
Grunge, grunge, grunge! The 90s are back, and so is New York Fashion Week. It’s day one, and we’re already seeing a huge trend of patterns of patterns, stripes on stripes and a mixture of colours and textures, too.
Designers such as Philip Lim and Dries Van Noten are leading the grunge resurgence, with a modern take on ”that flannel look” that Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love made so popular in the 90s. The new take on punk is tailored, tomboyish and menswear-inspired. Think layers, patterns, textures, colours in combinations that play off each other and don’t clash. It’s the new grunge, with a rock and roll twist and a bit of edge.

This girl does it right. Multiple layers of colour, texture and pattern, combined with a feminine shoe. The look is right on trend for the modern grunge look.
Fashion Note: see the forthcoming exhibit “PUNK: Chaos to Couture” at the Costume Institute in New York, which opens in May.