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The film premiered to no shortage of controversy, even being banned in Britain for the better part of two decades but the iconic images of biker culture that characterised the film endured long after the initial shock wore off. One of the most iconic images of the outlaw to grace the silver screen, The Wild One features badboy biker Johnny Strabler (Marlon Brando) wearing his signature Levi’s 501 jeans and Schott Perfecto leather jacket emblazoned with the ‘cut’ of his characters bike gang, the ‘Black Rebels Motorcycle Club’.
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Marlon Brando as badboy biker Johnny Strabler in the 1953 classic, The Wild One “That movie, which was really showcasing early outlaw biker style, had a huge influence on teenagers and rock and rollers”, explains Luecke.
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While the Ramones punk origins may have started in New York in the mid ‘70s, Luecke affirms that you have to start in 1953 with the release of the motorcycle movie The Wild One, staring Marlon Brando. In the punk section of Cool, Luecke details The Ramones of Forest Hill, Queens, as “the first true punk band, writing energetic two-minute songs that combined garage fury with girl-group pop, all presented in a costume of leather biker jackets, tight Levi’s, Keds, and bowl cuts inspired by the male hustlers who plied their trade on New York streets in search of a fix.” Illustration of punk style by Greg Foley in Cool: Style, Sound and Subversion Luecke and Foley’s comprehensive list of subcultures that span over more than one hundred years, take a look at the fashion, the art, the films, the music and historical context of these style movements, many of which came to influence conventional culture and eventually became a norm. In 2017 he released Cool with co-author Greg Foley on Rizzoli, a tome that’s equal parts history chronicle and handbook on the myriad of subcultures – most unknown to mainstream culture – that have influenced style. He’s spent most of his career in the fashion industry applying his acute knowledge to his positions as trend forecaster and as the former digital style editor at Esquire.
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Andrew Luecke, professional writer and co-author of Cool: Style, Sound, and Subversion is a self-confessed subcultural nerd. Left to right drummer Tommy Ramone, guitarist Johnny Ramone, singer Joey Ramone and bassist Dee Dee Ramoneįortunately, I’m lucky enough to have a close friend who specializes in such specific subcultural knowledge.
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Check out the full episode below and keep reading for a deeper look into the subversive uniform of this iconic band. Cliché, right? But while the Ramones iconic style, rather more of a regimented uniform of razor-thin rocker jeans, mid-riff baring tees and rugged leather jackets may be decidedly dated and banal by today’s standard, there is a deeper and more subversive narrative behind their influential style. And what’s more we wanted to explore the Ramones, the first-wave innovators of this delinquent style. Now I know what you’re probably thinking – punk is an blatantly obvious choice for the 70s theme. Instead of judging, I was called in to assist on Danny’s ‘hustle’ and help share some knowledge on his chosen subculture, Punk. In each 15-minute-ish episode, they undertake a challenge and test out the latest hyped trends, such as playing sports in expensive sportswear, scouring charity shops to find a whole outfit in two hours with a £50 budget – or working with Levi’s to customise a fire festival fit, which I was lucky enough to judge last year.Ī few weeks back PAQ’s parent company, Kyra hit me up and asked me to take part once again on one of the shows upcoming challenges on ‘70s subcultures. Billed as the “Top Gear for Hypebeasts”, PAQ is a Youtube channel covering men’s fashion and streetwear, presented by stylish British twenty somethings Shaq, Danny, Elias and Dexter. If you’re a big streetwear head then you’ll no doubt have heard about or watched the online series, PAQ.