Adopt the Fashioncore Scene Style
Fashion-core is the elitist, perfectionist, hipster, high-fashion version of scene. Made famous by Betsy Johnson, this look is considered a chic version of punk rock. It incorporates more feminine accessories but still walks the line of being edgy. This article will tell you how to achieve the look. Here is wikiHow to adopt the fashion core scene style.
Steps
- Download music. Nobody wants to hang out with some poser scene kid. Listen to the music while following the steps below.
- If you like metal, listen to Death-core/Metal-core bands like Bring Me the Horizon, Suicide Silence, Chelsea Grin, Asking Alexandria, and the Acacia Strain.
- If you're more interested in pop, listen to something still electronic-based and danceable but edgier than a soccer mom would listen to like Panic At The Disco, Hellogoodbye, Lady Gaga (Yes, really) and deadmau5 if you like Dubstep.
- Want something mellow/soft? Try indie like Death Cab For Cutie, Ellie Goulding, LIGHTS, and Foxtrot.
- If you're looking for something in between, try post-hardcore & Screamo. Examples include A Sky lit Drive, Sky Eats Airplane, Escape the Fate, Breathe Carolina (electronic), Attack Attack, etc.
- A good website to go on to find bands is www. taste-kid.com. It has you type in a band you already like, and it'll give you even more suggestions.
- Cut your hair. The most important part of the scene look is the hair. You can get away with any clothes as long as your hair is perfect. The typical scene hairstyle is unisex and works for all lengths/hair types. Just make sure you have short layers at the top and side bangs. Cut them yourself if you can. Girls can also have straight bangs. Don't forget to get your hair thinned out.
- Style it! Straighten your hair completely flat. If your hair seems frizzy, add shine serum. If you're a boy with longer hair, stop here because you're done. Everyone else, grab those teasing combs. Only tease the uppermost shortest layers if you have short hair. If you have long hair, tease the upper half of your head. Everybody also don't forget to hairspray! Obviously, don't tease your bangs.
- Guys should never ever wear a ponytail. Short haired girls are allowed to skip the teasing step and wear a deer tail.[the bangs are out and what little hair is left is squeezed into a tiny ponytail] Girls with long hair can wear a ponytail with all of the hair tied to either side of you, directly behind your ear, and your bangs remaining in their original place. Girls with any hair length can wear pigtails.
- When styling hair, it is important that all hair on the front part of your head remain flat. Use your ear as a guide. Nothing in front of it should be moved when creating your hairstyles.
- Hair color isn't that important. Sure, you can go ahead and dye your whole head green but it's a lot easier/healthier/trendier to add a few streaks of any color into your hair using extensions. Fashion core needs to be up to the minute, so this is the way to go. At the moment neon is in style, but check out hair on the runways to see what's in the next season. Also, some people add coontails to their hair, which will probably be on the outs by the time you'll read this. Either go to your local hair supply store and buy the extensions or go to Sally's or even buy them on Myspace. You can glue them to your hair or clip them in. Just make sure to trim the extension to the length of your actual hair when doing streaks. Make it look real. Its not that difficult.
- Fashion-core boys have it easy here. Buy tightest pants possible. Add tight graphic tee, band tee, or v neck. Go to next step. Ladies have the real options. Here are a few looks a scene girl could try out[at least for this season]:
- A casual look can be skinny jeans in a black/light wash/ripped/neon variety with a tight graphic or band tee.
- You could substitute t-shirts with other tops like beater tanks or regular tanks in the summer. Try one white or black tank with a neon color underneath.
- Another idea for the summer is to swap out the skinny jeans for shorts or Bermudas in black and white with prints.
- A more glam look can be leggings with an oversize graphic or band t shirt. Just make sure the shirt is large enough to cover your crotch but not so large that it is actually a dress. Find the perfect medium between thug tee and baby doll.
- Dresses are also becoming more popular in the 2010/11 scene. The most popular at the moment can be found at Rue 21 and Delia's.
- In the winter, wear a cardigan sweater or a hoodie. This is a unisex look.
- In colder climates, bomber jackets and fur puffy vests are OK.
- Limit hats because they crush the hair. If one's needed, choose something bright, beanies, or berets. Scarves and earmuffs are acceptable.
- Make your face all pretty. Seriously, no guy-liner unless you're actually a rock star. You will still need to be flawless. Drink 8 glasses of water each day. It really does clear up skin, even better than Proactiv. (You should still wash your face every night!) Wear colorful nail polish. Really, anything will do. Black is acceptable but overused and expected. Guys should not paint their nails as that is way too 1992 to function. Girls should follow the following makeup guidelines:
- For the casual look, start with whatever you usually use to cover blemishes. Add blush and cheek highlighter. Smooth a white eyeshadow underneath your eyebrow and above your top lash. Then apply a black eyeliner on top and bottom and follow with 2 coats of mascara.
- When getting dressed up, use a color eyeshadow on your lids and follow the rest of the directions for the casual look. The eyeshadow can be black or neon. Use whatever colors compliment your eye color. Use blue for blue eyes, pink for hazel, lavender for brown, and purple for green eyes. Or wear any color, as long as you look amazing!
- When leaving the house without makeup, it is mandatory you wear sunglasses to cover this fact up.
- Shoes! Unisex shoes are great for casual looks. These include Converse, (although Converse have become far to much of a fad - it's best to steer clear of them.) Vans, Reebok Freestyles, and Nike Dunks. Girls can wear ballet flats or pumps [but not hooker stilettos] with any outfit and probably get away with it. Flats are getting more and more popular. It's mandatory to own at least one pair of black flats. It's also good to have silver or white. Collect tons of different colors to wear with different outfits. TOMS shoes and moccasins are also becoming more popular. Don't wear boots unless they're flat.
- Now for the trimmings:
- Guy accessories include bandannas [worn around neck face or folded in back pocket], huge sunglasses[the Jackie O ones or Ray-Bans] white pyramid belts and over sized novelty belt buckles. Girls can wear these for a casual look as well.
- Girls also wear necklaces with over sized pendants as well as bangle bracelets. Light, dressy scarves are acceptable as well. Pearl necklaces and silver necklaces with random pendants on them are great too. Don't wear those gummy or rubber band bracelets as they are truly passe. An actual rubber band that really does tie things is an acceptable piece of jewelry for both sexes.
- Girls should also wear a hair bow or a headband. Tiaras are for birthdays only.
- Girls can wear those 3 in 1 belts [the ones that can be worn underbust, around the stomach or around the waist] if they want to glam up. Only wear the ones with snaps instead of the ones that loop through a buckle.
- Also, if you need to wear glasses, they should be plastic. The current trend is to get your grandma's old huge plastic frames and get them filled with your prescription. If you don't have those, get prescription Ray Bans.
- Photoshop your pictures. You could do something creative with your pictures like give yourself porcelain skin or purple eyes.
- Have piercings or Modify Your Body With Tattoos and Piercing. Facial piercings, plugs, and tattoos are scene too. When getting a tattoo, just make sure not to get any tribal tattoos. Nothing in this step is mandatory though.
- Take flattering pictures of yourself and put them on your Myspace. Try not to do the hold-the-camera pose, the "oops" face, or the peace sign. Using a self-timer, take pictures of yourself outside, in looking out of a window, or write your best friend's name on your palm. Upload! Get a high-quality camera instead of just using the camera on your phone.
- Create your own Myspace and be famous with lots of friends. Create proof of yourself using a picture or video. For example, you could have a photo of yourself holding a piece of paper with your URL or a video telling your URL.
- Add, add, add friends on Myspace. Have you added everyone in your area in your age range? That's a good start, but if you want fame, which you DO, you're going to need a higher friend count than that. Go to friend adding sites. Add kids who look scene. Myspace only lets you add 400 people a day, so hop to it! Strive for a six figure friend list. Nothing in this step is mandatory. Fashion-core is about fashion. NOT about having a bazillion friends on Myspace. This actually has NOTHING to do with it, but it may help.
- By now, you should have listened to some with all the dance parties you must have had while getting your fashion-core on. Add all the bands you liked on Myspace and find what dates they are coming to your town. Go to every show you can even if its local. You need to be seen to be Scene. Make sure to post bulletins telling people what show you're at and tell people to say hi to you if they see you. Bring a friend so you don't look lame and make sure you look your absolute best. Learn to do the dances you see at the shows. If you have a band, talk to the band after the show. They probably know people who can get you gigs. Again, nothing in this step is mandatory. If you're not overly obsessed with music and going to shows, you don't have to. Be yourself. Don't try to be something you're not, or you will be labeled as a poser.
- Get an internet capable phone like a Sidekick, iPhone, or anything of the like. An iPod touch works well too. Decorate it by adding small rhinestones, using Sharpies, and adding cell phone charms. The more cell phone charms, the better!
- Post tweets on Twitter or Facebook from your phone whenever you're about to do something [playing video games, going to shows, going to the mall, etc.]. Doing this ensures that everyone knows where all the action is at. After a fun night, post a blog detailing all the upscale things you did. They don't need to be upscale, just make them seem like they are. For example, if you go to McDonald's, say you went to a restaurant with friends. Don't divulge every detail of your life. Make yourself seem mysterious.
- Add new pictures or blogs every few days. If you do it too often or too little, people will find you boring. Try to post pictures with your hot friends, but just make sure you are the best looking one in the picture.
- Make sure you're always doing something. Try not to watch television if possible. Go to coffee shops, techno clubs, shows, the mall, the movies, whatever. Just don't be boring.
- Read Japanese fashion magazines, such as Fruit S. The Japanese fashion plays a big role in the scene style. Also read NYLON and Miss Behave magazines.
- In all this, don't lose your real self! Just because it's scene to listen to a certain band does NOT mean you have to if you don't want to.
Tips
- When teasing hair, run the comb from the underside of the hair being teased.
- You don't have to do something on this guide that you don't want to, only do what you like and feel comfortable doing.
- If you want to become vegetarian or vegan--do it! But ONLY because you want to, not because it is a part of the "scene style." It's important to stay healthy.
- Be careful when choosing tattered leggings and stick to the guidelines above when picking out trendy ones. Stay away from horizontal stripes as they come off as a Hot-Topic-goth look.
- Recommended pants for men are Cheap Mondays. Watch out for sales on these at Urban Outfitters and Barneys.
- Add all those wannabe or tween scenesters on your Myspace, but don't comment them at all. They're only there to boost your friend count.
- Where to get fashion-core:
- Clothes: American Apparel, rue 21, Metro Park, Charlotte Russe, Fred Flare, Ed Hardy, House of Holland, Cheap Mondays, Levis, Acne Jeans, Bukhara Lovers, New York Couture, Jessica Louise, Lipstick Prophets, Dirty Addiction, Barneys, Wet Seal (sometimes), local secondhand and consignment stores, Buffalo Exchange, Forever 21 and Hollister (for skinny jeans and layering tops).
- Shoes: Vans, Journeys, Raven, Betsey Johnson and Huntsville
- Accessories: Dirty Addiction, Brat Jewelry, Cara's Bowtique, Perceptional, Von Trash, Betsey Johnson, Kiki Kannibal Kouture, Betseyville and Hot Topic.
- Essential websites: Myspace.com, facebook.com, stickam.com, buzznet.com, twitter.com, yourscenesucks.com, dailybooth.com, hottopic.com, babycakes.com
- Facebook Friend adders: zombieadds.com, famousadds.com, friendstorm.com, maxadds.com, infiniteadds.com, tonsofadds.com.
- Makeup: MAC, Urban Decay, Too Faced, Hard Candy, Peter Thomas Roth, Jane Iredale Minerals, POP Beauty.
- Hair Products: Garnier Fructis [DO NOT USE IF VEG THEY TEST ON ANIMALS], TIGI BedHead, Fudge, BioSilk [if your hair is fried], got2b glued, Africa's Best, Chi Biosilk, Suave, Redken.
- Beverages: Vitamin Water, Smart Water, FIJI, SoBe Life Water, Evian, Jamba Juice, Starbucks or Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, green tea, Red Bull.
- Foods: Sushi, veggie burgers, happy meals, Taco Bell. But Foods don't matter to much.
- Free legal music: projectplaylist.com,imeem.com
- People who sell extensions on Myspace: Liz Lovelust, Hillary Haywire, For the love of hair.
- People to trend watch [Google them to find their blogs and then read them religiously.]: Audrey Kitching, HannaBeth, Raquel Reed, Kiki Kannibal, Jeffree Star, Bliar Ravish, Matthew Lush, Zui Suicide, Jac Vanek, Kayvon Zand, Clint Catalyst
- THINGS THAT ARE TRENDY AMONG FASHIONCORE [use these when picking out tees, necklace pendants, Myspace backgrounds, cute undies, doodling, etc.]:
- Animal prints, bats, skulls, lightning bolts, guns, nintendo, bows, brass knuckles, neon colors, dinosaurs, robots, elephants, giraffes, whales, anchors, rainbows, mudflap cowgirls, stars, hearts, DJ headphones, peace signs, ponies, rollerskates, musical notes, diamonds.
Warnings
- Of course, never ever call yourself scene, fashioncore, emo, etc. You can definitely refer to yourself as a fashionista, even if you're male.
- Never admit to anyone that you got your style from wikiHow. In fact, go to Myspace.com, then clear your history on your computer. Definitely don't bookmark this page either. If anyone asks where you got such great style, say you get ideas by reading NYLON a lot.
- Don't wear brass knuckles and peace signs at the same time. It's contradicting, stupid, and screams "I'm trying really hard to fit in. Please notice me."
- Never admit to being bored or sad, especially online. Exude an image of success.
- DO NOT WEAR SWEATBANDS UNLESS EXERCISING. Head sweatbands, however, are acceptable for males and females.
- Some fashioncore kids like to adorn themselves with Chanel logos. Unless you can afford the real thing, do NOT attempt this. You will be sneered at by rich kids carrying around Vuittons and thought of as a fake wannabe. And trust me, it is really easy to spot fake designer items!
- Only shop at Walmart between the hours of 2 and 5 AM.
- Only buy band tees when you're at a show.
Things You'll Need
- Teasing comb
- Hairspray
- Flat Iron
- A Myspace Account, and/or Facebook,Bebo
- A digital camera
- A credit card (or your parent's credit card)
- A trendy keyboard-based, internet-capable phone
- The latest sneakers
- Heels or ballet flats for ladies
- Skinny jeans and maybe some leggings
- Hoodies
- T Shirts
- Bandannas
- White pyramid belt, with optional belt buckles
- Oversize sunglasses or RayBans
- Oversized purse for girls
- Clip in extensions
- Hair accessories for girls
- VIP on a friend-adding website
- Fashion magazines, like FRUiTS and NYLON
- Make-up to bring out your favorite features
- A sense of self, a realization that your life isn't ruled by a how-to article.
- A great attitude
