Emo outfits

Emo outfits balance dark deconstructed denim with layered cotton shirts and sculptural silver jewellery to express personal emotion. Fitted silhouettes ground the look against canvas sneakers while charcoal jeans and black leather provide textural contrast. Monochrome tones unite every piece so that distressing and metal accents stand out clearly.

Emo grew out of the Washington hardcore punk scene of the mid eighties, with bands such as Rites of Spring, and reached the mainstream in the early two thousands. Dr. Martens supplied air cushioned leather boots originally built for trade workers before punk and alternative bands claimed them. Chrome Hearts shapes heavy sterling silver rings and pendants with gothic crosses, and Vans, from California, makes the canvas sneakers skaters took up in the seventies.

Essential combinations pair slim distressed jeans and fitted tops with canvas sneakers or heavy leather boots. Layered pendants and carved silver rings finish the silhouette across the chest and hands. Utopia and Due West in Toronto carry the distressed black denim, low canvas sneakers and sterling silver rings here.