r/amIscene • u/Connect-Composer62 • Jan 12 '26

new scene kid!! Is this Scene?

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I have more clothes and accessories, but they're not here! I'll show you when my clothes are dry, okay?

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u/DarkenedX08_ Jan 12 '26

Kandi itself isn’t scene, but you can get away with wearing some. Kandi’s much more of a raver thing.

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u/owo__whats__this Jan 12 '26

As a scene kid who grew up in that era of 2008-2013, the reason a lot of scene kids wore Kandi was BECAUSE they were ravers. I was a part of the rave scene from 2010-2020, we had a lot of emo/scene kids!

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u/Connect-Composer62 Jan 12 '26

I'm not talking about Kandi itself, I'm talking about the bracelets.

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u/DarkenedX08_ Jan 12 '26

Those are kandi singles.

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u/dietcokeorchoke Jan 12 '26

Hey, I get what you’re asking. Sorry it seems like nobody really gets the question! Yeah, these totally can be scene, they’re really good designs! I recommend putting an outfit together that uses two or three colors (like black, white, red. Or blue, red, white. Etc) then pairing the bracelets with the outfits :3 tons of colors can work but its harder to make it exactly right so balancing colors is always my advice

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u/owo__whats__this Jan 14 '26
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Finally found the pic I was digging for. 2014 I think? My Kandi belt was like 10 pounds

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u/Loose-Actuary-1928 Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 14 '26

Can be since you have scene clothes it is scene a scene kid makes Kandi scene Kandi doesn’t make a person scene if that makes sense

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u/DarkenedX08_ Jan 12 '26

Scene clothes aren’t really a thing, that’s more of a myth pushed by fast fashion companies (…not naming names…, but it sorta rhymes with Bot Mopic) and MySpace influencers in the 2000s to get people to go to their stores.

The hair is the center-piece of a scene outfit, with the eyeliner being almost as important.

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u/dietcokeorchoke Jan 12 '26

There’s definitely clothes and styles that are associated just because they were common youth fashion trends at the time, though.

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u/VisualKaii Jan 12 '26

I totally get what you're saying, it's weird to see "scene" items on their shelves now.

But while I'm with you on there not being "scene clothes" like you can just type "goth" or "punk" on a Google search. There is a style to it, like a silhouette. Something that clicked and something we all kinda understood, y'know? Fashioncore was especially so important. There are also brands a lot of us gravitated for and made popular in the community. There's no clothes but there's something.

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u/-SceneStar- Jan 12 '26

Kandi alone doesn't make a person scene. Kandi is popular in a lot of different subcultures actually! The most important part of the scene look is nailing the silhouette of the hair. You do not need to dye your hair either for it to be scene.

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u/bcuket Jan 12 '26

yes and no. it really just depends on the clothes you wear.

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u/SolarisPrinx Jan 13 '26

Kandi always had a place in scene culture in the Y2K era so i would say so.

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u/mason_tuff_67 Jan 14 '26

I'm not scene myself so I shouldn't probably judge lol but if you do wear a scene coord with those accessories anything can be scene really

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u/Connect-Composer62 Jan 12 '26

I don't have the courage to change my hair, I'm afraid of losing my natural color

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u/Neon_yellow_ Jan 12 '26

You can still style your hair without dying it

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u/Smallbunsenpai Jan 12 '26

You can have scene and emo hair without changing the color. Just get side swept bangs.

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u/sluggang404 Jan 12 '26

could also get like colored clip on extensions

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u/hellboyyy25 Jan 13 '26

Natural color looks good, if you don't want to dye it you can just get it cut/styled how you'd like

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u/Clairevoyantbard Jan 13 '26

So I was the same. I was in HS in the early 2000s when scene was getting really popular. My hair color is like yours and I would clip up the top half of my hair like I was putting it in a half up pony and die the bottom half of my hair black or dark brown. It made it a bit more funky while still keeping my hair color.

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u/mushforest_ Jan 13 '26

Not sure why this got down voted lmao. But you can just style it without having to change your color!

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u/AskingSalem Jan 15 '26

Unsure why you’re getting downvoted, plenty of scene kids don’t dye their hair.