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In the early 1990s, what was the actual reason Kurt Cobain and his fellow grunge musicians wore ripped, torn jeans?
Answer
They were genuinely too poor to buy new clothes
Kurt Cobain and his bandmates came from working-class backgrounds and often wore thrifted, worn-out clothing out of financial necessity, not as a calculated style choice.
💡 Did you know?
Grunge's deliberately ripped jeans trend started because Kurt Cobain and bandmates were genuinely poor, not making a fashion statement.
Other options people guess
- It was a deliberate protest against designer fashion prices
- Their record label mandated a rugged stage image
- It was copied directly from a runway trend of the era
Topics
- grunge
- 1990s
- fashion
- kurt-cobain
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