE ROCK AND ROLL: Retro Sixties meets the Indie Nineties with a dash of the New Rock And Roll
'THE FACE'
The In Crowd Mod Suit
Dandy Sixties Shirt
Bailey Patent Winklepickers
'The Face' mod combination is really designed to get you noticed. The smart mod In Crowd Corduroy Mod Suit combined with the extravert tuxedo style Dandy Shirt and shiney patent black leather Bailey Winklepicker Shoes guarentee you'll turn heads and make your mark wherever you go. A fantastic retro sixties mod look.
Also works: Try exchanging the Dandy Shirt for a striped Sixties style top such as The Kings Road and The Bailey Winklepickers for matching 2 tone Carnaby Winklepicker.
'The Rare Breed Look'
The Rare Breed Mod Suit
Bond Shirt
Meaden Skinny Tie
Beatle Boots
A real classic look. The dapper and sophisticated Rare Breed Pinstripe Mod Suit - smart cut and tailored - the quintessence of Mod style, combined with The Bond Burgandy Shirt
and sixties mod 'Beatle' Chelsea Boots, finished off with a fantastic Meaden Mod Skinny Tie. The ultimate complete mod suit.
Also works: Go super suave and replace the Bond Shirt with the black Dino Shirt and add a classic mod Tootal Scarf.
'The Original'
The In Crowd Jacket
Dillinger Drainpipe Jeans
Kings Road Sixties Shirt
Chelsea Boots
The Original ...and the best! A fantastic smart casual mod combination that is stylish but relaxed. The In Crowd Mod Suit Jacket worn buttoned up over The Kings Road Sixties Shirt and combined with Black and Grey striped Dillinger Drainpipe Jeans. The whole look is tied together with classic Mod Chelsea Boots with Cuban Heel, full centre seam and zip fasten.
Also Works: For a more casual indie look, try swapping the Chelsea Boots for a very fashionable Twisted Wheel Mod Target Trainers and the Dillinger Drainpipes for the distressed denim Draytone Drainpipe Jeans.
'The New Rock And Roll'
The Rare Breed Jacket
Cavern 59 Drainpipe Jeans
GDT 2
'Doherty' Trilby Hat
'Spencer' Winklepicker Shoes
An updated mod look utilizing retro sixties iconic mod fashion items. The Rare Breed Pinstripe Mod Suit Jacket worn open over the classic retro indie white 'GDT 2' Grandad Collar Shirt and matched with Cavern 59 Black Drainpipes and Spencer Black Leather Winklepickers. The look is finished off with a unusual and iconic Doherty Trilby Hat, a modern take on the Mod Revival Porkpie Hat. The juxtaposition of the very smart with the very casual creates a fantastic New Mod look.
Also works: Go for the striking inverse version of this look by exchanging the Cavern 59 Drainpipe Jeans for the Razor White Drainpipes, the White GDT 2 for the Black G.D. Tee and the Spencer Winklepickers for White Winklepicker Shoes.
'The Modern Way'
Intersteller Indie Jacket
Seymour Pinstipe Grandad Collar Shirt
Draytone Denim Drainpipes
Twisted Wheel Mod Target Trainers
Sparta Belt
An original indie look in the Kaiser Chiefs/Libertines vein. Must-have skinny Draytone Denim Drainpipes coupled with an essential 'Seymour' black and red pinstripe Grandad COllar Long Sleeve T-Shirt and accessorised with 'Twisted Wheel' Mod Trainers and 'Sparta' Silver Pyramid Stud Belt. The look is given its true indie finish with the fantastic retro 'Intersteller' Indie Jacket.
Also works: For an alternative indie look, try changing the Twisted Wheel Trainers for some indie customised Contender Trainers and the Draytone Denim Drainpipes for a fantastic retro Seventies Rock Denim Flares.
'Cool Britannia'
Retro 77 Indie Track Top
Distress Flares
Oxford Road Sixties Top
Flash '87 Trainers
Get 'Cool Britannia' with this classic Britpop Indie combination. A classic nineties indie style Retro 77 Track top, coupled with the essential indie sixties retrospective throw-back in Denim Distress Flares and the blue and white striped Oxford Street Sixties Shirt. The look is finished off with an unusual version of the classic retro Dunlop Greenflash trainers, the Flash '87 Trainers in Green/White.
Also works: Try exchanging the Distressed Denim Flares for Cavern 60 Distressed Black Denim Drainpipes or the Retro 77 Trackie Top for the military style Reunite The Roses Indie Jacket for a fantastic retro indie look.
'Rock And Roll Rebel'
'Mickey 2' Striped Zip Up Hoodie
Pete Doherty T-Shirt
Cavern 59 Black Drainpipe Jeans
'Rock and Roll Rebel' Indie Trainers
The Rock And Roll Rebel look is so effortlessly casual, but at the same time utterly cool. A classic look that will never be out of fashion. The essential indie Drainpipe Jeans, here in black 'Cavern 59', with a statement-in-a-T-Shirt, Pete Doherty T-Shirt. The look is finished with the Mickey 2 Striped Hoodie, an indie classic, and a pair of unique and unsual 'Rock And Roll Rebel' Customised Trainers - no two pairs are exactly the same!
Also works: This style is as individual as you are, and so can be easily customised to your own tastes. Exchange the Pete Doherty T-Shirt for your favourite Indie or Mod icon - Atom Retro has plenty to choose from - Liam Gallagher, Paul Weller, Keith Moon or The Small Faces, for example. Or try the pure indie Gallagher Hoodie for the ultimate indie look.
