Costume- Harrington.

60's Mod

A Harrington jacket is a lightweight jacket made out of cotton and polyester that has a checkerboard-patterned lining. The Harrington style jackets were popularised in 1958 by Elvis Presley. The jackets became fashionable in the UK in the 1960's among the mods. Mods are associated with rock bands in the 60's such as: The Rolling Stones, The Who and The Beatles who are the most notorious bands on the mod scene.

Harrington

Me and Olly decided that wearing a Harrington would be the most appropriate jacket to wear because it is the style of jacket that was worn during the 60's. As 'Paint it black' was written during the 60's, wearing a Harrington shows my understanding for the culture around the time of the songs creation with an awareness of the fashion that was around during the late 1960's.

Olly brought the jacket from Carnaby Street which is a famous mod street so this jacket is an authentic style jacket which is what was worn during the 60's in London.


This jacket also has a mod badge on the top left which was often worn by the mods. We both discussed wearing a black jacket was vital because the song was based around everything "turning black". The black reinforces the mood of the song which helps create the theme of isolation.