Glam Rock Fashion vs New Romantic
グラムロック・ファッション / ニュー・ロマンティック
Glam Rock Fashion comes from Fashion History and New Romantic from Subculture Style. They are reached for with some of the same intent, which is where they get confused.
Glam Rock Fashion
Early-1970s British rock used glitter, platforms, emphatic makeup, body-fitting clothes and quotations from science fiction and cabaret to turn performers into deliberately artificial stars separated from everyday life.
New Romantic
Born around London's Blitz club, New Romantic dress turned punk's black destruction into theatrical self-invention by mixing pirates, Regency dress, cabaret and futuristic materials. A look was built as a character for the night, not bought complete.
| Glam Rock Fashion | New Romantic | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1971–1975 | 1979–1983 |
| Family | Fashion History | Subculture Style |
| Kind | Style | Style |
| Cues | Glitter, sequins and metallic shine / Platform boots and fitted jumpsuits / Strong eye makeup, colored hair and facial geometry / Science fiction, Hollywood, cabaret and music hall mixed together | Frilled shirts, sashes and quotations of military or pirate dress / Whitened face, strong blush and asymmetric makeup / Large head silhouette built from hats, feathers and jewelry / Historic costume mixed with synthetics and futuristic shine |
| Best used for | Presenting a performer as an artificial star in live shows and cover imagery · Using excessive clothing and makeup to blur borders of gender and period | Costume for live performance, stage or photography that remakes a performer as a historical fantasy · Creating a club's shared world through the dress code at its door |
| Type | Choose either heavy rock lettering or a narrow science-fiction face and pair it with a metallic edge. | Use a narrow serif or ornamental capital that points to one quoted period. |
| Composition | Emphasize the vertical full-body line, building one silhouette from platforms through the hair. | Center face and head, extending shoulders and sleeves sideways and hat or hair upward. |
| Material | Reflect glitter, sequins, satin and metallic foil hard under stage lighting; paint the same geometry on the face. | Mix velvet, satin, frill, feather and metallic shine; design the makeup at equal strength. |
| Caution | Glitter and platforms alone make a 1970s costume. Build the performer's artificial persona through sound, stance and makeup too. | Frills and heavy makeup alone become costume. Carry one historical character and its translation into the club present through the whole figure. |