The new punk rock: bold, defiant and politically outspoken

12-10-2018 Cyprus Mail CyprusMail Cool

The new punk rock: bold, defiant and...

Could social and political movements be boiled down to a certain look? Apparently, designers at Balenciaga, Kenzo or Miu Miu express political resistance and rebelliousness quite successfully through their latest creations. And punk, as we all know it, is quite the movement for political outspokenness and boldness, rebelliousness and a strong against-the-system voice.

At Balenciaga, Demna Gvasalia used fashion and style to correct the “fake news” trend. Fake news, of course, was recently popularised by Donald Trump and those opposing his political views are always...

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