A style tribe or fashion tribe is a group of people that dress in a distinctive style to show their membership in this group. Examples include punks, goths, hip-hop devotees, and ravers. The term "style tribe" appears to have been coined by anthropologist Ted Polhemus, who analyzed style tribes in terms of the modern primitive and an abandonment of a linear trajectory of progress in fashion.

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Further reading

• Polhemus, Ted. Streetstyle: From Sidewalk to Catwalk. Thames and Hudson (1994). ISBN 050027794X.
• White, Nicola & Ian Griffiths. The Fashion Business: Theory, Practice, Image. Berg Publishers (2000): p7 ISBN 185973359X.
• Taylor, Lou. The Study of Dress History. Manchester University Press (2002), p212 ISBN 0719040655.