Music

Glam rock has always been one of the more colourful alternative styles. Evolving from traditionally darker and more masculine styles such as goth and punk, glam rock offered glitter, colour, and androgynous style in spades! But what is glam rock? Where did it come from? Is it still relevant to the alternative scene? We’ll answer all of your glam rock related questions and more in our glam rock style guide! TLDR: Glam Rock was a 1970s movement and style that offered a “rebellion against the rebellion” of traditional rock. It’s... Read More

Here at Attitude Clothing, we take all kinds of alternative subcultures under our wing. Alternative style isn’t just limited to the seriously spooky, other music and fashion subcultures such as Rockabilly also have a niche but passionate following that pride themselves on standing out from the crowd and celebrating the alternative spirit of railing against mainstream culture. We’re taking a closer look at all things Rockabilly – including where Rockabilly came from, what Rockabilly looks and sounds like, and how you can get the Rockabilly style for yourself! TLDR: Rockabilly... Read More

TLDR: Alternative and Gothic styles have become popular in mainstream festival fashion because festivals are a space where style blurs with “costume,” encouraging attendees to go bigger and bolder. The mainstream often copies elements of alternative fashion (like band tees), but alternative festival-goers reclaim the uniqueness by: Alternative & Gothic Festival Fashion You may remember that not so long ago, the mainstream were turning their noses up at alternative fashion. That’s what made us so…alternative! Anything deemed a little too gothic, too punk, too downright weird was shunned by mainstream... Read More

Held every year in Leipzig since 1992, Wave Gotik Festival has quickly become a favourite summertime haunt for goths all over the world. Billed as the world’s largest gothic subculture festival, it always takes place over the Whitsuntide weekend and promises a killer lineup of some of the hottest names in the gothic and industrial scene. Who Goes to Wave Gotik Treffen? This year, around 21,000 gothic guests, including those of gothic subcultures of all kinds, descended on Leipzig. Visitors from all over the world from Scandinavia to Mexico, the... Read More