what is alt style?
Excellent question! The short answer is that "alt style" or "alternative fashion" is any style that deviates from the societal norm. Now the longer answer is that, typically, these alternative styles are heavily associated with music genres and/or ideologies. Its a way of letting your values dictate more areas of your life and letting others know your values so that you can form a community with them. For example, some of the most well-known alternative fashion subgenres are punk, goth, emo, scene, and grunge. All of these are huge communities that are heavily connected to their respected music genres as well as some fundamental values that the community holds in common. For example I usually say I'm in the grunge/punk camp because I like the music and I also support things like breaking down rigid gender stereotypes, anti-consumerism, anti-authoritarianism, some tenets of feminism, ignoring arbitrary beauty standards, etc. And as such, my style reflects the alternativeness of the values I hold. Black clothing, big boots, baggy pants, and flannel jackets, are all staples of my style that can act as a form of "rebellion" against the establish, or more accepted, way of dressing myself. Personally, its nothing too dramatic, but its just enough to prove that I can look nice while also not participating in things like "traditional femininity" or corporatism.
Thanks for the ask, I hope that explained it!!!
