Recently I heard about such a musical genre as rockabilly. I wonder how he differs from his "brethren"?
The English word is a folk song played in the rhythm of rock, a mix of rock and roll from country-and-western (hillibilli). Differs melody and soft sound. Narimer Elvis Presley sang songs in this style, Rick Nelson, Johnny Cash from the Russian - the group "Mr. Twister", "Bravo".
Philosophy and features of rockabilly style
For the trend of the rock'n'roll era, the brightness of the whole image is typical. Rockabilly clearly stands out from the standards adopted in the fashion industry, which state that there should be no more than three in one set of colors. For rock'n'roll style mid-XX century, its laws. The main thing here is color and silhouette.
This is the philosophy of rockabilly style: to bring rich colors, enthusiasm and good mood in a string of gray everyday life. A flirt and charm - the key details of the image. All this is achieved through bright fabrics, prints and a specific color palette.
Satin, silk, cotton, stretch scarlet, blue, green, white, black, pink colors - the main materials used for sewing dresses in the style of rockabilly. And, of course, denim, if we recall the narrow jeans. Prints give additional brightness to clothes. These are flowers, flirty peas, various berries, especially cherries, animalism, a cage, a strip and the famous skull-tandem with roses.
rockabilly images 
cherry print set 
The iconic things of the era of rockabilly
During the strict post-war period, the soul wished for a holiday, and people no longer wanted any restrictions in the colors and styles of clothing. In the women's fashion came the silhouette of a dress with a fitting flirty top and a flared skirt, which Christian Dior presented to the young ladies. With the advent of rockabilly, this elegant outfit has become more relaxed and bright.
dress with fitted bodice and full skirt 
Another iconic thing about rockabilly style in women's fashion is tight fitting midi length with an open top. In this outfit, the silhouette is very spicy, and the image as a whole - expressive and bold.
rockabilly dress 
The ensemble, consisting of narrow overpriced jeans with cuffs, also belongs to the era of rockabilly prosperity. As a rule, girls wore them with plaid shirts, the floors of which were tied almost under the breast, slightly opening the line of the abdomen.
Tops with a specific neckline in the shape of a heart, which were supported by ties on the neck, corsets and corsages also belong to the iconic things of rockabilly style. Combined them with fluffy midi length skirts and elegant high-heeled shoes. And complement the image of stylish glasses "cat's eye", which are very relevant in our day.
Creating the image of rockabilly, do not forget about the iconic hairstyles with a fleece and makeup with red lipstick and wide languid arrows on the eyes, look at the photo.
rockabilly make up and hairstyle 
Rockabilly style is very popular today. He is actively promoted by celebrities. Among them, for example, bright fashion model Dita Von Teese and singer Katy Perry. Want to be the center of attention and highlight your personality? Then try and try on a colorful, original and playful rockabilly style.
Rockabilly Clothing
Rockabilly style girls wear blouses, skirts and dresses. Silhouettes of clothes should be very feminine in the style of New Look. A blouse or dress should emphasize the chest and waist (to highlight it, they usually use bright straps), the skirt should be wide, have a sun flare or half sun cut to flow beautifully during the dance. Many girls wear curvaceous fabric or tulle petticoats, which make the overall silhouette of the dress more theatrical and pretentious. You can combine not only skirts with blouses, but tight-fitting trousers or breeches with cuffs. Girls who dress in this style prefer shoes with heels, by the way, it should not be too high, classic shoes with heels, glasses in a rockabilly outfit are more than appropriate.
Men in rockabilly style prefer to wear colored, bright shirts with embroidery and pattern and flared or opposite skinny pants. The tweed jacket perfectly complements the outfit, you can use a jacket made of another fabric, but it must be very bright. A jacket should look as if it presses a little in the shoulders, classic free models are not suitable for creating a dress in this style. The ideal men's shoes for rockabilly are lacquered shoes, but you can also use unusual shoes, for example, on the platform.
Makeup, hairstyles, accessories
Rockabilly make up is rather laconic, but bright. Girls just need to draw their eyes with a black eyeliner or a pencil, draw neat arrows and apply a rich red color on the lips. By the way, a manicure is usually done in the tone of lipstick.
Rockabilly style hair should be bright, interesting and noticeable. Girls wear high pompadour hairstyles, men stand out with vertically standing hair and cocs. All these complex designs on the heads are well fixed with hairspray and hair gel.
Rockabilly accessories are also distinguished by bright colors. Women's outfit is complemented by bracelets, earrings and beads from ordinary plastic. The most sexual attribute rockabilly - stockings with arrows. The Soviet women of fashion at one time drew arrows by hand, since getting stockings with them was very difficult.
It should be noted that people who consider rockabilly their lifestyle, often decorate their bodies with colored tattoos in the old school style. Their subjects can be very different: birds, girls, flowers, butterflies. In this case, not the plot of the tattoo is important, but the manner of execution.
Rockabilly - style lovers of general attention
So, more. Rockabilly is a style in clothes, and in the image as a whole, when a person tries to attract the attention of others with the help of bright clothes, flashy accessories, and languid makeup. In this case, absolutely no negative. That is, rockabilly is a “positive” style. His star carriers include Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, Dita Von Teese, Janice Martin, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and many other famous people.
Have you identified a rockabilly style for yourself? Photos of his fans are primarily attracted attention wardrobe. Girls usually wear bright blazers, skirts and dresses. In addition, fitted shirts and satin blouses are used. The silhouette of clothing carries sophistication.
Skirts should emphasize slender legs, dresses - beautiful breasts. Most often, dresses are decorated with belts, for example, tied under the chest line.
Shirts are distinguished by cuffs on the sleeves and large buttons. Pockets are often located on the chest.
Shoes imply a heel, even if it is not very high. Ideal to look bright patent leather shoes, contrasting with the overall color scheme.
Girls in rockabilly style do not forget about this moment. Nothing complicated here. Looks makeup, however, quite bright. Great emphasis is placed on the eyes (using eyeliner and arrows). You can sum up anything. But the arrows are drawn with a soft brush.
There are also bright red lips on the face. The main thing is to choose the shade of shine or lipstick that will suit you. It is extremely important to preserve the whole image. Lips neatly brought in the tone of lipstick. After that, the lip area is painted over with gentle movements so as not to crawl over the edges. To increase their volume in the middle you can put a little more gloss. But do not smear it!
And finally, the final touch. What should be a hairstyle in the style of rockabilly? Most importantly, bulk. On the long hair to do such hairstyle - a pleasure. You can enjoy high stacking “a la Madame Pompadour”. You can simply put your hair in large curls, you can focus on a voluminous bang, or you can twist a delicate shell. Hairstyle should fascinate the views of other people, attract attention.
The image can be complemented with bright accessories - large earrings, large pendants on thin chains. Hands decorate with bracelets.
For men
Rockabilly style originally appeared as the type of music of the 1950s, characterized by a combination of country and rock and roll. Today it is the style of bright outrageous people who are trying to attract everyone’s attention. By the way, it is popular not only among women.
Men's wardrobe is a bit poorer. But extra things to create a bow and do not need. Classic style rockabilly for men is a combination of a shirt and pants. Of course, jeans are most often chosen. Often, men acquire models a couple of centimeters longer than they need in order to be able to tuck them.
Thin white shirts with rolled up sleeves tucked into pants look good. Fitted suits with narrow collars with a high waistline, two or more buttons also belong to this style.
Superbly emphasize the bow of rockabilly stylish jackets that can easily be purchased on the market today. Biker leather jacket (leather jacket) is an indisputable element of the image.
Bow complemented with accessories and shoes. This is the final point, indicating the direction of the style. You can use boots, simple shoes or shoes with thick soles. A thin tie, clip and cufflinks (for example, with motifs of a deck of cards or dice) will also fit here. Finally, glasses in the style of Buddy Holly - and your image is ready! Be sure that you simply can not take an enthusiastic look. This style is really something original, unique, interesting.
Rockabilly style in clothes
This direction is not simple clothing, it is a solid image. It is suitable for relaxed, because this style involves an unusual make-up and outstanding clothing.
Smoking is bad for your health.
Rockabilly style in clothes is a choice of bright, cheerful and self-confident people. To better imagine the image, it suffices to recall the fashion of the mid-50s and music, the post-war ideals of that time.
Rockabilly Makeup
Makeup, you guessed it, is in the arrows, the methods of applying the most diverse. We paint our lips red, but you need to choose a shade for yourself, because there are a lot of shades of red.
CRY-BABY, Traci Lords, Johnny Depp, 1990. (c) Universal Pictures
Rockabilly hairstyle
And now hairstyle. Hairstyle should be perfect, sticking out hairs spoil the whole picture. The main feature of this style is a voluminous hairstyle, whether it is collected hair or loose, volume is important. Backs, curls and knots are welcome, the main thing is to attract attention to yourself.
Bright earrings, large pendants and bracelets will be indispensable accessories.
If you become bored with life or it seems that you are faceless in the crowd and you lack attention, the rockabilly style will surprise everyone around you.
History of the genre
The origin of this musical trend belongs to the United States. The approximate period of occurrence is considered to be the beginning of the 1950s. South American states became home to rockabilly, and the recording center of the record is Sun Records, the city of Memphis, Tennessee. Rockabilly became the music that focused on the white skin of the United States.
Sun Records Studio
The period from 1945 to 1954 became the very time when the previously formed country, country boogie, hill billy, rhythm and blues and many other similar genres regularly touched. The result was the creation of a wide variety of genre, among which rockabilly stood out and advanced significantly.
The founders of the style are deservedly considered The Delmore Brothers. The team performed sparkling country music with the active use of boogie-woogie jazz rhythm.
The delmore brothers
Hillbilly Hank Williams, the works of Bill Haley and Carl Perkins formed the basis of the future mega popular genre. American producer Sam Phillips provided his studio to beginner bluesmen, making a significant contribution and helping in the development of rhythm and blues. It was this man, after some time, discovered the talent of Elvis Presley. The moment of recognition of rockabilly was the original recording of Karl Perkins entitled “Blue Suede Shoes”.
Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
This composition is better known in the performance of the king of "rock and roll" Elvis Presley.
Rockabilly performers began to appear more and more. Young talents were looking for themselves in a new popular direction. Paul Burlison (Paul Burlison), united with the brothers Burnetts (Burnettes), organized the band The Rock and Roll Trio. The creation of incendiary, energetic and popular music became the main goal to which the rockabilly group sought to approach in any way. Back in 1954, Bill Haley & His Comets presented a single with the song “Rock around the Clock”. A 100% hit has had a stunning effect on listeners of all ages and musical preferences. Thus began the stellar era of rockabilly.
Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock
Like any bombshell, rockabilly had a strong, but short-lasting effect. Already closer to the beginning of the 60s there was a tendency to change tastes and musical preferences among representatives of modern youth. The death of Baddy Holly (Buddy Holly), Eddie Cochran, (Eddie Cochran), Richie Valens (Ritchie Valens) and Big Boper marked the beginning of the decline of the popularity of rockabilly. The final point in the development of the musical genre of that period can be considered the call of the great Elvis Presley to serve in the army.
The second breath of this style re-opened thanks to the efforts of the "king of rock and roll" Elvis Presley in 1970. The album "Comeback" revived the lively interest of the public in rockabilly.
Also, the popularity of the direction faded away much slower in England, where the loudly declared band The Stray Cats also returned the popularity to the genre. The concept of “neococabilly” appeared. The return phenomenon did not last long. It already did not have that swing of the first wave.
Sound Features
For young people, this music created an atmosphere of unlimited happiness, protest against outdated rules. First, young Americans, and then the whole world bowed under the massive onslaught of a new musical wave. The main entertainment was active dancing to the fiery melodies and rhythms all night long.
Rockabilly in the XXI century
Nowadays, rockabilly music style mainly belongs to the retro honorary class and is not of interest to the masses. This music, in its original form, is still found on the west coast of America, but the performance of classical compositions in this genre is more associated with retro parties in the spirit of the late 50s.
But despite this, in our time there are very bright representatives of the neococabilly. Imelda May with her group is one of those. Charismatic vocalist, stylish image, excellent music and vocals make this group very noticeable, and I recommend to get acquainted with their work.
Mister twister
Items rockabilly, various alternative derivatives, as well as a similar compositional structure, can be heard in the works of various contemporary performers and groups, but these musical products only vaguely resemble classical rockabilly of the late 50s. The maximum energy and drive could be observed only at the moment of the peak popularity of the musical direction. The only active rockabilly subspecies of rockabilly is the genre of psychobilly combining punk rock and rockabilly.
