The year was 1991…Nirvana and Pearl Jam owned the airwaves, stocks and the economy were shaken by the Savings and Loan Crisis, and a young Chris Farley taught us how to laugh every Saturday Night.
And oh yeah, we were all wearing flannel shirts.
The flannel shirt trend came out of the Seattle thrift store culture and it accompanied the Grunge music wave that swept the nation. It seems that pre-Starbucks, Seattle only had one other employer of note, Boeing, which was having a tough time of it’s own back then. When the dismal state of Seattle’s employment picture combined itself with our national hangover from eighties excess, the stage was set for the emergence of Grunge as nineties teens sought to own their moment, recession and all.
Two recessions later, it appears that the flannel shirt is coming back (see below):
Today's Grunge Comeback
The children of the the eighties and early nineties are now grown up homeowners and they’re cutting back on the allowances they give their now-teenage children. With teenage unemployment in the 20 percent range, what once was old is new again as that grungie feeling is coming back.
The kids of this generation are being offered the flannel shirt look from just about every teen-focused retailer in their rapidly-deteriorating local shopping mall.
Below are some examples from Gap, Aeropostale, Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle Outfitters and Hollister…I probably could’ve found many more but then my eyes and ears started bleeding from prolonged exposure to these websites.
Take what you’re being given while I call a few hospitals:
Aeropostale
American Eagle Outfitters
Abercrombie & Fitch
Hollister
Gap
The cool kids will hit the vintage and thrift stores like mommy and daddy did back in ’91. The rest will take mommy and daddy’s maxed-out credit cards to the mall and miss the point of grunge fashion entirely.
Flannels have always been “in” with me. Nothing like flannels. As a woman, I prefer men’s flannels. They are larger than women’s sizes and are so very comfortable. Often, I am stealing the flannels from my husbands side of the closet. He’s used to me wearing his flannels now. In fact, he has stopped protesting and only raises a single eye brow. :o)
Flannels have always been “in” with me. Nothing like flannels. As a woman, I prefer men’s flannels. They are larger than women’s sizes and are so very comfortable. Often, I am stealing the flannels from my husbands side of the closet. He’s used to me wearing his flannels now. In fact, he has stopped protesting and only raises a single eye brow. :o)
Flannels have always been “in” with me. Nothing like flannels. As a woman, I prefer men’s flannels. They are larger than women’s sizes and are so very comfortable. Often, I am stealing the flannels from my husbands side of the closet. He’s used to me wearing his flannels now. In fact, he has stopped protesting and only raises a single eye brow. :o)
sorry. i know gansters/cholos that were rockin flannels well before cobain was known for anything at all. same side of the coin, it never left it just stopped being hipster trend and since ppl wear what theyre told is cool its a “comeback” (wearin a flannel while type this, been since bout “88)
sorry. i know gansters/cholos that were rockin flannels well before cobain was known for anything at all. same side of the coin, it never left it just stopped being hipster trend and since ppl wear what theyre told is cool its a “comeback” (wearin a flannel while type this, been since bout “88)
sorry. i know gansters/cholos that were rockin flannels well before cobain was known for anything at all. same side of the coin, it never left it just stopped being hipster trend and since ppl wear what theyre told is cool its a “comeback” (wearin a flannel while type this, been since bout “88)
I’ve noticed this trend, and would like to heartily protest. Flannel is only okay if you’re out in the fields or haulin’ logs.
But besides that, I totally agree with the last paragraph – the kids buying this from Hollister/Abercrombie/other store that is more expensive but the same brand, will not realize that they’re missing the point. Sort of like Hot Topic, but that’s another story.
I’ve noticed this trend, and would like to heartily protest. Flannel is only okay if you’re out in the fields or haulin’ logs.
But besides that, I totally agree with the last paragraph – the kids buying this from Hollister/Abercrombie/other store that is more expensive but the same brand, will not realize that they’re missing the point. Sort of like Hot Topic, but that’s another story.
I’ve noticed this trend, and would like to heartily protest. Flannel is only okay if you’re out in the fields or haulin’ logs.
But besides that, I totally agree with the last paragraph – the kids buying this from Hollister/Abercrombie/other store that is more expensive but the same brand, will not realize that they’re missing the point. Sort of like Hot Topic, but that’s another story.
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Flannels have always been “in” with me. Nothing like flannels. As a woman, I prefer men’s flannels. They are larger than women’s sizes and are so very comfortable. Often, I am stealing the flannels from my husbands side of the closet. He’s used to me wearing his flannels now. In fact, he has stopped protesting and only raises a single eye brow. :o)
Flannels have always been “in” with me. Nothing like flannels. As a woman, I prefer men’s flannels. They are larger than women’s sizes and are so very comfortable. Often, I am stealing the flannels from my husbands side of the closet. He’s used to me wearing his flannels now. In fact, he has stopped protesting and only raises a single eye brow. :o)
Flannels have always been “in” with me. Nothing like flannels. As a woman, I prefer men’s flannels. They are larger than women’s sizes and are so very comfortable. Often, I am stealing the flannels from my husbands side of the closet. He’s used to me wearing his flannels now. In fact, he has stopped protesting and only raises a single eye brow. :o)
Love this.
Flannel is most definitely the way to go; I agree that mens flannel is better than womens.
Thanks for posting this.
Love this.
Flannel is most definitely the way to go; I agree that mens flannel is better than womens.
Thanks for posting this.
Love this.
Flannel is most definitely the way to go; I agree that mens flannel is better than womens.
Thanks for posting this.
sorry. i know gansters/cholos that were rockin flannels well before cobain was known for anything at all. same side of the coin, it never left it just stopped being hipster trend and since ppl wear what theyre told is cool its a “comeback” (wearin a flannel while type this, been since bout “88)
sorry. i know gansters/cholos that were rockin flannels well before cobain was known for anything at all. same side of the coin, it never left it just stopped being hipster trend and since ppl wear what theyre told is cool its a “comeback” (wearin a flannel while type this, been since bout “88)
sorry. i know gansters/cholos that were rockin flannels well before cobain was known for anything at all. same side of the coin, it never left it just stopped being hipster trend and since ppl wear what theyre told is cool its a “comeback” (wearin a flannel while type this, been since bout “88)
I’ve noticed this trend, and would like to heartily protest. Flannel is only okay if you’re out in the fields or haulin’ logs.
But besides that, I totally agree with the last paragraph – the kids buying this from Hollister/Abercrombie/other store that is more expensive but the same brand, will not realize that they’re missing the point. Sort of like Hot Topic, but that’s another story.
I’ve noticed this trend, and would like to heartily protest. Flannel is only okay if you’re out in the fields or haulin’ logs.
But besides that, I totally agree with the last paragraph – the kids buying this from Hollister/Abercrombie/other store that is more expensive but the same brand, will not realize that they’re missing the point. Sort of like Hot Topic, but that’s another story.
I’ve noticed this trend, and would like to heartily protest. Flannel is only okay if you’re out in the fields or haulin’ logs.
But besides that, I totally agree with the last paragraph – the kids buying this from Hollister/Abercrombie/other store that is more expensive but the same brand, will not realize that they’re missing the point. Sort of like Hot Topic, but that’s another story.
No offense, but you’re at least a year behind.
Plus, Rachel Bilson isn’t even wearing flannel in that picture, and Mary-Kate has pretty much always dressed like that.
Oh and all of those shirts you posted are for guys and are from stores that have always sold shirts like that since the beginning of time.
What is it about a plaid cotton/wool shirt of a certain weight that symbolizes poverty anyway?
No offense, but you’re at least a year behind.
Plus, Rachel Bilson isn’t even wearing flannel in that picture, and Mary-Kate has pretty much always dressed like that.
Oh and all of those shirts you posted are for guys and are from stores that have always sold shirts like that since the beginning of time.
What is it about a plaid cotton/wool shirt of a certain weight that symbolizes poverty anyway?
No offense, but you’re at least a year behind.
Plus, Rachel Bilson isn’t even wearing flannel in that picture, and Mary-Kate has pretty much always dressed like that.
Oh and all of those shirts you posted are for guys and are from stores that have always sold shirts like that since the beginning of time.
What is it about a plaid cotton/wool shirt of a certain weight that symbolizes poverty anyway?