Įlements of the mod subculture include fashion (often tailor-made suits) music (including soul, rhythm and blues, ska, jazz, and later splintering off into freakbeat) and motor scooters (usually Lambretta or Vespa). Focused on music and fashion, the subculture has its roots in a small group of stylish London-based young men in the late 1950s who were termed modernists because they listened to modern jazz. Mod is a subculture that began in London and spread throughout Great Britain and elsewhere, eventually influencing fashions and trends in other countries, and continues today on a smaller scale. Two mid-1960s mods on a customised Lambretta scooter