haute grunge

haute grunge?

what exactly is it?

the social pages of a certain sunday paper included a certain opening night that i went to last week and said: "Alarmed: the haute grunge dressing".

now forgive me my ignorance Miss Reines, or whoever, but the way i remember grunge fashion was nothing like what was going on at this opening night. nothing like it. nothing.

i asked my friend Mikael, an expert on music and fashion, with grunge, certainly, being his oevre, what "haute grunge dressing" is and he confirmed my suspicions: what i saw at this premiere was a very different beast to what "haute grunge dressing" actually is. His explanation of "haute grunge dressing" went like this:

"flannel shirt, pale blue jeans you have cut off at the knees, black converse high tops, stripey multicoloured socks, and (this is an Australian variant)a tumbleweed tee (free with the first 100 copies of 'sundial')under the flanny. Oh, and Asian bob with undercuts. On cold days you may also wear a long sleeved Mudhoney tee under the Tumbleweed short sleeve. Nirvana's 'negative creep' taped over and over on side A of your C-90 cassette tape, which is in your walkman at all times, on side B you have, of course, 'Nevermind' but you will never say to anyone that you actually like that 'sellout' album."

have to admit that i am inclined to agree,

didnt see anyone like that at the opening.