chick in the city//*

I’ve personally always been a fan of the hardcore scene – sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll and all of that. Sid Vicious? Hit me up. The Runaways? All for it.

The glitzy, laid-back glamour of the Sex Pistols and Nirvana and other grunge-y, punk pop bands always had that dirty glam appeal to me. The razor-cut hair, the beaten up boots, the messy makeup – they all spoke of this high-up glitterworld where I could never be.

I grew up in a time when one of the kings of grunge – Kurt Cobain – had just died, and boy bands and girl groups were merging into the music scene.  The scruffy clothes and dirty-soled Converses were being traded for sky-high platforms and gold lamé minidresses, the hastily done locks for bottle blonde permawaves.

Despite all of this (or maybe because) I learned to embrace all kinds of music – the drugged out rock of the seventies, the cookie-cutter pop of the early nineties, the mainstream and indie scene of today.

Unfortunately, the punk look doesn’t quite suit me.

Round-faced and wholesome faces with curly hair and long-lashed eyes don’t really go hand in hand with the emaciated heroin-addict’s sunken jowls and shrunken figure. So I decided to play it safe – stick to the classics, be trendy, be boring.

Then Taylor Momsen came along and shook things up.

Her Teen Vogue photo shoot was totally channeling Joan Jett. Check the picture out if you don’t believe.

Her blonde cropped ‘do – remind you of anyone?

Sound bites from the pint-sized rock goddess: “I grew up listening to the Beatles, Blondie, and Joan Jett, and I love Nirvana.”

On her hair: “I had long, pretty hair, and it didn’t fit me. I’m pretty, but I’m not, like, a ‘pretty girl.’ So I pulled up a bunch of photos of Joan Jett and said, ‘Do that to my hair.’”

She’s not just tapping into her inner punk princess as Jenny – she’s also adopted the look in real life!

Loving the smile and hoping she’ll keep us entertained with her unique style!

- CG