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festival fashion and it’s reflection of genres

Festival time is almost upon us and soon we can start getting excited about and look forward to seeing your mates in a middle of the park, feeling liberated and listening to your favorite music. Love Saves The Day festival spans 2 days and brings us an eclectic mix of artists, styles and genres, bringing together a huge number and type of people who are all here for one purpose - To gather together for the love of underground music.

According to Janice Miller who wrote the book Fashion & Music  “the correlation between music and fashion informs not only the creative activities that are part and parcel of these industries but also the interests of both the existing audiences for specific brands or stars and the tastes and habits of consumers more generally.” Which pushes forward the idea of music and fashion encouraging each other in a creative way….

When heading to a festival what influences your choices?  Mostly the subculture you belong to, the music you listen to and the crowd you hang out with. Therefore, festival fashion is a very important part of LSTD, which makes it a free space for people to express themselves, push the boundaries and be creative. No one genre of music dominates this festival - however, it is not a rocket science to work out who’s heading to which stage! Bristol is a fashion orientated city where your sense of style and personality is expressed through the fashion choices you make. Whether you’re a hippie, punk or a deep house fan, the different subcultures have always existed in society and helped to join together the personal expression and political viewpoints.

In order to understand how fashion reflects music choices, it is important to acknowledge that music is understood in terms of genres, which influences the fashion choices of musicians, as well as the crowd. For example, dreadlocks and baggy trousers may be popular among reggae fans, neon colors may be popular among fans of ‘EDM’ music, and it is highly doubtful you’ll be seeing many pop music fans wearing Doc-Marten’s & dressed black and covered in tattoos! Which then makes it clear that specific sense of fashion plays a major role in making cohesive music genres and expressing the music you love through fashion. Especially popular artists of a certain genre create a ‘trend’ and influence the fashion choices of the crowd by filtering down to the clothing of the fans- as plenty of fans attempt to involve themselves with the genre or subculture by expressing themselves through fashion- and festivals like LSTD is the perfect way to show it!

Above all, don’t be afraid to express yourself during this beautiful festival time ! When you dress in a way that embraces your personality and music taste, you will feel comfortable and confident in your own skin.

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How Banksy is inspiring social changes in Bristol, and around the world.

 Bristol...the home of Banksy. 

It is a city with an open-minded alike attitude towards street art, where artists from across the globe now travel to pour what’s in their head onto famous landmarks and buildings in this beautiful city. It would be hard for someone to get lost on the streets of Bristol and not find a breathtaking piece of graffiti. Street art allows artists to reach to a wider audience from all kinds of backgrounds, which is not always possible with traditional artwork and galleries.

Banksy is a political activist, which can be seen from some of his most famous pieces around the city, and the world. A majority of Bristol’s audience are convinced that Banky’s art is trying to tell us a story, his political and social related  pieces of work he painted have been “featured” prominently on streets, walls, and bridges in the UK and across the globe, to raise awareness of social & political issues, and the ability to create something from nothing. 

Banksy is the pseudonym of a mysterious street art artist from Bristol, who’s work is usually controversial and politically themed, his previous pieces of work include themes such as capitalism, hypocrisy and greed. ‘The Banky effect’ led to relaxed laws when dealing with street art in Bristol, in comparison to other cities such as London, where graffiti is traditionally seen as a deviant behaviour amongst teenagers by the local authorities and neighbours. Furthermore, it has a positive effect on Bristol’s economy, with more than 100,000 visitors during the exhibition of Art by Banksy at the city’s museum. 

Using your imagination and creativity joined with raising awareness about the most important issues and then seeing how this can affect someone else is a really powerful realisation. The messages Banksy is trying to send across through his art are anti-war, anti-capitalism and anti-fascism. His work makes people stop, look at his art and wonder about current issues taking place around the world, making us late for work. It seems like everyone (or, at least, the majority) of Bristol's population are unabashed and unapologetic Banksy fans, with many young artists seeing Banksy as the greatest thing that has happened in Bristol, the urban art movement and contemporary art in general.

So, let me explain why myself and a majority of art admirers around the world cherish Banksy. Banksy is not just a graffiti artist, he's a social activist who’s work raises awareness of the working poor, global warming and animals- and by hiding his identity he’s not interested in getting rewarded for it which shows he’s in it for pure good.

        “If graffiti changed anything, it would be illegal.” —Banksy.