Kustom Kulture
Kustom Kulture is an umbrella term for art , vehicles , hairstyles and clothing styles used by members of the customizing scene that remodels and refines cars and motorcycles. From the beginnings of “hot rodding” in the USA in the 1950s, various fashion trends and styles have developed that still influence our daily lives today. Artists like Von Dutch , racing car designers like “Big Daddy” Ed Roth , hot rod - and lowrider - customizers like the Barris brothers and numerous tattoo artists, Car painters and television shows like Happy Days have contributed to the development of today's kustom culture .
Kustom Kulture is commonly associated with the Greasers of the 1950s, the Drag Racers of the 1960s, and the Lowriders of the 1970s. Other subcultures that influenced modern kustom culture are the mods and rockers of the 1970s, as well as the metal and rockabilly music of the 1980s and the psychobilly music of the 1990s. Each of these youth movements has incorporated their own types of alterations as well as clothing and music styles. Coupled with references to cartoons and monster films from the 1950s to 1970s, this has made Kustom Kulture the complex subculture it is today.
