Subcultures and Clothes

We all know the look: colourful Mohawks, black leather jackets and ripped fabrics, dog collars, safety pins and layers upon layers of chains.

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The 1970s spawned a generation of DIY rebellion against the ‘gentle rebellion’ and loose, flowy outfits of the hippies.

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By the late 80s the formation of new subcultural phenomena was taking height in clubs, abandoned warehouses and fields across the UK.

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Mods had an obsession with clean-cut fashions: the three-button, mohair suit, fishtail parkas, Fred Perry polos, Hush Puppies and a girl in a twin set with capri pants and false lashes so long that they blew in the wind.

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The modernist movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s was influenced by Italian fashion. The increase in youth employment saw a rise in juvenile spending.

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There was a time when young people made it clear what tribe and music they

were into by the way they dressed.

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Skinhead subculture was created from the Jamaican rude boy style and evolved to adopt drainpipe denim, checkered shirts, white T-shirts, braces and cherry red DMs as a fashion identity.

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The expensive creations of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren spawned a DIY revolution that allowed a generation to express themselves artistically ripped T-shirts, jewellery made from safety pins and dog collars and bondage strides.

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The expensive creations of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren spawned a DIY revolution...

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A goth, all in black, was never about being at the cutting edge of cool...

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By the mid-1960s, fashion was heavily under the influence of the ska music that

filled the airwaves. Skinhead subculture was created from a fascination with the Jamaican rude boy style...

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Punk bands were maily made up of creative individuals who often hadn’t picked up an instrument in their lives...

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