FASHION TREND: 1990S...
FASHION TREND: 1990S...
The new wave of 1990s-inspired plaids, slip dresses and faded florals marks the return of grunge this spring. Part punk, part working class, grunge has been a recurring trend in fashion since the early 1990s. It first crawled out from the underground in the late 1980s in response to financial hardship, a backlash to capitalism and the emergence of regional rock music. The Seattle-born style was popularized by front men like Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain (his tortured-by-fame look included moth-eaten sweaters, beat-up Chuck Taylor sneakers and shredded denim) and Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder (fond of oversized plaid shirts paired with baggy cut-offs and combat boots). Courtney Love, lead singer of Hole and Cobain’s wife, brought her version of burnout beauty into the spotlight with baby-doll dresses, smudged eyeliner and slashes of red lipstick. Anti-fashion went mainstream and Gen Xers everywhere started Goodwill hunting.
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