vintage fashion
On Patrick: Shirts, Arizona Trading Company; jeans, Vintage Vogue; boots, model’s closet.
In 1990, Kurt Cobain stepped onto a stage in a floral dress and fashion was never the same. Some say grunge fashion grew out of necessity in the Northwest: Doc Marten boots kept feet dry in rainy weather and versatile flannel shirts kept people warm. It was a style accessible to every- one. After all, flannel shirts went for $.50 at the thrift store. But calling grunge a style is the antithesis of the movement, bent on showing the world that it cared not. It was slept-in, picked up off the floor, rumpled, mismatched and oversized. It hid awkward adolescent phases and embraced androgeny. The movement even hit the runway in 1992 when Marc Jacobs presented a line for Perry Ellis featuring layered plaids, beanies and cashmere thermals. The line was never produced and grunge never really took off, because no one would pay $400 for a dress like Kurt’s.
On Amber: Shirts, Arizona Trading Company; jeans and jewelry, editor’s closet; boots, model’s closet
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