Costume and Textiles Man's 'Punk Rock' Outfit: Boots Made in United States, North and Central America1985-87 Artist/maker unknown, American Black leather Currently not on view 1993-89-12a,b Gift of Adam Greenfield, 1993 |
LabelPhiladelphian Adam Greenfield, an avid fan of and writer about the punk rock scene, assembled and personalized this outfit. From the backward cap to the American-made combat boots, each element communicated, to those in the know, his position in that subculture. Although influenced by the sartorial style of the English punk band the Sex Pistols, through his writing on the back of the jacket, Greenfield makes clear his affiliation with the subgenre known as straight edge, whose members abstained from alcohol, recreational drugs, and tobacco. |
