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Punk

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 in the 70's & sold in her shop 'Sex'. Classing of torn up offensive t-shirts & brightly coloured dress shirts.


Other aspects from the 70's included the now much seen safety pin additives, leather jackets, military boots & bondage trousers. From the stylings of the 'Bromley contingement' to the stylings of The ramones, even back then it was a mis-match of items.


Diy clothing was also a key aspect, taking everyday items or other items of clothing & turning them into something individual from using tape & safety pins to customise an item, to turning bin bags into dresse's, customised prints & even tutu's.


You can still see diy being hugely used today from the old diy stylings of manic street preachers, with spray painted shirts & iconic pictures taped onto tops, alongside the huge trend of diy items which you can find all over ebay currently from tee's turned into bags, baggy tops into dresse's & even old pillow case's into skirts!


In general the more modern punk look seen today includes leather jackets, plaid bondage pants, chains, diy items & military boots alongside brightly dyed hair, either mohawked or slightly shaven.


You can also find styles such as Deathrock, Rockabilly & Hardcore alongside the Punk tag nowadays with aspects being taken into the style.


Some alternative companies you might want to investigate for any aspect of punk nowadays include:

Collectif selling rockabilly inspired items from polka dots to nautical stars & some punk inspired shirts.

Retro rebels Mostly rockabilly inspired gear from footwear, tees & accessories.

Rock daddy; Rockabilly & punk inspired gear from Boy london, & Toxico For more general punk items.



Punk images: 'Sex', Ramones, & Manic street preachers.