Men's '60s style was a way to distinguish themselves ... with time spent listening to jazz records and cruising around town on a Vespa. The mod style is synonymous with slim tailored suiting.

London was the centre of the Mod subculture, which emerged in the late 1950s and hit its peak in the mid-60s. By this time teenagers ... who customised their look and mixed up fashions, but ...

While I’m loath to contradict that lilting, noble patriarch of British broadcasting (and fellow Celt), Rod Stewart has certainly earned himself a place in the pantheon of men’s style icons ...