![]() ![]() There are still a couple of brands that punks actually wore during the 70s, like Converse and Doc Martens, but the do-it-yourself quality of the original punk-wear has been replaced by ready-to-wear and high fashion brands that emulate the look. ![]() Mainly, a lot of tartan plaids, metal studs or spikes, band t-shirts, black leather, and crazy multi-colored and mohawk hairstyles. What we have today is punk fashion, which is ruled by a nostalgic use of traditional punk elements with a twist. Still, punk as a movement has sadly died. If hard-pressed, I’d say that even exemplary and notorious personas from the movement, like Vivienne Westwood, have somehow been assimilated by the mainstream. Over the years, punk lost its social revolutionary edge and became a fashion style. Evolution and absorption by the mainstream In short, to be punk is to rebel, and consequences be damned. Myriad subcultures have since borrowed on the non-conformist nature of punk that defies the mainstream and rejects authority. Punks wanted to shake the status quo, they were mayhem, anarchism, and above all, were against the establishment of capitalism. Not much of the original philosophy has managed to survive the decades, but the term still conjures rebellion and a “devil may care” attitude. ![]() The movement was beyond memorable, earning a spot for itself in our cultural memory and countless mentions in following media (like the classic 90s movie Pump Up the Volume & Sid and Nancy). Punk gave way to many subcultures like new wave, pop-punk, hardcore punk, rock punk, and street punk while also influencing the alternative rock scene, indie music, and heavy metal in all its forms. Its political, philosophical, musical, and literary views created a very distinct fashion style that identified them and would continue to live on, long after the movement itself. It was a reactionary movement against the hard right-wing political standpoint of the English government led by Margaret Thatcher, and towards its cultural predecessor, the hippie movement, which was all about peace and love. The punk subculture was born in the mid-1970s, in the United Kingdom. ![]()
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