Top Five Fashion Trends of the 90's (all of which I miss dearly)
The Spice Girls made it socially acceptable to wear platforms everywhere. For a short kid like me, I appreciated the several inches of height I gained. Also, how great is it that platforms could be added on top of any type of shoes. Platform dress shoes? Okay. Platform sneakers? Even better.
I can’t think of anywhere I went in the 1990s without my jean jacket. Hanging in my closet is my most recent jean jacket from Limited Too circa 1998. I haven't been able to find a good one since, so I have to continue to squeeze myself into the jacket purchased for my pre-teen self. So what if it is sort of boxy and unflattering, and not even a little bit comfortable. It’s cool, ok! And remember when Corey Matthews gave Topanga his jean jacket before she almost moved to Pittsburgh? These things are important!
Did people actually work out in these? Probably not. However, every kid I knew had one (mine had Minnie Mouse on it). The worst part of wearing a windbreaker suit to school was hearing the teacher say "you've been good-let's play head's up 7-up!" You'd totally lose if you wore your windbreaker suit that day because THEY CAN HEAR YOUR PANTS SWISH!
The best were the kinds that came with the outfit so they matched perfectly. If you weren’t so lucky to have a perfect match, then you just had to make do with the several hundred colors you probably already had. For Christmas, I once got a hair scrunchie making kit! The coolest way to wear a hair scrunchie? In layers of course. If your windbreaker suit was blue, green, and pink, you could just stack 3 scrunchies on that side ponytail. The girl to the right is rocking that scrunchie, especially with those triangle earrings!
1. OVERALLS!
Unless you are a farmer or a 90s kid, there is actually no reason to ever wear overalls. Overalls are best worn several sizes too large with a shirt several sizes too small underneath. It also helps if it is an over the shoulder type top, like the model to the left. Oh, and you’ll look like a loser unless you un-do one of the straps. I was never quite cool enough to pull off the off the shoulder overall strap, and neither were any of my friends. Once, one of my friends tried, but it led it an unfortunate elementary school bathroom incident. Yea, you guessed it. She was rockin' the one strap look when the unhooked strap dipped into the toilet a bit. Poor girl.
-Patsy