Grunge style is back, but they have no f*cking idea lol

Posted by Historical_Fault7428@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 34 comments

I saw a picture of a dude in his early twenties, dressed like a Kurt Cobain clone. I made a pleasant comment about it and they had no idea what I'm talking about. Not a clue. It's just fashion lite grunge... 🙄

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ExperienceTop4498@reddit

When did it go out of style? Lol

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Historical_Fault7428@reddit (OP)

2004? 🤷🏼‍♀️

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WhiplashMotorbreath@reddit

O/P I'm going to blow your mind. wait for it, wait for it. The grunge look was the outdoorsmans look for a few decades before grunge even hit the local bar stages.

So o/p who really has no ducking idea. Many of us dressed that way in the late 70 early 80's.

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Historical_Fault7428@reddit (OP)

🤯

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KCcoffeegeek@reddit

I wore my first pair of Docs everyday for 5 years. And they were actual real leather. Now they look like they are made of plastic.

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graceparagonique2024@reddit

The most uncomfortable shoes I've ever owned were DM's.

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KCcoffeegeek@reddit

Yeah even my good old ones were terrible in terms of comfort but when I was in high school I didn’t notice.

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graceparagonique2024@reddit

I got them for safety shoes at work 20 some-odd years ago when I was a factory slave. My feet never hurt so much in my life.

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Universespitoon@reddit

Solivar used to be a manufacturer for DM before they sold out..

And you can buy direct from them now, Solivar became the go to boot for those who miss a good 8 hole combat sole.

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robb3566@reddit

Stolen valor!

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jtphilbeck@reddit

Kurt took his valor with him.

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Aggressive-Ad3064@reddit

OMG I'm going to use that from now on

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TheAnalogDad@reddit

Epic comment

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Chunga_13@reddit

Don't get me started on people wearing Iron Maiden t-shirts.

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MCMaude@reddit

I've said this and gotten downvoted before, but I stand beside it. Wearing a band T for a band you don't know is just weird. I don't know how else to say it. It's weird.

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Cool_Dark_Place@reddit

Agreed. I saw this starting to take off in the early 2000s when Hot Topic stores started really blowing up. Back then, the kids were all wearing Misfits shirts.

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Dark-Empath-@reddit

Agreed, as someone who had not Iron Maiden and Nirvana t-shirts due to the bands themselves.

Someone told me that kids are wearing Nirvana t-shirts now thinking that is the name of the fashion label.

Fuck my life.

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Guilty_Signal_6363@reddit

Dude you think I’m a Swifty just cause I like the chicks shirts? They fit my beer gut great.

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Weak-Seaworthiness76@reddit

Someone commented on my Master of puppets t the other day. I was like dude it took me so long to learn all the tracks on the bass back in the day...looked at me like I was speaking gobbledegook

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KCcoffeegeek@reddit

Master of Puppets were a cool band. They had this great song called “Metallica” or something like that.

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observeandretort@reddit

And THEY got sued by Napster.

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Historical_Fault7428@reddit (OP)

While listening to Foo Fighters.

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Hctc666@reddit

My 19yr old and his friends dress like Jesse Pinkman

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Aggressive-Ad3064@reddit

The outfit prolly cost him $400.

These kids can't even buy cheap thrift items anymore. Have you seen the prices at Goodwill??

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Historical_Fault7428@reddit (OP)

Yeah, well goodwill has been going downhill for a while! There are decent options tho. Threadup online and local small thrift stores.

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KCcoffeegeek@reddit

Of course, lumberjacks were looking at us when we dressed “grunge” and wondering when the last trees we felled were, exactly lol

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KCcoffeegeek@reddit

I was too poor to buy concert merchandise when I was young, and I lived in Italy for my formative years and the merch was nonexistent or weird for the bands I liked. My prize possession, other than having kept physical tickets to shows, is my Sonic Youth shirt from their European Dirty tour. Unfortunately, it’s a size I’ll likely never fit into again.🙃

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