1970s goth

David Johansen of the New York Dolls and Richard Hell of Television backstage at CBGB. From White Trash Uncut by Christopher Makos, © 2014, published by Glitterati Incorporated New York punks in the mid 70's were clearly

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Siouxsie Sioux by Lynn Goldsmith, 1980.

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The early- to mid-1980s saw the rise of goth fashion which expanded on punk style from the late 1970s (Fig. 6). Hennessey writes, “Both men and women wore clothes inspired by Victorian mourning garb and Bram Stoker’s Dracula and it was not long before this movement took to the streets” (405). A key style for both goth and punk looks were Dr Martens boots (Hennessey 404-405).