• caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Punk tends to lean towards modifying what you have with what tools are available, and shopping second-hand. As a bonus, the inherent aesthetic is harder for the fashion industry to co-opt.

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      7 months ago

      The punk aesthetic was invented by a man who owned a fashion label and had his own storefront.

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        7 months ago

        He ripped it off from a man who was one of punk’s founding fathers.

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          7 months ago

          Give us a name to go with the face, at least.
          I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that’s Richard Hell.

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            7 months ago

            Correct!

            For those not in the know, he was a member of a number of New York punk bands in the 70s. Malcolm McLaren nicked his style (along with that of others) and brought it over to England to sell in his clothing store Sex.

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        7 months ago

        Punk, like 80s punk? Safety pin piercings, jackets with the arms torn off, covered in handsewn patches, egg-white hair glue?