It seems to me that over the past decade punk fashion has become uncool and men and women are almost looking over the revolutionary style that is punk. Punk rock - the genre came to light during the early 70's when all that was playing was Beach Boys or lengthy prog-rock songs with 30 minute solo's and unsurprisingly the musically frustrated took things into their own hands and created something we have to be so thankful for - I mean if there was no such thing as punk Nirvana would probably be singing songs about how lovely their mums cooking is.
Aside from it's massive impact on the music industry, Punk has inspired people to do many amazing things. For instance, in England during the late 70's/80's punk exposed a genre called Ska to Britain, ska completely crushed the boundary between rock and reggae. Singing songs about politics and yet making them sound happy rather than the actual message it was giving.
One of the most recognised designers, Vivenne Westwood has been a great inspiration for punk fashion since god knows when and yet people run away from the mention of dog collars and angry music. I really love the creativity that comes with punk fashion - a friends brothers girlfriend made him this amazing jacket that would make your generic human shy away because it was too garish. The violent look of studs on a slashed denim jacket appeals to me, the fact that it's pretty much telling fashion to fuck off should be what everyone wants to do - because, no doubt if you live your life by what vogue says what kind of person are you? Just wearing what people tell you too is basically letting yourself be a carpet for any criticism that might come your way, because you never know if those pastels that you're wearing are going to be on fashion next Friday. So please, wherever/whoever you are - experiment, let loose, wear what you want! Because at the end of the day no one really cares about how you look - their more concerned about themselves. B.x
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