Teen Fashion - Trendy Styles

Teen Fashion Trends

Teen fashion trends borrow heavily from trends for grown ups, but include one important distinction: teen fashions exist within strictly enforced fashion subcultures. For most teenagers, clothing is short-hand for declaring which clique they belong to. Are you into hip hop or goth? Are you more preppie or more alternative? Are you more likely to play sports or write poetry? Teenagers tend to dress in clothing that announces their affiliations and interests with crystal clarity.

This quality gives their clothing a simplicity you're less likely to find in the adult collections and Fashion TV. However, simplicity can be a virtue, as can the teenager's whole-hearted devotion to his current passions. No adult would ever dress as utterly goth or absolutely slacker as a teenager would--a trait which gives clothing for young people an admirable exuberance.

One trend that has recently appealed to teens and adults alike is the goth fashion trend. Designers like Rei Kawakubo have riffed very successfully on this darkly fascinating style. Goth styles have also become quite popular with makeup artists and hair stylists, who are inspired by the trend's kabuki-esque pallors, dramatic eyes, and post-punk hair styles.

Hear all about the latest teen fashion trends photographers, and models all offer their insider's perspective on the fashion industry.


















Teen Vintage clothing

1950s vintage slip
Vintage half slipVintage clothing is a generic term for new or second hand garments originating from a previous era. The phrase is also used in connection with a retail outlet, e.g. "vintage clothing store." It can also be used as an adjective: "This dress is vintage."

The word vintage is copied from its use in wine terminology, as a more elegant-seeming euphemism for "old" clothes.
















Emo Fashion

Emo is a style of rock music typically characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics. It originated in the mid-1980s.
Emo broke into mainstream culture in the early 2000s with the platinum-selling success of Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional and the emergence of the subgenre "screamo". In recent years the term "emo" has been applied by critics and journalists to a variety of artists, including multiplatinum acts and groups with disparate styles and sounds.

In addition to music, "emo" is often used more generally to signify a particular relationship between fans and artists, and to describe related aspects of fashion, culture, and behavior.

























Punk Fashion

Punk fashion is the clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, jewelry, and body modifications of the punk subculture. Punk fashion varies widely, ranging from Vivienne Westwood designs to styles modeled on bands like The Exploited. The distinct social dress of other subcultures and art movements, including glam rock, skinheads, rude boys, greasers, and mods have influenced punk fashion. Punk fashion has likewise influenced the styles of these groups, as well as those of popular culture. Many punks use clothing as a way of making a statement.

Punk fashion has been extremely commercialized at various times, and many well-established fashion designers. Punk clothing, which was initially handmade, became mass produced and sold in record stores and some smaller specialty clothing stores by the 1980s. Many fashion magazines and other glamor-oriented media have featured classic punk hairstyles and punk-influenced clothing. These have caused controversy, as many punks view it as having sold out.















Gothic fashion

Gothic fashion is a clothing style worn by members of the Goth subculture; a dark, sometimes morbid, eroticized fashion and style of dress. Typical Gothic fashion includes black dyed and crimped hair, black lips and black clothes. Androgynity is common, with both female and male goths wearing cosmetics, skirts or high heels. Styles are often borrowed from the Punks, Victorians and Elizabethans.