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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...

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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...