Articles
Past articles; from style features to polls.
Tori - Fresher Week – The name says it all! more >>>
Tori - Packing - Oh what a chore! more >>>
Tori - Results – happy days and not so happy ones.. more >>>
Steampunk
Steampunk was initially a subculture associated with fantasy & sci-fi, but with it's growing ties in the goth & punk subcultures it has been developing in the alternaive fashion scene. more >>>
Tori - new column; about the trials and tribulations of an alternative fashion designer at university.
Decision - about me & to go or not to go debates.more >>>
Retro
Vintage inspired threads, classic designs from companies & pieces with a vintage feel to them. more >>>>
Deathrock
The deathrock look essentially started off with musicial roots; from bands such as Christian death, Alien sex fiend, Specimen & The virgin prunes. more >>>
'07 end of year poll!
In the spirit of new year's poll's we decided it was high time Alt fashion had an end of year poll to pay our repects to some of the UK's most unique companies & friendly shops.
View the final results here!
'07 in review
’07 has been a mixed year for fashion in the alternative scene. From the huge boom that was New rave to the continued expansion of Emo.
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GrungeMost readers will be familiar with grunge for it’s association
& tag for late 80’s & early 90’s alternative bands such
as Mudhoney & Nirvana. Orignally a tag given to the music by Mudhoney
to describe their sound.
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GlamNowadays glam would be defined in many terms from glamourous
elaborate outfits, glam tacky chic & metallic spangley outfits. Only the
latter term really plays a part to it's original roots
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BurlesqueBurlesque is a hugely growing phenomena in the UK right now;
with burlesque acts cropping up left, right and centre around the country.
But where did it find it's root initially?
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PunkPunk as a fashion is pretty varied & difficult to specifically
pin point into one key look but thats what makes it so unique.
Influenced by the clothes designed by Vivienne westwood
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New rave
New rave a confusing new term possibly coined by NME to describe
the sound of new bands like Klaxons or more likely by Angular Recording Corporation
founder Joe Daniel but later used in a Klaxons interview. more >>>
Indie kid
Indie kids, not to be confused with 'emo's'
or those into most of the laddish britpop bands.
The shy fop-haired individuals who listen to music more along
the lines of old indie dharlings
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Emo
Emo seems to be one of those confusing new trends to some, what
with swarms of 'emo kids' in your town center in their armies of skinny jeans
& panic at the disco tees but thats quite confusingly the same as a scenester
in some cases. more >>>
Goth
Probably
the most sterotyped 'genre' you'll find. Goth's are more notorious as the
'scapegoat' of the alternative scene nowadays but whats associated as 'goth'
in popular culture nowadays is far from goth itself. more >>>
ScenesterAlt Fashion attempts to 'decifer' what the hell a scenester
is.
It's one of those recent 'terms' that you've probably heard
used to describe the kids who live on 'my space' but it's literally much more
than that. As I try to get to grips with the 'young un's' & this latest
alternative-esque trend heres a 'decifered' attempt to properly explain a
'scenester' to the UK population.
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Cyber The exact 'origins' of the term 'cyber' aren't
exactly known, depending on where you look some would state it's referring
to rpg others would state it goes back to 'cyberpunk'. The cyber(goth) style
as a fashion does appear to have come about in the 90's.
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KinderwhoreWhen
you probably think of a kinderwhore the two most infamous ladies that pop
into your head would be
Courtney
Love &
Kat
Bjelland, but the look is much more than the style that was worn by them
both back in the 90's it's still being worn by today
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Gothic lolitaGothic
lolita started on the streets of Japan. With girls dressing in a similar style
to their favourite j rock stars, resembling victorian dolls with their frilly
dresse's, frilled socks, & mary janes. Not to be confused with the kinderwhore
look of course.
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Japanese street fashion certainly wouldn’t be where it was today without fashion’s
various styles throughout the years.
You can see elements of Victorian, new romantic, punk, and goth clothing.
Of course the Japanese have added their own twist to this and created styles even more original than they were in the
first place.
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