Kinderwhore

thumb|Kat Bjelland wearing a kinderwhore outfit in 1992|150px Kinderwhore is a fashion style most notably worn by some female grunge and alternative rock musicians in the US during the early to mid-1990s. The style is characterized through the combination of cute, feminine fashion items like babydoll and Peter Pan collared dresses, with more adult aspects like smudged red lipstick and dark eye makeup. It has its origins in the mid-1980s band Pagan Babies, which featured future Babes in Toyland vocalist/guitarist Kat Bjelland and future Hole vocalist/guitarist Courtney Love, who lived together and shared clothes. Following the band's disbandment, the two's subsequent bands achieved significant mainstream success and led to the fashion being popularised amongst the general public and being referenced by high fashion designers including Marc Jacobs.

==Fashion== Kinderwhore fashion is based around a childlike fashion silhouette and accessories in combination with punk fashion's "rips and tears". Common items include torn, ripped tight or low-cut babydoll and Peter-Pan-collared dresses, knee-socks, heavy makeup with dark eyeliner, slip dresses, ripped tights, bleached hair, smudged red lipstick, lingerie, cardigans, barrettes, and leather boots or Mary Jane shoes.