{"id":7865,"date":"2011-07-29T00:42:15","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T08:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=7865"},"modified":"2011-07-29T00:44:34","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T08:44:34","slug":"bad-girl-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/bad-girl-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad-Girl Style"},"content":{"rendered":"

An article in the New York Times<\/a> offers an affectionate tribute to Amy Winhouse’s style, giving her credit for creating a unique look based on several Bad-Girl templates.<\/p>\n

The article reminded me of how many girls still try to imitate Bettie Page<\/strong>. There are millions of clones out there with dyed black bangs and deep red lipstick, all going for the same trampy \u00a0rockabilly look. With all due respect, it’s a look I’m really sick of. \u00a0I think it should be saved for Halloween or costume parties.<\/p>\n

The article also led me to the work of Karlheinz Weinberger<\/a><\/strong>, a Swiss photographer whose pictures of sleazy hooligans and teenage delinquents made him famous among artists and intelligentsia. Looking at his work, I finally undertand the aesthetic that Gnarlitude Jen and her ilk are so infatuated with.<\/p>\n

Biker \u00a0paraphernalia, big messy hair, tough sullen expressions, it’s all there in Weinberger’s old photos. It’s a look that I personally affected when I was around twelve years old, trying to copy the tough Mexican gang girls who represented rebellion. By fourteen, though, I was over it.<\/p>\n

Today, the only way to be a style rebel would be to dress inconspicuously.<\/p>\n

Still, I’m happy to remember Amy as an original force in style as well as music. Her mixture of \u00a050s and 60s influences, punk, pin-up, tough, girlie, retro and rapper, added up to something fresh, defiant and \u00a0irresistible.<\/p>\n

God bless her, and all bad girls everywhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"