Sub- Culture research in Brick Lane

For this task we had to visit several vintage shops on Brick Lane and put together three outfits representing a certain subculture, the three subcultures are; 

- Punk 

- Rockabilly

- Hippie 

Below are the three outfits that we styled according to the above subcultures;

1.The colour and the clashing prints make this outfit suitable for the hippy scene. I would also say the loosness of the garments reflect the relaxed and laid back attitude of the subculture.

2. Synthetic fibres - polyester blouse and trousers, cotton headscarf

3. We teamed the blouse with the harem style trousers, which relates to the indian/yoga influences that the hippy movement was inspired by. We also added a tie dye head scarf.

1.We chose a pencil skirt for the rockabilly look, think Grease high school prom, pink ladies, the height of the 50’s.

2. The skirt was made of silk/satin crepe.

3. We teamed the skirt with a cotton silk white pussy bow blouse, white cinch belt and white kitten heels for a whole preppy rockabilly look.

1. A leather jacket is an iconic look for the ‘punk’ movement. Usually covered with studs,tassels, personal badges, safety pins and band imagery.

2. Made of genuine leather, although no distressed from age cut in a typical ‘biker’ cut with flat stud detailing. 

3. We teamed the jacket with a pain black sheer tshirt, though usually the typical punk would have worn their favourite band tshirt. Also, a pair of red & yellow tartan trousers that were popularised in the early punk movement by Vivienne Westwood’s exploration in to british heritage and it’s fabrics.