Rebel, Rebel: Anti-Style

Tracing the roots of rebel style to the music scene, this book explores how fashionable music and "anti-fashion" icons, like David Bowie, the Sex Pistols, and Gwen Stefani, have inspired fashion. Rebel style is all about wearing common or mundane items with a sense of creativity and irony. The classic leather jacket (think Brando or Joan Jett) remains a symbol of "outsider-dom," while jeans have been reimagined as a style centerpiece by every generation. The skirt is constantly being reappraised, whether it’s mini, peasant, or frou-frou, to simultaneously celebrate and subvert images of femininity. Rebel, Rebel is the anti-style bible that will inspire the next generation of designers, fashionistas, and club kids alike.

Tracing the roots of rebel style to the music scene, this book explores how fashionable music and "anti-fashion" icons, like David Bowie, the Sex Pistols, and Gwen Stefani, have inspired fashion. Rebel style is all about wearing common or mundane items with a sense of creativity and irony. The classic leather jacket (think Brando or Joan Jett) remains a symbol of "outsider-dom," while jeans have been reimagined as a style centerpiece by every generation. The skirt is constantly being reappraised, whether it’s mini, peasant, or frou-frou, to simultaneously celebrate and subvert images of femininity. Rebel, Rebel is the anti-style bible that will inspire the next generation of designers, fashionistas, and club kids alike.

Keanan Duffty is a British designer who won the Fashion Group International Rising Star Award in 2003. His celebrity clients include David Bowie, Avril Lavigne, and Sarah Jessica Parker. B. P. Fallon is a DJ based in New York City.

Paul Gorman writes about fashion, design and music. He has published eight previous books including most recently The Look: Adventures in Rock & Pop Fashion and Reasons To Be Cheerful: The Life and Work of Barney Bubbles. He co-authored Straight with Boy George which was a national bestseller in Britain. Over the last three decades he has also written for a wide variety of publications including GQ, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Mojo, Radio Times, Screen International, Music Week and Heat. He is based in London.