Smells Like Grunge Again

[emi25]

I intended that maybe grunge IS for dummies (opposite of deep in this contest)...

Grunge, generation X, ironic, slacker, 90's and all that stuff...

 

[Alexandra8715]

Anyone think that maybe aswell as Marc Jacobs and the media etc that surrounded Nirvana, that Courtney Love is also responsible for the mass commercialisation of grunge. After all, she is the one that sold off all Cobain's old diaries after he died and created Hole, a grunge band that did not shy away from commercial success. That woman totally killed the "spirit of grunge". (hehe sounds corny)
Anyways, I love grunge, maybe more the riot grrrl side of it as I love Bikini Kill. I really should have been born about 10 years earlier. Most of my favourite bands were from early 90s and it really annoys me that I won't see any of them live....ever! And it also really annoys me how all those rich people will be buying Marc Jacobs thinking they're grunge when they're totally the opposite. Fashion can really suck...why am I on here?

 

[lukewarm]

I'm amazed that people are arguing about who was better, kurt cobain or the pixies. It is a moot point, why compare artists that complement each other. Kurt cobain during every performance paid homage to those that inspired him, and like another person in this thread mentioned, he gave himself zero credit. Why are some of you turning up your nose to what he stood for? Kurt Cobain was all about tolerance, and what he hated in this world were racist, sexist, homophobic, ignorant assholes who believed they were better than other people. Music is what we share, let's not bash the good stuff! However, if you are going to bash something, bash Guns-n-Roses, or some other equal or lesser bullsh*t.

 

[Goya]

Grunge is really popular here in Germany, lots of young people seem like these looks. :-)

 

[Goya]

I'm amazed that people are arguing about who was better, kurt cobain or the pixies. It is a moot point, why compare artists that complement each other. Kurt cobain during every performance paid homage to those that inspired him, and like another person in this thread mentioned, he gave himself zero credit. Why are some of you turning up your nose to what he stood for? Kurt Cobain was all about tolerance, and what he hated in this world were racist, sexist, homophobic, ignorant assholes who believed they were better than other people. Music is what we share, let's not bash the good stuff! However, if you are going to bash something, bash Guns-n-Roses, or some other equal or lesser bullsh*t.

Well said, lukewarm. I just ordered a CD from Nirvana this morning, before I see this thread.

 

[Tiffany7]

I would love to see more pictures too. It seems to be a bit different then it was in the 90's when the girls who wore it just looked like they were dressing like men or in mens clothes...everything baggy. It seems to be a bit more polished & feminine for girls. I really like that... I wasnt really loving it back then.

 

[londoneast]

some pics hope you like
bcbg max azria

marc jacobs


newyorkmetro.com

 

[loubylou]

I intended that maybe grunge IS for dummies (opposite of deep in this contest)...

Grunge, generation X, ironic, slacker, 90's and all that stuff...

To the most part, true grungers (I'm referring to my older relatives, as I was a little young) were labelled grunge not because of the fashion, but because of the music they loved and the lifestyle they lead. It was more to do with attitude, and this carefree attitude influenced the clothes they wore. It just so happened that certain designers saw dollar signs in their eyes and decided to cash in on it.

So...yes, in my lifetime it was deep.

 

[loubylou]

^^^ Saying that, I do love the last outfit on the last picture post. Beanie hats = gorgeousness

 

[Whitelinen]

Why is it that I always associate grunge with today's emo trend...Somehow in both of these trends it is cool to be heroin chic, depressed and all that jazz. Not to say that there wasn't anything "rebel" in the grunge trend (emo trend is not rebelling against anything, nor is there anything else than being a teen who wants to be depressed, have a messy bed head hair and be so cool), there must have been some deeper thought. I guess the whole conseption is a bit blurry to me...

 

[loubylou]

I think the difference is that emo is intended to be a trend (despite what some may say...), whereas grunge evolved into a trend?

Grunge was like the anti-fashion, it was about not caring what you wore and what society thought of it. Emo is far more contrived.

 

[lanarama]

I like how this incaration of grunge is a lot less silly than the 90s version. Remeber extra long/tall beanies? Remember black and white stripped (and other "crazy" patterned) knee-highs? Remember drawing all over your shoes with a sharpie? There was something very screwball about its particular brand of anti-fashion fashion. I think today's version retains the good parts-- utility, weather-consciousness, an alternative sense of the body, comfort-- without the cheese. (Not that I'm adverse to whimsy. In fact, I think MJ does whimsy better than anyone out there.)

 

[DuTTyRoCK112]

i go to nyu and all the stupid kids from LA wear flannel, fedoras, old nikes, vintage dresses, wayfarers and dont wash their hair but then they include chanel and balenciaga bags, louboutin heels and ridiculous attitudes. they also act like they are gangsters which is the most pathetic.

 

[loubylou]

Act like gangsters? And dress like that?! How odd

 

[Tiffany7]

They sound really confused.

 

[jun3machina]

Grunge is creeping back

after several seasons of extreme volume and then carefully tailored vintage-inspired dress, the fashion world seems to be taking key elements and mixing them up into what can best be described as the creeping back of 1990's famous 'GRUNGE".

From the hipsters, comes the revival of the plaid shirt and jacket. The classic Rayban Wayfarer's are back with avengance in streetstyle....chunky shoes, leggings, babydoll dresses, doc martens, huge chunky knits and inspiring streestyle....and the mix match layering that so defined the style is back.

we have threads here on the specific shoes and glasses and whatnot that are part of the GRUNGE movement....but nothing yet that combines them all in referance to that early 1990's trend that made Marc Jaocbs one of the most loved and most hated younge designers of his time....

pic from NYmag.com, ask.metafilter.com, styleaid.com, stylebytes.com, landslide.com,

*edit...more pics to come....my photobucket account isn't uploading pics...

 

[softgrey]

don't we have a thread on grunge..?
and didn't it EXPLODE back last fall with that marc jacobs GRUNGE collection
...?

and hasn't it sort of gone away again?......


jun- the only pic showing is beeteljuice and that's NOT grunge...
it's goth dear...

 

[jun3machina]

i did a search and couldn't find one, but if there is a thread already, could you please merge them? TIA!!

here's the pics i cited in the first post.....sorry, my photobucket account wasn't working this morning:

 

[fairy]

don't we have a thread on grunge..?
and didn't it EXPLODE back last fall with that marc jacobs GRUNGE collection
...?

and hasn't it sort of gone away again?......


jun- the only pic showing is beeteljuice and that's NOT grunge...
it's goth dear...

i was thinking the same...grunge was never really gone and all the runway reports from the last seasons were featuring it...

and i Beetlejuice! and Lydia

 

[jun3machina]

softgrey~ the way im interpretting the 'noveau' grunge, is the layering look from the 1990's, (with the flannels, the plaids, the doc martens, the baby doll dresses, the leggings, striped shirts, wild prints, raybans, leggings, chunky knits and mary jane style shoes...) without the baggy jeans/holes/dirty look the original 'grungers' had. The new grunge is more streamline, a bit more body concious, and mixes things in as a homage to the 1990's.