Punk Rock Fashion

Preparing for rock concerts or music festivals can be little tedious, it can become more of a concerning matter if you want to be a rock star. Basically many rock stars make their own t-shirts and also design their outfits for the event. To design rock clothing you must first understand the theme of the event, depending on the theme you can design your punk rock clothes.

Making your own punk outfit will require little analysis, and you can even visit a rock garment store to get an idea on what exactly you would require for designing. You can check online and follow latest trends related to punk fashion stuffs. As you can see most of the mass produced punk rock music t-shirts use processes such as silk-screening, you can do the same or go an easier route that will hold up just as well.

Remember, you want your punk Rock Clothing to go the distance and be able to withstand washing and drying and all the other abuse when you put them to test while performing at the event. Remember the theme of the event and the audience, if you are designing punk rock clothes for your other members in the band then you must ask for size list. Ask for one and enlist someone to help you contact the other members of the band if you have to do it yourself.

Punk Fashion Tips

Punk style emerged in the 1970s as an attitude-infused anti-fashion movement, and "true" punk persists today as such. Take a walk through your local mall, and you'll probably see a Hot Topic store, the main example of punk culture being trendily (and ironically) mass-marketed.

Don't let Hot Topic fool you. Popular punk style is a watered-down version of the real thing, which aims to deliberately shuck fashion trends rather than cater to them. Punk culture doesn't have a squeaky clean moral track record: it's infused with suggested (and sometimes real) violence. The Straight-Edge movement of the eighties, for example, tied punk style up with vehement opposition to drug use and swearing, to the point that skin-head-like punk gangs would beat up marijuana users, casual drinkers and dirty-talkers severely, with no recognition of the personal freedoms others should be granted.

That, of course, isn't really what punk's about. Straight-Edge tarnished the statements made by the style only a little. Punk is more broadly about dancing how you want, vandalizing a little (a real punk always carries a sharpie), speaking your mind, getting loud, challenging the assumptions of others, and being justified if you're angry.

Punk style lacks many gender rules. Most things worn by punk women can be worn by punk men, especially black jeans, which are usually tight. Recently, bondage pants have come into style (these are pants with straps and chains dangling between the backs of the legs), but are certainly not necessary. Plaid is very punk as well, in zippered pants and skirts, as well as suspenders. Two punk friends of mine, who are a couple, are about the same size. Despite being opposite sexes, they shared all of their clothes for a few years.

Black is a near-necessary color for a punk outfit, but not the only one: punk is not goth. The difference? Punk often uses black as a backdrop to accentuate a loud dash of bright color, rather than giving black center stage.

Punk isn't goth, nor is it emo: emo is the best name to use for the Victorian influenced, pretty, frilly punk now popularized by Hot Topic and recent music. Punk is more daring, more shocking, and more dangerous than emo.

Don't be afraid to rip your clothes: ripped is better. A tank top or "wife beater" (that's a men's sleeveless undershirt), especially if ripped, goes well over a brightly colored or black bra for women. With the awareness that a rip draws the eye, rip your clothes strategically,

By : Currie Jean

Punk Fashion History

70s Punk Fashion
1970's punk was seen largely as a backlash against glam rock and the socio-political climate in the UK. Punk clothing style was influenced by skinheads, Teddy boys and greasers and was often confrontational, D-I-Y, and anti-establishment. Designers Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren were pioneers of 70's alternative fashion. McLaren was influenced by bands such as The New York Dolls, and Vivienne Westwood's fashion designs drew inspiration from fetishism and BDSM clothing. Their clothes shop, SEX, was a hub of punk subculture, with regular visits from the Bromley Contingent and Adam Ant. McLaren and Westwood's shop was also where the Sex Pistols auditioned Johnny Rotten. The punk rocker fashion at that time consisted mainly of military or motorbike boots, leopard print, bondage trousers, safety pins, and customised blazers. Controversial T-shirts featured Cambridge Rapist and Tom of Finland designs.

80s Punk Fashion
Hardcore became the mainstay of early 1980's punk fashion, with bands such as The Exploited and Subhumans providing role models. The hardcore punk clothing style was predominately that of dirty, bleached and torn jeans, studded belts, DM boots and tartan kilts. More extreme hairstyles grew, as did the prevalence of body piercings, and tattoos became more extensive. Anarcho-punk was an off-shoot of traditional punk subculture and featured black military style clothes. Leather was typically avoided for ethical reasons, and hairstyles were limited by those products that weren't tested on animals. Since then, many factions, evolutions and fusions of subcultures have emerged. Alternative fashions borne out of them include cyberpunk clothes and gothic clothing.

Milenium Punk Fashion
With it's do-it-yourself ethic and it's anti-corporate message, anarcho-punk was something Jed Phoenix related to. She was veering more towards straight-edge and had a liking for black military style clothes. Her politics were also those of non-violence, anti-heterosexism and environmentalism, and her spirituality leaned towards Buddhism. Jed's T-shirt business, Obscure Labels, provided an opportunity to end a period of unemployment without compromising her unconventional lifestyle and alternative clothing style. Jed had a stall in The Electric Ballroom, Camden from 1999 where she sold her designs. In 2000, Brighton Museum approached Jed to submit an alternative outfit to their Renegades exhibition. She provided a pair of combat boots, a "devilish technohead" T-shirt with rubber applique and additional bullet spikes, and the second pair of pinstripe strap trousers she made on her grandmother's old domestic Singer sewing machine. All this under the title of "Queer Fetish Techno Punk". Jed's alternative clothing brand has grown into a full-time business since then, with collections such as "City Punk - Military style clothing with a kinky twist" and the "Self Tailoring range - taking the punk-rock look and alternative gothic style to a new level".

Belt Buckles Punk Fashion

As most music lovers say, music is a lifestyle, regardless of the genre. Whether it may be reggae, rock, metal, goth, punk, hiphop, or pop, people are showing their love for such music genre through their outward appearances and behavior such as the clothes and fashion accessories they wear.

You can see famous celebrities and music personalities wearing the latest punk accessories to complete their whole outfit and to give them more edge. But aside from the colorful and streaky hair, makeup, boots, and studded belts and cuffs, one accessory that seems to put the whole look together is the belt buckle.

Belt buckles are the latest craze in town, and you can see many people wearing different kinds of belt buckles to give their outfit a more unique and yet distinctive feel. Belt buckles ooze with personality, and it says a lot about the wearer. There are many types of Punk fashion belt buckles, and they come in various materials. There are even belt buckles that make use of Swarovski crystals to form the design.

Famous Punk fashion belt buckles include logos and insignias of your favorite band, guitar buckles, drum buckles, and many more. There are even buckles perfect for the emo punk, such as bleeding heart buckles, which can either be colored or pure platinum or silver. These belt buckles will look really good on Punk studded belts, and will really give your whole look a more Punk appeal.