🧷 Punk for Dummies: A Fashion Guide (Kinda)

Punk isn’t a costume. It’s attitude, it’s resistance, it’s showing up exactly how you want — loud, messy, and unbothered.

🤘 First Off: Punk Wasn’t Made to Be Pretty

Before you start gluing studs to a thrifted jacket, know this: punk came out of the 1970s as a big screw-you to society. It was angry, poor, loud, political, and totally raw. Think The Clash, Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys. DIY wasn’t an aesthetic — it was survival.

🎤 The Core Punk Vibes

• DIY or die: rip it, pin it, write on it, bleach it.
• Political & raw: punk has something to say. Say it loud.
• Non-conforming: no rules, no trends, just you.
• Rough, undone, imperfect = perfect.

🪖 Okay, Fashion. Here’s How to Fake It Till You Make It

• Leather jacket? Bonus points if it’s cracked and falling apart.
• Band tees (bonus if they’re obscure or bootlegged)
• Doc Martens or combat boots. Scuffed, not shiny.
• Safety pins everywhere. Actual useful ones, not the fake accessories.
• Chains, tartan, ripped tights, plaid skirts. Layer like you’re late to riot.
• Spikes & studs. On everything. Belt, collars, cuffs.

🩸 Hair = Mood

Liberty spikes, mohawks, shaved sides, dyed tips. You can cut it yourself in a mirror with kitchen scissors. That’s punk.

🤨 It’s Not About Looking Punk. It’s About Living Punk.

Don’t let TikTok or Pinterest trick you into thinking it’s just a look. Punk is community, rebellion, art, noise, and doing things your way. You can be punk in a school uniform if your heart beats loud enough.

👉 TL;DR

• Punk has a history — know it.
• Fashion helps, but it’s not the heart of it.
• DIY your clothes, your look, your voice.
• Question everything. Make noise. Be real.

"Looking punk doesn’t make you punk. Living without fear does."