What is punk style and how has this style became mainstream in the 21st century ? This essay will explain what punk style is, how it has started and how does it look like. Moreover it will analyse the meanings of the outfits, then it will be also explained how the modern punk style look like now. The similarities and differences between those two will be presented. Furthermore, the essay will include the exploration of how punk style became mainstream in the 21st century. The arguments will be supported with theory from wide range of sources. Punk style emerged Great Britain, Australia and United States in the middle 70s. This subculture is widely recognizable form of social inadequacy and battle for freedom. Initially, punk whose original …show more content…
It is mostly rebellion against rules, future aims and social norms. The main reason of its appearance is political situation and what was happening in the country at the time. Mass of youth struggled to get education or finding jobs, what also was a cause of social chaos. The ideology of punk subculture members was straightforward: anarchy and lack of any kind of rules. Their attitude became an inspiration for the young, tired of monotony people as they presented free-flowing lifestyle. Freedom and independence were the most important and basic values for them, which also we could clearly see in their characteristic outfits. The style is loose and remarkably sloppy. They are well-known for their DIY clothing like bleached jeans, ripped sleeved t-shirts, torn leather jackets, full of meaningful badges, safety pins, razor blades, chains, studs etc. Everything is to stand out, look different than others, shocking and rebelliously. Moreover the subculture 'was often directly offensive (T-shirt covered in swear words ) and threatening (terrorist/guerrilla outfits) punk style was defined principally through the violence of its 'cut ups'. Like Duchamp's 'ready made' - manufactured objects which