I love my typewriter

I will type the text for my fanzine with my typewriter as it has an authentic look to it also fits with my zine name "STATEMENT"

At the beginning of the week, I haven't been as productive as I would like to but last night and today I feel I am making progress. I've been thinking of a title to my fanzine and the first good one is "STATEMENT". The reason for this is pretty self explanatory. But its based on the choices of how people decide to wear their clothes and make a statement no matter how small or big it might be.

I have also looked at different fanzine layouts/booklets and maybe want to represent a sort of cycle of different trends and how they come "back into fashion" so a sort of flip book that can have its pages continuously turned and have the feel of the trends being re visited throughout time.

I've been planning to go to the London zine Symposium for months (which is this week sunday) so I will attend that event. hopefully it will help me understand the whole zine culture even more and sparks new ideas...

Over the years I have been watching all sorts of documentaries ranging from World War 2 to fashion. Here is a clip I have watched in 2008, that has added to my early interests!

youth culture summary

the decades and their youth cultures are: 

+ 1920s/40s  - flapper girl culture

+1950s - rock n roll, teddy boys

+1960s - 'swinging 60's', bands such as The Beatles and The Who

+1970s - Punk, fashion and bands such as Sex pistols and heavy use of drugs

+1980s - Rave scene, hip hop and drug abuse

+1990s - boy bands, girl power

+2000/ present day - technology and re-visiting old youth cultures and creation of new cultures.. such as, nu rave.

I got these two books from LCC, and I'm reeeeeeally excited to read them as I feel they will help me immensely in this project!

Later on today I visited the Ray Johnson exhibtion at Raven Row where I really got inspired by the way the collages and prints were structured and produced.. Here are some images..

I may do my project on the fashion around Camberwell as its up to date on the latest trends etc. I feel my audience would be targeted  at art students around London and people who have an interest in fashion and history..

I really like this culture of Teddy boys. I found these great photos on the net that sums up part of the look from around 1950s. hopefully i will come across someone who expresses themselves through this clothes.