• Plaid shirts were also popular.

• In Britain and the US, girls, tweens, teens, and college

girls wore the outfit of an oversized tee shirts,
sweatshirts with a turtleneck underneath, mid calf
dresses with leggings, oversized sweaters especially V-
neck sweaters over a turtleneck, slouch socks worn
SILHOUETTES over leggings or sometimes sweatpants.
• Also girls, tweens, teens, and college girls wore black
DURING 1989- or white lace trimmed bike shorts
with babydoll dresses, belts worn with dresses, Dress
90S shorts worn with tights and ballet flats or sometimes
with slouch socks over the tights and Kids, tights with
slouch socks and Kids, leggings worn over pantyhose or
tights with a pair of flats, sweaters, crew neck T-
shirts, ballet flats.
• baggy jeans, T-shirts, sweatshirts, tank tops, and
trainers, as well as cargo pants, and crop tops.
• Cultures
 Grunge movement
 Hip-hop
 Punk culture
 Modern preppy

Grunge movement
The look consisted of barrettes, tiaras, ripped tights, Mary Janes,
slips and Peter Pan collared dresses. Pearl Jam made their mark
on the grunge fashion scene with leather jackets, corduroy
jackets, kilts, shorts-over-leggings, ripped jeans and snapbacks.
The grunge movement created an army of men and women alike
wearing heavy-duty, combat boots. They were tough, gritty and
paired with everything from slip dresses and florals to flannel
shirts and frayed jeans.
Men's fashion

Men wore second-hand or shabby T-shirts with slogans, band

logos, etc. A plaid shirt would accompany the T-shirt, along
with ripped or faded jeans. Black combat-style boots.

Women's fashion
They typically wore slip dresses with flannels, flannels and
ripped jeans, and plaid in layers. Low-rise and ripped, wide-
legged jeans were popular. Bell-bottom jeans from the 1970s
were popular again by 1995, along with the baby-doll T-
shirt. When flannels were worn, they were oversized and when
it became too hot to wear them, they were tied around the
waist.
 Hip-hop culture (established in 1989)
• Hip Hop dance clothes such as blousy pants, kufis, Kemetic hats, and Kente cloth hats and large pants. They
adopted the baggy pants, crop tops, big flannels.
• Will Smith’s character in the comedy series “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” became an icon in the classic
fashion trend of the 90’s, always seen as wearing baseball caps, throwback jerseys.
• Will Smith wore one in his 90’s music video “Summertime” as well as Spike Lee in the movie “Do the Right
Thing” where he wore a throwback Brooklyn Dodgers jersey.

Iconic 90s hip hop

star Tupac
Baggy pants, crop tops, dangri
 Modern preppy

• Preppy clothing was popular in the US, where wealthy young men wore khaki slacks, canvas boat shoes, and
navy blue blazers with breast-pocket monogram or gold buttons bearing a family crest. In general, 1990s
preppy was more casual than the almost dandified look of the 1980s as young men
abandoned ascots and Oxford shoes in favor of Nantucket Reds, nautical-striped T-shirts, loafers, and madras
cloth or gingham short-sleeved shirts. Desirable brands included Gap, Old Navy and Abercrombie & Fitch.
 Punk culture
• Hardcore punk fashion, which began in the 1970s, was very popular in the 1990s, especially among
the skater subculture. Common items for pop punk and nu metal fans included blond tipped spiky hair, long
under sleeves, black hoodies, and baggy pants in black, mint blue, or red Royal Stewart tartan.
• In the US, psychobilly bands Reverend Horton Heat and Rocket from the Crypt popularized brothel
creepers, gas station shirts and dark-colored bowling shirts during the late 1990s.
Style icons during
1989-90s

Debbie
Gibson
• people were more
entranced by Debbie's
cute bob, her leather
jackets, and that all-
white look. Debbie's
trademark was her hats,
usually a black pork pie
style. She also made
popular wearing tight,
rolled-up jeans, vests
over a T-shirt
 Madonna

• During her "Blonde Ambition" tour, Madonna revealed some of the

most ambitious outfits of her career. This show-stopping pink cone
bra ensemble, designed by her frequent fashion collaborator Jean-
Paul Gaultier, remains one of her most infamous looks.
• Madonna turned back the clock and embodied Marie Antoinette as
she performed her smash hit "Vogue" on the MTV Video Music
Awards. The Victorian-era costume was one actually worn by Glenn
Close in the 1998 film Dangerous Liaisons.
Snoop Dogg
• He was seen as a trend setter during that
period and bandanas paired with baggy
overalls or Red Wings jersey was known to
be his classic style.
• Snoop Dogg's strong charisma and his
laid-back approach to his rhymes
complemented his flannel and sweatshirts
with Chucks.
 Aaliyah

• She often wore baggy clothes and sunglasses,

stating that she wanted to be herself.
• She often wore black clothing, starting a trend for
similar fashion among women in United States
and Japan.
• Aaliyah participated in fashion designer Tommy
Hilfiger's All America Tour and was featured in
Tommy Jean ads, which depicted her in boxer
shorts, baggy jeans and a tube top.
 Designers
Coco chanel
• In the early 1990s, Chanel showed hip hop-inspired fashion in several shows. In one, models wore black
leather jackets and piles of gold chains. In another, they wore long black dresses accessorized with heavy,
padlocked silver chains.
• The jacket remained the key to daytime dress. A trend setter in the jacket trend was Chanel, who introduced
loose versions of the famous Chanel jacket slit vertically at the hem. Other leaders were Giorgio Armani, and
Calvin Klein.
 Calvin Klein
Linda Evangelista at the Calvin Klein Spring/Summer
1990 show.

Linda Evangelista