Grunge Gone Glam



Before we start, let me throw you some food for thought. Have you ever thought that Taylor Momsen could actually look like Taylor Swift? Or Sky Ferreira could make an appearance in Carolina Herrera?

What are your answers?

Here's mine: I highly doubt so...

But do you think, that one fine day when the Sun rises from the West and chickens start waddling in ponds, that the aforementioned party for both case scenarios would able to have a fusion? Imagine the top half of Taylor Momsen matched with the opposite half of what Taylor Swift could offer, or vice versa. Imagine Sky Ferreira in a Carolina Herrera, or Carolina Herrera emulating Sky Ferreira?

Lol, jk.

No but wait, don't you guys think it's a good idea to amalgamate two so disparate and almost incompatible styles together? They all say 'like poles repel, unlike poles attract'. What if these two uniquely distinguishable and diverging styles were able to simulate the aforementioned phrase (instead of it being used in the context of magnets)? What if they were meant to attract and to devise a distinctive style so rare yet so raved upon? What if they were meant to be?

In fact, they've been loving ever since they met! The whole doctrine behind coalescing the duo to come up with a term coined 'Grunge Gone Glam' or 'Glam Gone Grunge' or 'Grunge Gone Chic' or GTA (Grunge Turned Alluring, not to be confused with grand theft auto) have resulted in ubiquitously flooding street styles. Think how patchwork jeans with court stilettos, skirt with booties and biker jackets with dresses have been proliferating Tommy Ton's photography.

Before I actually blather on and on like I did talking about bags and got all you guys overwhelmed with boredom, above images adduces my synthesis of the notion coined as 'Grunge gone Glam'. Of course with all these tête-à-tête ongoing about grunge infused glam, how could we lack the wardrobe's necessity, aka the leather (faux here, but it can be faux or un-faux) biker jacket, as well as (wedged) sneakers? I guess everything's pretty much grungey though, like that wide ass brim hat which is wider than the widest pit hole I've ever seen (lol what?), those black skinny jeans and that cat-eyed sunglasses. What's the only glam part to this outfit? I presume the floral (embossed over my milkshakes) shirt.

'Okay so how is outfit two infused with best of both words?', something you might actually ponder. Well, let's just say the clutch and the watch are fabulous (actually the shoes are too, they are Manolos. Lol, jk.) whereas the other part of my body is just pure grunge.

(Image one shows Hat from Zara Men (ikr?), Shirt and Biker jacket from Topshop, Jeans from COS and Wedge sneakers from Buffalo. Image two shows T-shirt from Topman, Shorts from H&M, Denim shirt from Topshop and Clutch from Zara)

Image credits Monochrome Mafia