Introduction:
Perhaps no other attire in musicography has embraced an aura of symbolism with a cultural meaning so forcibly and chillingly attached to it as has the classic hoodie. It somehow incites a feeling; being unfitted, it maybe gave the wearer of some-class paramilitary feel-a particular definition of identity shared by a very few. One might consider it converted art with irony-an ironic statement, in that the aesthetic of its appearance perfectly corresponded with what an entire generation stood for. In other words, merchandising may not be the end but rather a means to define identity, with its semantic veil wavering negotiably in-between the thorny reiterations of hip-hop semantics, punk ethos, and disillusionment of the new digital-age.
The Real Thread of the Movement Beyond the Fabric
These SuicideBoys Merch beauties are somewhere in the books of everyday wear. Somewhere in the abyss between $crim and Ruby da Cherry, the designs do not quite hit a happy note. It’s rather a nightmare medley of Gothic fonts, ecstatic occult symbols, and supposed drawings of the birth of nihilism- perhaps even Tim Burton would find some strange familiarity with these designs. Dismal colors are chosen quite randomly- date it just from The Nightmare Before Christmas to the very well-executed grime stricken-out of Halloween Town. In short, being dark does not mean being light-hearted, just as the band celebrates the dark-side of the barely-light-on-its-feet realities of people with mental health and substance abuse and social decay.
That particular company exudes… That is a loaded name carrying the symbolism of the kind of success that these boys really try to go for-DIY and anti-mainstream, born out of the net. All artist merchfreely channels the way online can meet with offline and contributes much money to the cause, save dying-there are ways to make money-offline. So, there needs to be a redefinition now of what the word hoodie even means.
Now there is…
The induction is one-half of anything true. At least for the diehards, it has remained and shall forever remain-an ultimate symbol of the reality with which an individual must have felt a palpable, near-primal connection that almost seemed to be a saving of his/her self from himself/herself-the other-way-round-writhing in the tortures of his/her own self-just a spark of realization sitting on the surface. In the Western world selling it quick and with a thousand options, old-school G*59 clouds are worth an investment. Designing may be about some offended album or some idea behind the lyricism-it is an esoteric handshake for those set to forever wonder about it. Thinking that someone else out there in the streets wears among G*59’s rarely seen merch takes the starting point for a shared conscious of millions of strangers.
Psych-Robe attempts to wrap your inner being.
This-ledge-a-little-last-drenched-in-a-deep-psychological-range. Yet any fan should feel that SuicideBoys music -songs which fit into one’s life-are indeed a lifeline, stark expressions of pain that accompany one into loneliness. In this lonely society, the hoodie stands as one of the shared comforts; it’s a comfort thing: security blanket fleece, and cotton.
Outside they may take down the hood, their little armor against an alienating world, and while that world is host to their inner battles, they celebrate them through identity. An oft-used quote-but terribly misused and grossly misattributed-might come to mind: “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” This, in fact, means the very opposite for the owner of a suicideboys hoodie.
WHAT’S MORE ON THIS TOPIC.
The SuicideBoys Hoodie stands brand-new and almost-evolving object of popular culture. It lies at the so-called borderline of music, fashion, and awareness. It is much more than a hoodie, the darkest contradiction for those who realized what community really meant in one of the most unlikely of places and stood together in an act of vulnerability. It conveys the message that even the most barren loft canvas will not stop any graffiti artist from imparting his home and identity-Well, that is in just one dimension.
