Every generation comes along and does their own thing. I think that’s why the mod thing has never died. I love all that, when people put their own personality to it. One’s a real Soho jazz mod, another one is a bit more Ivy League. I look at my old mod mates and we’re all still obsessed about clothes. There aren’t that many rules, but if you’re 16st, don’t wear tight trousers. Sometimes men have to be careful, but I think it depends on your body shape. I don’t think much about being age appropriate. I can imagine Bowie wearing it – that’s good enough for me. It’s got a 1930s feel to it, also an early 1970s vibe. Also, I like it because the jacket’s really tight fitting. I liked it because I’d been thinking about Oxford bags for some time. It’s a great photograph and I really like that suit. We looked like chimps, but the clothes were just as much a part of it as anything else.” By the end of the tour, they’d all shrunk. We’d have to try and get the suits cleaned whenever we could. We did 40-odd dates and we’d come off stage soaked ’cos we were playing little underground clubs. For that tour, where this photo is from, we had black suits made in Burton in Woking where you could pay weekly on the knock. We got a few free pairs, but that was it. They probably retired off the back of them. They must have made so much money from those. It was mad how it all took off with those shoes from Shellys. We went through various things and then I had the mod thing going on and I had to try and convert everyone – this is what we need to do, where we need to go. “We’d always had this thing when we started as kids, The Jam always had matching outfits. “You have to have a look,” says Mr Weller. It was kind of like an education for me.” You love the music, but you also like the haircuts and the clothes and what they talked about, their references. “It’s all about the love of detail,” he says. It’s quite clear that, over the course of his 50-year career, his clothes have been as important as the music. Here, we have selected six iconic images that chart Mr Weller’s inimitable fashion choices through the ages – from the early days of The Jam through The Style Council years to the present day – so he can talk us through them, imparting style tips and regaling anecdotes along the way. MR PORTER is seeking the Modfather’s counsel on style. The couple had two children, Leah and Nathaniel but divorced. (I know: I was one of countless fans who loved them and I recently wrote a memoir of that period.) Mr Weller has just released his 15th solo album, On Sunset (watch the video for the title track here). Paul Weller has been married twice and is father to eight children In 1998 Paul married The Style Council's backing singer, Dee C. Get the Paul Weller Setlist of the concert at Hyde Park, London, England on Jfrom the Saturns Pattern Tour and other Paul Weller Setlists for free on setlist. Drawing influences from The Who, The Kinks and American Motown, they went on to become one of the most influential British bands in history. One of the most famous musicians on the planet and a god-tier mod style icon, Mr Paul Weller has been part of the UK’s cultural landscape since he was a teenager when his band, The Jam, exploded onto the scene in the 1970s.
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