In fashion, Seapunk is a distinguished subculture with its own style, colors and designs. It has its own aesthetic and music genre. Influenced by the 1990s epoch, with regard to the internet imagery and beach scenes, the craze started in 2011, as a trend and meme on the website ‘Tumblr’ which was then later described as a micro trend in fashion and music. The label ‘Seapunk’ was invented by DJ ‘lilinternet’.
The iconography of Seapunk includes; clip art of dolphins jumping over pyramids, psychedelic orbs flying over computer generated waves, ship wrecks, anchors, coral or sea green colored wigs. Seapunk followers are all about bright colors like blues, greens, teals, cyan and turquoise.
Quite a few celebrities have been seen yielding towards Seapunk like; Lady Gaga showed up at CFDA Awards on July 5 2011 with turquoise hair.
Rihanna performed ‘Diamonds’ on Saturday Night live, November 10 2012, with…show more content… Several Designers have launched their own Seapunk inspired collections.
On May 15 2012, Karl Lagerfeld hosted his Versailles show, where he showed his Resort 2013 collection. The collection was Seapunk inspired and featured marine-inspired pieces in turquoise and aquamarine.
Philipp Plein’s Spring/Summer 2015 collection; Philipp Plein said of the campaign: “I wanted to take my audience on a trip through extreme reality, to give them an unforgettable experience of the senses through light, sound and projections, allowing them a virtual visit to the mysterious and hidden corners of the sea.” (World of philipp Plein)
Alessandra De Tomaso’ Spring/ Summer 2015 collection: Seapunk, incorporating sea prints, marine colors, volumized skirts and shark prints on skirts and dresses.
Alexander Wang’s Summer 2015 collection, comprising of neon, marine-tech inspired graphics and neoprene elements all
