I went to see Sammy Rae & the Friends (great jazz pop band from Brooklyn), and nearly everybody was dressed in 1970s costumes! I understand at a metal show people wear black, but this was next level, very maximalist and intricate costumes. Are concerts all costume parties now, or this unique?
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The only concerts I’ve been to in the last 10 years were 2 MCR shows, and I’m not sure there’s any difference between what people were wearing there and what they’d always wear. Goth girls be goth’in.
I love Sammy Rae and the friends. When I went to their show a few years ago there weren’t people “in costume”. I do know that must shows have a dress vibe that you can join or not. Lucius has a subset that dress in all sparkles. I think Sammy Rae still has a 70s vibe for the band so I assume people want to join in.
yeah she has a 70s/90s vibe but the audience was even more haha. maybe it’s just LA
Where do you draw the line between a “dress code” (expected attire, as your metal show example) and costumes?
When I go to a metal show, there are countless people dressed well beyond anything they would wear anywhere else. Chains, chokers, spikes, goth makeup, and so on. Would this be a costume?
yeah i’d consider it a costume because i see people wear metal, goth, punk stuff on a regular night in LA, but while some 70s fashions are back in, ive never seen a costume event like this outside of halloween or a convention
In their defense, plain 70s attire isn’t really a common style of fashion anymore* where rocker/metalhead is pretty common (even if people go all out at shows).
Sounds like this artist has encouraged 70s vintage fashion or advertised a 70s show specifically. Still doesn’t make every show a costume party for hecks sake 😂, what a silly idea
* In no way means to imply there’s no one out there doing it
i was told that many concerts are like this now, but i mostly go to specific genres so i wouldnt know
You went to one show dude. One ≠ all.
right that’s why i’m asking people. i acutally go to like 4 or 5 show each year, this was the first time I saw this level, but i know that swifties wear her merch, etc. somebody told me it’s a thing but i wanted to ask more people
Women go to Beyonce concerts dressed like Beyonce. It’s weird.
This makes more sense:
do they?? that’s so funny, it’s like wearing sports jerseys at that point
That sounds awesome. I continue to attend the same emo shows I did in 2007 and the dress style hasn’t changed significantly, but I doubt my experience is representative of the norms across other genres! I passed a line of people waiting to enter a local stage production recently and everyone was dressed in 20s gear. Looked like a fun excuse to dress up.
