This Lambretta scooter, decked out with extra mirrors, lights, and horns, is an iconic symbol of the mod subculture. Attendees at Purple Weekend, a mod-revival festival held every year in León, Spain, will see many Lambretta and Vespa scooters. The popular event held this weekend gathers fans of mod music, fashion, and culture. The mod movement began in England in the late 1950s, as modern jazz and rhythm & blues records imported from the US sparked the clean-cut, modernist fashion and lifestyle aesthetic that appealed to a new middle class of young people in postwar Britain. The fashion, scooters, and music choices caught on outside the UK during the 1960s and inspired future generations to embrace the style. Now, mod-revival festivals like Spain’s Purple Weekend happen in many countries around the world.
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Today in History
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Clouds over the River of Grass
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Antarctica Day
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Big wheels on a big mountain
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Design for Each and All
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Oh, the places you’ll go
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A tale of almonds and bees
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1934 Labor Day parade, Gastonia, North Carolina
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Fiesta at Siesta
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Dashing through the snow
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It’s showtime for a precious crop
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Zion National Park turns 103
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Eastern grey kangaroos in Australia’s Kosciuszko National Park
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Celebrating National Dentist Day
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Nubble Island’s only industry
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Happy Easter from the ‘peeps’ at Bing
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Ancient theater of Epidaurus, Greece
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Once upon a midafternoon dreary…
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Taking the scenic route to Sturgis
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The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain
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International Museum Day
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Celebrating the Acadians
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On this shore, history was made
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Is that a buzzing sound?
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Why, aloe there
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Happy 300th, NOLA!
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Keep shining
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