Terry Richardson - Natasha Poly

Subcultures and designers

The chic Goth style of Givenchy

(Givenchy F\W 2011)            Goth as Subculture 

   Givenchy advertisement (F\W 2009-2010)-another example of the Givenchy Goth.

 Goth started in England during the early 80s in the gothic rock scene, an offshoot of the Post punk. The goth subculture has survived much longer than others of the same era, and has continued to diversify. 

Styles of dress from deathrock, punk and Victorian style, or combinations of the above, most often with dark attire, makeup and hair. 

Ann Demeulemeester Loves Punk

        Punk as a subculture        Ann Demeulemeester(F\W 2011)

Punk's couple in the 80s


The Punk subculture emerged in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia in the mid-1970s.
Punks seek to outrage others with the highly theatrical use of clothing, hairstyles, makeup, tattoos, jewellery and body modifications. 


Early Punk fashion adapted everyday objects for aesthetic effect: ripped clothing was held together by safety pins or wrapped with tape; ordinary clothing was customised with marker or adorning it with paint; a black bind liner became a dress, shirt or skirt; safety pins and razor blades were used as jewellery.




Balmain & the Disco style

Balmain (F\W 2011) 

Cher and Bill Butler at Casablanca Records party,   1979

  

Studio 54 was a notable disco in the 70s and early 80s. In the 1970s it became a busy discothèque located at 254 West 54th Street in Manhattan. 

The club was arguably the most well known nightclub in the world. Studio 54 played a major formative role in the growth of disco music and nightclub culture in general.                      

Balenciaga cool with Mod's Style

(example of Spring Summer)

     Balenciaga advertisement             Mod girl in the 80s

       (S\S 2011)

 Mods in the 80s

Mod (from modernist) is a subculture that originated in London, England during the late 50s and peaked in the early-to-mid 60s.

Significant elements of the mod subculture include fashion (often tailor-made suits); music, including African American soul, Jamaican ska, British beat music, and R&B; and motor scooters.

Lachlan Bailey, photographer.

Camila Akrans, photographer.

Bea's Pointillism

GRUNGE - E1

Grunge

Grunge started in Seatle, Washintong during the mid-1980s. It’s a subgenre of the alternative rock that was influenced by the Hard rock punk, Heavy metal and Indie rock.

Punk girl in Seatle

Seatle

This genre started to be successful in the beginning of the 90s with the release of Nirvana' s Nevermind, and the MTV (music TV) massive diffusion.

The success of bands like Pearl Jam, The Breeders, Green River, Sound Garden or White Zombie provided the popularity of alternative rock around the Generation X (grunge generation).

 Courtney love & Kurt (wife&husband)

Courtney & Kurt

Grunge moved from a local sound in Seattle through national and international venues and became a part of the musical vocabulary of most subsequent bands. Most modern musicians owe a debt of gratitude to those plaid wearing teens from Seattle.

Nirvana

Nevermind, Nirvana

Nirvana (Kurt)

In 1989 British journalist Andy Catlin came to Seattle. They showed him around town and the result was a big story in Britain's Melody Maker, 1989, titled "Seattle, Rock City". Suddenly the US underground was buzzing with the news about the Seattle movement. Art Chantry aptly described the upcoming months as "an explosion of subculture". 

Many locals bands hated the attention. 

Pearl Jam

Sound Garden

90s were referred to as a decade of unisex anti-fashion. The look was characterized by the way, lack of style in and of itself: long, dirty hair, layers bulky and baggy pieces and general disdain for anything polished and trim.

Kate Moss & Johnny Depp (celebrities with Grunge style)

Kate Moss & Johnny Depp

Street Style 80s, 90s

The popularity started to disappear in the end of the 90s. However has being an important influence in the later music and fashion.

Actual fashion editorials with Grunge's influences.

Film inspired by Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) 

   

The evolution of the Grunge involves a lot of different variants in fashion and music.

I’ve focused my research on the modern and actual style that is influenced by the Grunge son of the Punk and Rock.

Style with the 90's bases, dirty appearance, ripped t-shirts and jeans, layers bulky and Denim jacket.

Actual Icons style that follow the trend.

Street style

In the 80s the name Grunge was to describe a very specific genre of people, however the term is now also used loosely to describe all fashion, looking a bit chaotic and dishevelled.

Catwalk - Grunge's Influences

 Balmain S2010

 Nicolas K S2011


Charlie Issoe


Contemporary art with Grunge's influences

I want to finish this post with an amazing picture of Kate Moss and Johnny Depp when they was a super grunge in love couple.

Grunge documentary