1971-1976 peak; perennial revival cycles

Glam Rock

Early-70s androgynous spectacle — platform boots, sequins, glitter, jumpsuits and Bowie-coded face paint.

Palette: silver electric blue fuchsia gold black ruby red
Signature garments: platform boot sequin jumpsuit satin or lurex shirt feather boa velvet flares high-waist trouser embellished cape
Canonical brands: Saint Laurent Gucci (Michele era) Vivienne Westwood Anna Sui

About

Glam Rock named both a music genre and an aesthetic movement that surfaced in the UK around 1971, when Marc Bolan of T. Rex appeared on Top of the Pops in glitter and satins. David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust (1972) cemented the visual blueprint: theatrical character costumes (red mullet, lightning-bolt face paint, jumpsuits), platform boots, sequins, feather boas, satin and lurex, makeup on men, and full-body androgyny. Roxy Music, Slade, Sweet, Mott the Hoople and Elton John shared the lineage. The aesthetic is unapologetically performative — the wearer is in costume, playing a fictional persona, and the gendered codes of the wardrobe are the explicit point. The revival is constant — Harry Styles channels Bowie at Wembley.

Not 70s Boho — Glam Rock is theatrical androgynous spectacle (sequins, platforms, face paint); 70s Boho is earth-toned hippie-romantic (fringe, suede, prairie).

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