I was a Grunge teenager in the 90’s (in the uk) I got bullied at school because of how I dressed. Then the high street shops started stocking Grunge inspired clothes and all the girls who bullied me were now wearing Grunge. So many music movements end up being popular high street fashion. I still predominantly have a grudge style now in my 40’s

I like how you include the history and the impact on culture <333

Oh and yes PLEASE do a video on fairycore grunge and even twlilightcore I think that would be so cool! ModernGurlz did an excellent video on twilightcore that I think you would love!!!!

Grunge is probably the easiest to dress up as for a costume

This is such a good analysis. No one ever mentions green river in grunge analysis! They were the first grunge band.

I really appreciate  the acknowledgment of how characaturized certain elements of alternative styles have become (ex. Wednesday Addams dresses, leather jackets becoming mainstream, EXPENSIVE boots/platforms, etc.). I think that alternative styles becoming more mainstream is kinda frustrating but NOT completely problematic UNLESS the subversiveness and roots in poverty are ignored.

I grew up listening to grunge music, and have been dressing grunge since I was small. Kinda helps that all my clothes were hand me downs lol. Still dress grunge today. Baggy clothes be mah favourite things, Always so comfy and easy to move in :)

I love that there are specific items of clothing that can be seen in images worn by both Kurt and Courtney (ex. some dresses, mohair sweaters and that leopard print coat).  Courtney was more than grunge, she was protective of the niche "kinderwhore" aesthetic (though there are debates about who started it), it might be interesting to explore some of that less androgenous and more sexual look.
Thank you for addressing the "anti-fashion" differences between punk and grunge, it's often left a bit vauge; punk was anti-fashion to make a statement, grunge was anti-fashion because they just didn't care.

I wish I could have grown up during the grunge era except I was only just born lol

love this!!! I dress grunge-ish ever since 2013 and honestly it's one of the coolest aesthetics we had so far in the 21st century! it needs to make a comeback!!!

i think it's important to remember that grunge aesthetic was just what they already wore. and i think that's why it's still popular. it was just clothes and not a costume. it was distraught because they couldn't afford new. that fairy grunge just look like a renfaire costume. also water is the enemy of grunge don't wash your clothes and don't wash yourself

Just listened to bambam ground zero. I can see why kurt liked them

One tip if you want to look grungy: keep using the same cloths for many years until they are old and ripped. That’s all what we did back in the 90s. Jeans used to be tight rather than baggy. That comes from the punk influence. We used to wear under pants. About girls, the perfect example was Liv Tyler in Empire Records. Baggy sweater, mini skirt and boots. Also you can wear punk t-shirts but you need to know more that 5 their songs. Jk.

courtney love is heavily underrated as a style icon

I loved that you mentioned/acknowledged Tina Bell yesss

Elder millenial here lol.

Back in the day me and my friends used to joke it was a cross between hippie and punk lol.

That might sound weird to folks nowadays, but there is a shared look and influence from both.

Dressing like this wasn't just freeing to us a baby dŷkes (thank you for bringing this up), it also is a "look" unbound by a specific scene. Me and my friends listened to metal and goth music too and all kinds of music tbh.

And that's kinda the thing about "grunge" as a look: it's aesthetically WHATEVER.

the line that you put in that punk is the holden caufield of musics GOT ME

I got really involved in this one, taking notes and thinking of analogs in art and intellectual history and I thought I had what Grunge was nailed but near the end I wasn't sure. This was a hard subject for me, anti-fashion fashion, a dialectic.We all know what the Grunge "look" is, we know it when we see it. Punk: get the hell out of here with Punk. Punk isn't even on the same end of the spectrum as Grunge. For the same reason I didn't take to the Pale Grunge and Fairy Grunge. How dare they appropriate the name! Those are CLEARLY intentional fashion. I don't know what I would have thought of Pale and Fairy if it didn't misappropriate Grunge. Now, you could argue that after Nirvana realized that not making a statement was becoming a statement that they should have changed. But then that would be intentional, the opposite of Grunge. So, all of these dialectics: grunge=scum becomes chic; ripped jeans cuz I'm poor man, to deliberately ripped jeans. I'm sorry, that's pathetic. You cleared this confusion up for me when you said near the end that Grunge was all about "authenticity." That reconciled all of the contradictions to my satisfaction. Can you tell I liked this vlog? :) I really, REALLY did.

please do fairy grudge analysis~!! thanky you~~

you seem like such a pleasant and fun person, this video was really cool to watch !!