Sound vs Style
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Jack Zelenka explores the male music icons keeping vintage fashion alive
t’s no secret that bands and
musicians are trend setters.
Whenever someone is adored and
looked up to by as many people
as musicians are, they are clearly
going to influence some of them.
Musicians and pop stars particularly
can often be more influential to
fashion than they are to their own
field of expertise. Anyone remember
the impact that Rihanna dying her
hair red had? While these bands
and artists are often just following
existing trends the exposure and
influence that they carry can
often mean that a particular trend
becomes their own. Some artists
however decide to stray away from
modern fashion trends and focus
on the past and many of these
bands are at the highest points of
their careers to date. With vintage
shopping and culture bigger than
it’s ever been, particularly amongst
young people and students, have
these bands just rode the wave of
a rising trend, or does their style
speak for itself?
Kings Lynn rock band Deaf
Havana have had a fantastic 2013.
Their largest ever headline tour,
Wembley Arena performances and
not to mention a UK top 10 album,
it seems a little too coincidental
that Deaf Havana’s increase in
popularity has coincided with
a drastic change of image and
band aesthetics. In roughly four
years since the release of their
debut album, Deaf Havana have
transformed from your stereotypical
“emo rock” band to country
gentlemen, replacing skinny jeans
and tank tops with tweed blazers
and waistcoats. This drastic change
in image has also been reflected in
the music. The band’s latest and
most successful effort “Old Souls”
takes clear influence from artists
like Bruce Springsteen and Ne