Looking at the photos of Ridgers, it is difficult to understand where fashion ended and rebellion began at that time. So it was with punk — an outrageous left-radical kick to the consumer society appeared at the suggestion of the fashion store "Sex" and the commercial ensemble "Sex Pistols"; so it was with the Goths and the desperately glamorous and androgynous New Romance.
London youngsters of the 70s and 80s
But if you look at the faces of young people, you will most likely discard the subcultural context. They express all the confusion and uncertainty of the younger generation. This is both a fear of the future, and a hatred of how the world works in the present. The inability to radically change the structure of the world and the lack of understanding of how it should be done give rise to its rejection in all forms.