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WIW (Fashion Era challenge): 90s grunge

Diana

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Objectively, I don't really think the 90s was a great era for style, but I have a soft spot for it anyway because that's when I was a teenager. It's cold and damp today, so it seemed like a great time to break out the 90s grunge outfit.

Plaid flannel, ripped jeans, Docs, and a slouchy beanie. Easy peasy, feels like pajamas. Bonus 90s disaffected teenager face in #1. I think this is actually more grunge than I ever really was in the 90s. My mom did not allow me to wear ripped jeans. In fact my jeans were probably always ironed.

For lab, I semi-tucked the shirt to look a little more put-together and bring a little modern flair. Also added a smile.

Question: what did we do with our jeans cuffs with boots in the 90s? Slouch, cuff, or tuck? I just let them slouch over the boots because I thought that looked best, but that could just be my 2015 sensibility.

(Gap shirt and jeans, Doc Marten boots, handknit beanie).

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citygirldc

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You definitely rocking the 90s grunge look.

rabbit

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This is perfect and actually looks pretty flattering with the semi tuck (the great colors and jeans help).

Man I was looking at high school photos of my grunge stage last night, and I didn't try for anything structured, flannel hanging out, baggy jeans over the outside of boots usually, long messy hair. I pretty much looked like I walked out of The River's Edge and was sleeping in the woods - even though that movie was pre-grunge.

amiable

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Love this - and I'm feeling chilly in my outfit today - I may change to 90s grunge....

Tanya

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I share your feelings about 90s and grunge, Diana, as I was also a teenager then (well I think we are very close in age). Do you remember long spaghetti strap floral dresses worn over baby tees with Docs? That was my favorite outfit formula then.

I love this, you totally nailed it. It is very grunge, but also current. I think I wore the jeans over the boots in those days, but am not quite certain.

Alassë

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Nailed it!

Diana

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Tanya, that was one of my favorite looks too. I actually wanted to try doing it for this challenge, but I don't have any spaghetti strap dresses. I also liked floral baby doll dresses with Docs. Although my Docs were fake. These are the first real ones I've owned, LOL.

And a big oversized army jacket or field coat over it all, of course. And black lace chokers.

catgirl

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My weekends are total 90s style. Well done!

Angie

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HAH. Killer. You are soooo fun, Diana.

Go on. Off you go to the Nirvana concert.

Tanya

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He he Diana, I think we understand each other How could I forget those chokers, I used to have a whole collection of them. I was actually quite upset I have purged them in the past two years as I could have used them after my neck surgeries.

rachylou

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Ahaha! Bad flashback. You must have gotten it right Which is not to say you look bad... you look totally adorable.

Angie

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Oh good heavens. I wore those black velvet and lace chokers too. WITH a lace cami, plaid shirt, 501s and Docs.

Diana

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Ha ha ha. Someone just said to me, "plaid! I don't think I've ever seen you wearing a plaid shirt before!"

(Which is untrue. I wore this shirt a lot this winter! But I guess in combo with the ripped jeans and combat boots it's very "flannel" in a way that it is not over skinnies with a black moto or something. LOL.).

Meredith

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Nice! I'm pretty sure we slouched the cuffs.

Gennifyr

love that you topped it off with a beanie!

Sal

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Very 90s. You look terrific.

I only did "90s lite" (definitely 501s, I did have one plaid shirt). I spent a lot of time dressed very boringly/conservatively in moleskin jeans, midi dresses, conservative work suits with trousers or midi shirts. I did have a funky chocolate brown velveteen work suit with a super long jacket and flared trousers (probably too short), and I love my lace tights and layering tees. Budget was limited due to travel and buying a home. And whilst I thrifted borrowed and adapted clothes like mad in the 80s I stopped in the 90s.

carter

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I'd never heard of 90s grunge (I was in my 30s then) until someone referenced it here a few months ago. Regardless, this looks great to me. It's totally my F/W lounge wear. Love the plaid on you!

CocoLion

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This is a really good look on you. I have a love of 90s grunge as well. I think you nailed all the details. I don't recall cuffing back then. I do remember buying the Levi's a bit bigger then hiking them up and cinching them at the waist.

Greyscale

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Looks just like me in high school! And, er, I'm wearing almost exactly that outfit today, except with Converse instead of my (identical) Docs. I guess I accidentally did the decades challenge.

jackiec

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OMG memories! You nailed it and I LOVE it. Don't think we cuffed the jeans. This looks perfect.

ETA - loved the tshirt under a dress look in the 90's too! This was my fav: you can't see the length but I remember it being super short. Circa 1996

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Diana

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Hee, I seem to have awakened a lot of memories (good or bad). It's fun to do one of these for a Fashion Era that I actually lived through.

Firecracker (Sharan)

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You are super cute in this outfit. I especially like it with the current semi-tuck and smile in 3. I'm laughing at your post and the comments, because grunge was a look that passed me by completely! I think I was working at the Pentagon then, maybe, so no wonder. Hah haha!

Anonymous

You look great! And very familiar here too.

I remember the t-shirts under the spaghetti-strapped dresses too! I think I had only one dress I ever wore like that (it was mocha and white houndstooth or gingham or something from the Gap), but had a lot of the floral baby-doll dresses. I had Docs, but never any of the boots like that though.

Diana

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So I ended up going for drinks and dinner with my husband after work. He was wearing a suit and tie. We made quite the odd couple, I think! We ended up going to a pub followed by a hipster-y BBQ place, so my outfit was appropriate; his, not so much.

Suz

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OMG -- laughing so hard at the thought of you and DH going for drinks thus attired. But you look amazing in these colours and did a great 90s style outfit!

Jaime

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The top is a great color on you and you really captured the look in picture #1 but I love how you brought it into the 21st century with the semi-tuck!

Karie

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Total '90's grunge. You nailed this one!

annagybe

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I adore this.
I was in college. I wore a flannel shirt, sweatpants and Birkenstocks with wool socks. It was school in Portland, OR. So it was a mismash of grunge and trustafarians. Mind you I was from a small town in eastern Washington and attempting to fit in.
The friends that remember me then give me grief now about me a fancy person.

Deborah

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Nailed it. You look like you are headed out to a Nirvana gig.

harmonica

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Super cool! Love the beanie.

In my corner of the world I think the hems were always ripped due to touching the ground - so I'd say slouch. (or was that more like millennium trend?)

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