What is distinct about this style?
The Rocker style features hard angular lines, high contrast and chunky metallic details.
Silhouette
The Rocker Style wears body conscious or lean rectangular silhouettes. It’s often common to see this style with an exaggerated, strong shoulder.
Line
This style uses sharp, drastic and angular lines. You would very seldom, if ever see organic lines used in this style.
Pattern
Stripes are a common pattern seen in Rocker Style clothing. Other than stripes, you would also see a larger occurrence of skull motifs.
Texture
This iconic style is most often seen sporting leather. The leather may have metal embellishments like grommets or spikes. This style uses a lot of organic fibers. The stiff and rigid qualities of the leather create the hard lines this type loves so well. You’ll often see a leather jacket paired with denim and cotton tees. The rigidity of the leather balances the softness of cotton tees.
Color
The Roker Style wears a large amount of black. Often black and white are worn together to create high-contrast looks. Red is usually a favorite accent.
Proportion
Proportionally, the Rocker wears things in accordance with their natural body shapes; they don’t add a lot of volume (no pun intended). However, anything goes when it comes to lengths: crop tops and mini skirts frequently make an appearance.
Other distinctive details
The Rocker Style is fond of deconstructed elements such as fraying, rips, tears or other treatments such as the appearance of bleaching or stonewash.
Celebrity Examples
Gwen Stefani, Pink, Kristen Stewart
Brands to Shop
R13, IRO, ANINE BING, Pretty Attitude
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