Why do people confuse Punk with fashion?

Sorry, punk can also be fashion. I get the point you are trying to make but places like Hot Topic do continue to thrive even with this contradiction.

Jimithy is right, Joey Ramone Lives! As long as punk rock was around there were people making money on the clothing and style. Nothing really wrong with that, even us punk rockers need new shoes and shirt.

It's probably thanks to Malcolm McLaren. He may have thought that he invented the Sex Pistols, but he didn't really have the talent that he thought he did as a manager.

I mean, come on, the Sex Pistols playing San Antonio? Was he high or what? People who claim that McLaren ever had complete control over the Pistols or "invented punk" have bought into his self-glorifying myth.

You're so wrong. Look at your rock and roll history. The Sex Pistols were invented by business man, much like your modern boy bands, this guy owned a sex shop, and sold a lot of clothes and fetish wear. And actually his name was Malcolm McLaren.

I know punks who taped and pinned thier clothes after destroying them themselves back in the day.

So there were a fair share of posers then.

Everyone is a poser including me.

Punk is dead.

True it is just another form of dress but punks try to add meaning to it because they cannot add meaning to anything else.

because it is also a "fashion" dude

as long as there are posers there will be people who make "punk" clothes for those posers

People don't understand individualistic style

because punk is retarded