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Bloghouse aesthetic — The American Apparel disco pants are explicitly mentioned in the description, and this image showcases them perfectly in various colors.
2005 to 2010 peak; 2021 onward indie sleaze revival

Bloghouse

Mid-2000s music-blog dance-punk scene around Ed Banger and Justice, dressed in American Apparel disco pants, Cobrasnake flash photos, and party-grime grit.

Palette
black neon highlighter accents American Apparel grey silver lame denim blue
Signature garments
American Apparel disco pants skinny black jeans vintage 1980s band tees cropped denim jacket plastic Wayfarer sunglasses
Canonical brands
American Apparel Cheap Monday Topshop Vans Ksubi

About

Bloghouse named the cluster of MP3 blogs (Hipster Runoff, Gorilla vs Bear, Discodust) and labels (Ed Banger, Kitsune, Institubes) that powered a 2005 to 2010 dance-punk wave around Justice, Boys Noize, MSTRKRFT, and SebastiAn. The wardrobe became inseparable from Mark 'The Cobrasnake' Hunter's flash-photography blog: ripped tights, American Apparel disco pants, vintage band tees, cropped denim jackets, hair-cross necklaces, plastic Wayfarers, and a permanent thin layer of sweat. Carles's July 2008 Hipster Runoff post defined the term and quickly killed the scene through over-articulation. The aesthetic was rebranded in 2021 as 'indie sleaze' and drove a wave of Y2K-2010 thrift demand on Depop, with American Apparel basics, ripped denim shorts, and Crystal Castles tees pulling fast-rising resale. The 2024 to 2025 bloghouse revival around DJ Heartstring and Salute has put the original silhouette back into rotation.

Not new rave — bloghouse is the broader Anglophone music-blog scene, while new rave is the specifically British 2006 to 2008 indie-rave crossover at its centre.

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