MEXICAN URBAN SUBCULTURE FROM MONTERREY, MEXICO (2011)

TREND: BAGGY CLOTHES WITH RELIGIOUS IMAGERY LONG SIDEBURNS GLUED TO FACE

COLOMBIAN CUMBIAS & VALLENTO MUSIC

CHOLOMBIANS

JAPANESE GIRL (TOKYO)FASHION SUBCULTURE (EARLY 2000s)

TREND: BLONDE OR COLORED HAIR,TANNED SKIN, CONCEALER USED AS LIPSTICK AND EYESHADOW, COLORED LENSES

KNOWN AS “BLACK FACE” OR “PANDAS”

YAMANBA

FAVELA FUNK IS MUSIC & DANCE SUBCULTURE IN RIO DE JANIERO,BRAZIL (2003)

TREND: THE LESS CLOTHES THE BETTER, OVERTLY SEXUAL DANCING

STARTED IN FAVELAS AND NOW MAINSTREAM

BAILE FUNK

THE NEW FRENCH HACKER-ARTIST UNDERGROUNDPARIS,FRANCE (2006)

TREND: CREEP UNDERGOUND TUNNELS OF PARIS TO RESTORE AND REPAIR PRICELESS FRENCH ARTIFACTS

GROUP OF RESTORERS, ARTISTS,FILM MAKERS

UX-URBAN EXPERIMENT

MUSIC & FASHION SUBCULTUREBECAME MAINSTREAM IN USA (2002)

TREND: FIT JEANS, TIGHT T-SHIRTS, BLACK DYED HAIR, SOMETIMES BLEACHED WITH COLOR HIGHLIGHTS, SIDE SWEPT BANGS COVERING ONE EYE

ASSOCIATED WITH A WAY OF ACTING & FEELING; SHY DEPRESSED, EMOTIONAL,SENSITIVE

EMO

MEXICAN POINTY BOOTSMUSIC & FASHION SUBCULTURE FROM MATEHUALA, SLP, MEXICO (2011)

TREND: SKINNY JEANS, TRIBAL STYLE HAT, & SUPER LONG POINTY BOOTS

TRIBAL MUSIC, A FUSION OF ELECTRONIC, CUMBIA & AFRICAN SOUNDS

BOTAS PICUDAS

THESIS STATEMENTTHIS THESIS PRESENTS THE HYPOTHESIS THAT FRINGE GROUPS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD ARE SPROUTING IN REACTION TO MUSIC, STANDARDS OF SOCIETY, IDEALS AND BELIEFS SIMPLY TO BECOME UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS IN TODAYS SOCIETY. THANKS TO THE RISE IN SOCIAL MEDIA, THESE GROUPS HAVE SPREAD NOTORIOUSLY FROM SMALL TO MAINSTREAM REACHING PEOPLE WORLDWIDE. SUCH HYPOTHESIS CAN OPEN A NEW CHANNEL TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA NOT ONLY AS A MEANS TO DISCOVER NEW FRINGE GROUPS BUT TO UNDERSTAND HOW IN COMPARISON TO PAST FRINGE GROUPS THEY ARE AFFECTING MODERN SOCIETY TODAY.