In the early 1990s, a nascent culture coalesced around electronic dance music and their concerts, referred to commonly as raves. The “Heineken House” at Ultra Music Festival. The Rave subculture is a typical party subculture defined mostly by their techno music, the wild clothes they wear, and the drugs commonly associated with them. We fought for so long for dance music to be respected there.
Huffington Post, New York. This is not a rave: in the shadow of a subculture.

The adoption of the raver style did not stop at the fashion industry in stores or on the runway, but even permeated the children’s toys industry. Veen, Tobias C. Van. Pacifiers became staple raver paraphernalia, as they helped to offset the jaw-clenching and teeth grinding common with MDMA usage. The label inside the coat denotes it was made in China, is 100% acrylic and dry clean only. ProQuest, doi:10.12801/1947-5403.2010.01.02.02. Many ravers continue this tradition of taking psychedelic drugs, the most popular of which are MDMA, LSD, mushrooms, and ketamine. Langlois, Tony. Dune 4, for example, was held in the southern California desert.

New Republic Magazine, New York. Scene fashion usually included a black base with bright clashing colors, cartoon print hoodies, neon band shirts, tutus, skinny biker jeans, and studded belts.
Chicago filmmaker attends opening of new house music club and interviews Frankie Knuckles about the new music phenomenon and the message behind it. Commodification is the act of transforming original and creative content into a commercialized product ready for mainstream consumption. Rave culture, however resistant, actively supports the reproduction of dominant culture, while passively subverting it. DJs and House Music Culture in the UK.”, St. John, Graham. This resistance also takes form through the use of illicit drugs as a subtle reaction (as drug use was not advertised or placed on public display) to the hypocritical mainstream rejection of drugs and acceptance of alcohol (Wilson 399). 1996. Despite the obvious differences between a rave and a rock or rap concert, namely the lack of live music being played, the similarities in the culture of the fans remain. Ravers adopted looks that were cute and cuddly. A coat like the one I own consisting of bright coloured faux fur would elicit pleasure when touching it and harmonize with the sentiments felt when taking these types of drugs. The emergence of rave culture commingled with local social and party groups as well. MDMA, also known as Ecstasy or Molly, became the recreational drug of choice. The massive scale of festivals today: EDC Las Vegas 2016. Despite the increasing commercial success of EDM and the comparatively lower levels of violence than at other music events, many cities and law enforcement agencies are wary of the “rave culture” and have banned future events outright. The under collar and lining are made of hot pink satin. 184–199. Anyway, I think it was interesting the way you framed it as a form of resistance because it felt like it but in a more subconscious way when compared to the punks ideology, as you mentioned.

2009. It is a great statement piece to wear when I am attending a nightclub or event and is surprisingly quite warm. 2006. A still image from Moby’s music video for “Southside” featuring Gwen Stefani. Tristan, who at the time went by “DJ MoldyLox” in Halifax, Nova Scotia, described finding many of his pieces at a local Winners when the company folded, and is seen pictured in their Groggy sweater, DJ’ing below: Tristan (Dj MoldyLox) DJing wearing a Burgundy Groggy brand sweater. This feature-length film traces the history of the Electric Daisy Carnival festival in Las Vegas with interviews from the biggest artists in EDM. Due to the international popularity of rave culture, ravers from all over the world attend these events knowing other ravers will accept their cultural identities. Fun fact: the term ”scene queen” originated in the 1970s glam rock, and signified a straight musician who pretended to be gay on stage, or, later, a poseur. A photo of Raver fashion taken from casting director Caroline Johnson-Stephens’ Instagram account, models unknown.