Style "Grunge"

The cry of the soul, a daring challenge to society, the personification of rebellious character - all this is a grunge style. His philosophy is to affirm that clothing is a trifle that does not require special attention. However, to create such an image is a whole art. What is a grunge, what are its differences and variations, how to create a fashionable grunge image?

Translated from English, the term grunge means “repulsive”, “untidy”, “dirt”. He promotes the rejection of gloss and glamor. It is based on the predominance of the spiritual principle over the material. Such an image, at first glance, may seem sloppy, breaking the usual stereotypes in the manner of dressing.

This is a riot, visible indifference to the opinions of others. Today, protest against fashion has become fashion itself. Grunge is chaotic and lives by its own rules. To better understand what constitutes this fashionable trend, it is worth referring to the history of its appearance.

As a fashionable trend, this style originated in rock musician circles, when such bands as Nirvana and Soundgarden were at the peak of popularity. His story begins at the end of the last century, originating in Seattle.

One of the idols of a multimillion-dollar youth audience was Kurt Cobain, the singer of Nirvana. He became an icon of style, conquering teens with bright and original music. They tried to imitate him in everything, including in the manner of dressing. Youth subculture tried to stand out in the crowd, demonstrating their individuality.

As a grunge style was presented to the world in the early 90s of the last century, thanks to the eminent designer Mark Jacobs. In 1993, the world saw a collection in which the best extraordinary images of that time were collected.

Images consisting of a combination of a light dress and a rough jacket, massive shoes, duets of jeans worn to holes and stretched sweaters came as a shock among critics, but many liked it. If the first called ensembles clothing homeless, orphans, young people adopted a new style of "with a bang." Flannel plaid shirts, ripped jeans, worn-out sneakers were the first iconic elements of the grunge style. So he became a free expression and for 10 years was one of the most popular fashion trends.

Modern grunge has ceased to be a manifestation of the youth subculture. It is popular with those who do not accept glamorous images and seeks to stand out from the crowd. Today, when creating such an image, they use expensive items from high-quality materials with different textures, including well-worn ones.

An indispensable attribute of grunge is deliberate negligence. Faded denim jeans, patches, rough seams or raw edges are the hallmarks of style.

Modern grunge style is universal. It is suitable for men, women and children. Women's grunge clothing carries a gender color. Despite some untidiness, it looks sexy and provocative notes. This is an easy game, rebellion, manifestation of individuality.

Each ensemble has a multi-layered component. A true casual style should consist of several things worn at the same time. The sweater can be worn over a shirt and top, complemented with a voluminous scarf.

Most of the wardrobe items are made in dark shades. Bright colors are not welcome, and the best outfit sticks to gloomy tones. In one image should be combined materials of different textures and colors.

The distinctive (iconic) details of the grunge-style ensemble are:

• Flannel plaid shirt. It is worn on its own, in a unbuttoned form it complements a large print T-shirt and denim shorts or it can be an accessory tied around the waist.
• Plain sweater-oversize or cardigan. In the trend model with a large viscous gray, black, marsh tones. They should be somewhat baggy and look like "from someone else's shoulder." A recognizable style element will be a sweater with lowered hinges and stretched sleeves. These products are worn over t-shirts, sweatshirts and are combined with jeans and tight pants.
• Ripped jeans. An indispensable attribute of a grunge-style, they can be loose cut or narrow, with scuffs, cuts on the knees, with patches.

• Knit T-shirt or T-shirt with a large print. Cut often free, straight. This element of style is often decorated with inscriptions, letters, skulls, stickers of favorite groups, singers and less often with abstract motifs.
• Leather jacket with metal fittings. It can be a variety of rivets, spikes, zippers, eyelets.
• Short knit dress. The style can be straight, trapezoid. The product is made of textiles or knitted fabric in one color, and the cut is the most concise and simple. Dress can be with or without sleeves. In the knitted version it is permissible to tuck the sleeves.
• Jeans jackets. The most preferable is the choice of products with the texture worn to holes, the most worn and faded look. The best style is considered to be straight or somewhat narrowed downwards.

• Tights with arrows or holes.
• Artificially created defects in the material of a clothing or accessory (puffs, frayed edges, loose rivets).
• Sneakers
• Rough shoes with tractor soles. Ideally, these are army style boots with a lacing or zipper with coarse wide straps and buckles.
• Knitted or knitted hats. They are worn with loose hair.
• A hat without additional decorations, caps, baseball cap.
• Belt with rivets.

• The accessory of the marginal style can be a rough bracelet, a chain, a braided black choker from fishing line, a pendant on a black leather cord.
• The lack of a shiny finish (rhinestones, sequins, crystals and sparkling stones). Grunge does not accept elements of glamor.

Today grunge is reborn. Youth subcultures that emerged after the appearance of grunge, contributed to the emergence of new fashion trends, the basis of which is self-expression, isolation from the crowd. They gave impetus to the development of several areas of grunge.

Careless in details, soft and relaxed. In the dress must be things with a worn and worn texture. From the main grunge it is distinguished by some liberty and vintage. He is characterized not only by jeans and shorts, complemented by dark tights and massive shoes.

When composing a soft-grunge outfit, you can safely experiment by combining things that are different in style. He is more sleek, has its own gloss, due to the presence of open tops, corsets, leather jackets with a print.

This direction is a response to a brilliant and glossy glamor.He looks rebellious and more close to the original style. One of the features is the use in the attire of extremely expensive items of excellent quality. Whatever the artificial defects on clothes, it must be new, clean and neat. The image emphasizes uniqueness and peculiarity; these are its own rules and conventions.

Jeans are considered to be the basic element of the ensemble, but tight pants and leggings are also good. This direction is suitable for everyday sets. There is no eccentricity in it, but freedom is felt.

This trend combines femininity and creative carelessness. The combination of grunge with casual elements and shades of romance in dark and light colors looks original and stylish. It is expressed in a mix of several styles, allows you to combine prints and faded T-shirts in one outfit.

The basic style remains the same, but acquires more elegant shades. It differs from its predecessor in greater maturity and pretentiousness.

This direction is intended to add to the controversial grunge-style shades of tenderness and romance. The combination of grunge and hippie makes the image extraordinary and exclusive. When making a set, it is important to review the combination of shades. If the basic grunge style does not accept bright colors, then the hippie just needs them. You can combine two styles into one by adding some bright colors to the set.

The rest of the style is no different from other varieties. These are jeans, shorts, dresses, sweaters, jackets, boots with high ankle boots and sandals with many straps.

The combination of two styles with a frivolous attitude to clothing looks very extravagant. Marginal chic completely eliminates the dress code and allows you to take a break from the formalities, showing some hooliganism in the style of dressing.

A typical representative of this style is Lady Gaga, who contributes to the spread of eclecticism in the style of dressing. Each set requires a careful approach to the combination of things. Leather clothing (trousers, jacket, skirt) and coarse jewelry, as well as massive shoes and outrageous elements of clothing, become an indispensable attribute of the attire.

The combination of denim or knitwear with genuine leather, extravagant hairstyle, belt-corset and eye-catching makeup - these are the basic techniques of punk grunge. Another example describing this variety is an image consisting of a coarse jacket with army boots and a light chiffon dress, or a combination of a torn men's t-shirt and a luxurious romantic skirt.

Fashionable, expensive and current style. Modern stylish clothing that combines comfort and shocking. It resembles punk grunge, but less creative. The difference in post-grunge from the original style is the lack of layering. All other tricks remain. Leaky jeans, patches, a curved edge, protruding threads, massive shoes are considered the foundation of any outfit.

Today, the original philosophy of grunge (the spirit of class struggle) is somewhat lost. Modern grunge-style images are worn by celebrities and wealthy women of fashion. The main method of creating an image is considered the balance of a combination of expressiveness and baggyness, disorder.

Pants, breeches, vests, army colors and a combination of dark and light shades are in fashion. For summer bows, the perfect combination of a black shirt and frayed shorts. In cool weather, it is better to complement this set with a checkered shirt. Today it is not necessary that it was from the flannel, but the textiles should be natural. Mike is better to choose a size larger to create the illusion of stretching the product.

In addition to the cell, today there is a strip. And from contrasts, a combination of socks and frills, massive boots and stockings, army boots and warm shades of dress elements are relevant. In fashion mini skirts, short denim shorts and checked leggings. Light monophonic shades and inconspicuous floral prints can be added to the set.

Shoes grunge adheres mostly dark shades (black, gray, brown, marsh, occasionally burgundy).

Outwardly, she looks rude. These are boots and boots with a heavy tractor sole, often decorated with metal fittings. Basically, models are made of dense varieties of natural leather with natural relief, and due to coarse decorative elements look massive.

The choice of shoes depends on the elements of the outfit: the more airy and feminine the garments, the more massive the shoes should be. Conversely, a heavy one needs shoes with a smaller tractor tread (or without it) and the absence of metallic decor (spikes, buckles, eyelets).

Sneakers are made of textiles. A good option is a model with mint and worn material texture. Their design is minimalistic. They may have a low or high top, and the colors must be discreet. The only decor can be a combination of the color of the material and the finish.

In addition to these options, boots or ankle boots with a wide heel will successfully fit into the grunge style. Such models have a thick, wide, small and steady heel. Most often it consists of three-quarters of the sole, and does not exceed 7 cm in height.

Summer images allow sandals on a flat sole, made in the style of minimalism.

Bags have a simple form. The most vivid and recognizable accessories of grunge are shapeless sacks, backpacks, clutches of rough natural leather, often decorated with metal fittings.

Their difference from other fashion trends is the rough texture of the material, concise style and dark color.

Classic grunge hairstyles are loose curls or horse tail. Lightly disheveled and matted hair is exactly what you need. A casual look is the basis of style. But the effect of greasiness is excluded.

The color and length of hair in this style does not matter: the appearance of the hair is important. Well, if the hair will be a natural natural shade, it will look good and bleached blond.

If you want a bright hairstyle, you can make a ponytail with drop-down strands. No less eccentric look in a grunge image of bob and square. Well emphasize the negligence of hairstyles can wet styling.

After Marc Jacobs, who presented the grunge style to a wide audience, many famous couturiers were fascinated by this fashionable trend. Modern grunge connected with luxury, having lost its ideology. However, it is a favorite topic of collections of world houses of high fashion. These grunge things are created by famous designers.

The most prominent brands that produce collections in the spirit of grunge are Alexander McQueen, Zara, Bershka, River Island. Many interesting models with notes of grunge-style are presented in the lines of Chanel, Acne, Balenciaga, Vivienne Westwood, Dolce & Gabbana.

Today, the grunge style is a bohemian trend, designed by the creative intelligentsia and all those who are not alien to fashionable experiments. It is suitable for adolescents and women after 40, owners of different height and type of figure.

When creating any image, it is important not to forget the key points:

• eclecticism;
• deliberate negligence;
• layering;
• comfort, convenience;
• lack of bright colors;
• combination with other fashion trends (military, casual, vintage);
• categorical incompatibility with glamor.

In the cold season, you can wear a down jacket or a fur coat made of arctic fox, a long knitted sweater and black tight pants, completing the bow with boots with a wide bootleg. The combination of a short dress with a sheepskin coat looks extraordinary.

The image of the bride is different call, non-traditional cut and often complemented by leather leather jacket or denim jacket. The color of the dress can be white, powdery, the product has a multi-layered and creative combination with accessories (black hat, dark tights, corsets, sneakers, shoes with a tractor sole).

Regardless of the physique, you can look stylish and fashionable for women. In this case, you need to pick up clothes, playing with imperfections and emphasizing the dignity. Flowing fabrics will help to add femininity to the bow, and non-standard cut will allow you to adjust the figure. In this case, do not pick up baggy clothes. Mix can consist of elements of hippies, vintage and military.

Women of fashion after 40 try to use the layering technique in the grunge image. Their trendy set often consists of soft dresses, long skirts, long shirts and tunics of simple style without extravagance. Natural materials of the ensemble items, shoes with low heels or moderate platform are inherent in this age.

A typical soft grunge bow may consist of a straight cut denim jacket, worn over a black print top, a short, swamp-like short checkered skirt, black tights and a sneaker to match the skirt. The final touch of the set is a black knit cap and black sunglasses.

A sloppy rock grunge can be made up from an elongated T-shirt, sweater and loose jeans. If you want a more creative image, you can wear plaid slim green pants with a black top and leather leather jacket. It is possible to finish the bow with black shoe boots on a low heel and a hat of a similar shade.

Ripped, faded jeans, a two-layer top and a light waistcoat will help create a classic grunge. If you want to add notes of romance to it, you can combine a light chiffon top with narrow ragged trousers.

A straight denim dress, black stretched pullover, a hat and shoes on a thick platform is a good option for cool weather.

A short gray dress in a red and black check sleeveless can be complemented with black tights “with arrows”, gray socks and boots. Waist better accent leather belt with a metal buckle.