Juggalo Rights wrote:
Anyway the Harajuku influence I see mostly in e-girl makeup and the hair. And far as I've seen e-fashion uses plenty of pastels and neons, which is why I don't see the resemblance aesthetically with emo fashion at all. Except the band shirts, that's true. In conclusion I'd describe the clothes used in e-fashion mainly as neon grunge, if that's even a thing, and my idea of emo fashion is the good old black and white Black Veil Brides stan looking person.
Right, and I get why people compare the two now though. It's my own perception of things that has me all ??? about it.
AlienPrinceFromVenus wrote:I see much more resemblance between e-fashion and scene fashion. But then my main reference for what an e-girl is is Belle Delphine, when maybe it should have been Billie Eilish? Who I have gone to great lenghts to avoid seeing anything about because the way people talk about her creeps me the fuck out and I'm tired of looking at adult men thirsting after teens and 20 somethings when they themselves are 10 years older.Juggalo Rights wrote:i def see the inspirations from korean fashion but harajuku fashion is A Lot more over-the-top than your average e-person. no matter what type of harajuku youre looking at (decora kei, fairy kei, etc) the point is to really just go all out bc it developed as a subculture specifically in response to people who like to dress like that being told that they shouldnt wear it in public, its too much, its embarrassing, etc.i dont wanna do full Looks but like im emo so i wear eyeliner and shadow p regularly. i also wanna try the thing that e-girls do (as much as i dont like the whole e-girl thing, its just rebranded emo fashion) where they put blush high up on their cheeks and the bridge of their nose. i think thats cuteWhy do people keep calling e-fashion rebranded emo fashion? I am genuinely asking, because aesthetically they're little alike??? And like, emo fashion was clearly Western to me, whereas e-fashion looks to me like it's drawing inspiration from Harajuku styles and Korean fashion to Western mainstream?
Oh! It's because they both share the internet culture isn't it! Emos had myspace and now there's instagram. Right?
as for the similarities between emo and e-fashion, part of it is the internet component like you said, crafting a persona and making your page look rad. it's lost the component of the usage of web graphics but there's still the picture editing and filters.
but i'm not really sure how you don't see the resemblance? imo e-fashion is just what would happen if emo became a thing in the late 2010s. the building blocks are all there: lots of jewelry, dark brows and eyeliner, dark clothes + bright hair, chokers, band t-shirts, belts with chains on them, sleeves with thumb holes cut in them, long-sleeved black and white striped shirts under t-shirts. just a few things off the top of my head
Anyway the Harajuku influence I see mostly in e-girl makeup and the hair. And far as I've seen e-fashion uses plenty of pastels and neons, which is why I don't see the resemblance aesthetically with emo fashion at all. Except the band shirts, that's true. In conclusion I'd describe the clothes used in e-fashion mainly as neon grunge, if that's even a thing, and my idea of emo fashion is the good old black and white Black Veil Brides stan looking person.
Right, and I get why people compare the two now though. It's my own perception of things that has me all ??? about it.
