La rébellion de la mode féminine de Kurt Cobain
Photographie originale ci-dessus de Stéphane Sednaoui . Kurt Cobain en pull Dries Van Noten, Dave Grohl en pull Todd Oldham, Krist Novoselic en pull Joan Vass, écharpes (portées en jupes) de Gene Meyer.
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En 1993, lors d'une séance photo pour le magazine Mademoiselle, Nirvana a présenté ses membres en jupe et en pull. Le groupe, et surtout Cobain, a utilisé son immense tribune pour repousser les frontières entre les sexes et remettre en question l'idée rigide de la masculinité que se fait la société.
Kurt Cobain, connu en partie pour son style androgyne, portait occasionnellement des robes et des jupes, déclarant :
« J'aime porter des robes parce qu'elles sont confortables. Le fait que les hommes portent des robes n'est pas controversé. »
Il portait également souvent des accessoires typiquement féminins, comme de grandes lunettes de soleil ovales blanches, du maquillage et du vernis à ongles.
Kurt Cobain portant des lunettes de soleil Christian Roth et du vernis à ongles usé, années 1990
Cobain en robe bleue et maquillage des yeux, sur la couverture du magazine The Face , 1993
La mode de Cobain lui a permis d'exprimer clairement sa personnalité et ses opinions, et a continué à inspirer des générations d'individus et de créateurs.
Pour en savoir plus sur la séance photo, cliquez ici , et pour découvrir en détail comment le style de Cobain s'intègre dans une culture en évolution, lisez Ce que Kurt Cobain signifie pour ceux qui ne correspondent pas au moule .
Kurt Cobain se produit dans une robe à imprimé floral, Amherst, 1990. Image : Malibu PR Gal.
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@Faldaguy thanks for sharing this – what a great story, especially considering you didn’t realize who you were with until later.
I bet you’re glad you went to this random little fabric showing :)
Here is a post I made last year on SC — apropos to Corbain’s skirt source!
Nirvana, Curt Cobain and skirts made me flash back to a recent outing. We were housesitting on Puget Island in the middle of the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington last Christmas season when a Fabric Show was being held in the hall of a church in the little village of Naselle, WA, which seemed like a pleasant excursion in getting acquainted with the region. We arrived at a fantastic display of grand fabric hangings done by a woman named Darbury wearing a ‘delightful’ skirt that she told me she made while giving mine the kind of look that she could do better by me; and me thinking as I was observing her skirt, “maybe I should ask her to make me one”?
It was a small gathering and we chatted with the few attendees and the family entourage with Darbury. We picked up a small booklet she had assembled of some of her work, had her sign it, and in the process met her husband Krist and learned of his interest in flying, including owning three planes, and the price of organic potatoes he had raised. Nothing dramatic or special, just a very pleasant afternoon with some nice folks, one of whom said she had been fascinated with fabrics for years and had a space where she had worked on these for several years, but not shown them before.
I had heard of Curt Cobain and the band Nirvana, but their genre did not appeal to me, and neither my wife or I had followed them. Only upon returning ‘home’ to the Island did we learn we had been in the company of some local celebrities! The Krist we had met was Cobain’s co-founder of the band! He has quite an extensive track record in the music industry, and in local politics — latest notes, say he actually qualified to have his name added to the ballot for the 2024 Presidential race — and then dropped out after achieving the 1000 signatures — smart man!
But we learned after returning home it was Darbury and her fabric fascination who was responsible for some of the band’s attire and MIS seen around the Cobain presentations. We learned she had a national reputation for high end design work and outlets in several major cities for custom-made clothing. I rue my ignorance in not having given her the challenge of ‘fixing’ my skirt, but no doubt my pocket book is better off.
The picture below is one I took while we chatted with her in front of one of the large pieces on display — sadly it does not display how well she wore the skirt of her making.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sGm6V64PZyu7opiW7