Kinderwhore is a fashion style most notably worn by some female grunge and alternative rock musicians in the US during the early to mid-1990s. The style is characterized through the combination of cute, feminine fashion items like babydoll and Peter Pan collared dresses, with more adult aspects like smudged red lipstick and dark eye makeup. It has its origins in the mid-1980s band Pagan Babies, which featured future Babes in Toyland vocalist/guitarist Kat Bjelland and future Hole vocalist/guitarist Courtney Love, who lived together and shared clothes. Following the band's disbandment, the two's subsequent bands achieved significant mainstream success and led to the fashion being popularised amongst the general public and being referenced by high fashion designers including Marc Jacobs.
Kat Bjelland wearing a kinderwhore outfit in 1992
Courtney Love helped to popularize the fashion style
Mary Jane is an American term for a closed, low-cut shoe with one or more straps across the instep.
Classic Mary Jane or bar shoes by Start-rite (known as Sonnet in the United States).
Modern chunky-heeled Mary Jane shoes
The family of Prince Oskar of Prussia in 1925: the three boys (aged 10, 8, and 3) are wearing Mary Janes.
Orthopedic Mary Janes