Scene Kids

Scene Kids

Scene Kids

Skinny fit, or drainpipe jeans in a variety of colours, accompanied by your favourite band t-shirt, or brightly coloured shirt from the Tight clothing is the key and the norm for any emo. As I touched on before, the look of both sexes is very merged, and the males often wear eyeliner and nail polish amongst other accoutrements that are typically associated with women. This is then combed over to one side, usually covering one eye, thus creating a low-hung, drowsy and contemplative demeanour.

Typically it is dyed black, short at the back, often razor-cut, and then grown out at the front to create a long fringe effect. Starting with the hair, which has changed slightly over the years, it has become the iconic symbol of emo-ism. Cynicism aside, all the makings of such a fraternity takes time to develop and become an actual ‘fashion’. The clothing and the hair styles span both sexes, often resulting in a confusion of sexual preference, and although this is just a theory I strongly believe this is the reason why a lot of them appear to be bisexual. To the untrained eye an emo, much like a goth, is a non sexually dimorphic being (undistinguishable sex).

Without being in the right mindset you can’t quite achieve the desired vacant expression, way before you’ve even squeezed into the skinny fit jeans. Ironically, despite the emo faction consisting of very fake looking counterparts it’s not actually as easy to fake as it seems. It’s not just a fashion statement, it’s a state of mind. Emo.