Poseur
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A poseur is someone who poses for effect, or behaves affectedly, who affects a particular attitude, character or manner to impress others, or who pretends to belong to a particular group. A poseur may
Models (Les Poseuses) by Georges Seurat
Devotees of various music subcultures, like the goth subculture, value authenticity highly
Goth subculture
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Goth is a music-based subculture that emerged from nightclubs such as the F Club and Batcave in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s, as well as gothic rock, a genre that evolved from British pos
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…French garb, and thus could itself be considered an affectation." "Poseur" is often a pejorative term, as used in the punk, heavy metal, hip hop, and goth subcultures, or the skateboarding, surfing and jazz communities, when it is used to refer to a person who copies the dress, speech, and/or mannerisms…
A woman dressed in goth style in June 2008
Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1980
Bauhaus—Live in concert, 3 February 2006
Lead singer and guitarist Robert Smith of the Cure