Street fashion

Street fashion is fashion that is considered to have emerged not from studios, but from the grassroots. Street fashion is generally associated with youth culture, and is most often seen in major urban centers.^[1] Magazines and Newspapers like the New York Times and Elle commonly feature candid photographs of individuals wearing urban, stylish clothing.^[2] Japanese street fashion sustains multiple simultaneous highly diverse fashion movements at any given time. Mainstream fashion often appropriates street fashion trends as influences. Most major youth subcultures have had an associated street fashion. Examples from the 1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s include:

• Hippies (denim, bohemian style, long hair, flower power and psychedelic imagery, flared trousers)
• Teddy Boys (drape jackets, drainpipe trousers, crepe shoes)
• Punk fashion (ripped clothing, safety pins, bondage, provocative T-shirt slogans, Mohican hairstyle)
• Skinheads (short-cropped hair, fitted jeans, Ben Sherman button-up shirts, Fred Perry polo shirts, Harrington jackets, Dr. Martens boots)
• Gothic fashion (black clothing, heavy coats, poet shirts, big boots, makeup)
• Preppy (argyle sweaters, chinos, madras, Nantucket Reds, button down Oxford cloth shirts, and boat shoes).
  • See also ghetto prep for a 21st century variant influenced by hip-hop fashion.
• Hip hop fashion (ultra-baggy pants, ECKO, Tribal Gear, South Pole, Avirex, FUBU, Sean Jean, NIKE)
• Hipster or indie (glasses, jeans, beanies, sneakers, ties, suspenders, checked shirts, beards)
• Trendies (androgynous big hair, bright neon colors, skinny jeans, printed hoodies, keffiyehs)
• Rasta (African-inspired clothing, rastacap, dreadlocks)
• Greaser (subculture) (Levis 501 jeans, T-shirts, leather jackets, sunglasses, Cowboy boots or motorcycle boots, hair gel)
• Urban (colorful apparel, large accent jewelry, skinny jeans, jackets, T-shirts)
• Feminine (dresses, hats, sunglasses, hand bags, floral prints)
• Kawaii (tutu skirts, pastel and pink colors, anime and gothic lolita inspired accessories such as wild hair clips or bows)

See also

• Bread and Butter street fashion show
• Purple Mark

References

1. "Urban Style and Tips". UrbFash.
2. Cercone, Katie (2012). "Today's Fashion" (Volume 1 Issue 1). Public Art Squad Project. Revolt Magazine. Retrieved 20 November 2014. Cindy Hinant, a visual artist whose daily trek through Soho makes her a regular target for amateur blogarazzi stalking women for photo copy, remarks, "Street fashion has made me both paranoid and vain. Last week I had my photo taken twice in one day by two different magazines for their street fashion whatever. Now when I’m wearing something that I think is awesome I’m disappointed not to be stopped to have my picture taken."