Glam Rock Fashion

グラムロック・ファッション / 1971–1975 / Style / Fashion History

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.

Glam Rock Fashion — David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust stage costume, Newcastle, 1972 — photo: Rik Walton — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0 — David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust stage costume, Newcastle, 1972 — photo: Rik Walton — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0 · CC BY-SA 2.0

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At a glance

Visual 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

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

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Dictionary entry

Type: Choose either heavy rock lettering or a narrow science-fiction face and pair it with a metallic edge.
Composition: Emphasize the vertical full-body line, building one silhouette from platforms through the hair.
Material: Reflect glitter, sequins, satin and metallic foil hard under stage lighting; paint the same geometry on the face.
Caution: Glitter and platforms alone make a 1970s costume. Build the performer's artificial persona through sound, stance and makeup too.
Further study: David Bowie and Ziggy Stardust / Roxy Music and theatrical artifice / Glam's influence on punk and New Romantic

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