Friday, April 27, 2012

Emo dress, why?

This is the assignment for class:



Leave room for blocks of text (call outs) that explain the various aspects of the character?s appearance (face, hair, expression, clothing, props, posture, etc.) and HOW THEY GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHARACTER. Worth 25 points



Now I picked emo as my character and I cant find anything on why they wera ceratin things and what makes what they wear emo. Like the glasses, the hair over one eye and the tight pants and converse and studded belt.



Emo dress, why?

The fashion is directly from the bands that influenced the current "emo" movement. Unfortunately what is now "emo" is totally different from the original thing. For example the glasses are believed to be an influence from Rivers Cuomo of Weezer. Here's some good sources:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo_(music)



""Emo fashion" seems to be directly derived from pre-existing punk and goth fashions and retains staples from these two, including the tendency for dyed, flat matte black hair and multiple piercings; in particular, labrets and ear "plugs" are prominent. Eyeliner on the males is common. Wrist accessories such as plastic bracelets and wristbands are typical. So-called "emo glasses", identified as thick, black-rimmed "nerdy" glasses, are embraced as a quintessential emo accessory. Rolled-up (and often times form-fitting) jeans and t-shirts displaying sarcastic slogans or images of old-time cartoons are popular as well. More recently, many aspects of emo fashion have become mainstream and are regularly sold at stores like Hot Topic.



Emo fashion, according to its proponents, is deeply rooted in a "being proud of who you are", anti-consumer subculture. Critics of the fashion point out that it has become so mainstream that it has become shallow and antithetical to this notion. To this extent, various websites and magazines have taken to poking fun at "emo kids" and stereotypical emo fashion, some offering guides to "making yourself emo". "



http://www.bigpedia.com/encyclopedia/Emo



So there you go. I know you youngins don't know this stuff.



Emo dress, why?

Because they are "emotionaly" distressed, trying to show people theyre depressed, trying to make a statement. Many thought are in for it because they KNOW its a trend. Tight pants and Studded belts were adapted from the Metal and Punk community, Eye makeup from the Goths, Glasses from Geeks, and the hair from the Trendys (preps)



Emo dress, why?

Well why do Preppy people dress the way they do? Emo people dress that way because it's the style for that type of people. If you walked up to the most popular person in school and asked them why they dress a certain way they would say because it's what everyone else does, but it's th opposite yet the same with emo people they want to be different than everyone else but the same as the people that are also emo!!!!



Hope this helps



Emo dress, why?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...



i thought this was funny... and i LOVE Fugazi...

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