The punk subculture emerged
in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia in the mid-1970s.
Exactly which region originated punk has long been a major controversy within
the movement. Various musical, Philosophical, Political,
literary and artistic movements have influenced the
subculture.
The punk subculture is
centered on a loud, aggressive genre of rock music called Punk Rock.
The idea of punk fashion is
to shock and outrage other people with the use of theatrical clothing, hairstyles,
cosmetics, tattoos, jewelry and body modification.
Early punk fashion included
ripped clothing, held together by safety pins or wrapped with tape, ordinary
clothing customised by embellishing it with marker or adorning it with paint,
and safety pins and razor blades were used as jewelry.
Also popular was the use of
leather, rubber, and vinyl clothing that the general public
associates with transgressive sexual practices like bondage and S&M.
Some punks wear tight ''drainpipe'' jeans, plaid/tartan trousers, skirts or leather jackets, which are often decorated with painted band logos, pins and buttons, and metal studs or spikes. For footwear they tend to wear things such as converse sneakers, creepers, rocks boots or Dr Martens boots.
Some early punks occasionally wore clothes displaying a Nazi Swastika for shock value, but most contemporary punks are very anti-racist and are more likely to wear a crossed out Swastika symbol. Some punks are known to cut their hair into Mohawks or other dramatic shapes, style it to stand in spikes and colour it with vibrant, unnatural hues.
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