Last night, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Vogue threw the annual spring gala, celebrating the Costume Institute's exhibition, "PUNK: Chaos to Couture." It was a fashion freakshow, complete with crazy couture, deranged hair and mad makeup. If you're ready to see celebrities go over the fucking top, you've come to the …
KCD and Fashionista digitized recently unearthed archival footage of Stephen Sprouse's very first show. The year was 1984, and New York fashion was still all punk and cool and shit. Watch out especially for transgender model Teri Toye, Sprouse's muse. "I don’t think people had really experienced anything like it – the…
Watch as Juliette, an 8 year-old Australian girl wearing an "I Heart Phuket" t-shirt, single-handedly revives the hardcore punk scene with this song about her dog Robert. Tear it up, Juliette. Tear it up.
In the mood to stay in and watch a movie? May we suggest From The Back Of The Room, a documentary about the trailblazing ladies of punk who were doing their thing before you even first heard the words "Riot Grrrl" uttered out of your super-cool "alternative" friend's mouth.
Poly Styrene, the legendary X-Ray Spex frontwoman (born Marianne Elliot-Said) died yesterday of cancer. She and her music will be long-remembered. [Pitchfork]
Sara Marcus's Girls To The Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution is a history of a group of young, punk women who refused to shut up. And if you listen, you can still hear them.
If you ever freaked your parents out with a punk rock phase, perhaps your fam can relate to the plight of the Nelsons, who need an entire afterschool special to deal with their kid's punk rock style. [VintageAds]
Since the 1990s, zines have played a crucial role in bringing awareness of feminism to young women. But with the publication of a new book devoted to Zine culture, one has to wonder, are zines obsolete?
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Meet Marissa Paternoster, lead singer of New Brunswick punk band Screaming Females. At 22-years-old and five feet tall, Paternoster is the leading figure in New Jersey's DIY punk revival.
A new documentary claims that Sid Vicious may not be responsible for the death of his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who was found stabbed to death on the bathroom floor of the couple's hotel room.
Vivienne Westwood, so-called creator of the "punk" aesthetic, thinks we need to stop shopping.
Yeah, after all, nothing affronts a punk sensibility like old-fashioned consumerism! But why does Dame Vivienne think we need to curb our horrific spending habits? Let us guess: By "choose well" Ms. Westwood means "choose me".…
