Courtney Love

Icon: Courtney Michelle Harrison a.k.a Courtney Love
Born: 9th July 1964 (cancer) San Francisco, California
Height: 1,78 m
Known for: The matriach of grunge, marriage to Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, music career, acting, drug abuse
Furious for fame: Courtney has been accused of being too hungry for fame. If so, she has reached her goal too well and is now mistankenly one of the well known woman figure's in rock'n'roll history. She was born to psychotherapist Linda Caroll and The Grateful Dead first manager and devotee Hank Harrison. She spent her first years in hippie communes in Oregon and New Zealand with her mother. She grew up to be very rebellious teenager and after her mother could not handle her anymore, Courtney spent her time in numerous facilities and foster homes. By the age of 16 she was an exotic dancer in Portland. After gaining acces to her trust fund 1981 Courtney became more free and she traveled in Europe.
Getting there with the music: Courtney started her first music projects in early 80's. She had always had friendships with musicians, but then she founded own band Sugar Baby Doll with Jennifer Finch and Kat Bejlland. Band split before getting anything on tape and after that Courtney founded new band The Pagan Babies with Kat Bejlland. Very soon after first demo tape The Pagan Babies split due to fighting and problems involving drug abuse. Later Kat Bejlland came known for band Babes in Toyland and Jennifer Finch founded band L7. In 1989 after learning to play guitar, Courtney founded her own band Hole. In September 1991 band released their first album " Pretty On the Inside" which many medias acknowledged. According to Courtney Hole's first album sold more than Nirvana's 1st album at the time. Hole has released several succes albums after this. Band was broken for a while but in year 2010 band released new material after Courtney had recruited new members for it.
Matriach of Grunge: Courtney is most known for her marriage to Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain. The pair started officially dating 1991 and married in Hawaii February 1992. Six months later their only child Frances Bean was born. The couple struggled for the custody of their daughter after Courtney gave public comments about using heroin while pregnancy. Kurt Cobain died in 1994 after shooting himself. After this Courtney has had relationships with actor Edward Norton, singer Trent Reznor and comedian Steve Coogan.
Style: Courtney created very distinctive grunge style in late 80's - early 90's. She became very much the feminine icon of the new music revolution. Her trademark was trashy doll look, so called kinderwhore look with messy bleached hair, bright red lipstick, porcelain white skin, vintage babydoll dresses and Mary Jane shoes. Afterwards Courtney has updated her look but always kept it very feminine - perhaps to soften her strong personality.

Courtney acted in Alex Cox's movies in her early career. She wanted to get Nancy Spungen's role in Sid and Nancy, but she ended up playing Gretchen, Nancy's fictional friend in the film. Courtney's style has opted a lot from Nancy Spungen's punk look.

Courtney and Kurt married 1992 in Hawaii. Courtney wore white lace and satin dress once owned by actress Frances Farmer. Kurt wore pyjamas because "he was too lazy to put on a tux".

Courtney kept true to the kinderwhore look even when pregnant. Babydoll dresses fitted perfectly with the bump.

Courtney all glammed up in white satin evening gown just like old Hollywood stars.

Dramatic effect of porcelain skin and red lips. Courtney with her band, Hole.

Strong and loud rock star with innocent white vintage dress and broken pantyhoses.

Kinderwhore look with school girl like dress, tiara and black pumps.

How to get the  grunge kinderwhore look? Think innocent child-like look combined with visible sexuality, vintage babydoll dresses, broken black pantyhose, bright red matt lipstick, tiaras, bows and pins on hair, round toe shoes, white lace, satin, velvet, porcelain skin without tan, short nails with worn out nail polish.

Innocent child-like pretty dress with peter pan collar is a key piece to kinderwhore look. Asos.

Add black tights to give sensuality to a child-like dress. You can make holes to the tights to get more trashier look. Asos.

Naughty school girl look will be finished with laquer mary janes. Minna Parikka/Brandos.fi

Winter time kinderwhore look is complete with trashy looking faux fur jacket. Modekungen.se.

Lita Ford

Icon: Carmelita Rossana Ford a.k.a Lita Ford
Born: 19th September 1958 (virgo), London, UK
Known for: guitarist in band The Runaways, solo career under own name, relationsships with several male musicians
Guitar goddes: Lita moved to USA with her family at the age of 4. She started playing guitar at the age of 6 and joined all girl rockband The Runaways at the age of 16. In year 1979 The Runaways split due to band members disagreements about the future of the band. After split Lita launched her solo career. In year 1988 Lita released her 3rd album Lita, which consisted such hits as "Kiss Me  Deadly" and "Close my eyes forever" a duet with Ozzy Osbourne. Ozzy's wife Sharon was Lita's manager. Lita has continued her career and in spring 2011 she promised in an interview to make a new "real Lita-album".
Loving music: Lita has had several relationships with musicians. She dated Nikki Sixx from Mötley Crue. She was engaged to Black Sabbath 's Tony Iommi for 2 years but they split up in 1987. In 1990 she married band W.A.S.P. solo guitarist Chris Holmes but marriage also fell apart after a year. Her second marriage was to glam metal band Nitro's singer Jim Gilette. They married in 1994 after knowing two weeks. In February 2011 Lita announced they were divorcing. She has to children, James and Rocco with Gilette.
Style: When starting with the Runaways Lita had typical 70's teenager look with skimpy t-shirts and jeans. During years she started to find her own unique sexy style in skin tight spandex while playing masculine guitar. When starting own solo career in 80's she grew to be all the way 80's hard rocker with big permed hair, tight leather and jeans clothes. She was a epitome of 80's sexy rocker lady with skin tight clothes and feminine make up. She was one of the first ladies with visible tattoo's.

Young Lita with long blond hair, sexy eyes and tight Cheap Trick t-shirt.

The Runaways. Lita second from left. She has always kept her feminine look even though playing masculine instrument as guitar.

One of Lita's most known songs is "Kiss Me Deadly", see video below. In the video Lita is sporting 80's hard rocker look with all key elements - big teased two toned hair, heavy make up with light pink lipstick, big earrings, thin but curvy body, leather with studs, collars turned up, spandex, tight light blue jeans with holes, high waist, little short top, cowboy boot styled shoes and light hard rock song about partying and loving.
 

 

Lita's 80's image was perfect combination of tough masculine rock'n'roll look and sexy feminity. Seductive feminine clothes made out of masculine leather and masculine tattoo showing above allusive feminine cleavage.

Black leather and destroyed light blue jeans are essentials for 80's hard rock look.

Skin tight black is sure way to go rock and sexy.

Even nowadays in her 50's Lita has not abonded rock'n'roll look. She is still wearing skin tight black and a guitar.

How to get the 80's hard rock babe look? Think sexy tight spandex clothes, leather biker jackets, light blue tight high waisted jeans, black stilettos or cowboy boots, big bleached hair teased from roots, heavy eyeliner and big earrings.

For night time sex kitten look choose skin tight black dress with mesh panels. Asos.

Get ultimate babe look with black spandex bodysuit with mesh panel at front. American Apparel.com.

80's hard rocker look cannot be created without light wash high waisted skinny jeans. American Apparel.com.

Top the 80's hard rock look with cowboy look inspired black leather boots. Guess/Asos.

Pamela Des Barres

Icon: Pamela Miller a.k.a Miss Pamela a.k.a Pamela Des Barres (name after married to Michael des Barres)
Born: 9th September 1948 (virgo), Reseda, California
Height: 1,6 m
Known for: First Lady of Groupies, actor, singer, author
Groupie days: relationships with Led Zeppelin members, Keith Moon, Mick Jagger, Jim Morrison, Noel Redding, Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons, Don Johnson etc. married 1977-1991 to Michael Des Barres
Actor ambitions: acted in Frank  Zappa's movie 200 motels, commercials and soap operas, worked as a nanny for Frank Zappa's children Dweezil and Moon Unit
Singer: Miss Pamela of Frank Zappas original girl band The GTO's (Girls Together Outreagously)
Author: Has written several books about relationships with musicians, such as I'm with the Band (1987, updated edition 2005)
Style: Pamela has had several styles during of her years on the scene. First she was known for 60's hippy groupie look with long blond hair, big eyes emphasized with mascara, lucious lips, sheer thin flower skirts and flowers in her hair.

Angelic Miss Pamela in see-through dress under the California sun.

Miss Pamela sporting funky drawn lashes, makeup style also made known by 60's supermodel Twiggy. Hair also typical 60's style with long thick bangs.

Free spirited girl with flowers in her hair and love in her eyes like Led Zeppelin song says.

Keith Moon and Pamela. She is dressed in flowy minidress with belt on hips and platform shoes.

Since then Pamela has rocked several styles with more funkier polka hair in 70's wild disco years and current long dark curly hair and bright dark lipstick.

Pamela cut her hair but kept them in soft curls and minimum make up for true californian look. Here with long term boyfriend Don Johnson.

Platinum blond Pamela partying with Alice Cooper. Pamela looking quite innocent with Marilyn-kind of blond curls and flower dress but very likely she enjoyed party just as much as Alice.

Dark straight haired Pamela with Jimmy Page. Marilyn-like white dress gives softer contrast to new edgier hair.

80's leather look and red hair with husband Micheal Des Barres.

How to get the Californian groupie goddes look? Think floaty flirty dresses, big soft curly hair, white, nude, cream and other light colours, flowers, romantic look.

Good set of heat rollers for hair to get big loose curls

Whistles Olivia waisted dress for light goddes look. Asos.

Antik Batik embroided cotton dress to create hippy style. Net-a-Porter.

Chinese Laundry nude platform sandals to top the groupie look. Brandos.fi

For colder seasons instead of sandals top the look with nude coloured platform boots. Asos

In colder seasons to keep warm add feminine fitting cardi over floaty dress. Soaked in Luxury/Boozt.com.