Are all the modern indie bands having a who-can-look-the-most-pretencions competition? Well congratulations, you all win.
The prize is the adoration of hundreds of thousands of "unique individuals" who all wear the in-season clothes from Topman and River Island, and appear to have an allergy to smiling.
Saying that, not that all indie music is bad, nor indeed are all fans of indie music just twats, but there is definitely a majority. It seems sad to me though, that whole idea of being "unique" has been horribly commercialised. Looking different has become what everybody wants, and for some reason, to everybody, there appears to be a dictated definition of "different".
I'm not saying I'm not guilty of it too. Most of my clothes come from places like River Island etc, but one thing I don't do, is change my "style" (I genuinely cringe at that word) depending on what celebrities look like. Why are people so obsessed with looking like someone else, looking like a prescribed image? Why is homogenising a good thing?
Nevermind, eh? :)
I think I have been rocking the tee and jeans look for an eternity.
ReplyDeleteThere was a brief stage around the age of 15 where I starting wearing short sleeve shirts over tee's but I think that was it.
'Fashion' looks so fucking uncomfortable.