Scene Kid Dictionary #1

 Scene Kid Dictionary (Part 1)

Fashioncore

“Fashioncore” started as a joke by merch guys (possibly from Eighteen Visions or Taking Back Sunday). They made a few shirts labeled “fashioncore” to mock a few stylish kids at shows who, after moshing in the pit, would immediately "check their hair in their shiny aviator sunglasses".

At first, fashioncore wasn’t a real subculture or strict style.

It meant hardcore kids who didn't want to look like “normal” hardcore fans (shaved heads, tattoos, camo shorts, tough guy look), wanted to dress more like rockstars, in “nice” or flashier clothes, etc. It really had nothing to do with wearing a specific type of clothing or hairstyle, it was more about wanting to stand out. Over time, people twisted the meaning.

“Fashioncore” became associated with girl designer jeans, tight black tees, dyed messy black hair, white studded belts (see: whitebelt hardcore), pink bandanas (so basically, the early scene look).

What people called “fashioncore” in this new way was wrong, that was actually scene, not fashioncore.

ASSOCIATED BANDS

The Chariot

Eighteen Visions 

Every Time I Die

Atreyu

The Used

Bleeding Through

Avenged Sevenfold

A Static Lullaby

We Are Scientists

Panic! 

Fall Out Boy

Scene

“Scene” is the fashion and culture where people adopted a very recognisable, flashy look: tight girl jeans, choppy dyed hair (black, bright colours, multicoloured, blonde and black, etc). + studded belts (especially white), bright graphic t-shirts, heavy eyeliner and artsy makeup...  Everyone started looking the same. Originally, scene was about standing out, but it became a “scene” because it was uniform, so that means a lot of people following the SAME aesthetic. Scene culture evolved out of the hardcore and fashioncore circles. It picked up ideas of looking stylish and different but pushed them to the extreme, focusing way more on fashion, hair, and, let's not forget, online presence.

Many people back then confused “fashioncore” with “scene” because they both involved stylish dressing, but from my understanding, scene was more colourful, exaggerated, and uniform, while fashioncore was more rockstar-inspired without set rules (technically, it wasn't a style at all initially).

ASSOCIATED MUSIC GENRES

Fake screamo, post-hardcore, electronic/dance, acoustic, deathcore, grindcore, hardcore, pop punk, commercial emo...

Scene Queens

“Scene Queens” were girls (and some feminine-presenting people like Izzy Hilton and Jeffree Star) who became famous online for their scene looks.

Some common traits were extremely styled, big, teased hair, heavy makeup (especially eyeliner), Bright, neon, and colourful outfits, tons of photoshoots for social media, playful, rebellious, and controversial personalities (claiming stuff as their own, e.g Kiki Kannibal claimed she had brought back stripes and would send people after her "imitators" or people that had stripes in their hair).

Scene queens set fashion trends for the scene. They were the trendsetters. They influenced how scene kids dressed, posed for photos, and behaved online.

Camera Whores

“Camera whore” was a popular term used for someone who took tons of pictures of themselves, was very active posting selfies online (especially on MySpace, Photobucket, etc).

Being a camera whore was almost part of scene culture.

Scene kids were expected to take lots of stylish pictures that would show off their hair, makeup, outfits... and overall build their online personas or scene identities.

Most scene queens were camera whores, but not every camera whore was a scene queen. Scene queens were the most famous ones.