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Remembering style icon Kurt Cobain

The oversized cardigans, those bug-eye shades, the ripped jeans and flannel shirts -- 30 years on from his death, Kurt Cobain's style lives on as much as his music. It may have disturbed the anti-corporate icon to see how his thrift-store outfits have been repurposed into ultra-expensive garms. But from the moment Nirvana's breakout single...

Culture

Balenciaga to partner with The Royal Opera House on Cobain-inspired show

London’s The Royal Opera House has announced a partnership with luxury fashion brand Balenciaga, which will see some of the label’s pieces from its autumn 2022 and winter 2022 collections featured in a new stage show. ‘Last Days’, which is based on Gus Van Sant’s 2005 film of the same name, opened in Linbury Theatre on October 7 and aims to...

Fashion

Kurt Cobain's cigarette-burned sweater sold for 334,000 dollars

A quarter century after grunge's enigmatic rhapsodist took his own life, Kurt Cobain's iconic cigarette-singed cardigan worn during Nirvana's 1993 "Unplugged" performance has sold for $334,000. The tattered, olive-green, Manhattan-brand, button-up sweater, which has never been washed since Cobain wore it, came with dark stains and a burn hole....

Fashion

The cardigan that sold for 137,500 dollars

It wasn't just any cardigan that sold for 137,500 dollars. It was a dishevelled five-button acrylic, mohair and lycra mix, without a hint of wool, cashmere or luxe fibres, but worn as it was by former Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain it far exceeded its expectation of fetching 15,000 dollars when it went up for auction this week. The relevance of...