Task 14

Research into youth subcultures and current fashion for ideas

about the look and styling of your own music video and the band.

SubculturesSubcultures

There are many different subcultures in today’s society. In the first part of this slideshow we will demonstrate how different sub-cultures relate to other styles of music and fashion.

The sub-cultures we will be indentifying are: Punk, Emo, Chav,

and Folk.

PunkPunk

Many punks use clothing as a way of making a statement a good example of this would be

Vivienne Westwood’s clothing designs as she gained attention when Sex pistols first wore her

clothes.An example of what Punk’s wear would be, Clothes

which standout such as leopard print’s, and would tend to have Mohawks.

There are many different types of Punk’s, this all relates to different genres such as Skate Punk,

Skinheads, Crust Punk, etc …Examples of all different types of Punk music would

be: Bad Brains, Discharge, Sex Pistols, The Casualties and Gallows.

EmoEmoThe term ‘Emo’ means ‘Emotional’, and first broke on to the mainstream scene during the

2000’s. Emo first emerged when bands began to harm themselves on stage in front of their audiences. An example of what emo’s would tend to wear

would be, either all black clothes which was first originated by Goths. They also would wear

bright coloured clothing as well as luminous paints.

Example of Emo Bands would be bands like: Fall

Out Boy, Panic At The Disco, My Chemical Romance, Hawthorne Heights and Paramore.

ChavChavThe Term Chav means Council Housed and Violent.

‘Chavvet’ is the term used for female ‘chavs’. An example of the types of clothes that chavs would

wear, would be: Tracksuit’s, Hoodies and mainly sporting makes such as Nike and Adidas. They

would also drive about in ‘done up’ cars.Examples of music that Chavs would listen to are:

Rap, Techno, MC’s, R’n’B and Hip-Hop.Some of the bands/Artists would be: The Blackout

Crew, MC Devvo and Shady Piez, DJ Q Feat. MC Bonez and TFI.

FolkFolk

Folk Culture is linked together through many different subcultures such as Folk Rock,

Folk Punk, Indie Folk, etc …Folk is a traditional music genre which

originates back to the 19th century. There are many different fashion styles linked to folk cultures as there are many

different sub cultures such as: Lumberjack Shirts, Beards, and a working man boots.Examples of Folk Music would be: Frank

Turner, William Fitzsimmons, Good Old War, City and Colour and Chuck Ragan.