Talking Subculture

From Japan, but really!? We're speechless.

It seems that the group of people in Thailand that consider Nazi and Hitler items to be fashion are part of a subculture. That may sound like good news (and it is partly because not everyone is wearing this stuff) but it is harder in some ways to reach out to a smaller more niche group.  Globalization and the retro craze have made all sorts of things crossover and things get a bit complicated.

The closest comparison with this subculture would be to punk, as the music and the crossover into art seem similar (disagree? Let us know in the comments!)  And so, we're off to study this working theory and this Thai subculture further.

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Perhaps with the Worldwide retro fashion craze nothing is dead (even though we're really hoping harem pants are.)  Originally, a few of the early punks of the 1970s did wear swastikas on shirts, usually they were handmade and almost all of them were destroyed after the marker fumes wore off and people came to their senses.  The one thing the retro craze can't bring back is context, and that is something that gets lost in time and translation.

Our next project is still being researched, and it's on this very subject. While its necessary to give the history and context, we want to lighten things up and make it fun and hopefully reach the people that might be influenced by punk.  We're by no means anti-expression nor anti-punk but a good look at meaning and message is necessary.

The author, if only to prove that we're totally okay with looking funny.