Music = Fashion?

[Tourniquet]

Do clothes really reflect music?
Here is some photos I scanned from Hong Kong magazine. Its topic was "Music = Fashion". I wanna discuss with you guys how fashion shows music. It is a funny topic.

Photos,
Top left one is Punk.
Top right one is Rock.
Bottom left one >>I don't know it in Englsih.
Bottom right one is Hip-Hop.

 

[ivypixie]

The 3rd pic is reggae, I assume


This is a very interresting topic, and I've always thought there was something in it.

I always thinks that I have a little clue about a persons music taste when I look at their style and because of that, I tend to think that everyone listen to music, at least people in my age. I keep on forgetting that it's many people that doesn't have an interrest in music at all too, so that often shocks me when somebody says they're not into it at all.

But then we come to the people who listen to music and you can see it in their style. They don't even have to have dress full-rock or full-punk or whatever. Not 100%, but they still have those small things in their style, like eg. Converse-shoes are the ultimate picture on it! What does they tell? You're interrested in (mostly) rock music, take it with long hair and and some worn-out jeans, are we talking grunge? And when we're talking about grunge, the thing with this music genre was to give a sh*t about fashion, that's why they dressed like this, but then again it become a trend and if you like grunge now and dress like that, you actually GIVE a sh*t about it, since you dress in those Converse's and worn-out jeans because of the music taste. That's a paradox.

There's so many other music genre's too, it would be a looooong post to resume them all.

Talking about myself, the music genre closest to my heart is grunge (yep, it is ). I don't dress grunge all-over, but I have a lot of it in my style, like worn-out jeans, lumberjack shirts, Converse's, layers, big sweaters... when grunge became my fave music, it wasn't like I decided to start dress like I do with all these things you would connect to grunge, it was more that it automatically came into my style, parts of parts, not suddenly. And it mixed with all other things that also came partly into my style and what my innermind felt beautiful and related to me. Eg. '70s old-school rock is also close to my heart, which lead to bling rockstar coats, leather, (fake)fur, boots, brown colours and flowerprinted dresses (okay, groupies to the '70s old-school bands ).

When I'm shopping, I don't think whether those shoes fits in under grunge or '70s old-school rock or not. It's more that my eyes actually found those shoes because of what I already was inspired of in my head, which was those music genres.

When I was 14-15 I had this period of my life where I DECIDED to be goth, to just suddenly start to wear only black, and suddenly just start to listen to goth rock and metal. That didn't work. It's not like that it works when you start dress music=fashion. Trying that, and you will always end up like a fake poser wannabe.

 

[SophieKawaii]

To me it would be pretty difficult to reflect my music taste in fashion since i like almost any genre except techno and such. However when i go to concert i try to dress "appropriate". Anyway my fav genres are ska-jazz/ska-punk/reggae and believe me i don't have mood to grow rasta hair..

 

[tott]

Music + Fashion = True

 

[PrinceOfCats]

If you listen to manufactured modern pop, where everyone has a 'look', this is probably true. But the way to tell a good musician is that they never change their clothes, and moth-eaten cardigans, beards or genuinely destroyed footwear probably feature heavily if they're a real virtuoso...

 

[the-smiths]

Music + Fashion = True

True!
Music and fashion is my life. No joke.

 

[ultramarine]

Yes .. in here ... you can categorize a person's music taste by the way the person dresses ...

 

[ivypixie]

True!
Music and fashion is my life. No joke.

Then we're two about it.

 

[jpolla]

Like most people here. Music+Fashion+life. They are my two biggest interests. In relation to the title, errrm i agree some what. Problem is that it is easy to stereotype yet i feel that by looking at 10 people and the way they dress, you could probably guess their music interests in about 7. This is porbably because music is so fundamental to evryone nowadays that each genre has its very own dress code and characteristics. Agree????

 

[dannyboy0828]

in some cases you can. if i see someone decked in rocawear there's like a 90%+ chance they like hip hop or rap, similary if someone is wearing flanel and torn jeans, pobably a grunge person, and someone with lots of piercings and clothes from hot topic probably isnt much of a pop person. but there's more being able to identify the fashion with music than stand alone pieces, you have to look at the outfit as a whole.

not every person wearing converse and a popped collar polo is a "wannabe". i dont even know how to define my style, but its not at all grungy, but i do have consverse sneakers, cuz they happen to match a blazer i have really well, and then i noticed they go along nicely with almost everything in my closet, so i wear them all the time now, but not becuase im "grunge" or a "grunge Wannabe". hell, i usually accessorise them with my YSL muse and dior shades and i just mix and match different styles to cater to my own. like wise, i can listen to any type of music that isnt country or polka, so maybe that has something to do with it

 

[eugenius]

Yes .. in here ... you can categorize a person's music taste by the way the person dresses ...

You can? Because I listen to a lot of hip-hop/R&B, but I certainly dont dress in hip-hop style...and, like Midori, I also listen to a lot of reggae, but I dont dress in rasta style...Furthermore, I dress in a lot of clothes that you can get away w/ at the club, but I certainly dont listen to club-music (anymore, at least)..

 

[Yppe]

I don't thin you can always know what music people listen thanks to the way they dress. Sometimes yes, but I know a lot of exemples of people than don't suit the stereotype. Even me, I listen diferent things, but sometimes I listen to some punk and I don't wear anything punk at all, I'm the less punk person in the world.

 

[*Sunrise_Serena*]

I do think it's possible to know what most people listen to when you look at their clothes. I've talked about this topic once with a friend (on her you can definitely see that she's into rock) and yeah we kind of had the same conclusion. There are a lot of people where you can see what kind of music they like when you look at their clothes and the even funnier thing is, (at least it used be a lot like that in school, not that bad anymore for me) that all the people with the same fashion and music sense hang out together, or please can you imagine punks hanging out with "hip hop gangstas"? So at one point we also thought that it kind of controlls who your friends are, esp. in school when there were these different groups and stuff. I believe it's a little bit like that when you get older but not that bad anymore.
Though I have to say that you can't always say into which kind of music someone is just through their clothes, I mean as for myself I don't think anyone could really say what I listen to, just because my style doesn't really reflect any type of music most of the time, like okay sometimes I wear Converse Shoes but on the other hand I like to wear these Hip Hop hats (I have no idea how you call them right now ) so does that mean I'm only into Hip Hop? No not at all. LIke if someone listens to a lot of different music styles, I think it's different to tell what he/she likes just through their clothes or if the clothes don't reflect the music they like too. It's probably only use if someone mainly listens to one kind of music and reflects it with their style.

 

[SophieKawaii]

I prefer if it can't be seen and a person doesn't stick to only one style of music.
Sometimes when i walk on the street with mp3 player i wonder what ppl might think i'm listening and i can't find the answer..

 

[~Roxy~]

yess music = fashion.... I don´t know how to explain but somehow it belongs together

 

[inAbottle]

I think the type of music you like is reflected upon in the way you dress... or maybe it's the type of clothes you wear that tell what kind of music you like. these two are parallel nonetheless.

 

[silk skin paws]

Sometimes you can tell what type of music a person most likely listens to by fashion sense. That's a fickle subject though. But as for me, my fashion doesn't reflect the music I listen too. I listen to all sorts of music, so even if I tried to maybe I'd end up looking like a psycho.

 

[Couture_Tribe]

I think it depends on how much you like the music. If X style of music is your life, then your fashion sense will show prominently. If you sorta like it, only some elements of your style will show. If you love all types, then fashion does not equal to music in your case OR you are a fashion chameleon.

For me, I penchant classic music (yes, class) and classic love songs, I find myself into traditional costume inspired clothes or vintage, simplicity etc. HOWEVER, although I do not listen to rock, or I rarely do, but I dress punk or rock frequently, because I am very into that look, yet I can not tolerate the music.

I like the point Sunrise_Serena has made, your fashion and music sense has a lot to do with your social group, I utterly believe in that.

 

[tifa]

I think you can tell what music someone listens to by looking at them. For some people it may be less obvious, some may choose it to be less obvious. My clothes reflect who I am but not every part of me, I can't wear my music taste on my sleeve

Music is my life...it cannot be a seperate part of me, it is not merely an interest, it's how I survive, how I enjoy myself, how I cope, who I am. Sounds cliche but it's true.

 

[ibimus]

I think music inspires fahsion, and vise versa. Personally, I have very eclectic tastes in music, and my way of dressing follows that.

I went through my goth/punk phase of only listening to Avenged Sevenfold and wearing more eyeliner than Cleopatra. Yeah. Never again.