Punk Fashion:
Punk fashion is based around the music, clothing, hairstyle, jewellery and attitude of the punk subculture. The punk fashions vary a lot, with one of the main early pioneers, Vivienne Westwood being totaly different to some of the styles that would be called punk today.

Origional Punk was aimed to shock, and be controversial, with a little bit of attitude and rebelion thrown in for good measure. It started in the 1970's, realy with Vivienne Westwood and Malcom McLaren, in McLarens shop called SEX. In very early punk clothing anarchy symbols, along with other pretty offensive (swastika's, inverted cross) symbols were worn. This has changed a lot today, with a lot of the punks having peace or ban the bomb symbols. Typicaly clothing was torn, and quite a lot of it was entwined with the BDSM (Bondage Domination Sadism Masochism) scene.

Extreme hairstyles were also popular, mohawks, spiked hair, dyed, skinhead. Safety pins were also comon clothing, and body piercing accessories. Other household goods such as tape, and plastic bin liners were also used in punk clothing.

In the1980's Punk fashion went through a big change. A lot less shocking, donkey jackets, Dr Martain boots and steel toed army boots were the order of the day. Chains, studded leather more torn jeans and tartan were all the rage as well.

Today punk is more leather jackets, denim, chains and spikes (still!) torn clothing, army boots, mohawk / spiked hair, dyed hair, bullet belts, patches with bands / slogans / logo's. A lot of the clothing can be DIY, and items suck as studds etc can be added to denim / leather jackets.

 

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