Then in the 1990s belly, tongue and genital piercings all gathered a following among the masses. This was followed by Goths sporting nose studs in the early 80s. It entered mainstream fashion quite rapidly, beginning with the three stud earlobe, progressing to the whole ear outline embedded with ear studs. What we take as a normal strand of fashion today was all quite unusual back then.īody piercing seems every day now in the 21st century. Punk fashion was also unisex and men began to spot facial jewelry. The chosen placement of body jewelry and tattoos of the new punks was deliberately intended to offend the more conventional members of society. Self-mutilation, rejection of prettiness, and body piercing were not a norm then. The placement of studs and pins in facial body parts such as eyebrows and cheeks, noses or lips for the masses was then quite unusual even after the freedom of the 1960s.Īlthough it is known that Edwardian ladies used to have rings inserted into their nipples to make their breasts stand up more pertly, this was not a usual practice among the masses of the 1960s and 70s. The latter emerged as a mainstream fashion status symbols a few years later when worked in gold.īody piercing was done in parts other than the usual accepted placement in the ear lobe. Neck chains were made from padlocks and chain and even razor blades were used as pendants. Safety pins and chains held bits of fabric together. They were worn with heavy Doc Martens footwear, a utilitarian, practical traffic meter maid type of footwear in that era, not seen on many young women until then. Trousers were deliberately torn to reveal laddered tights and dirty legs. Until then fabric had been treated as a material to keep as pristine, new looking and beautiful as possible. Whilst torn fabrics, frayed edges and defaced prints are now considered normal in the 21st century, in the 1970s it shocked many people, because it had never been seen before. It deconstructed garments into new forms. Punks cut up old clothes from charity and thrift shops, destroyed the fabric, and refashioned outfits in a manner then thought of a crude construction technique, making garments designed to attract attention. The clothes suited the lifestyle of those with limited cash due to unemployment and the general low-income school leavers or students often experience. Closely aligned was a music movement that took the name punk.Īnti Fashion - Torn Fashion Becomes Punk Fashion About 200 young people defined themselves as an anti-fashion urban youth street culture. Punk first emerged in the mid-1970s in London as an anarchic and aggressive movement. Today everyone knows what punk fashion is, but in 1970 it didn't exist. What Was Punk Fashion in the Early Days of the 1970s?
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