post-apocalyptic – Themes on fashion

Just to be clear, I didn’t make this up. I did not invent the concept of post-apocalyptic fashion. It’s been around for a long time. It was probably most recently popularized in the last two decades, but it’s been around for much longer than that. If you’re interested, seriously, just check out Kanye’s fashion Brand “YEEZY” Season 1. It’s amazing and a perfect example. Think about Mad Max, Resident Evil, the Book of Eli. These movies really hit on this zeitgeist. More examples here, here, here, here, and here (basically anything from a Rick Owens collection).

Some of the tenets of this trend include: neutral color palette (or all black), mixing natural and synthetic materials, layering, lots and lots of pockets for food and weapons and all the stuff you’ll need in a nuclear wasteland.

Now, there’s a lot of overlap between some of these looks or tenets and something like cyber-punk or streetwear fashion. I tried to focus this week specifically on the components that feel more geared towards the darker, grittier, less tech-focused post-apocalyptic realm.

Hope you like!

Note: The timing of this week was weird. I was sick and had some days off. So I spread these outfits out across two weeks, and I have no idea the day I wore any of them.

Outfit 1