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In general, contemporary street punks wear leather, denim, metal spikes or studs, chains and military-style boots. They often wear elements of early punk fashion, such as kutten vests, bondage trousers (often plaid) and torn clothing.
DIY-created and modified clothing, such as ripped or stitched-together trousers or shirts, or trousers that are tightly tapered, are common. Jackets and vests often have patches or are painted with logos that express musical tastes or political views. Bullet belts and belts with metal studs are popular. Hair is often spiked and/or dyed in bright, unnatural colors and arranged into a mohawk or liberty spikes, but it is sometimes cut very short or shaved.
Oi! skinheads, sometimes known as skunks or punk-skinheads, fuse traditional skinhead style with street punk fashions. The look is characterized by Dr. Martens boots (or similar boots made by a different brand), braces, and tight rolled-up jeans, sometimes splattered with bleach. Other common items are T-shirts (featuring band names, political beliefs or other text and images relevant to skinhead culture) and denim jackets or flight jackets. These jackets are sometimes decorated with buttons or patches, and in the case of the denim jackets, sometimes splattered with bleach.
Hair is typically shaved shorter than with traditional skinheads. Other items from traditional skinhead fashion (e.g. Fred Perry and Ben Sherman shirts) and, to a lesser extent, punk fashion items (e.g. short mohawk hairstyles, metal studs on jackets) are also sometimes worn.
Oi! is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in
the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The music and its associated
subculture had the goal of bringing together punks, skinheads and other
working-class youth. The Oi! movement was partly a response to the
perception that many participants in the early punk rock scene were, in
the words of The Business guitarist Steve Kent, "trendy university
people using long words, trying to be artistic...and losing touch".
André Schlesinger, singer of The Press, said, "Oi shares many
similarities with folk music, besides its often simple musical
structure; quaint in some respects and crude in others, not to mention
brutally honest, it usually tells a story based in truth." For instance,
“Such Fun”, from Oi! Oi! That's Yer Lot! by The Blood, is an extension
of the 1977 Sex Pistols
Learn more about various punk fashion styles from the main page of this section.