Dragon tattoo and moody models make posh punk the new trend

The similarities are there – royal celebration and recession – but now the fashion houses own the safety pins"Punk's Not Dead" became a slogan for young rebels reluctant to give up their spiky hair and crashing guitar bands for a new wave flop and a pop tune – but the title of the Exploited's 1981 debut album may have held a prophetic ring. Thirty-five years after the Sex Pistols made it to number two in the charts with God Save the Queen, a single banned by the BBC, the style that began ...

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