ALTERNATIVE MEN'S FASHION
A place to discuss Alternative Fashion, Creativity, and Expression.
Alter Your Style
A place to discuss Alternative Men's Fashion
Focusing on the styles of:
Elegant Gothic Aristocrat
Neo-Victorian and Edwardian
Cyber, Cyberpunk
Dandy
Fetish
All other styles are welcomed as well
Aristocrat Fashion by Wiki Defintion - what is thought to be worn by European Middle Class and above status persons in the Middle Ages and by fashion worn by the upper class in the 19th Century. The fashion includes long sleeve blouses and shirts, long skirts, corsetry, pants and dresses that are styled similarly for men and women, since it is centered on androgyny and elegance.
Dandy Fashion by Wiki Definition - Dandy is the western term for masculine Aristocrat and mature Ouji fashions, mostly inspired by what European upper class men wore in the 19th century. Its most outstanding feature is the use of frock coats and the jabot, a frilled neck piece.
Steampunk Fashion by Wiki Defintion - ".." fashion has no set guidelines, but tends to synthesize punk, goth and rivet styles as filtered through the Victorian era. This may include Mohawks and extensive piercings with corsets and tattered petticoats, Victorian suits with goggles and boots with large soles and buckles or straps, and the Lolita fashion and Elegant Gothic Aristocrat styles. Some of what defines .. fashion has come from cyberpunk, and cyberlocks have appeared being used by people adopting a .. look.This movement may also be (more accurately) described as "Neo-Victorianism", which is the amalgamation of Victorian aesthetic principles with modern sensibilities and technologies
Neo-Victorianism - Neo-Victorian is an aesthetic movement which amalgamates Victorian and Edwardian aesthetic sensibilities with modern principles and technologies. Many who have adopted Neo-Victorian style have also adopted Victorian behavioural affectations, seeking to imitate standards of Victorian conduct, pronunciation, interpersonal interaction. Some even go so far as to embrace certain Victorian habits such as shaving with straight razors, riding penny farthings and using fountain pens to write letters in florid prose sealed by wax. There is often a cos-play element, with Victorian-style fashion adopted.
Neo-Victorianism is embraced in, but also quite distinguished from, the Lolita, Aristocrat and Madam fashions popular in Japan, and which are becoming more noticeable in Europe.
Cyber Fashion By Wiki Defintion - Cyber fashion resembles a combination of rave and cyberpunk fashion. Androgyny is common. Some common themes include the use of starkly contrasting colours such as black, white, luminous neon and/or UV-reactive colours and materials, large shoes or boots, various forms of body modification and superfluous goggles (especially aviator-style), typically worn on the forehead rather than on the eyes. CyberPunk is function comes after fashion; the belief of many cyberpunks is that a real cyberpunk should be chromed out, with clothes and equipment that not only can actually perform, but also enhance you. Cyberpunk fashion is a modern fashion movement, seen mostly in underground nightclubs. It combines aspects of Industrial fashion, Gothic fashion, and BDSM fashion with post modern computer components, such as wiring electronics.
Fetish Fashion by Wiki Definition - Fetish fashion is a type of clothing usually created to be extreme or provocative. These styles are not usually worn by the majority of people on any regular basis. They are usually made of materials such as leather, latex, nylon, rubber and pvc, spandex and fishnet. Some fetish fashion items include: stiletto heel shoes and boots, hobble skirts, corsets, collars, full-body latex catsuits, stockings, garters and stylized costumes based on more traditional outfits, such as wedding dresses that are almost completely see-through lace.
Fetish fashions are sometimes confused with costuming, because both are usually understood to be clothing that is not worn as the usual wardrobe of people, and is instead worn to create a particular reaction..
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