how did bob marley influence fashion?
Answer I had to think about this question for a while, not knowing much about fashion. At first, it would seem to me that Bob didn’t influence fashion at all. As a person and as a performer, Marley dressed very unpretentiously. In photographs, he often wears an untucked button-down shirt with jeans, sometimes a tank top, t-shirt, or dashiki. Always, he looks like a man who picked his clothes based on comfort not style. In that sense, Bob’s only contribution to fashion would be that the popularity of his music and message inspired kids from all different types of backgrounds to start sporting dreadlocks or at least t-shirts with the Lion of Judah or other symbols associated with Rastafarianism. It may be, however, that Bob’s simple mode of dress, in and of itself, influenced fashion. In the 70s, when Bob was reaching the peak of his popularity, musicians tended toward flamboyant clothes. From George Clinton’s astronaut-pimp gear to Queen’s unitards, musicians of all styles dressed in a
