#Could be wrong there. Am not a alt fashion historian. I just was in the scene at the time and have like. Memories of what we wore | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

vagueconfusion · 7 days ago

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I saw a take on TikTok that emo fashion was the beginning of copy and paste alt fashion and I thought about leaving a comment and decided against it but like

I think people who think that are severely underestimating exactly how much grunge and hardcore styles is the basis of what ye olde emo fashion was

#also how much actually came across in terms of makeup + hair messiness and how that bit seems almost fully lost to time #I used to sleep in eyeliner to achieve the desired amount of messiness/wear #Idk kind of wish I had left a comment partially because I think there was just a lack of knowledge about exactly what emo style was #No clue who that was though and will probably not find it again lmao #It's not exactly a wrong take but it is like. A reductive take? The emo style was simple because it was following simple styles #It borrowed from goth but did not necessarily grow out of goth I believe?#Could be wrong there. Am not a alt fashion historian. I just was in the scene at the time and have like. Memories of what we wore #Anyways does the level of glam makeup and perfectly polished looks in the alt community on social media bother anyone else??#I feel like if a modern emo went back in time to hang with ye olde emos the level of perfection would immediately mark them as uncanny

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