Snow washed jeans, which retained more of the original blue dye, remained popular among grunge fans during the mid 1990s, until they were eventually supplanted by darker shades of denim associated with hardcore punk and hip hop fashion. Acid washed jeans made a comeback in the late 2000s among teenage girls, due to a revival of 1980s and 1990s fashions that continued into the 2010s.
Denim garments that had faded slightly retained their original blue color better than others, remained fashionable among fans of grunge music in the mid-1990s, only to be eventually surpassed by darker shades of denim popularized by hardcore punk and hip-hop fashion. Acid-washed jeans experienced a revival in popularity among teenage girls in the late 2000s as part of a broader trend towards reviving 1980s and 1990s styles that persisted into the 2010s.