Alternative Fashion Is Having a Mainstream Moment. That Doesn't Make It Mainstream.
Originally published as part of Kunt Commentary by Kunts Live Forever. By Rose Baxter Something funny happens every few years. The fashion world discovers alternative people again. Suddenly black is interesting. Chains are interesting. Leather is interesting. Torn shirts are interesting. Goth is interesting. Punk is interesting. Something somebody would have called weird six months ago walks down a runway and now we're supposed to discuss its cultural significance. Apparently weird becomes fashionable on a rotating schedule. Right now, we're having another one of those moments. Gothic elements have been showing up prominently in fashion coverage, punk and rock influences are appearing on runways, rave culture is being pulled into high fashion, and London street style continues doing what London street style does best mixing things that aren't necessarily supposed to go together and making them work anyway. And you know what? I don't actually have a problem with it. N...