How is youth culture represented in Quadrophenia?

Quadrophenia is about Mods and Rockers in the 1960s. Mods embrace European 'modern' fashion, influenced by the french and Italian.  They rode vespas/ lambrettas that were decorated with lights and badges which were usually branded items that were popular. They liked to listen to Jazz and Northern Soul as they could identify with the black experience in America as people in the North were experiencing relatable occurrences- bad pay, factory work, discrimination. 'The Who' were also a huge influence to the Mods as they were the poster boys of mods.
The rockers wore leather jackets, which was very much a part of their identity due to the badges added, this was usually worn with Levi jeans and biker boots. They rode motorbikes, drank alcohol and listened mainly to 1950s rock n roll.

Jimmy was a proud Mod. At the beginning he is the popular one in the group, loved by all his Mod friends, chasing a girl he fancies called Steph. There is a situation when he meets an old friend, but if turns out he is rocker, leading to Jimmy disassociating himself with with his rocker friend Kevin. Like most Mods of the time, he hates his job, and is not respected there at all, due to him being young and rebellious; this leads to him loosing his job after going to Brighton. In the end Jimmy realises that being a Mod has lead to him loosing his family, friends, and job; therefore resulting in him leaving the Mod life.

Steph is Jimmy's crush, but at the beginning she has a boyfriend, but isn't afraid of teasing Jimmy. She comes across maturer than the other Mods, but the comes with her acting superior and a but ignorant. She works at as a checkout girl, emphasising further that youth worked basic, dull jobs for money to pay for clothes and partying.

Kevin is Jimmy's old friend from school, but they have not seen each other in a while as he has been in the army. Even though Kevin is a rocker, he does not mind being seen with Jimmy, although the feeling is not reciprocated. After seeing him for a first time in a while, he goes and visits Jimmy at his house and helps him fix his bike. Even though Kevin has only ever been kind and humble to Jimmy, when Jimmy sees his Mod friends beating him up, he leaves Kevin to fend for himelf, although he is not in a good state when Jimmy finds him anyway. This shows that Mods and rockers were not meant to mix, and youths were very loyal.

We meet Ace Face in Brighton; he is portrayed as an ideal mod, and everyone is starstruck by him when he rides in. Steph become intrigued with him in the club but nothing happens. When Jimmy gets arrested, Ace Face has a pure Mod attitude which inspires Jimmy to quit his job and go back to Brighton to have a life like Ace Face. When he returns he finds out that Ace Face is in fact a Bell Boy. Jimmy realises that being a Mod is a lie. This emphasises further that youths did not have high ranking jobs in those days, and worked hard for little pay instead.