kinderwhore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinderwhore

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Kinderwhore was a clothing style used by a handful of mostly female grunge bands in the US during the early to mid-1990s. The kinderwhore look consisted of torn, ripped tight or low-cut babydoll and Peter Pan-collared dresses, slips, knee-socks, heavy makeup with dark eyeliner,[1] barrettes, and leather boots or Mary Jane shoes.[2][3][4]

It was described as "a strong feminist statement...about so much more than a little velvet dress, ripped tights and a dumb media-made label. It was about intentionally taking the most constraining parts of the feminine, good-girl aesthetic, inflating them to a cartoon level, and subverting them to kill any ingrained insecurities."[5] It has been noted that although the look was very feminine, when its exponents performed onstage they "stood tall and confident, they threw their guitars around like weapons, and screamed out whip-smart feminist lyrics. These women were questioning the cultural importance of typical beauty through costume and the stage. The whole mess of "tits, lace and lipstick" was purposeful symbolic."[5]

History

The origin of kinderwhore is uncertain. It is believed that Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland was the first to define it, while her former roommate Courtney Love of Hole was the first to popularize it. The term was coined by Melody Maker journalist Everett True.[5]

Love has claimed that she took the style from Divinyls frontwoman Christine Amphlett.[2] The look became very popular in 1994


I found this word while looking at a listing about actress Carroll Baker, and a movie I haven't seen that was apparently her definitive role titled Baby Doll based on a Tennesee Williams story.

Carroll Baker is from Johnstown, PA, where both my parents and most of my family are from. She is roughly the same age as my parents, and probably attended school at the same time as them. Which sparked my interest in her, and the "kinderwhore" fashion trend is listed as a legacy of Baker's character in the movie. The term is roughly 30 years old, and yet the first I've heard of it.