Edited by Lauren Garroni on
I’ve noticed recently that lots of people are looking back to 1994 for style inspiration. Some may say that girls like Cory Kennedy and MK Olsen look homeless but the combat boots, the plaid, and the floral dresses all scream GRUNGE! The difference between grunge style of today is it’s high fashion. Look at Alexander Wang’s collection (see below), torn tights with a $1,000 dress-now that’s Nu-Grunge Chic! So put on your acoustic Nirvania CD and let’s go on a tour of Grunge then and now.Female Grunge Queen
Then-Courtney Love
Now-Mary Kate Olsen
The Laura Ashley Dress:
Then-1994 Vogue Editorial/Reality Bites
Now-Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony/ Nicole Richie
The Magazine
Then-Sassy
Now-Nylon
The Designer:
Then-Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis
Now-Alexander Wang
The Nerdy, Artistic, Ironic Icon:
Then-Claire Danes in My So Called
Now-Sofia Coppola
The Boot:
Then-Combat Boot
Now-Gladiator Sandal
Doesn’t this make you want to go out and buy a plaid shirt from Urban Outfitters?!
And that has been a tour of Grunge Chic, Then and Now!
There once was a girl from California who bitch slapped Anna Wintour and then called Andre Leon Tally a fatty. That girl wasn't me but god was she fucking cool.
Love: foreign fashion magazines, newstands, charlotte rampling, silent movies
Hate: Lilo, ScarJo, The Zoe, trends, but chiefly hipsters-fuck hipsters