Can the Snood Save Christmas?

[Marc Chevalier]

There was no 'theme' in the 90s. It was the first decade without its own style lol

It's true. The closest the '90s came to having a 'style' was GRUNGE, and that only lasted about 2 years, maybe 3. The rest of the decade was a tedious, seemingly endless revival of '60s and '70s fashions.

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[Amy Jeanne]

How does that work? There was no 'theme' in the 90s. It was the first decade without its own style lol

LD

I thought I was the only one who thought that.

It was basically still the colourful and BIG 80s until about 1992. Then it was grunge until about 1994. Then it was 70s/geek chic throughout 94-95-96. The end of the decade began to usher in the "bare" looks of the 2000s with the Spice Girls, Britney Spears, and hip-hop making huge impacts on pop culture. And coinicidentally, that is precisely when I got into vintage lol

 

[Marc Chevalier]

The end of the decade began to usher in the "bare" looks of the 2000s ...

And even that "bare" look had its origins in the early to mid '70s.

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[Mrs. Merl]

How does that work? There was no 'theme' in the 90s. It was the first decade without its own style lol

LD

Too funny I was having an argument with my husband about this exact topic this morning! lol

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Too funny I was having an argument with my husband about this exact topic this morning! lol

There is a precedent: the fashions of the 1880s weren't particularly different from those of the 1870s.

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[Hamilton_Honey]

Just how smart are these fashionistas?

To quote from the original article starting this thread:

'"If you get hot, you don't have to remove it" because it can remain around the neck. '

Umm, if I am hot I should leave it around my neck? Because that huge hunk of wool is going feel so much cooler around my neck than on my head?? lol

 

[ThesFlishThngs]

Well of course, Hamilton, because we all leave our scarves on when we get hot.

 

[Viola]

I thought the '90s look was girls in baggy pants or flares, often camo, with teeny tiny tank tops and cropped belly shirts, and nude/icy beige lipstick, and those faux-barracks hats and trucker hats and big hoop earrings.

Tee shirts with camo stars on them. Shimmery frosted purple eyeshadow. Hair that is long but all stripy and defined with product and/or loud striped highlights.

I don't understand the argument that the '90s didn't have a style, I was a teen through the '90s, it had one, just not a very nice one.

It's like you people never argued over how Joey could be so stupid as to not realize Pacey was better than Dawson!

 

[Lillemor]

Could it be that some of us "older" generations just think the 90s are too close to see themes or could it be that the teenagers have an idealized vision of what the 90s were like? Very much like some people think the 80s, 70s, 60s, etc. going back was about one or other thing in each decade?

I was a kid in the 80s and a teenager/very young adult in the 90s. I not only find that the 90s are being marginalized in popular culture but so are most past decades or eras. Not everyone was a Duran Duran fan and wanted to look like Madonna in the 80s and not everyone watched Friends and wanted "the Rachel" in the 90s. In fact, I only heard about 'Friends' and "the Rachel" in this 01s decade.

The teenagers around me in the 90s wore modified carry over styles from the 80s (my school styles with some retro 30s and 50s elements), everyone else wore grunge (much longer than it was actually fashionable), and some baggy styles. I wore retro 50s/Bollywood and other dramatic styles outside of school. I was a walking Christmas tree!lol

The adults had style in the 90s?! Oh, we were talking about snoods. fftopic:

 

[Lillemor]

To quote from the original article starting this thread:

'"If you get hot, you don't have to remove it" because it can remain around the neck. '

Umm, if I am hot I should leave it around my neck? Because that huge hunk of wool is going feel so much cooler around my neck than on my head?? lol

This belongs in the top 100 of stupid sales arguments!

 

[BeBopBaby]

It's true. The closest the '90s came to having a 'style' was GRUNGE, and that only lasted about 2 years, maybe 3. The rest of the decade was a tedious, seemingly endless revival of '60s and '70s fashions.

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No one mentioned the real main-stream start of hip hop style in the early 90s?! Think of the clothing worn on In Living Color and Mtv videos...

What about all the ugly clothing/hairdos from the tv show Friends? Baby doll dresses? All that herion-chic supermodel fashion ugliness?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I thought the '90s look was girls in ... flares,... with teeny tiny tank tops and cropped belly shirts, and nude/icy beige lipstick, ... and big hoop earrings.

Tee shirts with camo stars on them.

That's the early to mid 1970s you're describing. The '90s "borrowed" it. lol

Shimmery frosted purple eyeshadow. Hair that is long but all stripy and defined with product and/or loud striped highlights.

And that's all from the mid to late '70s. Think disco and Studio "54".


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[Marc Chevalier]

Baby doll dresses?

From the 1960s. Think Twiggy and Mia Farrow.

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[BeBopBaby]

From the 1960s. Think Twiggy and Mia Farrow.

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But, they had a huge resurgence in the 1990s. I'm thinking of the short, school girl look dresses that got popular in the 1990s thanks to movies like Clueless. A lot of the grunge gals wore them as well and I seem to remember seeing them on a lot of supermodels as well. It may have been a re-interpretation of the 1960s look, but it was a 1990s fad as well.

I also think of baggy jeans/overalls and big chucky sneakers/shoes when I think of the 1990s.

 

[Hamilton_Honey]

This belongs in the top 100 of stupid sales arguments!

Agreed.

I just say it's too bad I can't get Banana Republic, etc. to pay me for making REAL snoods for them. I could be rich! Muwahaha!

(Well, except that sales pitch won't work - you have to leave it on your head even if you get hot. hah.)

 

[Viola]

That's the early to mid 1970s you're describing. The '90s "borrowed" it. lol





And that's all from the mid to late '70s. Think disco and Studio "54".


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Then was the '80s the '40s because of the big shoulders? The '80s WISHES it was the '40s! Every decade has some borrowed stuff.

The '90s certainly borrowed from the '70s but I don't see the tiny shirts and very low-waisted flares and bellybutton tattoos in '70s things? A whole lot more exposed torso going on in the '90s reimagining. '70s womens' stuff looks higher-waisted and more about cleavage than tummy, to me?

And explain Salt n Pepa! lol

 

[Marc Chevalier]

But they had a huge resurgence in the 1990s. ... It may have been a re-interpretation of the 1960s look, but it was a 1990s fad as well.

Your point, while true, doesn't contradict Lady Day's assertion that "[The '90s] was the first decade without its own style."


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[Marc Chevalier]

Every decade has some borrowed stuff.

The key word, I think, is "some". The '90s borrowed practically everything.

... I don't see the tiny shirts and very low-waisted flares ... in '70s things.

I saw all of that (and more) in 1974. My older cousin Flo wore every bit of it. Flares back then were worn so low, you could sometimes see a certain type of hair peeping out. (This was before Brazilian waxing.)


I don't count tattoos because I don't consider them clothing.

'70s womens' stuff looks higher-waisted and more about cleavage than tummy to me?

That came into fashion around 1976. It was a reaction against hip huggers.



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[Viola]

Aw, Marc, you've researched the '70s more than I ever did.[huh]

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Aw, Marc, you've researched the '70s more than I ever did.[huh]

Darlin', I lived it. I'm older than most people think.

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