The fashion came out of the financial privation of the times, combined with the regional growth of grunge music made popular by bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam. The style combines elements of punk mixed with cheap working class clothing. The development of grunge also brought back the ripped and shredded clothing popular during the early 1980s. At its height, grunge was in many ways a rejection of the capitalist excesses of the 1980s, but the style was quickly picked up by designers and turned into a well-known fashion trend.

 

Grunge Fashion Now 


Normally people who prefer to dress "grunge" wear dark clothing, denim, or inexpensive clothing from charity shops. People who normally dress "grunge" change their hair colour to appear less mainstream and more of an individual. Grunge is inherently anti-fashion. The stereotypical grunge outfit would be slightly baggy worn or ripped stone washed jeans with a plaid flannel over a grunge band shirt and lace up boots or Converse All-Stars.