The Overlooked Style of ’80s British Indie Culture Is Prime for a Comeback
Highsnobiety | 05.03.2026 14:03
While much of ’90s British rock had the convenient "Britpop" label, no such catch-all term existed for the bands that came a decade prior. The ’80s was an era of musical diversity, giving us some of the UK's most charismatic and sartorially adventurous artists. Whereas mainstream fashion at the time was all gaudy excess — the punks of the ’70s trampled under the heels of the New Romantics — indie style was a more subtle, subversive rejection of the era and everything that went with it.
