Emo is not just a style, but a whole direction that appeared back in the 80s of the last century along with the new musical direction emocore, that based on the strong emotions of the vocalist and melodic music. However, quite a lot of time passed before this style gained extraordinary popularity among teenagers. And for several years now we have been watching young people, who listen to emotional music about love and death, look very extraordinary, do not hesitate, tell the whole world about their emotions.
Features of this style
To begin with, the emo style is characterized by the obligatory presence of black color, both in clothes and in makeup. Even emo’s hair color is black, sometimes diluted with pink, white or ash gray strands. A bright pink color is inherited in Emo style, which distinguishes it from Gothic. Therefore, the image of emo is very spectacular and, as a rule, attracts universal attention.
Emo makeup is bright, catchy and very simple
Black eyeliner, black shades in combination with pink. Moreover, such a make-up is applied not only to girls but also to guys. In addition to hairstyle and bright make-up on the face of emo, one can also find piercings, huge punctures in the ears, and stylish and bright tattoos on your hands, which means the main values of this trend – emotions, and love.
Emo subculture clothing style
Sometimes the black color is diluted not with pink, but with some other, for example, blue, light green or white in the form of stripes or cells. Emo clothes are often tight-fitting, and layered, but far from the glamorous style. Although this direction is closely connected with punk, however, unlike the latter, clothes are always neat. In addition to all this, there are large inscriptions on clothes, mainly with negative messages, less often with positive or emo attributes, as well as images of the symbols of musical groups.
Emo style prefers slim jeans in black or ash blue with holes or patches
For girls, skirts of a dark color are also possible, and their length is from medium to mini, most often they are magnificent, decorated with elements of tulle. A jacket tight with a zipper or sweatshirt is characteristic. The belt is usually black or pink, with chains, rivets and a large buckle with symbols. Emo girls wear a scarf – arafatka, usually on the neck, with a checkered pattern.
Demonstration of layering in clothes – a jacket from which you can see a shirt, a shirt is put on a shirt, other layering options are possible. Ordinary rag sneakers, such as Converse or skate shoes, slip-on shoes, sneakers with black or bright laces are characteristic of this style. They wear scarves ordinary, but in a traditional color.
Emo accessories
Popular accessories are studded wristbands, badges, bracelets, belts. Emo-style bags are like postage bags. They are covered with badges and patches. Badges are attached not only to clothes and bags but also to shoes. Girls put on large and bright beads. There is another thing that emo girls adore – it’s a soft teddy bear, which is almost a talisman. They do not part with him, even when they sleep. In this section, you can purchase a variety of clothes in the emo style.