Grunge Romantic — Inspiration for Spring 2016

The trend of Milan Fashion Week AW16 that really resonated with me was the eclectic combination of grunge and very feminine and romantic feel on the runways. There are so many reasons for which grunge era is very close to my heart and soul. (Just look at the mood board below; with one exception, the inspiration from the British TV Show “Desperate Romantics”not from the nineties, which very interestingly portrays a group of Pre-Raphaelite poets in the nineteenth century, the real grunge “generation” of their times.) The relationship between music sub-cultures and fashion is a tricky one. When grunge happened, the dirtier, the less fancy, the more “I don’t care look”, the less “polished” sound, the best. With inspirations of punk and goth origins and now grunge influences in modern fashion, it’s easy to make clothes look repetitive, too haute-couture, too shiny but not exactly modern.

Luckily, designers like Alberta Ferretti and Fausto Puglisi made it work without showing clothes being a mirror-reflection of the grunge era. Their designs are edgy, but not too dramatic; modern but with a soft feminine feel; not strictly casual or not too formal; very street-fashion inspired. 2016 is very much a come-back of the 90’s nostalgia with the new episodes of Twin Peaks in the making and Courtney Love publishing her memoir and having her signature collection for Nasty Gal. I cannot wait to see what’s next. In the meantime, I enjoy dreaming about black dresses from Needle & Thread, which make me think about the vocalist of the 90’s band, Elastica, amazing collection from David Michael, which can really make you feel that nineties are so on!; and nobody can re-interpret music related trends more skillfully than Marc Jacobs with his gorgeous platform heels!

Let me know what is your favorite thing about 90’s and I hope that those won’t be the flannel checked shirts, although I do not have anything against them! Just so many other inspiring elements to choose from that cool decade!!! Grunge forever!!! (At least in 2016!)

Oh Nineties! — Grunge Romantic Moodboard

Romantic Grunge Inspirations during MFW AW16N°21 -/- Fausto Puglisi-/- Alberta Ferretti