Cheap comfort is important to grunge buyers
Students shy from designers,
opt for inexpensive thriftware
By Elizabeth Gamboa
Staff Reporter
Grunge fashion is typified by old
jeans, flannel shirts, T-shirts, and
Converse All-Star shoes. Although
many students at UNL dress this way,
most do not consider themselves to
be following a fashion trend.
“I think the (grunge) label is com
pletely irrelevant and stupid,” said
Jason Merritt, a University of Ne
braska-Lincoln sophomore fine arts
major. “I think maybe with some
people it’s a trend, and some other
people just don’t care what they
wear.”
Nevertheless, grunge fashion be
came a major movement last fall
when top designers like Ralph Lauren
began marketing flannel-like silk
shirts for $150. Since then, most
major designers have shown tattered
jeans or flannel shirts in their collec
tions.
“I think it’s popular among rich
brats who go and spend $50 on a flan
nel shirt when you can buy one for
75 cents at a thrift store,” said Jenni
fer Mapes, a UNL senior advertising
and history major.
But the commercialization of
grunge failed.
Designers lost money and grunge
fashion disappeared from the run
ways. Rather than wearing over
priced, artificially-aged clothes, many
students shop at thrift stores for in
expensive, comfortable clothing.
‘‘I usually do shop at thrift stores.
It’s cheaper, and I don’t really like
the clothes you can get in department
stores,” Aaron Shear, an undeclared
UNL freshman, said.
Goodwill Thrift Store employee
Amy Miller said, “I can understand
why college students shop at thrifi
stores, because the clothes are cheap
I guess people buy. grunge clothing
because it’s practical.”
At Goodwill, flannel shirts cost
approximately $2.99, and jeans run
from $2.99 to $3.99. Goodwill seems
to have recognized the popularity of
grunge clothes. In the South 56th
Street location, flannels are displayed
in one section along with vests, which
are also popular sale items. The store
has not suffered from the waning
popularity of grunge fashion.
“I think thrift stores are actually
doing pretty well because of grunge
fashion,” Miller said. “Sales are up.
People are more interested in buying
cheap clothing than something that’s
going to go out of style in two weeks.”
The Salvation Army Thrift Store
is also frequented by college students.
Its flannel shirts run from 99 cents
to $2.99; pants run from 99 cents to
$2.49; and jeans run from $3.79 to
$5.79.
“Flannel shirts are very popular
sale items right now — and, of
course, jeans. We sell a lot of farmer
type bib overalls, and long coats and,
of course, T-shirts,” Capt. Rubottom,
Salvation Army Thrift Store admin
istrator, said.
The Ozone is a popular thrift store
that opened last year. Its prices are a
little higher than the bigger chain
thrift stores. However, many students
find the prices reasonable because the
clothing has already been picked
through, making it easier to find
wearable items.
“I sell basically comfortable, worn
clothing,” owner Jim Stevens said.
“Some of the clothes we sell, like used
Levis, you can’t find in thrift stores.
“In most other thrift stores, you
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can only find flannels in small sizes,
and we sell larger ones.”
At the Ozone, flannel shirts cost
approximately $5, although this price
is still considerably lower than a new
flannel shirt, even at a discount store.
The Rialto Extra specializes in
vintage clothing.
Rialto employee Carla Agena said,
“People are buying a lot of jeans, a
lot of work shirts with names on
them, and bowling shirts and dresses
with flower prints.”
Vintage flannel shirts from the
1950s can be found at the Rialto for
approximately $12; old jeans run
from $9 to $12; and work shirts with.
names sell for $5, while those with
out names sell for $4.
Since college students tend to have
little money and little time to worry
about what to put on in the morning,
thrift stores continue to profit, and
old, comfortable clothing continues
to be popular.
“Grunge probably goes back a
long time. People have been dress
ing sloppy for a long time,” Shear
said. “I think it’s just been labeled
grunge in the last few years.”
Play provides glimpse into young black community
By John Fulwldf_
Staff Reporter
The producers of “Our Young
Black Men are Dying and Nobody
Seems to Care” hope their play will
help the audience see the world
from a different point of view —
that of young black men. It will be
performed tonight at 7:30 p.m. in
the Nebraska Union Ballroom.
“Our Young Black Men” is the
seventh program to be put on by
the University Program Council
this semester. Kim Spurlock, event
director for “Our Young Black
Men,” said UPC chose the play
both for its multicultural focus and
for the reputation of Living the
Dream Inc., the group performing
the play.
“As event director, I thought
that there needed to be more
multicultural programming and
black programming. One reason
was because they came in Febru*
ary and did ‘What About Black
Women’ and a lot of people
thought the play was good ... so
they decided to try this for this
year,” Spurlock said.
Jeffro Johnson, one of the three
actors in the show, said that some
of the issues presented in the play
could not be found in any of the
mainstream media.
“The play will show the audi
ence things that they cannot hear
on the radio, see on television or
read in the newspaper. We are
opening a window to the black
community and letting people take
a peek for an hour,” Johnson said.
The play is primarily a drama.
“'Our Young Black Men’ is a
drama with a humorous vein. It is
not meant to be funny. ... It will
make you want to smile, while at
the same time you are wiping away
a tear,” Johnson said.
The play will be one hour long,
and divided into two acts. Each act
has several individual short skits,
such as “I Was Killed on Prom
Night,” “I Found This Bag of
Drugs” and “Immune to Love.”
Johnson said the skits covered
nearly every issue important to a
young black male, including sur
viving, getting a job and losing a
loved one to suicide or violence.
But both Johnson and Spurlock
said the most important part of the
show was not the play itself, but
the 30-minute discussion after
ward.
“You discuss your feelings
about the play — not whether it
was good or bad — but what you
got out of it.” Spurlock said. “And
so it’s a lot of interaction with the
audience. And the audience can
ask them questions about any
thing.”
Spurlock said the audience
would benefit from seeing “Our
Young Black Men.”
“I think this will give the audi
ence a better view of what really
goes on, not only in the United
States but in Nebraska too,... with
black-on-black violence, and
gangs, and AIDS,” Spurlock said.
Johnson had a word of advice
for the audience:
“Bring your heart and it’ll defi
nitely be fuller when you leave.”
Tickets for “Our Young Black
Men” are available at the door for
S3 for students and $5 for non-stu
dents.
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