The Book of: Fashion Statements

Throughout The Ages

By: Sang Hwa Lee

Table of Contents

Timeline … … … … … … … … 3

Swing Movment … … … … … 4

Hippy Movement … … … … 8

Hip Hop … … … … … … … 12

Tecktonik … … … … … … 16

List of Sources … … … … … 20

Timeline of fashion styles Past

Present

1900‟s

2000’s

1970’s: The beginning

of the hip hop era

1960’s: The beginning

of the hippie’s era

1930‟s: Beginning of the

Swing youth‟s era in Germany

2000’s: The beginning of

the Tecktonik movement

1910

1920

1930

1940

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

Swing Movement Heil Swing!

It don‟t mean a thing

if you ain‟t got that swing

HJs by day Swing Kids by night

The rebellious movement of the swing kids began with the rise of

Hitler in 1933. The Swing Kids („Swingjugend‟ in German) de-

fined themselves as living a lifestyle of lazying around, going to par-

ties and having fun, which was portrayed through their American-

style clothes. The rebellious movement was based on swing music, mu-

sic which Hitler and the Nazi detested and thought as „negro‟,

„Jewish‟ and „sexually perverted‟. Young Germans who listened to

this genre of music risked their own lives, and the lives of their fam-

ily members, like Peter does in the 1993 film “Swing Kids” directed

by Thomas Carter.

Introduction:

The Swing youth‟s fashion has very many parts in order to

dress up like a follower of the movement. Firstly, one has to wear a

long coat that reaches below your knees, these coats are made from

wool or wool-mohair blend. Inside the coat, a vest is worn, which is

made of the same textile. The two parts of clothing should contrast

in color in order to look better. Under the, vest is a white collar-

shirt made of cotton or linen, the neck-tie is then tied across the col-

lar-shirt and voila! Almost done! A scarf of any type will make a

swing follower look more fashionable, thus many followers wore

scarves. The neck-tie and vest should contrast in color with the col-

lar-shirt, and a white shirt is worn most of the times.

Usually, black trousers are worn, but sometimes khaki pants are worn

as well with the numerous clothes these followers wear, with the trousers a

classic non-buckle belt is preferable. The color of the shoes must match the

color of the trousers in order to look your best, and patent leather court

shoes are worn at all times.

The clothes that the swing youth wore expressed freedom from

Hitler‟s fascist regime, the coats, long hair, vest, long coats and scarves,

opposed Hitler‟s ideology of a German society. He believed dressing up

like the Americans was a disgrace and thus the fashion was illegal. Ger-

man citizens who wore as a swing youth was captured and sent to a prison

camp. Dressing up like a swing youth, was dangerous but it expressed free-

dom from a certain restriction.

Explanation

The Hippy Movement

Carry on, love is coming. Love is coming to us all

Make Love, Not War

Imagine no possessions, I wonder if

you can, No need for greed or hunger,

A brotherhood of man.

Imagine all the people Sharing all the

world.

Introduction

The hippie culture was more than just a group of

people advocating peace and freedom. It later became a

lifestyle that the hippies lived from day to night. There

were numerous hippie followers all over the world, even

though some were motivated to become hippies them-

selves, there were some who found themselves in the

movement although they were not passionate about

what they lived for, including vegetarianism, long-

haired men, and flamboyant clothes.

The hippy fashion is composed of natural and loose

-fit clothing with flamboyant designs of flower and

nature, this represented freedom from war and racism.

A typical follower of the hippy movement would wear a

loose fit v-neck shirt or a tie-dye shirt, both made of

cotton or linen, with bell-bottom pants made of denim,

cotton or linen. When trying to dress up like a hippy,

the more flamboyant or flowery the clothes, the better. A

casual footwear item, such as a sandal is usually cho-

sen to wear among hippy followers. Some followers wear

vests or scarfs around their waists to make their clothes

look more loose and relaxed. Accessories such as long

necklaces with a peace sign or necklaces made of opium

beads were popular among the hippies because the neck-

laces directly stated the needs of the followers, ’peace.’

The movement’s aim is to spread the love and to

love one another, this concept is important as this fash-

ion statement is what crafts the fashion of the follow-

ers. Long, droopy clothes with flower symbols, very

long hair, and sandals and headbands, are all what so-

ciety deemed out of the norm especially for men, but

this also represented freedom in choice of clothing, re-

laxation, and no worries.

Explanation

Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to

educate people on a larger level and to

make a change.

I want kids of this generation to see

that everything is cool, that there's

some kind of unity in hip-hop.

In the hip-hop community, it's about how real are you,

or how strong can you be.

Hip Hop originated from a Jamaican dj known as Kool

Herc, around the early 70’s. Hip Hop is a lifestyle that

has its own language, fashion, music and mind set

which evolves day after day.

Hip Hop has a direct response to an older generation’s

rejection of the values and needs of young people. The

driving force behind all of the Hip Hop movement was

people’s desire to be seen and heard.

Hip Hop’s fashion style originates from African-

American youth in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago,

Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay Area, Detroit, Memphis,

Atlanta, Jersey City, and Miami. Each city contributed to

the Hip Hop style, as it is seen today. The fashion itself

complements the expressions and attitudes of Hip Hop

culture. The Hip Hop fashion has changed significantly

throughout the years and today the Hip Hop style is an

important part of the popular fashion for all ethnicities.

Introduction

Hip Hop, is one the most renown fashion, music, lifestyle, cultural

movement in the world. The movement is quite young compared to other

rebellious fashion movements, but this movement has quickly found popu-

larity among the youth. The Hip Hop movement was first founded to ex-

press one’s thoughts, freedom of speech and opposition of racism.

A typical Hip hopper wears a hoody made from cotton of any design,

but usually of a design which is flashy. Inside the hoody a t-shirt is worn,

the color of the t-shirt should contrast the color of the hoody. A baggy pants

made of denim is worn almost all the time among hip hoppers, the baggy

pants originated from prisons, in which prisoners couldn’t wear belts and

their pants would sag. The baggy pants are supposed to be a reminiscence

of the prisons, and now pants are intentionally sagged by followers of the

movement. Nike high dunks or high tops are the most popularly worn foot-

wear at the moment, but other shoes such as adidas high tops are a good

choice with the other clothing items. Large buckled belts are popular, as

well as shades. NewEra 59fifty caps are popular among the hip hop culture,

but the hip hop culture has a different way of wearing the caps. A spandex

is worn under the hat and the NewEra cap is worn at a 45 degree. Bling-

blings are not compulsory, but it makes a good accessory item.

The ways hip hoppers wear their clothes express the ideology of the

originators of this movement, the way clothes are worn by the followers

are really distinct, to show uniqueness through different ways of wearing

clothes, power through jewellery worn in their fashion and memories

through distinct wearing such as the baggy pants.

Explanation

We won't go in the sector of sex or weapons or

drugs or alcohol

Tecktonik has some very positive values which are to

make parties, the respect of oneself, the dance, the

fashion… energy… it's important for us to work on

that.

When you're young, you dance to tell your

parents 'I'm a free man!

Tecktonik is an electro dance and fashion style, which originated in the middle-class

southern suburbs of Paris in the first decade of the twenty-first century. This dance is now

an important type of movement which has turned into a national dance of France, the first

one since the Can-Can.

Tecktonik originated from a group of runaways who wanted to express freedom and

created this new and distinctive dance. The routine mainly consists of arm movements.

Tecktonik dancers usually wear skinny jeans and fluorescent T-shirts with accessories such

as bracelets, gloves, and armbands. The hairstyles are distinctive: they have hairstyles that

are similar to a Mohican, except the sides and front are short; their hair is fixed upwards

using gel or wax.

The name tecktonik derives from a mix-style of music of techno and electronic music,

thus tecktonik. The name is a registered trademark. Barouzdin, one of the creators of

tecktonik paid a fair bit of money to secure the name Tecktonik, so random people cannot

organise parties named “Tecktonik”.

Introduction:

The Tecktonik movement, which is a fairly recent fashion movement,

shows the importance is respect in one another and in fashion. The move-

ment expresses freedom from parents. The fashion of the techno-

electronic movement is special, because it is a fashion style that some may

deem gay, but is actually perfectly fine.

A typical tecktonik follower wears a simple flashy T-shirt, a v-neck

hoody or even a sleeveless flashy shirt. These shirts and hoodys are

made of cotton or linen, the top wears are combined with skinny jeans

made of denim, the jeans can be of any color, including red, blue, purple.,

etc. a casual vans or low converse are worn with the jeans because the

shoes are light. Fluorescent clothing is a main point of this fashion and hav-

ing fluorescent clothing would be best with this movement. An armband

made of cotton is always worn in the youth culture, sometimes two or

three armbands are worn. Face paintings are popular among this group, as

well as make up on men, the most popular face painting is the star drawn

on the left eye of the dancer. Hairstyles are very new in this movement, a

mix of Mohican and scratches are seen in this movement. In simple words,

the sideburns , and the sides of you heads are shaved so there is only

some hair left, but the front and back of the hair is kept long and then

lifted up using a waxing gel.

The fashion statement of this group is expressed by the freedom of

choosing different colored clothes especially fluorescent clothing, which is

a fairly new color of clothing people started to wear.

Explanation

What I Think...

Fashion is not just about clothes it is an expression of one’s

emotions and thoughts. To take away one’s freedom of

wearing what they want to wear is like taking a person’s

emotion, the rebellious movements found in this art portfo-

lio are significant, because the members of the group

showed how through fashion one can fight opposing ideolo-

gies how the groups fought for their freedom to wear

clothes they wanted to wear.

In my opinion, rebellious movements of the past have been

a major influence in today’s fashion, and in how I wear

clothes as well. Sometimes I wear similar to how hip hop-

pers wear their clothes, sometimes I wear loose clothes as

the hippies did in the 1970’s. The clothes I wear everyday

seems like a mix of many different styles and cultures,

which I have not known of, but now I know about

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