Punk is the way of those who are unable to express themselves, but they aren’t dangerous; at worst, they may kill their audience.
W e s t w o o d a Following the “Swinging London” n d era of the 1960s, a new group of M icons arose. The 1970s cultural c L emergence of the punk saw the a rock rmovement.Most notably youngneperformers like Siouxsie Sioux’ and groups like The Clash. s Thes music inspired fashion as twell, in particular designer r Vivienne Westwood, whose punk e designs for the Sex Pistols helped e t define the decade’s London style. w e a r t s h i r t s
Because the only thing that punk rock should ever really mean, is not sitting round and waiting for the lights to go green.
In the mid-1970s, the new New York sound and style came into focus through the Ramones (who created a uniform of shredded Levi’s 505 jeans and black leather jackets), Television (whose guitarist Richard Hell was one of the first performers to rock spiked hair and torn T-shirts held together by safety pins), and Blondie (fronted by Debbie Harry, who pioneered high-low mixes of Levi’s and designer pieces), and other groups that orbited divey clubs like CBGB. “They had no money,” photographer Jenny Lens recalls. “The holes in Joey’s knees were from wear and tear. They were not fashion. I have photos of Dee Dee Ramone wearing a leather jacket, and around the wrists it’s really frayed. It was shameful back then to run around with holes in your jeans, and the Ramones said f—k that, that’s who we are!”
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The Nazi swastika quickly replaced the peace sign as a sign held up to their World War II generation elders, led by Sid Vicious dressed in a red swastika tee and studded leather biker jacket. Debates still continue on the questionable subversion of such a symbol. It was ironic for Sid to wear such a symbol as for some time he was dating Nancy Spungen who was Jewish. Despite a gap between US and UK punk style, two trends survived: ripped shirts and safety-pins. The UK’s own Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten, however, gave a more practical reason for the accessory, claiming they prevented ‘the arse of your pants falling out. It was quickly adopted by design-duo Westwood and McLaren and radically transformed into both a fashion and political statement. Their ‘God Save the Queen’ t-shirts – the Queen
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The clothes, as is always the case, reflected the music. Punk band The Ramones would command their sharp sound with a new sharp look and a 1-23-4! They ripped up their jeans just like they ripped up the sixties.
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a zine inspired around the Punk tribe subculture, expressed through graphic elements of layout, type and image_