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Posted by Nattie on 4/14/2011 to Know | Indie Brands & Style

While subculture's popularity may ebb and flow emo clothes continue to rock the casbah.

Maybe you’ve asked yourself, after liking a Get Up Kids song too much or making your girlfriend a lovey dovey mix tape, am I emo? Chances are on some level the answer is probably yes. Well, at least a little. In a day and age where just about everyone can and does have their own blog and social networking sites ask “What’s on your mind?” all day long it’s kind of difficult not to be. We’re encouraged to and given the opportunity to express our feelings constantly. But the start of this revolution began long before Facebook and skinny jeans.

The birth of “emo” as a musical revolution came out of the DC hardcore scene in the 1980s. Initially known as emotional hardcore, emo music was characterized by slick melodies and confessional lyrics. As the musical movement evolved into the 1990s the style changed a bit to include elements of indie rock and pop punk. By the 90s many independent record labels began to specialize in the genre. As usual from music comes great style and emo clothes are no exception.

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While major emo acts like Dashboard Confessional, At the Drive-In and My Chemical Romance were climbing the charts, emo clothes were popping up everywhere. Late 90s and early 2000s emo fashion was characterized largely by the “nerdy” look; dark horn-rimmed glasses, slim fitting jeans and sweater vests adorned guys and gals alike. Androgynous cuts on dyed black hair reigned supreme. But as the music evolved the fashion did too. By the mid 2000s indie and major record labels alike boasted emo acts on their rosters. Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz was, to some, considered an icon and suction cup tight jeans were available for boys at every local mall. Emo clothes moved away from the “nerdy” look and into a mixture of gothic and raver chic. Too small graphic tees, jelly bracelets and angular haircuts took over as the new incarnation of emo.

Nowadays, as the emo genre has been nudged aside by hip hop, pop, and singer-songwriters, the old-fashioned emo clothes of yore seem to be making their way back into the mainstream. Girls rocking skirts, knee socks and chunky shoes, boys with slick sweaters, fedoras and thick glasses. Slim fitting jeans still keep us happy as do tight fitting graphic tees but the extremity of harsh haircuts and all black wardrobes has seen better days.

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