Rockabilly Spring

Looking to spice up your rockabilly Spring wardrobe? Check out these great new finds from Punkabilly Clothing.

Springtime is very inspirational for improving your fashion style. Bright colors and light fabrics, Sun and the slow breeze, it all goes with the perfect Rockabilly spring style. Although the latest fashion trends require simplicity and imply mono-color clothes with some mild patterns and discrete design, you can still make your spring awesome, rocking and original. How else are you going to prepare for a swell summer?

Rockabilly can be the key to a colorful spring outfit and our retro clothing shop is here with plenty of suggestions for this season.

1. Dress

A good dress is a synonym for springtime. Grab it and wake up your elegance. Our suggestion is red hot rockabilly model with tattooed rose motives and traces of 50’s pin up style. This knee length dress will point out your body’s curves and hide the unwanted excesses and flaws. It is quite convenient for combining with various kinds of accessories. This rockabilly piece is rebellious, but still very gentle.

2. Skirt + top

If you are having problems with deciding what to match, here’s a ready-made set of suggestions which always work. Black, red and white combo is always safe, but still rocking.

This skirt is very practical for everyday walks, it’s light, sexy and attractive. Most of all, it is a great base for a cool combination.

Cherries on top are our suggestion for sweetening your rockabilly spring outfit. This piece will paint your days retro. Be ready to experience the freshest taste of 50’s!

3. Leggings + T-Shirt

Make an awesome rockabilly chaos by matching these models with interesting skeleton prints. It can be a great fashion experiment.

These leggings are comfortable, adorable and crazy.

This T-Shirt is simple, but effective, with a detailed and artistic print.

You can enrich your springtime style and rebellious mood using a variety of other rockabilly motives, such as crossbones, nautical stars, animal prints, checked patterns etc, but try to make them complete. Never forget the details. Our collections of accessories abound with inspiration. Chase some good ideas on pages full of wonderful jewelry, neck ties, gloves, pendants, suspenders and other retro inspired bits.

4. Wallet

One of our favorite accessory recommendations is a good wallet. Peek into our punk wallets collection and enjoy these colorfully designed models. They come in various sizes and patterns, with an important common feature of high quality. This skeleton rose model will level up your style!

Finally, rockabilly is just one way to make your spring style awesome. You can always complete it with a bit of pin up, punk rock, navy style, polka dots, spider webs etc. Mix it all with your own aspirations and all of your trends will be original. If you want to keep up with our latest collections and get your fashion inspiration, drop by our page with the new items, where you’ll get some fresh ideas for rockabilly spring combinations & much more!

Pinup Movies featuring the Pinup Greats

Pinup movies are a true embodiment of pinup girls: sexy, seductive, and scandalous! Here are some of our favorites.

As the main art of the 20th century, film is dealing with many other forms of art. Famous pinup girls were not only movie stars – pinup culture was an inspiration for many movies as well. Some of those pinup movies present us lives and work of famous divas, while others abound with retro spirit and give us a ticket for a time travel. What’s also interesting is the fact that many of those movies had a fashion influence at certain moments. Before you fall in love with the swell fashion of our pin up clothing shop, take a look at our list of suggestions for pin up movie fun.

1. The Notorious Bettie Page

This biography feature was released in 2005 and directed by Mary Harron. It is inspired by life and controversy of famous 50’s pinup model Bettie Page. Although some of the dialogues are authentic, it is not completely historically accurate and some of the movie events are fiction products, but regardless of that, it is still an exquisite motion picture. It brings out the essence of Bettie’s turbulent life and sketches the outlines of her style.

Pinup Movies: The Notorious Bettie Page — The Notorious Bettie Page

2. PinUp Girl

One of the earliest pinup movies was released in 1944 and it is a musical romance. The star of this movie is Betty Grable, famous for her bikini photo which was most reproduced photo during the WWII. It is an interesting story enriched with wonderful and elegant costumes. This movie has increased the popularity of certain models of dresses, which is pretty visible in many pin up collections nowadays.

3. Rita Hayworth Movies

Rita Hayworth is extraordinary for many reasons. She was one of the first actresses who have dyed their hair for the movies. Her acting was equally as magnificent as her unique style. And her style is pure retro glamour – long evening dresses, neat curly hair and classic pinup makeup (dark eyes and prominent lipstick). She became worldwide famous thanks to her movies such as Gilda (1946, directed by Charles Vidor), The Lady from Shangai (1947, directed by Orson Welles) and Pal Joey (1957, directed by Sidney George).

4. Marilyn Monroe Movies

Marilyn Monroe was a unique diva and if we would have to name one woman with the biggest contribution to the overall pin up world, she would definitely be The One. She has popularized the classic pinup look – curly short blond hair combined with red hot lipstick. Her elegance is a timeless quality and it is highly expressed in her pinup movies. She has acted in 33 movies and Some Like It Hot is the most popular. She also had big success in Howard Hawks’ movies Monkey Business and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. There are numerous documentaries about this star including the movie Love, Marilyn released in 2012. This movie is partially based on her personal papers.

Movies are a wonderful and fun way to find out more about rich pin up culture. With a larger knowledge acquired from the movies, it will be easier for you to find an inspiration for your personal pin up style.

Earrings – Punk, Rockabilly and Retro Styles

Earrings can make all the difference in your rockabilly ensemble. Add some spice to your finished look with these rockabilly styles.

Simply defined, earrings are kind of decorative item for ears. Their name comes from their original and most common annular shape. Now, the more accurate definition of earrings is that they are often girl’s best friends and a determinant of the style. Not only women, but men also enjoy upgrading their image using these accessories. Through the history, the earrings have had many roles in traditional, social and fashion context. Today it can also be an interesting indicator of a person’s attitude, habits and style.

There are two basic kinds of earrings – the clip-on and piercing styles. Also, there are many subtypes of this jewelry. We differentiate them by their size, shape, pendants, materials etc. Also, for the piercing it is very important where are they settled. Traditionally, they are placed on the earlaps, but nowadays, it can be in any part of the lobe. Earrings have their special names based on their position: helix, industrial, rook, daith, tragus, snug, conch, anti-tragus and lobe.

The history of earrings is very long – they are among the oldest ways of decorating the body. There are many archaeological, and even one Biblical proof for that. They have had different roles in every culture and different meaning. It is known that men wearing earring isn’t a modern phenomenon. Even William Shakespeare, as well as many other important poets, had a pierced ear lobe. The African tribes also have interesting ways of piercing ears. Their ear decorations take an important place in tribal culture and beliefs. They often wear plugs and tunnels. Inspired by such accessories, we have created our own line of jewelry available here.

African tribal plug earrings — African tribal plug

Earrings are very important in punk culture and they were always a rebellious accessory. Striking and prominent shapes, colors and sizes are a punk default. The cool old punk rock motives such as skeleton heads, nautical stars, anarchy sign etc. are present on punkers, as well as on all the others fashion accessories. We are happy to offer you several splendid pages with such models.

Rockabilly ways are slightly different, but as awesome as the punk style features. Rockabilly earrings imply motives such as fire, playing cards, rolling dices, sweet cherries, checked design and similar. We can offer you high quality punkabilly fun packed in these swell models. Beside the studs we also have many models with pendants.

Finally, the retro features are also with us in this jewelry collection. High quality and affordable prices are equally present as the original and rebellious design. Beside some classic models with animal and floral prints, you can also find studs with printed pin up girls.

The jewelry trends are changing, but trends should only be an inspiration for our unique style. Adapt your earrings to the occasions and the trends, but above everything – adapt them to your own personality and style aspirations.

Punk Style and Rock Legend Fashion

Punk style has hit everywhere from underground rock legend’s to mainstream pop artists. Here’s what you can learn from the punk rock style.

Ever since it showed up, punk style was very specific when it comes to fashion. But despite many common style features, there are numerous differences between punk fashion lovers. Most famous punkers are an obvious proof for that. Some of them improvise and rely on their creativity, while the others do not even look like punkers. That’s the evidence that punk style emerges from an attitude, not from the fashion magazines. So, let’s get to know the style of the most popular punk musicians.

1. Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols)
As the pioneers of this awesome music, they have also had a big influence in punk fashion. Their style was not less than shocking. They wear a lot of leather on many photos. Also, shredded jeans, mesh shirts, safety pins and a lot of chains – that’s what made their punk style so recognizable. Inspired by their metal accessories, we have prepared a fresh collection of wallet chains for you. Also, their hairstyles were pretty specific and crazy.

2. Patti Smith
This punk lady lets her songs talk about her style instead of her clothes. Her combinations often imply large shirts and thin neckties. Actually, her hair is her most rebellious punk style feature. Long and dark, with specific fringes. Also, she rarely wears makeup. Her overall appearance is absolutely bohemian and artistic. Even though she looks like she doesn’t pay a lot of attention to her image, she has managed to become a kind of punk fashion icon.

3. Ramones
This band had many members, but the change of the members has never changed the band’s image. Their style is actually a little bit different from the “regular” punk appearance and they look more like rock stars. Their specifically shaped black hair with fringes gives special charm to their not so specific clothing style, usually consisted of jeans and black leather jackets. As for the details, Ramones were mostly into the leather bracelets. You can check out something similar right here.

4. Avril Lavigne
Hardcore punk style lovers often deny Avril’s significance for the music, but when it comes to the spreading of punk clothing style among the youngest people, her contribution is undoubted. Her style can easiest be described as skate punk, but that’s not all. There are many features unique for her style, such as checked materials, long striped socks, skeletons printed everywhere, crazy colors in hair and, of course, the unusual neckties. You can find some awesome punk ties right on these pages.

Many other punk stars have equally interesting style as the listed ones, while the other significant musicians don’t really bother with the style that much. Both ways, punk and its style come from the heart. That’s how we create the collections for our punk rock clothing shop – from the heart, with a lot of love. Explore our pages and build up your own rebellious style. We are sure that you will look like a punk star.

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Month: April 2014