Initially Janis was fairly conservative fashion-wise. She often wore men’s shirts. Because of her love of Jack Kerouac and the Beatniks, when she first visited to New York before becoming famous, she often wore back denim pants, a black sweater, and a gold chain with a watch on it. Later, influenced by her time in the Haight-Asbury section of San Francisco, Janis became famous for wearing loud colors, feathers, and beads, and streaking her hair with color.