Saturday, 11 December 2010

SUBCULTURE - NEO-GOTH

Neo-Goth


SUBCULTURE - GOTH

Gothic
-Origin: Began in England and got expanded around the world
-Period: 1980s-present
-Emerged from the music genre: post-punk
-The subculture has managed to survive and not get lost through time
-mix of the New Romantics, Punks and Glam
-STYLE: black style, velvet, lace, leather, corsets.
Black hair, Dark makeup, often white faces, black eyeliner, dark lipstick.
-clothing: medieval period, victorian style (dark colours, mostly black).
Gareth Pugh Collection


Friday, 10 December 2010

SUBCULTURE - TEDDY BOYS

Teddy Boys
-Origin: London
-Period: 1950s
-Places: Elephant & Castle, south of the Thames
-The first post-war working class
-Known for their rebelliousness and sensitivity to insults
-Much of their money went on clothes
-They reflected a modern social environment which couldn't have existed before the Second World War.
-STYLE: A modification of Savile row Edwardian suits with the dandy look
Hair: A greased-up hair with a quiff at the front
-Rock'n Roll: Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, among others
Fendi -AW 2010-11




SUBCULTURE-BAGGIES

BAGGIES

SUBCULTURE-CHAV


CHAV
- Chav started in the mid-19th century.
-Young, baseball caps,trainers,branded shirts, gold chains describe chavs.
-Chavs are those who love burberry. They wear baggy clothes and track-suits
-Chav fashion may become something cool
-They speak slang
-Music: rap, pop
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SUBCULTURE-ROCKERS



ROCKERS
-Rockers style excited in the 1950's
-They were known as ton up boys
-Rockabilly music- rock and roll (motorcycles)
-Motorcycles -races on public roads
-They weren't welcomed at the dance halls and pubs until the early 1990's.
-Rockers: Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Bo Diddley, Elvis Presley
-Fashion: leather motorcycle jackets/trousers/tall motorcycle boots,t-shirts, metal studs, patches, pin badges, aviator googles, silk scarfs





SUBCULTURE-PANK


PUNK
-Punk street style started in London in the mid 1970's .
-It was music movement that took the name punk
-Generally are dark persons.
- They wear heavy dr. martens shoes, neck chains, basically black clothes-leathers, studs,mufti fabrics,t-shirts, animal prints. / Actually they cut up old clothes- they destroy the fabric so they can attract attention from the making garments designers. This fashion shocked a lot because it was something really unusual for those that they had never seen it before.
-They might do body piercings in other parts than the usual ones. Also the facial piercing for example eyebrows,cheeks,lips was unusual even unusual after 60's
-From where did punk succeeded as a style : Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren (Sex Pistols)
-Hair : the hairstyles that they do include sugar,water solutions,gelatine,hairsprays, gel, pva glue,soaping.- colour: pink,green,blue, -over bleaching .
-Music: rock, hard rock, punk rock (bands: the ramones, talking heads, blondie etc.)