Look good, feel good
Glunge girl
GRUNGE IS BACK – BUT THIS TIME ROUND
IT’S GOT A GLAMOROUS EDGE TOO. CATHRYN
SCOTT SHOWS YOU HOW TO WEAR THE LOOK.
As every fashionista knows, what
goes around comes around, and
that’s exactly true of grunge. It was
the movement that defi ned the
1990s, with bands such as Nirvana
and Pearl Jam at the helm. In the
same way that their music combined
soft verses with hard choruses, grun-
ge clothing combined pretty feminine
Get the Look!
elements with grittier, dirtier ones. Blazer, £45;
Back then, we all wanted to look like printed top, £18;
Courtney Love and Kate Moss — a leggings, £12,
biker jacket worn over a party dress, all from Dorothy
a fl annel shirt tied at the waist, or a Perkins
ripped jumper made to look a dazzling
as any evening dress. They dated the
likes of Kurt Cobain and Johnny Depp,
whose unkempt hair was seen as
sexy rather than a sign they’d forgot-
ten how to wash.
This time around, it’s no surprise that
Moss is at the forefront again, with
rock chicks such as Alexa Chung
perfecting the look. Again, the look
Tulip zip
is sexy and glitzy with an edgier side
mini dress,
too. Everything has a touch of glam-
£14, Asda
our now, as the name glunge — short
for glamorous grunge — suggests.
The key to this trend is appreciating
that, in this instance, what doesn’t
normally go together now does. Take
a girlie sequinned top and wear it
with distressed jeans; or wear a black
leather jacket over silk tunic dress
and add a pair of biker boots. Fittingly
Black leather cropped jacket with
in these harsh fi nancial times, you
stud collar detail, £55, Miss Selfridge
don’t need to spend a fortune. It’s
about how you put the look together
as you embrace your girlie instincts,
Black studded biker boots,
but suggest there’s something darker
£45, Dorothy Perkins
about you too.
82 swansealife October 2009
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