Image Analysis- The Smiths.

The Smiths were a English rock genre band who formed in the 1980's. They, like many modern and classic Indie genre artists, were signed to an Independent record label (Rough Trade Records). From the image above, you can get a sense of their dress code, typically, smart shirts, or t-shirts with skinny-leg trousers, and in this case leather jackets. The glasses worn by front man Morrisey, are very similar to the ones I blogged about previously, when worn by a member of modern band, Two Door Cinema Club in their video for Undercover Martyn. These 'Wayfarer' style glasses are now a typicallly seen to be worn by people who take an interest in Indie music and the culture surrounding it, designer brands such as Rayban are a favourite, but cheaper styles can be picked up from High Street stores which specialise in Indie style clothing such as these from Topman. I think that it is important that when I style my artist for my music video, despite the artist's sex, I look back at classic bands, as well as modern ones, because they often inspire Indie bands nowadays in their clothing choices, and vintage or vintage inspired pieces are very popular with Indie artists and fans.