Emo

what is emo ?

When we talk about, the image which comes to the mind is of a teenager who is wearing black eyeglasses, tight jeans, black tees along with the converse shoes and who fond of listening loud and sad punk music. But, this image not fits actually to describe all features of Emo. It is a new trend in the youths and the teenagers who like to be unique and want to show the show the society that they are absolutely free from any type of social bounds. We need to take a tour of history to know what emo is and what the different streams of it are.

It is a type of revolution among the youth that which has its roots in mid 80s. it describes the subgenre of the hardcore punk and its place of origin is Washington DC . In the early 80s and in later years, the word emocore was used as a short form of “emotional hardcore” which represented the emotional performance of the local bands of Washington DC and the nearby localities. In the mid 90s the term emo used to represent the indie scene that was influenced by the fugazi style of music. Fugazi was the subsidiary of the first wave of emo. The most notable bands that were known to represent the indie style of emo music were sunny day-real estate as well as the Texas is the reason.

Emo as a style of music:

As a style of music, emo falls under the rock style of music which describes the variation of different independent styles and its merger with the different root style. It mainly a type of rock style which is made with the merger of different rock styles and does not like to be bonded with any style.

Emo as a life style:

In the present era, the word emo is mostly used to describe the emotions. It represents the freedom of emotions; the youths and teenagers are adopting it as a way of leaving to show their freedom. Emo takes the meaning of freedom as no bound, and want to express everything freely which comes to their mind. The teenage is a period of life when the set up of mind is quite unstable and the emotions are at very high level. The young people want to break all the rules and regulations of the society and to live freely.

Emo as a style and fashion:

As a fashion and style emo represents the stream of fashion which likes black and bright color, which represents the inner state of mind. The male emo style is represented by the tight black jeans with unusual body piercing and studded belts as well as the small band of T-shirts. The hair style and body piercing is done to show that emo don’t believe in partition of gender and wants to break all the rules which states that both the gender are different.

These days most of the fashion designers are focusing to make emo as the fashion revolution as there is a large portion of teenager population which believes in the freedom of expression. Emo is ideal for the teenagers not only as a style of fashion but also as a way of leaving.

Emo Hair

Emo is becoming a common word after its recession. Emo boy’s hairstyle and emo girl’s hairstyle has a spark and charm in itself which attracts millions of youth around the world and adapting the styles themselves.

There are numerous websites which are completely dedicated to emo boys and emo girls. These website in a way promote their hairstyle and cult. Emo lovers are people who spice their life and are never ready to give in to conservative way, not even in hairstyles which they use to claim to be the reflection of their inner being and are mostly thus spiked, rough, never washed, greasy, glued with layers, bangs and sweeps in the front which hide their eyes and even half of the face. Emo girls hairs are bit long and emo boys hair are short and have a spiky look with rough and choppy ends and straight up mostly in the mid of the head.

Emo hair in respect to long standing tradition are always jet black since the emo culture is the expression of their loneliness, depression, anger, hidden feelings and discomfort and thus black is the color which best suits them though they use a splurge of contrasting and bright colors in frills and streaks in emo boys hair as well as emo girls hairstyle, the color mostly being maroon, pink, dark red or even blue sometimes.

Emo boy’s hairstyle is with mostly shaggy hair and mostly shines in light because of their uneven and unwashed nature and use of gel. Emo boy hair hangs over side and covers one side of the face and even one eye.

Emo girls hair are usually long but are nowadays even cut short and are mostly dyed black and are tooled with sometimes Pokémon, my little pony etc and are even put together in small pigtails. Emo girls hair is mostly above shoulders and have shine which is very sexy with the use of so many gels available in the market and even in emo girls hairstyle, hairs falls and covers ears and side and eyes from the desired portion and spiked mostly at the back and mid portion of head.

Emo Hair Styles

Emo hair: amazing hairstyles

Emo hairstyles are remarkable and unique hairstyles that are considered high fashion and popular with emo kids. Those who are “emo” have a different condition of mind and do not conform to the normal trends of society and this also refers to their taste in fashion and way of life. Their outlandish way of dressing and styling their hair shows their peculiar way of thinking and their attitude and a rebelliousness that does not allow them to follow what is to all others a normal way of life. By this strange way of dressing they are making a statement. In fact they do not remain with the same look and will change it from one day to another.

How does an emo hairstyle look?

The hairstyle is like their thoughts unkempt and wild. The emo hairstyle could be of any color, but basically the emo hair style is black. It does not measure up to any particular style or tradition but is messy and uneven in its appearance. The hair is highlighted and emphasizes the anti symmetrical cut. The hair cuts have no limitations and no particular trend which they follow. Both the guys and the girls have longish hair that is often long in front and shorter at the back. The appearance is spiky.

Styling and cutting an emo hair look

The emo kids claim to cut their own hair as it is uneven and does not have to have a regular look. It can be cut any odd way and give a spiky look that is unkempt. However, for those who want to make a fashion statement and go to a saloon, this is not an easy prospect to explain to the hair stylist as to what he or she wants the hair to look like finally. So it is much simpler to take some pictures of emo hairstyles along and show the hairstylist what the final product should look like. The hairstyle pictures are available at any gallery of emo hairstyles. It would be next to impossible to explain what an emo kid wants his hair to look like, so the photographs will be the simplest method of explaining what is wanted. Actually it does not take much to cut one’s hair oneself in an emo hairstyle. Just stand in front of a mirror and keep chopping off the hair wherever you want to shorten it and keep it on trying till you are happy with the final outcome. The hair is grown out and falls over the face almost covering the eyes. If the hair is not straight it could be ironed out and then spiked with gel. The look is generally layered for both boys and girls.

The status of an emo is their hair

The emo’s status is shown with their hairstyle and this is what creates an aura about them and gives them their strength. They want their overall appearance to be nonchalant and with an air of “couldn’t care less” attitude that is cool.