punk
Discovery Project
History of Costume
Kyle Parham
Punk Began as a music based subculture in them mid 1970’s in England and slowly started to be culturally excepted in America in the mid to late 70’s, exactly which region originated punk has long debated and a major controversy within the “punk” movement. Within the subculture, there are many different factions, such as New Wave, 2 tone, Pop Punk, Hardcore Punk, No Wave, Street Punk, and Oi. Many of the sub groups sought to get rid of the frivolous parts of being “punk” in the later years of the first movement. The Punk culture later dissipated and was dormant until a new version of began to spring up in the United states in the early 90’s known as Grudge. Fashion for Punks has always been broken down in to five main areas, clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, body modifications, and hairstyles. Many different sources have been gathered to form what is known as “punk fashion” such as Glam Rock, Greasers, Mods, and Skinheads to name a few. (Hebdige, 1981) Arguably the most well-known Punk fashion designer Vivenne Westwood, who created a line of fashions in her London punk boutique, was affordable to rich and poor alike. The typical male punk look was a black leather jacket with long hair or a bald head, tight pants usually jeans and ripped clothing. The punk female style was comprised in the flowing manner, dark makeup, fishnet stockings, tight miniskirts of mostly leather, corsets and shirts, and razor blades as jewelry. Both men and women would rip there cloths on purpose, then proceed to patch them up with their own do it your self-attitude. Most accessory’s for a shirt were random spots of bright or subdue dyes, safety-pins, huge patches of other fabrics and long lengths of metal chains. ("Young rebels of," 2013) I like punk fashion because it is something I feel I understand, it is easy for me to see why it holds such a big standard for some people’s
History of Costume
Kyle Parham
Punk Began as a music based subculture in them mid 1970’s in England and slowly started to be culturally excepted in America in the mid to late 70’s, exactly which region originated punk has long debated and a major controversy within the “punk” movement. Within the subculture, there are many different factions, such as New Wave, 2 tone, Pop Punk, Hardcore Punk, No Wave, Street Punk, and Oi. Many of the sub groups sought to get rid of the frivolous parts of being “punk” in the later years of the first movement. The Punk culture later dissipated and was dormant until a new version of began to spring up in the United states in the early 90’s known as Grudge. Fashion for Punks has always been broken down in to five main areas, clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, body modifications, and hairstyles. Many different sources have been gathered to form what is known as “punk fashion” such as Glam Rock, Greasers, Mods, and Skinheads to name a few. (Hebdige, 1981) Arguably the most well-known Punk fashion designer Vivenne Westwood, who created a line of fashions in her London punk boutique, was affordable to rich and poor alike. The typical male punk look was a black leather jacket with long hair or a bald head, tight pants usually jeans and ripped clothing. The punk female style was comprised in the flowing manner, dark makeup, fishnet stockings, tight miniskirts of mostly leather, corsets and shirts, and razor blades as jewelry. Both men and women would rip there cloths on purpose, then proceed to patch them up with their own do it your self-attitude. Most accessory’s for a shirt were random spots of bright or subdue dyes, safety-pins, huge patches of other fabrics and long lengths of metal chains. ("Young rebels of," 2013) I like punk fashion because it is something I feel I understand, it is easy for me to see why it holds such a big standard for some people’s