Fashion and Trends of the 90

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Fashion and Trends of the 90s

• By Taylor Speier

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Fashion Influencers

• Even when the style was grungy and baggy Claudia
  Schiffer and Cindy Crawford set the standard of
  beauty.
• Mia Hamm Gabrielle Reece inspired designers to
  create work out clothes as a day wear.
• Halle Berry and Jennifer Lopez were also big
  influencers in the 90s.

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Silhouettes

• Denim was all the rage throughout the
  '90s, but not in the way you think. The
  bigger and more colorful the jeans, the cooler
  they were. Baggy jeans, made famous by hip hop
  stars.
• Also popular were overalls, which could be worn
  in two ways - hooking one strap and letting the
  other hang open, or unhooking both straps and
  wearing a belt to keep the overalls from falling
  off.

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Continued.

• Peasant blouses, tunics, and loose fitting pants
  were being made in prints from East India to West
  India and all points in between. Eventually,
  designers rediscovered classically romantic print
  skirts and dresses
• Gradually, bell-bottoms and straight legs became
  popular and boot-cut pants and jeans were here
  to stay.
• Baby Doll Dresses

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Accessories etc.

• The '90s shoe could be described in one word -
  chunky.
• Kids stepped out in style with Doc Martens, Mary
  Janes or platform sneakers, which elevated you to
  new heights with layers of rubber sole.
• Docs, which are like combat boots, were
  definitely the most popular shoes. All kids,
  whether they were into hip hop or grunge, wore
  them to completets

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Continued.

• Legs were further elongated and flattered by the
  revival of platform wedge shoes and sandals of
  all heights and styles. Footwear changed with the
  economy as women could now afford luxury brands
  like Manolo Blahnik and Salvatore Ferragamo and
  walking shoes that were chic and cute.

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Hairstyles

• Hairstyles in the 1980s were mostly large. The
  decade began with a continuance of the Purdey
  cult hair cut.
• Everyone had big hair even those people with
  short hair.   But as always there were variations
  and working women opted for styles which could be
  easily blow dried and tonged with a cordless or
  electric styling brush. 
• Carmen style heated rollers and hair rollers
  disappeared from most dressing tables as blow
  drying plus finger shaping of strands with gel
  firmly established itself as the favorite way to
  finish hair for the majority of women.

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Designers

• In the late 20th century no other country
  marketed fashion like the Americans. The best
  known designers in America and known by all, are
  Donna Karan, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein and
  Ralph Lauren.
• Calvin Klein uses advertising that highlights
  sexuality enough to shock a supposedly
  unshockable society. Erotic advertising is used
  to promote his diffusion lines from perfume and
  fashion to home furnishings. Ralph Lauren has
  been the person of good taste in classic good
  looking clothes and a covetable stylish home
  range.

• By contrast Hilfiger's clothes are aimed at the
  mass youth market with an easily recognizable
  predictable casual format of red, navy and white
  basics covered in logos for street wear.

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Textiles Used

• Linen, silk, cashmere, devore velvets, Lycra,
  fleece, superior quality microfiber polyesters
  and Sympatex for outdoor weather were the main
  fabrics of the 90s.

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Movie Representatives

• If you needed fashion advice, you
  could've turned Cher, the fashion
  expert in Clueless (it was one of the most
  popular teen comedies in the '90s). The
  schoolgirl look of baby doll dresses with puffed
  sleeves and thigh-high stockings became popular
  because of this movie. Also popular were slip
  dresses worn over T-shirts.

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Role Of Women

• Women in our society have played many roles.
  During this period from the decades of the 1950s
  through the 1990s, women started getting their
  own jobs and got better schooling. Today, women
  have shown that their standards are for
  excellence in both work and home. Educational
  background is more important than sex appeal.

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History

• In 1992, as Clinton took office alongside the
  most racially diverse cabinet in American
  history, fashion exploded with clothes,
  hairstyles, accessories, and even makeup that
  celebrated all cultures and combinations thereof.

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Clothing Parallels

• Throughout the years the styles and trends have
  changed dramatically. Some things have followed
  with whats new, but others have thankfully been
  lost. In the 90s leggings and straight leg jeans
  were very popular and in todays fashion they
  are coming back.