We’ve been discussing how subcultures have influenced mainstream fashionable dress since the 1950s. This week, we’ll explore how the cultures around grunge music impacted dress in the 1990s with the In Vogue: The 1990s Podcast produced by Vogue.
- Listen to the podcast “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Grunge”
- Then, consider the following questions:
- Define the elements of the grunge style, what specific garments from working class culture in the Pacific Northwest were worn by those who were a part of this subculture?
- What cultural and social context did this manner of dressing try to define itself against?
- How was the grunge style received when it showed up on the runway in the Perry Ellis collection by Marc Jacobs?
