The Meanings of Punk

There is a number of stereotypes and meanings attached to the word “punk”. A popular stereotype  would assume fast, loud, tuneless music welcomed by the young people who wear ripped clothes with bizarre haircuts. In a more complexed way to understand it, punk can be seen as an attitude, a lifestyle choice and a fashion.

As a musical genre the term "punk" is applied liberally in the most recent days. Punk means The Clash and The Damned and their contemporaries of the late 1970s. But punk also applies to the American acts of the mid 1990s, such as Green Day who bears only a passing musical resemblance to old punk. The label ‘punk’ has been applied to numerous bands, some with little or nothing in common with punk’s origins, as a means of marketing rebellion.

It is different in the clothing fashion field. Dick Hebdige attempted to define some youth subcultures in his book “Subculture: The Meaning of Style”. He analyzed what the young people’s choice of clothing. He thought the punk is a supposed representation of resistance, but this style is now outdated, a relic of punk’s early days. I have to say he ignored the wider implications of punk. According to Craig O’Hara, punk as a youth trend is “the least accurate but the most popular image of Punk”.
Punk is significant. It covers a wide array in different fields and is outstanding.

A Guide To Afro Punk

Definition
Afro Punk is the alternative black cultural movement that arose by black people and other minorities of color. In today's world, most people think of Rock music as a sole White art form. However, artists like Chubby Checkers and Bo Diddley helped create the genre in the late 1940s. The alternative black people who do not fit the urban life are seen as "strange" by many people.While Afro-punks make up the majority minority group in North America, in Africa the punk community is thriving with lots of black participation.
Documentary
Titled with "Afro-Punk", James Spooner and Matthew Morgan 2003 documentary cultivated attention to the movement. The piece kept record of the four people’s lives including the punk rock lifestyle and discusses a range of social topics such as black power, racial and ethnic identity, interracial dating and exile.

Music
There are many punk rock bands with black members. Some famous bands include: Dead Kennedys, Death Pure Hell and Wesley Wills Fiasco.Afro Punk music mixes with many elements of African, Black American and Punk rock. The African inspirations are usually drawn from Hip Hop, Afro Beat, Dub sounds, Nigerian music.The Punk rock sound comes from a live band, the social politics, and the diverse array of philosophical and political ideologies.
Fashion
The fashion in the afro punk style applies the different elements into one. It is bold both for the designers and he way the people matching them.

Metal Elements Applied into Punk Style Clothing

 It has been more than thirty years since the punk style clothing comes into being. The time it appears, it becomes very popular and favored by so many people. As years passed by, the interest in the punk style clothing still not fade. And as a view from myself, it the certain patterns that make it a popular clothing style till now. The leather fabric, the asymmetrical design, the alternative look and the metal studs are the patterns that belong to the punk style clothing. And I want to talk about the metal elements that applied in the punk clothing.

Alternative Punk Pants for Men

There exists a kind of music which is called the heavy metal music. And in such kind of music the sounds are wild and hoarse. And the metal studded elements may be stemmed from that. I guess. The metal elements that appear in the punk clothing are in the form of the silver spikes, the buckle belts and some other decorations. The punk style clothing is focus on the coolness of the wearers. And when added with the metal elements, the cool look is revealed in a much stronger degree. The clothes look better than if not adorned with these metallic tone.
The certain patterns will help finish the look of one style. And the metal element is a kind of pattern that help to achieve a much cooler look to the punk style.

Clothing Fahion in Punk Style

Punk first emerged in the mid 1970s in London as an anarchic and aggressive movement. And at that time about 200 young people got together and defined themselves as an anti-fashion group. Closely aligned was a music movement that took the name punk. After that the punk grow more and more popular and the number of people who are fond of this style has far exceeded the original 200 people. The funs in the punk style music are enormous and in the punk style clothing are much more than that.

In the very beginning, the people had limited cash due to unemployment and the general low income school leavers or students. So they just cut up old clothes from charity and thrift shops, destroyed the fabric and refashioned outfits in a manner then thought a crude construction technique, making garments designed to attract the attentions. Though not accepted, it brought a new trend. The torn fabrics, frayed edges and defaced prints are now considered normal in the 21st century.

 

Black Punk Rock Pants for Men

And in modern fashion world, the patterns of punk clothing include safety pins and chains on the clothes, the asymmetrical design, the leather fabric and the alternative look, etc. The punk style is coolest among the clothing field and that is the reason why so many people follow this trend.

Street Punk Style

Street punk style is one branch of the punk rock style. We call it street punk because some people who are fond of the punk style hang on the street. There are a large amount of people belong to the street punk for that it is a working class-based genre. Originally it was shaped in the early 1980s which served as a sign to rebel against the accepted art presentation in Britain. The punk style was prevailed through the way of the music. The street punk is no exception.

And the music performed by the bands such as Sham 69, Angelic Upstarts, Cockney Rejects and Cock Sparrer are most famous at that time. I have to say this is the best part the music plays. Through the music people find their members who share the same interest and gather together.

Plaid Leather Punk Skirt for Women

Besides the music, people who are fond of street punk style have their own way of dressing, hairstyle, decoration and make-ups. Street punks often wear spike-encrusted leather vests, T-shirts with political slogans or the names of punk bands and fitted pants. There, of course, the other clothes for the street punks to choose, but the most outstanding clothes are what I mentioned before.
Street punk style is unique. It is easy to distinguish because the street punks generally have a much more outlandish appearance.

Punk Fashion and Punk Clothing

Punk fashion has a large cover over the clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, jewelry, and body modifications. The fashion of the punk style is a subculture which under the punk category. Punk fashion varies widely, ranging from Vivienne Westwood designs to styles modeled on bands like The Exploited. The distinct social dress of other subcultures and art movements, including glam rock, skinheads, rude boys, greasers, and mods have influenced punk fashion. Punk fashion has likewise influenced the styles of these groups, as well as those of popular culture. Many punks use clothing as a way of making a statement that they are fond of the punk.

Punk fashion has been successfully applied into the clothing field. The best designers such as Vivienne Westwood and Jean Paul Gaultier are most well known in the punk clothing world. Punk clothing has become one of the fastest prevailed clothing styles. 

Vintage Black Punk Blouse for Women

For the most outstanding features the punk clothing share is the cool and metallic tone, the casual style and the asymmetrical design. There is not a setted rule for people to follow to wear and to match punk clothes. You can wear something in your own way and this is also a reason why people say the punk style is a individual one.

Leather Jackets for Women

A jacket is important for any wardrobe. There are many types of jackets. Denim, button-up, zip-up, wool, cotton.  But there is one type of jacket that has been popular for decades and maintains it's popularity today and that is the leather jacket. Leather jackets no doubt maintain their popularity because they are so versatile and due to the many styles available, everyone looks good in a leather jacket!Leather jackets for women have always been popular too but only in recent years have they become as popular as leather jackets for men. Leather jackets generally come in brown, gray or black.

Black Rock Punk Jacket for Women

Jackets for fashion are normally lighter because they are made to be worn for everyday activities. There are several different types of leather jackets that are worn for fashion and towards certain social groups in society. Here are some of those types of jackets and types of people who wear them:
1 The rock stars may wear a leather jacket. The jackets are synonymous with the world of rock and roll ever since the first electric guitar was played!
2 The punk rock scene and the people who followed it is another music genre that is synonymous with the leather jacket but the style was generally shorter and tighter.
3 Goths generally wear longer and more flowing leather jackets that tend to be black or dark in color.
4 Metalheads tend to wear over-sized leather jackets in dark colors as well.
To sum up, a jacket is a must-have in one’s wardrobe. A leather one is perfect for achieving the fashionable look.

Rock Music and Clothing

Rock music is a genre of popular music that originally started as "rock and roll" in 1950s America. It has its roots in 1940s' and 1950s' rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical sources. Rock music is often referred to a kind of music created by electric guitar, bass guitar and drums. Rock music is characterized by its strong beat and heavy tone.

Black Rock Punk Jacket for Women

There are a large amount of bands and singers who contributed to the rock music a lot. Such as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, led zeppelin, the rolling stones, the U2 and Judas Priest, etc are famous all around the world. Of course there are many other bands and singers. And their music and songs are re sang in a very wide range. I love Judas Priest most. The songs can drive me crazy. The rock music is not only prominent in its own world, it also rings a new trend in the clothing field.
The bands and the singers always wear a different kind of clothes. And such kind of clothes are classified into the punk style. The clothes are characterized by the asymmetrical design, heavy metal accents and unique look. People who follow the rock music wear in the same way. Listening to the rock music matched with punk clothing is really fantastic!

Vivienne Westwood--Hottest Designer in Punk Style

Vivienne Westwood is an English fashion designer and businesswoman, who is essential for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream.
Westwood came to be known by the public when she made clothes for Malcolm McLaren's boutique. She became noticed because she had the ability to fuse the clothing and the music in the 7o’s punk style. At that time, she was largely inspired by the shock-value of punk and wanted to see whether someone could have a say in that system.

Deeply interested in the punk fashion, Westwood designed her own style of clothing and jewelry. The essential design elements include the adoption of traditional elements of Scottish design such as tartan fabric. She is outstanding in the clothing design. And the main reason lies on her use of these traditional elements make the overall effect of her designs more shocking.

The artistic influence of Vivienne Westwood on the punk clothing is enormous. With her effervescent taste for fashion, Vivienne Westwood set a path for a whole new generation of fashion rebels. Her inspired creative freedom, allegorical collections and fusions of historical and ethnic dress and cut had a huge influence on the fashion in the punk clothing.

Punk Clothes - Alternative Clothing for Unique Look and Style

What are Punk Clothes? It is very difficult to define this type of clothing. In fact, we can not define it because of the nature of this kind of style. The punk style is free flow in its nature without any boundaries.

Alternative Black Punk Hooded Jacket for Women

Black Gothic Decadent Punk Skirt for Women

It comprises both outrageous inventions and old patterns. When concerning the punk trend people are not at all bothered about their looks. They would adopt anything that comes on their mind. That means punk is a free style. People who are fond of this style could match and wear their clothes in their own way. There is not a setted way for people to follow. That is also a reason why it is alternative.
Punk Clothes could be just anything, it could be dirty, simple clothes - ranging from T-shirt/jeans/leather jacket to the second-hand clothes. These clothes are picked over the expensive or rich in color clothes on the high streets. Torn and patched jeans, old hand stitched shirts etc are considered as punk by most of the young people.
Punk Clothes are unique clothes, a unique alternative style that gives altogether a different look and feeling.  It is a style of past, it's a style of present and fashion experts predict that the style is going to remain in future as well.

How to Be Horror Punk

Horror punk which is also called horror rock is originally a music genre that fuses the gothic and punk rock sounds with morbid or violent imagery and lyrics. As this genre of music prevails, the clothing style of horror punk comes into being. At the very start, there is only a small group of people wear in this style. Later on, it becomes more and more popular. Here are several tips for you to help construct your horror punk style.

Wear in black as much as possible. There is nothing scarier than the whole black in the eyes of the public. If the dark clothes are added with the skeleton or bone prints, the visual effect will be much stronger. You can also wear black shiny leather, just as long as it's not too tight.
Try applying lots of eyeliner and eye shadow on your eyes. It doesn't matter whether you are a girl or a boy, this usually looks good on everyone if you apply it right.


Do your hair. The famous hair is the devilock. It's essential to the horror punk style. Though it isn't absolutely mandatory, it's something you would want to have, and it compliments the style of clothing you'll have.
Originated from the music genre, the horror punk style is welcomed by most young people. If you are one among these people, you can take a look at it.

Wearing in Gothic Style--Inspiration from Celebrities

Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron both rocked gothic glamour on the red carpet for the film premiere of their new film "Snow White and the Huntsman".Kristen picked a sheer Marchesa column dress for this event. She paired with her favourite trainers before slipping into heels for her close up. Charlize chose a classic black gothic dress in Dior and with smouldering make-up.The new Snow White film is a dark twist on the classic fairytale, and the two leading ladies brought the film's aesthetics to the red carpet

Black Lace Vintage Gothic Dress

Black Mesh Lace Vintage Gothic Dress

In recent days, the clothing in the gothic style is prevailing. Many people begin to be involved in this dark fashion. There is a saying called that “the celebrity’s effect”. It seems like that the fashion in clothing is brought by the celebrities. I think that is true.
Wearing in the gothic style expecially for women reveals a unique look. The most applied effect in the gothic dress is the tansparency. It could make the wearer both sexy and show the dark side.

Gothic Punk Hooded Jacket for Women

The trend in the gothic punk clothing field this year is focused on the hooded jackets especially for women. The jacket is a kind of clothing that so many people choose to wear. And in this year, there are a growing number of people who are wearing the jackets in the gothic punk style with the hooded design.

Black Gothic Punk Hooded Jacket for Women

Hooded design actually is less used in the most edgy trend in the fashionable world. And it is much less used in the jackets. For the jacket serves to make the wearer look much cooler. But a hood on it may lessen the cool feeling. Then the designers are inventive. They can add the hooded design into the jackets and do not let them less the former coolness. It shows a gorgeous look to the wearers.

Lace Element in the Gothic Punk Style Dressing

Lace is a very important element in the clothing field. It is widely spread in the victorian era. The dresses wore by the upper class women shows their status and prosperity. And in the queen victoria’s wedding, the elegant wedding dress with luxuriant lace detail attracted so many people. In modern world, the most applied field of lace is still the wedding dresses. However, it is also an element that most designers use into their clothes other than the wedding dresses. Here I will focus on the usage of lace element in the gothic punk style clothing.

Black Gothic Cyber Punk Skirt for Women

The first one has a very obvious lace tone on the skirt. It both illustrate the grace as well as the gothic darkness. The black lace gloves add additional elegance to it. The second one is a black gothic cyber punk skirt for women. The black color make it much more gothic. The black lace on the upper part add extra mystery to the gothic style.

How to Be Gothic Punk Girl

Gothic punk culture is about showing your individuality. You can achieve it through your music choices or your clothing style. For the clothing style, goth is identified by mostly dark and black clothing, as well as the pale skin, dark makeup and dyed hair. The music they listen to is loud and raucous, and it's often produced by bands that other people have never heard of. So here are some introduction about how to be gothic punk that suitable for women.

Dye your hair black. This is the first step for you.

Apply smoky face makeup. If you're not naturally pale, cover your face and neck in powder to create a ghostly look.

Black Alternative Gothic Punk Skirt for Women

Then it came to the dressing part. For women, a skirt may be perfect. The above one is in whole black. It shows a very strong gothic punk look. The hair, the makeup and such a dress may make a girl enter into the gothic punk world.

Gothic Boots for Women

In the previous posts, I have talked a lot about the gothic punk dresses both for men and for women. When wearing the clothes in the gothic punk style, the most outstanding effect is the coolness. Then if you match such a cool style with a sweet shoes or just not go with the dressing style may make you feel extreme embarrassed. So here today I would like to talk about the matching boots in the gothic style.

Black Gothic Platform Boots

Black/White Gothic Platform Boots

Generally speaking, a pair of boots best match the gothic or punk style. We may get the cool feeling from the following boots. These two boots are all in the ankle length. The shoestring closure and the slightly snub toe design. This kind is not familiar to the kind that with so many decorations and detail. They are simple but also classic ones. The pure black or the white color make it more classic. To some people, it is hard to do the matching work. If wrongly matched, you may feel embarrassed among so many people. If you are a such person, then you can follow my blog and in later I will keep on talking about the fashionable dressing style.