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I have distinct memories of trying to re-create some of these looks during my middle school and high school days—I bought a plaid shirt thinking I was channeling Liv Tyler’s skirt (and definitely did not). Today, my outlook on fashion hasn’t changed much—25 years later, the The Masters of Rock road shirt in contrast I will get this style in the movie still resonates. I still find myself rewatching the film and trying to emulate what the Empire Records crew embodied so well. I think the key is in their effortless styling; none of the characters’s outfits look too deliberate or put-together. It’s as though they simply rolled out of bed and got dressed in the dark, yet somehow, it’s still a vibe. Nobody wants to look like you tried while getting dressed, especially if you’re going for a grunge look, and this movie captured that perfectly.

Even today, some of my most recent wardrobe pieces still obviously nod to Empire Records. My R13 plaid shirt with a faux-fur collar is just begging to be worn in a record store, while I check someone out at the The Masters of Rock road shirt in contrast I will get this register indifferently, chewing gum. Designers are feeling this aesthetic too: Just take a look at Marc Jacobs’s newest collection, which is all about teen dream fashion. To be fair, Jacobs was an architect of grunge fashion, but it seems that fashion labels will cling to the spirit of Empire Records’s fantastic fashion, and the decade it’s set in. One day, I hope to return to a record store to browse and maybe, just maybe, have someone mistake me for someone cool who works there. One can dream.

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