The Representation Of The Indie Genre

What Indie people wear...
Indie people have their own stereotypical way of dressing, or at least if someone dresses in a certain way we class them as Indie. Indie is often referred to as meaning 'individual'. As I have mentioned before being indie often means you follow the independent music scene, however it also means you often follow the indie culture and lifestyle. The lifestyle includes going to many festivals and gigs and listening to music from independent artists. A stereotypical view of indie kids is that they like 'obscure and random' things, they often sing or play acoustic guitar and spend a lot of time on www.myspace.com and are often into art or photography. Here are a few outfits that I have created by using a website called http://www.polyvore.com/ I created the outfits after researching online the correct clothing style, then using the 'Grab' tool on the macs I chose 'selection' then copied the final outfit image. Later uploading it up onto this blog post.
These are the outfit for females...


Indie Outfit Number 1
The first and most probably the common style includes:

• A check shirt also known as a flannel shirt
• Skinny jeans
• A loose baggy top
• A 'festival' styled hat
• Military/vintage boots

Indie people often wear vintage clothing to make themselves look individual and not like everybody else.






Indie Outfit Number 2
The second style I have chosen is the 'oversized' style. This is where they wear clothing that is too big for them. This outfit includes:

• An over sized plain vest
• An over sized 'knitted' style cardigan
• Obscure leggings
• Black high tops
• Headband

This kind of outfit would include a belt that would sit on their waist, to show a part of their figure. The over sized style often comes from hand-me downs or clothing that they borrow from their grandparents or parents.







Indie Outfit Number 3

This is the festival outfit, which an indie kid would often wear to a summery festival. Another stereotypical view is that indie girls like to look after themselves and their body so they are often thin or averagely sized. Hence why this outfit includes...

• Short Shorts
• A floral vest
• Knee high socks 
• Patterned wellies
• Straw hat with ribbon

This outfit would be completed with necklaces and jewellery and statement big sunglasses, possibly aviators.




However polyvore does not include male clothing. The typical indie male would also wear a flannel style top, much like the females and skinny jeans, possibly ripped skinny jeans.
Other tops they would wear include: A vintage tee, a plain v neck, a grandad top, they often wear cardigans instead of hoodies unless they are vintage or blazers. Often only seen in fitted black or blue jeans, however neutral coloured trousers and corduroys are being seen more often. Shoes would often be plimsolls, moccasins, high tops (vintage) or boat/deck shoes. And often wear accessories. Here is a photograph of a 'typical' indie kids.

Indie Kid Places...
A typical indie place would be at a festival for example like Glastonbury.

Graffitied undergrounds or places. Areas like Camden Market in London where there are local gigs, clothing shops, oxygen bars, and especially vinyl market stalls but generally Camden is a place where everybody sits down, relaxes and socialises with everyone.