{"id":11018,"date":"2018-01-04T18:56:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T16:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/?p=11018"},"modified":"2018-01-05T16:22:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T14:22:15","slug":"clubbers-guide-2018-always-the-same-black-clothes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/en\/clubbers-guide-2018-always-the-same-black-clothes\/","title":{"rendered":"Clubbers guide 2018: Always the same black clothes?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dressing in total black<\/strong> has its advantages. You appear more thin<\/strong>, intellectual<\/strong>, fascinating<\/strong> and mysterious<\/strong>. Of course, someone can argue that after a while you can get bored or, even worst, depressed for choosing this color. Nevertheless, who are we to judge? And who are we to argue whether black can be considered a color or not?
\nHowever, we can for sure affirm that in the course of these last years, the clubbing realm has seen not only a lot of clubbers but also a lot of DJs wearing only black clothes. Coincidence? Probably not.
\nIt must be a fashion trend<\/strong>, a social rule that someone has initiated some time ago also because in the 90s and after the first years of the new millennium, clubbers were used to dress in colorful clothes, appearing like small dancing rainbows on the dance floor.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J4Raz4mxnto<\/p>\n

Each music genre has influenced the way the people have been used to dress, from the slick back hair cut, white t-shirts and leather jackets during the rockabilly<\/strong> wave to the colorful mohawk haircut and the jackets with studs and patches during the punk<\/strong> era.
\nHowever, like the social construction that we build together and for which we are attracted together, there is always a motivation behind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Chandler Shortlidge<\/strong>\u00a0wrote more\u00a0about this phenomenon in his article on Pulse Radio<\/strong>, and here we share some interesting stuff.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an eye-opening window into what clubbers looked like back then\u2014even perennially black-clad techno titan Richie Hawtin wore white in the DJ booth. The crowd, too, are similarly unrecognisable, dressed in all manner of colourful regalia and styles, a far cry from the VIP wannabes who grace today\u2019s Ibiza dance floors, copies of a copy of the DJ and their hangers on. More than their 2017 replacements, these 2006 clubbers look \u201cnormal,\u201d for lack of a better word, like they\u2019re trying much less hard to fit in, appear rich or have an \u201cimage.\u201d Put simply, they look like they\u2019re there to have fun instead of be seen looking cool to the \u201cright\u201d kind of music.<\/em><\/p>\n

Black is a statement. It gives you a \u201clook,\u201d and fairly uncomplicatedly. It says you\u2019re damn serious about life, and have neither the time nor the inclination to faff about with silly colour combinations and patterns. Nobody should ever mistake you as the type of person to listen to anything but dark music played in dark rooms with unsmiling people who want their clothes to be the physical extension of the abstract ideas that techno brings to the dance floor. And for the most part, it works. Nobody sees a monochrome press shot of two dudes dressed in tight black tee shirts and skinny jeans staring forlornly\u00a0away from the camera and thinks, \u201cmaybe those guys play lots of disco!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

But most importantly, wearing black tells people you\u2019re \u201cin the know.\u201d And in a subculture like dance music, where superior knowledge is traded like cultural capital, being in the know is basically everything. Showing up to an after party as the only dickhead dressed in yellow screams \u201cI\u2019m new here,\u201d which won\u2019t exactly earn you a surprise invitation into the green room for a cheeky one with the cool kids.<\/em><\/p>\n

So why stand out when you can fit it? Why do colour when you can do black and white so everyone easily understands your message and branding without actually having to listen to your music? Why risk alienating hoards of punters who want more of the same images, sounds and ideas? It\u2019s just not worth the risk. Or maybe you actually can still play and dance to great thundering techno without looking like an undertaker\u2019s hip young apprentice, and there\u2019s just too few people willing to try. Which seems pretty damn silly when you stop and remember that we\u2019re talking about a scene that was born celebrating diversity, individualism, and creativity.<\/em><\/p>\n

In the end, your fashion choices are yours and yours alone. And if you still want to wear back all the time, by all means, do what makes you happy. But nobody said you have to, and the party will still be just as fun if you decide to show up looking a little different than everyone else.<\/em><\/p>\n

In the clubbing scenario, therefore, wearing black clothes can be a synonymous of belonging<\/strong>, aggregation<\/strong> and participation<\/strong> and not only a fashion push. Nevertheless, for the music we are all the same, craving for that vibrant sensation<\/strong>, and it is sure that dressing in total black<\/strong> is not gonna change that magical experience.
\nSo, choose any clothes that you want with any color that you prefer. Create dubious combinations that will hurt the eyes of those who will see you on the dance floor. At the end it is only the music<\/strong> that matters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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