New Romantic vs Punk
ニュー・ロマンティック / パンク
New Romantic comes from Subculture Style and Punk from Counterculture. They are reached for with some of the same intent, which is where they get confused.
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.
Punk
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A DIY objection to the authority of the tidy, made by cutting, pasting and dirtying.
| New Romantic | Punk | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1979–1983 | 1970s–1980s |
| Family | Subculture Style | Counterculture |
| Kind | Style | Style |
| Cues | 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 | Cut-and-paste letters / Photocopier noise / Handwriting / Ragged placement |
| Best used for | 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 | Voicing dissent against the rules · Giving events and communities a raw voice |
| Type | Use a narrow serif or ornamental capital that points to one quoted period. | Mix newsprint letters, handwriting and stamps |
| Composition | Center face and head, extending shoulders and sleeves sideways and hat or hair upward. | Deliberate misalignment and overlap; disturb even the margins |
| Material | Mix velvet, satin, frill, feather and metallic shine; design the makeup at equal strength. | Copier paper, tears, black plus a warning color |
| Caution | Frills and heavy makeup alone become costume. Carry one historical character and its translation into the club present through the whole figure. | Borrowed rebellion is hollow. Decide what you are protesting first. |