1. The Blogging Subcultures challenge is meant to broaden your fashion horizons and maybe teach you a bit about current and past trends from the underground. The rules are simple: Tell Sileny Noel via Plurk, IM or note card your name and that you would like to be included in the challenge. 

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  3. You will be asked to choose two numbers from 1-44.  You will then be given a choice between the two subcultures that correspond with those numbers.  This is meant to be random so no asking to switch!  You are given two to choose from because you should NOT wear a style that you wear often already.  If you already blog a lot of  goth clothes already, for example, and the two choices you receive are "goth" and "hippies" then you would obviously blog the hippies.

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  5. Some of the styles might be unfamiliar to you (I personally had never heard of funkeiros or otaku, for example) or they may sound scary to you (one example might be "skinheads" who have a bad modern rep as racist but the style actually emerged from Jamaican music, English working class lifestyle and rude boy fashion) but with a bit of research you will see that there is something to be learned from all of them.

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  7. I want this to be a positive experience for everyone so if for any reason you absolutely, positively can't do a certain style of course you can change but I would hope everyone can be willing to step out of their comfort zone and do something that might open their minds, even a little bit.  Really, it's about having fun, being fresh and putting your own spin on things!

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  9. The list I will be selecting from is as follows but the numbers will not be in the same order.  It's random!  Mwa ha ha.

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  11. -punk

  12. -goth

  13. -hippies

  14. -greaser

  15. -teddy boys

  16. -zooties/zazous

  17. -western style (i.e.- cowboy style)

  18. -bikers

  19. -beatnik

  20. -mods

  21. -surfers

  22. -rockabilly

  23. -psychobilly

  24. -skinhead

  25. -new romantic / new wave

  26. -rude boy / girl

  27. -psychedelic

  28. -funk

  29. -glam

  30. -steampunk

  31. -cyberpunk

  32. -rastafarian

  33. -hip hop

  34. -metal / headbangers

  35. -skaters

  36. -grunge / riot grrrl

  37. -bdsm style

  38. -b-boys / flygirls

  39. -new age

  40. -ravers (esp. early 1990s)

  41. -hipster and/or indie (modern)

  42. -Visual Kei

  43. -Lolita

  44. -Preppy

  45. -emo / From UK

  46. -Straight Edge / Hardcore

  47. -Vamps

  48. -Otaku

  49. -Geek

  50. -Cosplay

  51. -funkeiros

  52. -Ganguro

  53. -Furries

  54. -Club Kids