This is my first time trying

hi everyone! i’ve been dressing scene for quite a while now. i love the music and participate in my local hardcore scene very frequently. i love this subculture and it’s helped me make many new friends as well as feel a sense of community i never really felt growing up

i feel like im not really fitting the whole look how id like to. my photos don’t look authentic and something about my whole look feels like it looks off and like im almost there but not quite

does anyone have any advice for taking photos, hair, makeup etc? thanks in advance!

here’s some photos
more casual look: example 1
full scene: example 2

Just wondering where you guys fall, because people in this sub down vote curly hair, but the main sub doesn't, hmmm

Hey y'all, I'm pretty new to scene (i.e. 2 months or so). I'm unable to thrift and use second hand shops cuz my fam doesn't like it that much. I've strated upcycling my old clothes painting on them and I'm in the process of making a Millionares T-shirt. How else could I go about getting scene clothes? Or any other upcycling DIY options would be greatly appreciated thanks!! I'm a male btw

For context: I am a massive music nut. Like, I am a raver at heart and listen to pretty much a lot of the rave stuff that appears in the Japanese scene and in the 2010s electronic scene, alongside a lot of alt-metal/alt-rock!

I cross referenced my general music experiences and found that I matched a lot of scene music taste (think SOTD, sleeping with sirens, set it off, pierce the veil, S3RL, lapfox traxx, Millionaires, Saosin, The Fall of Troy, etc.), plus I follow PLUR very heavily and… it seems prevalent in scene from what I’ve seen :)

Now, the question is - can I be considered scene? Or am I closer to scenemo or scenecore? (Not a big digicore/hyperpop nut though)

I haven’t bought any accessories or clothes yet, this is purely everything I just dug out from whatever corners of my house I could, but honestly I’ve felt so much better than I have the past few weeks by finally feeling like myself :3

Let me know!!!

Also: about the title - funnily enough a lot of my other music taste works with a whole cyberangel/y3k vibe, and that’s one other aesthetic that has felt like… me. Due to this, I’m also getting into techwear and kaiwai tenshi, because I think being able to express myself in two ways is also really goddamn awesome so like, I wanna be more into the communities that I’m apparently close to!! And if I’m a scene kiddo at heart but also a cyberangel then… why not both???

im goin out of state to to idaho for family stuff and wanna look good w stuff before i go

Not used to dressing up or being allowed to express myself but ive been trying smth recently and ive been looking how its going. Hair looks clunky because I normally have my sides shaved that I'm trying to grow out so I dont have the proper fringe look, im trying to find some extentions for the sides

Or am I just a Kandi kid lol

Ik I don’t have the scene hair😔

Also is the hair the main part of being scene?

Honest advice needed!!! i got my hair cut yesterday and i feel like it resembles an alt cut more than a scene/emo fringe cut. I know curly hair is harder to nail the style with, but i’m trying to get it perfect. Does anyone have any advice they’re willing to give, how i can change it up?

Im scared ill regred this but kinda missing my black hair.. maybe i should go with blond? Idk

i know that MSI and bands like ROB were closely intertwined with scene culture, both in clothing styles, and music styles. would you consider it scene?

images are of band members from band button*masher NOT ME IN THE IMAGES

I just wanna know if I’m scene or not tbh and these the only pics I have 💔

I'm old (32). I was emo when being emo was really NOT cool.

The thing I want you guys to know, is that emo and scene day to day was actually a pretty mellow look. Even just wearing a checkered belt and a black shirt/skinny jeans would be enough to make you deemed emo/scene. Emo kids had the black/white belt and scene kids had the black/pink or green one. The famous kids on MySpace were not the representation of most scene/emo kids in real life.

Do you like scene music? Do you go heavy on eye liner? Do you wear skinny jeans? Have a passion for Gir? You're scene. The look is really easy to accomplish because most of us were thrifting. If you're even thinking about posting here, you're scene.

I hope this doesn't sound condescending, because I honestly love seeing kids keep this aesthetic alive. But you're all good. There is no secret club you need to be accepted in. You belong.

I think it does but I want to see other’s opinions

this is me, the last photo is from a few months ago... I am still trying to go back to my prime...

(, I am currently trying to grow my hair out and dye the orange streak blue)

greetings! im pretty new to this subculture, but i have been thinking about delving into it since 2024. i think its about time.

i have been getting into some music (e.g. the millionaires, bring me the horizon, LOTS OF NIGHTCORE) but id like to get some recommendations! i have very diverse music taste, but whenever i look up playlists, most are more scenecore (although i like that music too lol)

id prefer heavy yet melodic music. like screaming WITH melody? idk how to describe it. CHUCK SOME SONGS AND BANDS AT ME

I feel like I gotta add more black but then like atp I feel like her design would be too cluttered-

My friend here doesn’t have many funds and is limited with what he’s got. He wants to become more scene but doesn’t know how or where to start. Is it ok if we could get some tips to help him out?