AVANTE-GARDE FASHION
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DISRUPTIVE VISUAL ARTISTS
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CULTURE DISRUPTORS
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UNDERGROUND PIONEERS
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AVANTE-GARDE FASHION † DISRUPTIVE VISUAL ARTISTS † CULTURE DISRUPTORS † UNDERGROUND PIONEERS †
SPRING 2025
Occulture Magazine
This is our response to the call to revive the ecosystem of subculture through meaningful content and community building, so that artists are heard, seen, and thrive. Through the features in this digital publication, we are curating a place for our beloved community of artists, outsiders, and innovators to be celebrated for their craft. Read on to learn more about the creators shaping the underground today, revisit those who paved the way for creative dissent from the mainstream, and celebrate the community of underground artists through our exclusive interviews, intermittent playlists, and retrospectives.
On The Day Of Our Lord: Dave Vanian’s Ghoulish Style
Of all the frontmen in punk and what we later termed “goth,” no other has surpassed the mystique and ghastly stylized look of Dave Vanian. The Damned’s “Neat Neat Neat” video showed a wild frontman with kohl-blackened eyes, slicked back black hair and black lipstick-- years before others who would become iconic for their use of these theatrical styling techniques in the deathrock/goth genre.