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Aesthetics rule (pawb.social)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (7 children)

The punk aesthetic was invented by a man who owned a fashion label and had his own storefront.

[–] sangriaferret 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

He ripped it off from a man who was one of punk's founding fathers.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Give us a name to go with the face, at least.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that's Richard Hell.

[–] sangriaferret 11 points 9 months ago

Correct!

For those not in the know, he was a member of a number of New York punk bands in the 70s. Malcolm McLaren nicked his style (along with that of others) and brought it over to England to sell in his clothing store Sex.

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