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| THE CORONAS |
Indie rock bands tend to be dominated by male musicians (The Coronas, The Blackout, Fall Out Boy, Mallory Knox, Editors, Hurts, Fun., The Smiths, etc).
Typical clothing includes: skinny jeans, pumps, t shirts, vest tops, denim, vintage t-shirts, dark colours, leather jackets, converse, Dr. Martens and so on.
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| THE SMITHS |
The Smiths, considered by some to have been the first true indie band, popularized the 'plain clothes' trend. They mainly dressed in ordinary clothes – jeans and plain shirts –
in keeping with the back-to-basics, guitar-and-drums style of the
music. This contrasted with the exotic high-fashion image cultivated by New Romantic pop groups such as Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran and highlighted in magazines such as
The Face and
i-D. In 1986, when The Smiths performed on the British music programme
The Old Grey Whistle Test, Morrissey wore a fake hearing-aid to support a hearing-impaired fan who was ashamed of using one, and also frequently wore thick-rimmed National Health Service-style glasses, now known as 'hipster' glasses.
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| HURTS |
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| THE BLACKOUT |
This'simpler' approach can still be applied to musicians today. The bands Hurts and The Blackout following this concept, with Hurts taking a more formal/classical approach, only ever wearing suits (lead singer Theo also wearing black leather gloves and a gold earring) even when not performing. The duo stated in an inteview by GQ that they were strongly influenced by film, particularly
Stand By Me and
Railway Children, while also saying that their hometown of Manchester had greatly influenced them. Theo also told the interviwer that they tried to create a Helmut Newton (an influential German-Australian photographer, predominantly active in the 50's and 60's) look in their music videos. By contrast, the Blackout stick to their namesake and typically go for plain black clothing, with singer Gavin sometimes sporting clothes from his clothing line as an advertisement.
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