She's A Bitch

In the spirit of celebrating Riot Grrrls, here are some of fashion's greatest punks that ever walked the runway...









Jamie Bochert, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Kristen Mcnemamy, Erin O'Connor, Stella Tennant, Karen Elson, Mariacarla Boscono

Rebel Grrrls

The Riot Grrrl movement was the raw development of female empowerment and provocative aggression that really hit nerves in the early 90's. Rooted by some certain proto-punksters, Patti Smith and The Runaways, girls really would never be the same. Perhaps the most poetic summation of what being a "Riot Grrrl" is all about, is heard early on in The Slits "Typical Girls" from 1979:

"Typical Girls"
Typical girls are sensitive
Typical girls are emotional
Typical girls are cruel and bewitching
She's a femme fatale
Typical girls stand by their man
Typical girls are really swell
Typical girls learn how to act shocked
Typical girls don't rebel

Who invented the typical girl?
Who's bringing out the new improved model?
And there's another marketing ploy
Typical girl gets the typical boy



The sound was perfected in the 90's by Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill and Bratmobile, all signed to the label that pioneered the movement, Kill Rock Stars. Sleater-Kinney's career spanned more than a decade; and rightfully so, they are the best and most successful act of the sub-genre. However, the signature Riot Grrrl track comes from Bikini Kill with their boisterous "Rebel Girl".



Although not the same breed, several other female-fronted groups were founded in the same vain as the Riot Grrrl's; most notably, Veruca Salt, Hole, PJ Harvey and later Be Your Own Pet, Marnie Stern, and The Gossip. The movement never ceased and instead holds true to its purest form even today. Ironically enough, it's one of the strongest standing forces that ever hit airwaves, not to mention one of the most revolutionary.

Versace Raised Kane

Donatella Versace deemed Christopher Kane a reincarnation of her late brother, Gianni Versace, before his first collection ever even hit the runway. So is Kane worthy of such an esteemed honor? From the looks of it, the answer is YES...


















Versace 1992, Christopher Kane Spring 2006, Versace Fall 1996, Christopher Kane 2007, Versace 1993, Versus (by Christopher Kane) Spring 2010, Versace, Christopher Kane Fall 2010, Versace 1994, Christopher Kane Spring 2010, Versace, Christopher Kane Fall 2009, Versace 1997, Versus (by Christopher Kane) Spring 2011, Versace, Versus (by Christopher Kane) Fall 2010

All Versace images HERE

All Buttoned Up

On Repeat

The Stone Roses foreshadowed what new Britain would be and sound like throughout the 1990's. Their classic eponymous debut may have been the band's only deserving work but its influence still resonates today, as proven in the Raveonettes new and awesome cover of "I Wanna Be Adored". The track begins the album's psychedelic and entrancing spiral that would later evolve into jungle beats of Britpop mastery. It is, in my opinion, the best and most prolific song of the band's much too short-lived career.