The psychedelic motif: modern times, from Oasis to Tame Impala (4/4)

Beautiful, isn't it? Passionate about British culture and rock, Liam Gallagher has been perpetuating the tradition since 1994. On the musical side, you will already find some hints of psychedelia from the first Oasis albums, on songs like "Columbia" or " Champagne Supernova ". If the clothing style is not very advanced at the time among the members of the group, things will evolve later.

Because when it comes to style, can you seriously ignore it when you worship the Beatles and Paul Weller so much ? It seems that no, even if it hasn't always been very visible in Liam Gallagher. On closer inspection, his clothing choices often echo his musical tastes .

Besides parkas and bucket hats borrowed from the big brothers Stone Roses , Liam Gallagher also appreciates floral patterns, Paisley, and this in various forms - shirts, scarves, bucket hats, etc. Attitude does the rest.

In 2009, he launched his own clothing brand called Pretty Green. The products are made in England or China and the collections are a kind of homage to the style of a certain British rock , starting with that of the ever influential Small Faces:

Led by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane in the mid-60s, the Small Faces were emblematic of the Mod movement . Many future English bands would draw inspiration from their style of dress. For music, try the album " FEELS LIKE WE ONLY GO BACKWARDS ": TAME IMPALA, LA RELÈVE, LE POINS DE MOTIFS AND CONTEMPORARY PSYCHEDELISM

As we have already pointed out, psychedelia has infiltrated everywhere . In rock, in pop, in more experimental music like krautrock, in funk and even in hip-hop and electronic music. At the end of the 80s, a second Summer of Love was revealed. It was once again a question of psychedelia. And in fashion? There was talk of a revival in the press no later than two years ago...

That is to say, psychedelia never really disappeared. In the 80s and 90s, it returned, for example, in certain guitar groups like Spacemen 3 , Mercury Rev or the Flaming Lips . This does not necessarily translate into a psychedelic clothing approach focused on patterns. But if the style has diluted over the years, the spirit remains very much alive , as here with Wayne Coyne, the leader of the Flaming Lips:

Nevertheless, there are traces of this sixties clothing heritage in a few, such as the English retrofuturist group Broadcast . Its singer, the late Trish Keenan, regularly wears retro and psychedelic patterned jumpsuits and dresses , which are both a style mark and a logical extension of the music she produces:

Among the current bands that draw their musical and stylistic inspiration from psychedelia, we can obviously cite the Australians of Tame Impala . Their leader Kevin Parker is not entirely insensitive to fashion and clothing . Take a look at this decidedly hallucinogenic outfit :

This is from a work for NR magazine with stylist Nima Habibzadeh: it's very colorful, not necessarily wearable outside of a photo studio but it's fun, creative and probably very comfortable . A success, which might make you want to try your hand at psychedelic clothing and patterns too.