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abZ wrote:I am the anti-fashion statement. The timeless jeans and t-shirt does me just fine.

I think that's probably the best style of all. Jeans and a T-shirt is usually what I wear. A nice pair of jeans and a clean shirt can look really nice. If you need to look dressier for dinner, in Miami Beach a nice pair of jeans and a nice collared shirt can get you in just about anywhere.

I think these hoodies and t-shirts that look like Ronald McDonald threw up on them are horrible. But I think its mostly the kids that wear that stuff not adults, and in America it's 21 and older to get into places.

Understated colours = BIG.
Although I'm partial to a bit of Ronnie McDonnie vomit stuff every now and then.

Dojo wrote:It begs the question of whether or not dubstep could be fashioned and marketed as a brand in the same way that hip hop, punk rock and other musical styles have been. It's interesting; different styles of music elicit different subcultures, and at least from a West Coast perspective, the dubstep scene has the potential to flourish as both a mainstream brand of music and as a subculture. It's becoming more than just an offshoot of the broader rave scene; people who I thought would never be caught dead listening to electronic music are appreciating and embracing the dubstep sound in a wholly original way.

related anecdote: apparently hippies love dubstep.

Joe told me that he was playing at sonar on 12/20 and it suprised me. I hadn't heard anything about that. apparently though, he was playing at one of those hippy type jamtronica festival thingies that was being held inside sonar. so I checked it out.

I only saw two familiar faces, everyone else there was from the other scene. It was at once confusing and exciting, confusing because I don't really understand the common overlap is taste, exciting because it was an entire roomful of people who were extremely excited to hear dubstep. brilliant!

the week after that I happened to plan a trip to new york and I find that dubwar is opening up for the disco biscuits so I checked out that too. same thing, they go crazy for it.

the decoy wrote:

Dojo wrote:It begs the question of whether or not dubstep could be fashioned and marketed as a brand in the same way that hip hop, punk rock and other musical styles have been. It's interesting; different styles of music elicit different subcultures, and at least from a West Coast perspective, the dubstep scene has the potential to flourish as both a mainstream brand of music and as a subculture. It's becoming more than just an offshoot of the broader rave scene; people who I thought would never be caught dead listening to electronic music are appreciating and embracing the dubstep sound in a wholly original way.

related anecdote: apparently hippies love dubstep.

Joe told me that he was playing at sonar on 12/20 and it suprised me. I hadn't heard anything about that. apparently though, he was playing at one of those hippy type jamtronica festival thingies that was being held inside sonar. so I checked it out.

I only saw two familiar faces, everyone else there was from the other scene. It was at once confusing and exciting, confusing because I don't really understand the common overlap is taste, exciting because it was an entire roomful of people who were extremely excited to hear dubstep. brilliant!

the week after that I happened to plan a trip to new york and I find that dubwar is opening up for the disco biscuits so I checked out that too. same thing, they go crazy for it.

Yes the festival/burning man scene is all over dubstep. Has been for a while.....

but yeah, talk about a pretentious scene where everyone is more worried about what everyone else is wearing v. the music.. that shit takes the cake...you totally suck unless you ave some retarded outfit on lol

Just whatever - those kids in the hoodies what have all those stupid patterns and colours make me be sick a little in my mouth.. whats wrong with a plain hoody?

all over prints are so '07

Step Correct wrote:

the decoy wrote:

Dojo wrote:It begs the question of whether or not dubstep could be fashioned and marketed as a brand in the same way that hip hop, punk rock and other musical styles have been. It's interesting; different styles of music elicit different subcultures, and at least from a West Coast perspective, the dubstep scene has the potential to flourish as both a mainstream brand of music and as a subculture. It's becoming more than just an offshoot of the broader rave scene; people who I thought would never be caught dead listening to electronic music are appreciating and embracing the dubstep sound in a wholly original way.

related anecdote: apparently hippies love dubstep.

Joe told me that he was playing at sonar on 12/20 and it suprised me. I hadn't heard anything about that. apparently though, he was playing at one of those hippy type jamtronica festival thingies that was being held inside sonar. so I checked it out.

I only saw two familiar faces, everyone else there was from the other scene. It was at once confusing and exciting, confusing because I don't really understand the common overlap is taste, exciting because it was an entire roomful of people who were extremely excited to hear dubstep. brilliant!

the week after that I happened to plan a trip to new york and I find that dubwar is opening up for the disco biscuits so I checked out that too. same thing, they go crazy for it.

Yes the festival/burning man scene is all over dubstep. Has been for a while.....

but yeah, talk about a pretentious scene where everyone is more worried about what everyone else is wearing v. the music.. that shit takes the cake...you totally suck unless you ave some retarded outfit on lol

actually, now that you mention it, they all were uniformed in tye dyed outfits.

You mean like REAL hippies?!?! I was unaware that any still existed lol..

Step Correct wrote: You mean like REAL hippies?!?! I was unaware that any still existed lol..

One of my friends pejoratively referred to them as "trust fund hippies"

...Aaahh yes, trustafarians. The most annoying of the genre. Plenty of those around here in Santa Barbara. Kids growing up in $4,000,000 houses and begging for change barefoot playing drums on State Street and shit.. Thankfully it's a dying breed.. they've all discovered Burning Man, ecstasy, and Ableton Live now lol...

Counter-bump.

I spent the 20 quid Blue Inc gift vouchers I got from a relative at Christmas on a couple of pairs of multi-coloured socks and a a blue t-shirt. Guess what I looked like?!??! That's right, a lamentable nu-rave kid!!!

How's all my non-fashion crew doing?

I tend to gravitate toward earthy tones these days. Quality jeans and the short sleeved button ups, the ones with unique stitching and such. Light jackets, started rocking fedoras again, green or brown low-tops, slip ons, even came up on a pair of boots. Subtle, classy > flashy.

lol I still got a few Hoodie/B-Boy get ups for the massives and such though. Can't wait for the spring/summer to hit again so I can break out the shorts and flip flops all Cali casual steez...few more months.

My raw denim jeans came the other day, the ones you're supposed to wear for 6 months before washing.



Fuck that.

DanRev wrote:My raw denim jeans came the other day, the ones you're supposed to wear for 6 months before washing.



Fuck that.

haha what the fuck. are they meant for agraphobic people?

to all the anti - fashion people as long as we to wear clothes we might as well look good doin it eh?

It isn't about anti-fashion, or anti-looking good.

For me, I'm against the idea that we ought to dress a certain way to satisfy the dubstep sound/scene/culture. The style is in the music, and to try to market the music into how we dress should be looked down upon and ignored.

Much Love

or u could not give a shit if they are wearing an all over print mad hoodie, a clown costume, or a business suit... we're all in it for the music, yes?

whatevers most comfortable for u to skank in!
fuck fashion... thats someone telling u what to wear; wear what YOU fucking like!

Dojo wrote:Can't I wear Hawaiian shirts and flip-flops and rock the bass generation with my taste in music alone?

this is what i will be wearing all summer btw, its a very good look

TNT wrote: business suit

im coming to SLS in one with my bowler hat & kane

TNT wrote: a clown costume, or a business suit.

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