21st century music trends have always impacted on fashion and fashion trends equally on music scenes. Both music and fashion express personality and perhaps this is why they are so closely linked.
style of clothing in the late 60’s became synonymous with the hippy movement. The vibrant colours and free fitting clothing portrayed the ideals expressed in the music. Similarly in the late 70’s with the emergence of the anarchic punk music scene the popular fashion then emulated the styles of the people associated with the music industry. With the influx of stylists in the 80’s to present day its hard to say whether the artist have worn the clothing because they were advised to or weather it was to represent there music, even with this in question the fashion world still follows the trend within music. This combination of underground music scenes and fashion is largely forgotten when It comes to trend pallets. Often the emerging designers that are renowned for creating cutting edge pieces that relate to the underground scenes are a part of them, such as Vivien Westwood and her artistic responses to the emergence of the punk scene.
Recently I have noticed a sudden influx in “heavy”(a form of fast paced rhythmic metal music with deep growing vocals) bands and similarly a rise in young adults emulating the appearance of these musicians. “Heavy” bands are dominating festival line-ups this summer and club nights are springing up in the most unlikely of places.
The associated clothing style can mostly be found in independent shops but has began to emerge in chains such as All Saints and Topshop, The correlation between big corporations such as these and the music scene works as a loop, with the bands promoting the style and the fans buying the style from the companies. Similarly people buy the clothes because they enjoy the look and then in an effort to become ‘part of the scene’ begin to listen to the bands.
