![]() ![]() Required Listening: Siouxsie and the Banshees’ “Hong Kong Garden”īeyoncé’s recent nipple-emblazoned glittery breastplate looks positively PG compared to the fetish attire favored by goth-punk pioneer Siouxsie Sioux in the seventies and eighties. The Beauty Mark: Spiky black strands and artful black eye makeup ![]() With her kohl-rimmed eyes, black leather ensembles, devil-may-care attitude, and deep black mullet-which both Jean Paul Gaultier and Marc Jacobs have sampled on the runway in recent years-Jett was, and is, the ultimate punk-rock bad girl. Jett would go on to make a major impact as a solo artist, and even started her own record label, Blackheart, in 1980, when no one else would sign her. Joan Jett was paving the way for women in music while still a teenager: At age 15, she helped found one of the most kick-ass all-girl bands ever, The Runaways, supposedly writing their signature hit, “Cherry Bomb,” in minutes, for Cherie Currie to perform at her audition. ![]() Besides being Sonic Youth’s platinum-blonde, bass-playing bombshell par excellence, Gordon has also dabbled in the worlds of art, fashion design, producing, directing (she is partially responsible for The Breeders’ “Cannonball” video), and modeling she stars as one of Hedi Slimane’s muses in the designer’s recent Saint Laurent Music Project series. The band’s landmark cacophonous, feedback-laced sound seemed to create a new genre in itself: art rock. Required Listening: Sonic Youth’s “Kool Thing”Ī colonizer of punk experimentation, Gordon remains as influential and prolific today as she was when she first emerged on the scene with Sonic Youth, in New York, in 1981. And so did Blondie’s upbeat sound, which, while rooted in punk, also borrowed elements of disco, reggae, and new wave. With her razor-sharp cheekbones, bleach-blonde, ink-dipped crop, killer style (the high-waisted jean and one-shoulder dress have never had a better model), and tough-girl attitude, she cut a unique figure in CBGB-era New York. If punk had a premier babe, it would be Debbie Harry. Required Listening: Blondie’s “X-Offender” The Beauty Mark: Skunked tips and powder-blue lids There’s no telling whether we’ll see an homage to their tried-and-true techniques on the red carpet tonight, but here’s hoping. Yet the women who came to define the subculture left their mark both sonically and visually, boasting beauty signatures that we’ve taken the liberty of recounting for you below. That said, punk’s most basic definition runs counter to conventional beauty norms. What is it? What did it mean in the late seventies, when it first hit the cultural lexicon as a way to describe the loud and fast sound simultaneously surfacing in London and New York? And what does it mean today, when it’s an adjective that gets attached to pretty much everything-from eye shadow and celebrities to top-forty tunes and anything with studs, safety pins, or bondage-style accoutrements? At a base level, the word-whether applied to music, style, or general life philosophy-is rooted in the bucking of convention, of being brash, defiant, untethered and gloriously in-your-face. When we do, we depend on our loyal, helpful readers to point out how we can do better.In anticipation of Monday’s Met Ball, many an editorial page has been devoted to the dissemination of the event’s theme: punk. However, despite our best efforts, we sometimes miss the mark. Our editors are instructed to fact check thoroughly, including finding at least three references for each fact. Our credibility is the turbo-charged engine of our success. Please submit feedback to Thanks for your time!ĭo you question the accuracy of a fact you just read? At Factinate, we’re dedicated to getting things right. Your suggestions can be as general or specific as you like, from “Life” to “Compact Cars and Trucks” to “A Subspecies of Capybara Called Hydrochoerus Isthmius.” We’ll get our writers on it because we want to create articles on the topics you’re interested in. Want to tell us to write facts on a topic? We’re always looking for your input! Please reach out to us to let us know what you’re interested in reading. ![]()
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