The research continues...
Street style creates sub-culture, which creates fashion.
Looking at one of the theories for my essay 'bubble up' promotes the authenticity of street style and how it originates. Ted Polhemus quotes
'A remarkable social and cultural inversion has occurred in the last fifty years: where once culture was the monopoly of the upper classes, it now, more often than not, bubbles up from those on the ‘wrong side of the tracks'
his books are very interesting and allow you too compare original fashion trends with current, brilliant imagery which keeps a retro vibe.
this anthropologist re-opens theories which link in well with my current project on black female empowerment and my last post on Lauryn hill. supporting the 'bubble up' theory and backing up evidence behind my research. His books include sub-cultures from the begging of the 20th century such as punks, ragga muffins, skinheads, hippies and many more.
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