20th Century Fashion 

Punk

Punk subculture is largely centered around loud , aggressive genre of rock music called punk rock. There is wide range of punk fashion in terms of hairstyles, clothing, footwear, accessories, body modification, makeup. Makeup is usually on the darker side. Clothes include baggy, rugged, ripped jeans, loose t-shirts again in dark colours, leather jackets, chains, bands etc. Vivienne Westwood has given her touch to the punk fashion in modern times.

Vivienne Westwood's take on punk 

Gothic

It began in England during the early 1980’s in the gothic scene. It has been associated with music, aesthetics and fashion. It started the black clothing. Typical gothic fashion include pale complexion with black hair, black lips and black clothes. The outfits used to be tight corsets, gloves, jackets, stilettos, silver jewellery. Designers like Rick Owens, Harooka Naota, Marko Mitanovski are few examples who work with the gothic style.

Marco Mitanovski's modern take on gothic designs

Harooka Naota's modern take

Zoot Suit

It was originally associated with afro-american musicians and there subcultures. Zoot suits is a men’s suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. It became popular in 1940’s. Zoot suiters often wear a fedora or pork pie hat color-coordinated with the suit, occasionally with a long feather as decoration, and pointy, French-style shoes. Often zoot suit was seen with a watch chain dangling from the belt to the knee, then back to the side pocket. Matteo Lamandini is an example who has modernized zoot suits.

Matteo Lamansini's work