Emo/Scene and Shopping Malls

So I have a question for the people in the emo/scene communities (When I say emo in this post, I am mainly talking about the fashioncore style).

I feel like there are always people ridiculing you on TikTok for shopping at Hot Topic and other stores you'd commonly see in a mall because they are fast fashion (and I'm not disagreeing that fast fashion is bad or anything) -- but they often call these people posers for not buying second-hand and DIYing

Now I know in goth and punk subcultures thrifting and diy are big things, but wasn't a big part of emo/scene culture malls?? Like, I feel like back in the OG days there wasn't a huge emphasis on diy, and these subcultures were almost always heavily influenced by the mall -- meaning it was always influenced by fast fashion

I feel like attacking people and calling them posers for shopping at the mall is incorrect, but if I am incorrect, please let me know!!

(Also, when I say fast fashion, I do mean stores commonly found in malls, not like shein ot temu)

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EmyVox

6 days ago (edited) Report

Elder emo/Alt person here.

Back then the fast fashion we had was Malls. Online shopping wasn’t as affordable and easy as today.

I remember to D.I.Y a lot of my jewelry at that time though. I would use old leather strips, beer tab, hama beads(I think they are called pearler beads now?), safety pins, etc. And for shoes, old converse on which my friend would draw.

There’s always AH that call other people posers. Today or back then was no different. Just ignore them.

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1 week ago (edited) Report

dude i totally agree with u! mall culture was a huge thing and as someone who does shop at Hot Topic I think it's unfair to say that ppl who still shop at the mall are posers. maybe that makes me biased idk lol xD i will say tho DIY was also big back then too.

but i think the point of going against fast fashion as a concept is to make the clothes themselves last and not buy stuf just bc its trendy. i think it is important to have a balance between DIY and buying new stuf.