November 5, 2007

Nu Rave Goes Nu Grave To Save/Kill Itself

by Piers Fawkes

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In a post on her site, Ruby Pseudo looks at the reaction of Nu Rave kids to the TopShopization of their trend:

As fluro flies off the store shelves, the ‘cool kids’ of the East End and beyond have been - very visibly - killing off their own culture. Enter fake blood, all black and a distinct turn away from all that they stood for, namely bright, lurid colours and a smack slash of something odd to beauty boot. Highly goth, this new movement is a touch ugly and very, very angry but fantastic all the same. No one wants to be copied, least of all the kids leading the world a-fashion-stray…

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One Response to “Nu Rave Goes Nu Grave To Save/Kill Itself”

  1. lady coveted
    Posted from: 67.99.235.194

    November 5th, 2007 at 5:16 pm

    woah… it’s interesting how the campy e-induced optimism of rave culture has taken a turn for the dark side yet again.

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