A Different Kind of Rock Chick

We have to say this: The rock chick formula – biker jacket + kind-of-destroyed Metallica tee + skinny jeans + dirty boots – hasn’t changed one bit since it started in the ’70s. It needs an update, a reinvention, because it’s become… um, predictable. The 2.0 version: add silver, even a unitard. Biker jacket, optional.

Portrait of Tammy Strobel

We have to say this: The rock chick formula – biker jacket + kind-of-destroyed Metallica tee + skinny jeans + dirty boots – hasn’t changed one bit since it started in the ’70s. It needs an update, a reinvention, because it’s become… um, predictable. The 2.0 version: add silver, even a unitard. Biker jacket, optional.

Singer Suzi
Quatro was a
modern rock
chick even in
the’70s, and the
first big-name
female bass
player too.
Singer Suzi Quatro was a modern rock chick even in the’70s, and the first big-name female bass player too.
A crystaltrimmed
unitard
from Alexander
Wang is as
effective as a
metal rock tee
and skinny
jeans. Now, add
the biker jacket.
A crystaltrimmed unitard from Alexander Wang is as effective as a metal rock tee and skinny jeans. Now, add the biker jacket.
Polyester-blend dress,
$139, H&M.
Polyester-blend dress, $139, H&M.
Sterling silver bracelet,
$509, Thomas Sabo.
Sterling silver bracelet, $509, Thomas Sabo.
Sequinned patent leather
cross-body, $3,660, Chanel.
Sequinned patent leather cross-body, $3,660, Chanel.
Lambskin gloves
(price unavailable), Longchamp.
Lambskin gloves (price unavailable), Longchamp.
Lined calf leather
jacket with
suede panels
(price unavailable),
Scotch & Soda.
Lined calf leather jacket with suede panels (price unavailable), Scotch & Soda.
Lined acrylic-blend coat
(price unavailable), Diesel.
Lined acrylic-blend coat (price unavailable), Diesel.
Sterling silver ring with cubic
zirconia, $125, Pandora.
Sterling silver ring with cubic zirconia, $125, Pandora.
Sequinned boots with patent leather
toecaps and heels, $1,610, Chanel.
Sequinned boots with patent leather toecaps and heels, $1,610, Chanel.
Sterling silver earrings
with cubic zirconia,
$249, Pandora.
Sterling silver earrings with cubic zirconia, $249, Pandora.
Cotton spandex tee,
$80.80, iRoo.
Cotton spandex tee, $80.80, iRoo.
Leather platform sandals
(price unavailable),
Giuseppe Zanotti.
Leather platform sandals (price unavailable), Giuseppe Zanotti.
Polyester and chiffon
jumpsuit (price
unavailable), Coast.
Polyester and chiffon jumpsuit (price unavailable), Coast.

TEXT BRYAN GOH PHOTOS EVERETT COLLECTION & SHOWBIT