Rivethead Style
リベットヘッド・スタイル / late 1980s–1990s / Style / Subculture Style
A late-1980s and 1990s industrial-dance dress system that reduced military utility, punk disruption and workwear to a few club-ready parts. Black, gray and olive layers, cropped hair, cargo or BDU trousers, heavy boots and a short flight-jacket silhouette stay distinct from ornate Goth and fluorescent Cybergoth.
Plain black, gray or olive top under a short MA-1-like or work layer / Cargo or BDU trousers meeting heavy combat or work boots / Shaved or undercut hair with only a few tags, belts or fingerless gloves / Worn matte surfaces and a low, stable, practical club silhouette
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Showing industrial-scene affiliation through volume and material instead of band logos · Explaining the difference among ornate Goth, fluorescent Cybergoth and contemporary tactical fashion
- Type
- Use a narrow sans or stencil-like common word, never an existing band mark or military insignia.
- Composition
- Keep the torso concise and weight the figure from waist to boots, photographing a small group full-length from eye level or below.
- Material
- Limit the layers to matte nylon, heavy cotton, worn leather, olive ripstop and blackened metal.
- Caution
- Black clothing alone is not Rivethead. Separate it from Goth ornament, Cybergoth neon tubing and branded tactical fashion, and do not use real military insignia or weapons as shorthand.
- Further study
- The Museum at FIT — Gothic: Dark Glamour / Duke University Press — Goth: Undead Subculture / Industrial dance, military utility and punk street dress
Related entries
- Goth Fashion (ゴス・ファッション)Same Subculture Style lineage.Compare Rivethead Style and Goth Fashion
- Cybergoth (サイバーゴス)Same Subculture Style lineage.Compare Rivethead Style and Cybergoth
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