THE CHORDS OF A MUSICIAN'S DRESS - The sensibility of rockers goes hand...

THE CHORDS OF A MUSICIAN'S DRESS

The sensibility of rockers goes hand in hand with the clothes they wear...

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By Alice X.

With cigarette burns on their skin-tight jeans, gritty eyeliner, and hair that hasn't seen a comb since grade school, the spirit and sensibility of musicians goes hand in hand with the clothes they wear.

With barely a care upon their backs, and hands that bleed from practicing the guitar incessantly and the attitude that comes with it, rockers are so deeply entrenched in the lifestyle that they seem to only spend 5 minutes getting dressed – which makes them look so much cooler than most of the try-too-hard, perfectly toned and bronzed stars of Hollywood today.

A low-key attitude that goes with a tough I-Don’t-Give-a-Damn wardrobe is way more killer.

Ryan Ross (Guitarist of Panic at the Disco) brings on the trashy old shirt and spackled colourful over-worn scarf with deliberate imperfection.

He has a certain air of ‘I-don’t-really-care-but-I-still-look-great, which is an obnoxious talent that many musicians just seem to be naturally born with. The gold buckle leather belt and the slick seventies headband are subtle touches that make the look personal.

The members of Rilo Kiley deck out in nerdy, mismatched shirt and vest combinations that somehow work, with lead singer Jenny Lewis in a darling tuxedo mini.