The document analyzes and summarizes the costumes and styles of three indie bands: The 1975, London Grammar, and The Smiths. For The 1975, the leather jackets create a cool, rock image while revealing tattoos emphasizes their indie rock genre. London Grammar dresses in dark, smart casual outfits reflecting their emotionally dark, sophisticated music. The Smiths wear typical 90s styles of denim, leather jackets and sunglasses that portray cool stereotypes and reflect their genre through simple, careless styles.
2. The leather jackets the two members creates a
cool, rock representation of the band. Leather
jackets are stereotyped as being cool and like a
bad boy.
Even though the boys are wearing different
outfits, they are all still in the same dark style. This
illustrates that the band have one clear genre
and style of music. Matt Healy is wearing a black
shirt which makes him look smart casual but the
top two buttons are open meaning the audience
can see his tattoos emphasising the indie rock
genre. Healy’s open shirt also reveals some chest
hair and exposes his chest, which adds a cool
and sexy look that will heighten his appeal to
female fans of the band.
And similarly George Daniel is wearing all black
however he is wearing a plain black T-shirt with a
sleeveless leather jacket. The jacket being
sleeveless also allows the audience to see his
tattoos. The majority of the members have
careless bed hair and simple clothes that look
like they can just throw anything on and just don’t
care what they look like or what anyone thinks of
them.
The1975 style is popular in the fans of that kind of
genre and their style influences their fans to also
dress like them.
In this image of The 1975 we see all
the band members wearing all black
shirts and two wearing leather
jackets. With all the dark black and
grey colours within the image it
suggests that they have dark edgy
personalities. This also reflects the
type of music they produce is also
dark and edgy rock and is the same
in the overall indie rock genre.
3. The members wearing shirts and smart
dresses with collars makes them look
smart casual but mature and
sophisticated.
Each member is wearing different outfits
of the same style allowing them to
coordinate and match in some respect.
Hannah Reid is wearing a smart but
feminine dress and a comfortable black
coat. She is wearing very light makeup
making her look very natural which is
common for indie females. Dot Major is
wearing a black blazer and a grey
buttoned shirt. Dot’s outfit is casual smart
but with careless messy hair makes him
seems more casual.
Fans of London grammar and similar
indie bands will follow this popular style
and follow and trend of the clothes and
music.
In this image we see a indie band called London
Grammar. Similar to The 1975, their style is also
quite dark. They are all dressed in dark grey or
black smart casual costumes reflecting on each
of their personalities and how it relates to their
genre of music being emotionally dark and
sophisticated.
4. Each member of the band is wearing an outfit
styled in the same way as their genre of music.
The leather and denim jackets suggest
stereotypes of being cool. The member also
wearing the sunglasses supports this stereotype.
The member wearing sunglasses is only wearing
them as a fashion statement to make him appear
cool and like a typical (indie) rock star.
All the members are in the same style but in their
own way. The leather jacket style is cool whereas
the denim jacket and brown coat is more casual
wear. However they still connect and match to
show the target audience they still have one set
genre and style of music. Morrissey the lead
singer is wearing a simple outfit of a plain white T
shirt, denim jacket and blue jeans. This outfit is
casual similar to their style of music. They all have
simple careless hairstyles indicating they don’t
bother much with it and they don’t care what
people think.
The target audience for the smiths will like their
style of costumes and will be influenced to wear
similar styles clothes as retro is still in fashion.
In this image we see The Smiths in their typical
style of clothes. They are dressed in 90’s fashion
of the blue jeans, denim, leather jackets. One
member is wearing sunglasses even though the
picture is dark. They all have combed back
stylish 90’s hair. This and reflects their style of
music.
