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Punk Fashion
Punk fashion is a fashion style largely
associated with the punk movement during the late 1970s
and early 1980s. It varies very widely from Vivienne Westwood
styles to styles modelled on the bands The Exploited and
Black Flag.
A classic punk fashion look might consist
of: a pair of combat boots, Doctor Martens boots, old
tattered converse shoes, tight jeans or tight leather
pants worn with a ripped T-shirt and silver bracelets.
Hair would often be trimmed with an electric shaver, and
sprayed with Rave #4 hairspray. Other accoutrements worn
by punks often included: bondage pants, ripped fishnets,
spikes, tattoos, body piercing, and pants with leopard
patterns. Also often worn would be leather motorcycle
jackets with words, band names and symbols written on
them with paint markers. It is also a common punk style
to wear a jean jacket or vest adorned with band patches,
holes, safety pins, writing, or any combination of the
above. Other accessories included: studded jewelry and
many safety pins (not only in clothes, but also as body
piercings).
With the advent of the more politically-inclined
hardcore punk style in the early and mid-80s, social and
political slogans became common adornments. While this
was not without precedent (NO-FUTURE, a vaguely political
slogan from the song "God Save The Queen" by
The Sex Pistols, was commonly seen on punk clothing in
the mid and late-70s) the depth and detail of these slogans
were not developed until the hardcore punk movement began
to gain momentum.
What could be called "modern"
punk fashion has been primarily influenced by Hardcore,
Grunge, and to a lesser extent, Goth/Death rock. Today,
different facets of the punk scene have different clothing
habits. Skatepunks commonly have short hair, and wear
baggy jeans, Dickies, unnecessarily long wallet chains,
wife beaters, hooded sweatshirts, branded skate shoes,
such as DC or Vans, studded belts and wrist band. Other
punks wear leather, denim, spikes, chains, and combat
boots. Their hair is typically dyed, and arranged into
a mohawk, bihawk, trihawk, or simply a collection of spikes.
Grungies or Grungers are commonly seen in denim, flannel
(usually plaid), ripped jeans, long, undyed hair, and
Doc Martens or other work boots or skate shoes. Please
note that these three types listed here are not all of
them, and that most punks do not limit themselves in this
way. These are meant to be "pure" examples.
Most punks combine aspects of these rather then simply
conforming, which is, in itself, something that punks
are against.
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