An early 1990's style popular with female punk bands in America, kinderwhore is a mix of grunge, punk and lolita styles. The look consists of ripped stockings (especially fishnets) or lace-top knee highs, negligee's or baby doll dresses, platform mary janes or dr martin boots, messy hair and smeared makeup. Musician Kat Bjelland claims to have invented the look, and says former bandmate
Courtney Love copied it. Love claims she took the style from
Christina Amphlett of the Divinyls. It is
generally accepted that Courtney popularised the kinderwhore style but did not come up with it.