With new artists continuously emerging from all walks of life there is constantly something fresh on the music scene however when an artist comes to the forefront of the public eye, it’s not just their music that makes them famous. It is their personality, their style and of course their fashion.
Fashion and music are inexplicably linked.
This idea is of course, is not a new phenomenon, think back to ‘The Beatles’ and their iconic suits, ‘Kiss’ and their unmistakable face paint, as well as Run DMC and their Adidas. In the case of Run DMC, fashion even influenced their music with the song ‘My Adidas’ which was a result of the group “rockin” their “superstars/shelltoes” with the tongue sticking out and no laces, making a huge impact on both hiphop and future generation styles.
More recently, Lilly Allen started the idea of wearing prom style dresses accompanied by trainers and Oasis set an example which Manchunians especially still emulate to a certain extent, with the casual-smart way of dressing.
Even hair styles are copied, this is seen again with the Oasis style; they are more dated now but even back in the 1980’s the long curls on men were copied from artists such as Brian May from Queen, amongst others.
A lot of these music producing fashion trends emerge and continue to appear for years to come. For example, Run DMC’s style; the fashionable street/sports wear, this is still very obviously apparent within the hip-hop music scene, take a look at Jay-Z or Justin Timberlake, but new versions are constantly evolving as well such as the N-Dubz, ‘Dappy-hat’ is a particularly obvious and surprisingly popular one of these.
An infamous trend which emerged some time ago is the Punk Music scene, which although materialized up to thirty five years ago, remnants of it are still constantly surfacing.
Vivienne Westwood is a prime and noted example of this but these characteristics are seen across the board with even high street stores using qualities of the style. For example tartan dresses and ripped jeans.
Fashion will always be influenced by music, the only question is, whose is your favourite artist?
June this year I saw a fantastic set by 2 artists and their crew at the Kingston University Penryhn Rd campus bar called: Morphman, and the other was Vibezkid. These two were young and very entertaining rappers/singers. It was a shame that the bar PA is ish! but they gave a truly professional performances still. I would like to see them perform again in kingston maybe in somewhere like McClusky’s Monday nite billed as one of the new Urban rap pop acts emerging from the belly of the UK like tinie tempha, taio cruz, chipmunk, and tinchy stryder to reach the top of the UK and US charts. As it happens I’m not sure if these two artists are signed as yet since they are so young. Major record labels better sign them quick before your competitors do. See: http://www.morphman.co.uk and http://www.vibexkid.com
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