New Romantics
The "New Romantic" movement was a new and distinctive
music and fashion genre that sprang up in Britain in the early 80s
as a reaction to the anti-fashion of punk. After all, anyone could
slap on a T-shirt, write "Destroy" across the front and
rip their jeans with a razor. But to look like a New Romantic you
had to really try hard, and spend a lot of time with a hairdresser
- most of whom were New Romantics themselves anyway.
The look was completely overblown and the main rules were 'big
hair' and 'lots and lots of make-up' (even for the girls!). Pirate
costumes, Kilts and plus-fours were especially favoured, while
some folks (like Duran Duran) took it all a little too far and
added leg-warmers and headbands in a sort of mondo-aerobic
cross-over.
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