Tough Love: Grunge 2.0

Freja Beha Erichsen gets her grunge on in the Reserved Fall '13 Lookbook. 

Originally posted in The LOOK

You may not have been lucky enough to live through it; The days when Donna, David, Steve, Kelly, Brenda, Brandon, Dylan and some random girl named Andrea (An-DRAY-ah) ruled primetime and we all knew the Beverly Hills zip code. Where Liv Tyler and her besties worked at Empire Records, selling music (but not selling out, of course). Where Ethan Hawke and Jared Leto were so hot but everything else was like, 'Whatever'. Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder filled walkmans with All Apologies and Rear View Mirrors. And instead of selfies, tweets and Instagram, there were just camcorders, playing cards and bush parties. Then Kurt Cobain died, Soundgarden broke up, and Britney Spears put on her cheerleader outfit, and the grunge era was officially gone. Sigh...

Until now, that is. Grunge style is back in a very big way, with plaid flannel, ripped jeans, layered up tees, floral frocks, slip dresses and combat boots flooding the stores this fall. Wicked.

Whether you were a '90s teen or are just trying this out for the first time, see below for the essential pieces you need to be a total grunge goddess. (Oh, and don't forget to rock out to Nirvana to get in the (teen) spirit)...

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