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COLUMBIA »: LIAM GALLAGHER, OASIS AND THE MOD INSPIRATIONFor all intents and purposes: you don't have to be totally eccentric to be psychedelic. Among the most faithful servants of English rock traditions, we can of course mention the group Oasis. Like Michel Houellebecq, it's hard to imagine the former Oasis singer without his trusty parka . But the most beautiful of all, and the most psychedelic too, is undoubtedly this floral Engerineed Garments model:
Magnificent, right? A fan of British culture and rock, Liam Gallagher has been perpetuating the tradition since 1994. On the music 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 then not very advanced among the members of the group, things will evolve subsequently.
Because when it comes to style, can we seriously fail to be interested in it when we revere the Beatles and Paul Weller to this extent ? We have to believe not, even if it hasn't always been very visible with Liam Gallagher. On closer inspection, her clothing choices often echo her musical tastes .
In addition to parkas and bucket hats borrowed from 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 sort of homage to the style of a certain British rock , starting with that of the always influential Small Faces:
Led by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane in the mid-1960s, the Small Faces were
As has been pointed out, psychedelia has infiltrated everywhere . In rock, in pop, in more experimental music like krautrock, in funk even in hip-hop and electronica. At the end of the 80s, a second Summer of Love was revealed. It is once again a question of psychedelia. And in fashion? There was talk of a revival in the press as recently as two years ago...
That is to say, psychedelia never really disappeared. In the 80s and 90s, he returned for example to certain guitar groups like Spacemen 3 , Mercury Rev or the Flaming Lips . This does not necessarily translate into a psychedelic, pattern-driven approach to clothing. But if the style has been diluted over the years, the spirit remains very much alive , as here with Wayne Coyne, the leader of the Flaming Lips:
We nevertheless find traces of this sixties sartorial heritage among a few, such as the English retrofuturist group Broadcast . Its singer, the late Trish Keenan, regularly wears jumpsuits and dresses with retro and psyche patterns , which are both a mark of style but also a logical extension of the music she produces:
Among the current groups which 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 clothes . Instead, look at this decidedly hallucinogenic outfit :
It's from work for NR magazine with stylist Nima Habibzadeh: it's very colorful, not necessarily wearable outside of a photo studio but it's both fun, creative and probably very comfortable . A success, which will perhaps make you want to try your hand at psychedelic clothing and patterns.
TIPS TO REMEMBER
- Today's psychedelia is no longer just about the motif. It’s a state of mind, which involves a lot of the use of color .
- For women, the retro trends of the sixties are full of psychedelic motifs . The cuts still have an undeniable charm today, the only valid problem for many vintage clothes from this era: the material compositions, which must be looked at closely.
- Certain knits, cardigans in particular, can contain a certain psychedelic spirit , like the piece worn by Kevin Parker in the photo above.
