We Are The Stains and We Don't Put Out

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains, my recent discovery, is a cult punk movie from early 80s, which never really had an official, cinematic release. It's therefore quite difficult to find, or even find out about, but I guess it makes it even cooler. 

"The media and disaffected teens mistake the acerbic rants of an obnoxious teenage punk rocker as a rallying cry for the women of America, launching her and her talentless group to national stardom."

via imdb  

The Fabulous Stains is a scpecific movie, but I found it likeable - no wonder, it contains some of the cinematic themes which make me quite biased. I mean, it really feels like a movie from 1982 and some parts are quite awkward and contrived, but that's the part of its charm. But there are lot more reasons to love it than to hate it. Firstly, Diane Lane is truly fabulous, her character and her band just ooze with girl power. I absolutely loved the Corrine Burns - Diane Lane's character - transformation. Believe me, the famous cigarette scene is just one of the numerous badass things she does in the film. And all the "skunk" fangirls were great.

 And it features Sex Pistols and The Clash musicians - Paul Simonon, Steve Jones and Paul Cook - they play young and somewhat douchey band members and are really good at it. It's a great excuse to watch The Stains. But what I liked about it the most was the bitter and realistic image of 80s punk music scene, and music industry in general. I found the parable of the birth, and subsequent fall of a subculture really interesting. 

But Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains besides being a good movie is also a great source of inspiration. It involves lots of, well, fabulous, outfits, from kind of goth-meets-riot-grrrl outfits of The Stains, to classical punk ones of The Looters. 

Recently I stumbled upon really cool interpretation of The Stains style on Nasty Gal Blog. Mind you, it was meant as a Halloween costume idea, but who says you can't get some cues from Corrine and her band on any other day.

Photos found on tumblr and http://blog.nastygal.com