Trending? Waistcoats and wide leg trousers

Waistcoats and wide leg trousers seem to be the celebrity style at the moment.

Waistcoats worn without tops with matching wide-leg trousers in pastel earthy subtle shades beige, pink and green. Option to wear with matching jacket, a very femanine look as opposed to the Boyfriend 90s trend which included mens tweed jackets worn over skinny jeans or velvet and hand knitted waistcoats with shirt and tie worn over midi denim skirts.

90s Throwbacks

👀Hand Knitted waistcoats

👀Denim midi skirts (with thigh slit)
👀Denim jackets
👀Mens original Levi 501 (original boyfriend jeans)
👀Denim Dungarees & Pinafore skirts
👀Capri pants - Combat trousers
👀Platform shoes - Cowboy boots - Doc Martins -- Ugg Boots

 

Girl power set the alternative style in music were the1990s wave of British girl groups including the Spice Girls and All Saints, across the pond Madonna was also very much in ‘vogue’.

Battle of Brit Pop Take That versus Oasis, Blur and Pulp

On the catwalk. The 'Big Six' supermodels, Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, and Cindy Crawford) strutted their stuff around the world on Fashion Week.

On stage. 'Riverdance' a highlight in the intermission at the Eurovision Song Contest hosted by Ireland in 1994. Michael Flatley and the dancers wowed audiences around the world. 'Riverdance', a fusion of Irish and international dance went on to become a stage show and will celebrate its 30th Anniversary in 2025.

The 90s also brought us Grunge all the way from Seattle, a fusion of post Punk fashion and music. The most notable exponent of this laid-back slouchy style was, of course, the late Kurt Cobain, Nirvana's iconic front man. The secret of “Grunge” style apparently is to not try too hard, be a little bit messy, be a little bit I don’t care what I look like. Laid-back layering, denim jacket over an over-sized flannel shirt worn over a long sleeve thermal or t-shirt and well-worn jeans. Stomping around in an old pair of combat boots, Doc Martens or beaten up hi-tops and a plain leather bracelet, the only jewellery allowed. Long messy hair flying free or hidden beneath a beanie or restrained with a cotton scarf - that just the blokes. One brand that also encapsulated the ‘90s was New York’s Calvin Klein Jeans, whose iconic adverts with Mark Wahlberg and Kate Moss became a symbol of the decade

So many more to choose from. If you have a favourite fashion or music icon of the 90s leave a comment.

 

Article & Illustration © Pat Adams. 

Please note this is my recollection of the decade, not a sponsored post