PFor those who don’t like to respect the rules and dress without worries, the most libertine aesthetic of all is back in fashion: grunge. Ancestor of the style bratlast year’s youth phenomenon, returns to the Autumn-Winter 2025 2026 wardrobe a style characterized by stratificationstexture, oversized knitwear and an idea of freedom experienced naturally.
Fashion returns to flirt with controlled disorderthe one that transforms the outfit into a declaration of independence. Even in a winter key, between sweaters and cardigans.
Where we have already seen it
Grunge was born late 80s in Seattlewhen music and fashion begin to intertwine in the rejection of the glossy glamor of the era. Kurt Cobain And Courtney Love they become symbols of a rebellious aesthetic, made of flannel shirts, ripped jeans, baggy cardigans and Dr. Martens. It is a visual language that speaks of disenchantment and authenticity, of restless youth and freedom of expression. In the 90s grunge also entered the catwalks: Marc Jacobs consecrated it in 1993 with his collection for Perry Ellis, transforming it from a street trend to a cultural manifesto.
Onitsuka Tiger Autumn-Winter 2025 2026.
Today, with nineties nostalgia more alive than ever, grunge returns among the key inspirations for Autumn/Winter 2025-2026updated by a more sophisticated touch. It is found in thick knitwear and ethereal skirtsin scruffy collars and garments worn carelessly, as on the catwalk by Onitsuka Tiger, which reinterprets the rebellious spirit with a contemporary aesthetic.
The freedom to be grunge in 2025
On the catwalk, Onitsuka Tiger’s grunge look plays on nonchalance: a Gray graphic sweater with Nordic pattern it is worn over one ecru shirt of which only half a collar is visible, combined with a chunky chocolate-colored cardigan and to one milky white skirt that skims the soft leather high boots.
It’s the return of grunge style to the catwalks.
To replicate the purposefully distracted look, that’s it mix opposite materials – wool, silk, leather – and balance the volumes. The mistake to avoid is make the look too constructed: the essence of grunge lies precisely in its apparent carelessness.
It is a spontaneous harmony, made of oversized garments and fluid proportions which, even in 2025, is trendy.