Fashion
The 9 trends from the nineties that will soon define the streetscape
The nineties are on the rise. It's just not normal! High jeans, simple Levi's T-shirts, long denim skirts – the average webshop is already bombarding you with them. Moreover, it won't be long before you see the next nineties items on the streets again. I've categorized them for you into ‘Comeback GO’ and ‘Comeback NO’, because of course I also have an opinion or ridiculous anecdote about all that stuff.
Comeback GO
1. Adidas Gazelle
Look, these shoes have been buzzing for a while now. I've spotted them on many blogs and in many fashion series (for example in the current and lovely Marie Claire). And I just think that's fantastic because Gazelles are the perfect mix of tough, cool, medical, and sporty. So I say: come on Gazelles, let's hit the streets together. Personally, I want black Gazelles, so I would appreciate it if you all don't go buying black Gazelles but well, who am I? Although I do want to say: you can also customize. Just to name a side street.
2. The beret
My god, I used to have six berets. Or seven. I don't remember anymore. But what does it matter. I can look it up for you if you want, but I assume you'll survive without this information. So, where were we? Oh yes, the beret. I had an army green one made of corduroy, a black one, a red velvet one from my grandma, one with checks from my grandpa that I never wore because it was too grandpa-like, a dark blue one – and I can't remember the rest, how terrible. Did you know I once got sent out of class because I wouldn't take off my beret? I had been sporting all those braids for a while – indeed also so nineties – but secretly I had a lot of fluff on my skull. Seriously, it was a situation where the average sheep could learn a thing or two, and that's why I said with a pounding heart to the teacher: ‘Tough luck for you, I'm not taking it off, really not, so what do you want to do, are you going to pluck it off my head yourself?‘ But yeah, then the shit hit the fan, because I got nine (!) hours of detention because the limit was really reached with me. Anyway, I just say: the beret is back and it's a must-have, if only in honor of all my detention. Because it's fun, super edgy, and quirky. Look, here you find awesome berets from Asos.
”I mean, what's wrong with just being hip? Just be hip, and you're already crazy enough!”
3. The overall denim dress/the long denim button-up dress
The coolest people in the world probably already have it, but I always don't care about that. Those people have no life, I always say. I mean, what's wrong with just being hip? Just be hip, and you're already crazy enough! But do what you want with it. I used to have a long denim dress from Peek & Cloppenburg (yes, that's where I bought stuff) and an overall denim dress from the Waterlooplein. So I have no idea what brand it was. That wasn't necessary back then, because in the nineties ‘from the Waterlooplein‘ was already enough. Goodness, where does the time go. But anyway, I was so cool, quirky, and yet feminine in those dresses. And that's why I say: overall denim dress, ILY.
That's an abbreviation for I Love You.
4. The belly button piercing
I can be brief about this, I think I'm going to get one when I'm thin and fit. Because I was never allowed to have one, my dad thought a belly button piercing was super ordinary, and he wouldn't discuss it.
5. ALL the stuff from Calvin Klein that reminds you of the campaign with Kate Moss and Mark Wahlberg in 1992
It's the highest of the highest achievable in terms of nineties feel. And so we're going to believe in this look again. And why not? It's sexy and relaxed, and who doesn't want to be that? Casual and relaxed: I'm in. Because I haven't been as sexy and relaxed as I would like in the last few months, but that's for another post.
”I'm a little ashamed to say it, but I want them all and I want them now”
6. The pants of Kelly and Brenda in Beverly Hills 90210
No idea where those pants in the series are from, but just look at what a weird hotness this is. I'm a little ashamed to say it, but I want them all and I want them now. And I actually just know for sure that everyone will want them soon too, and so the streets will be filled with them!
also the eleven reasons why you absolutely want to stay here according to May. read this post about all the nineties makeup trends that are coming up
Comeback NO
1. The whole whole extremely LOW jeans, like those from Indian Rose
Yes, read here but, it's coming back. So brace yourself! By the way, we're not talking (yet) about Paris Hilton-ish low, but still low enough that you can really see your butt crack when you bend over. And that's just the problem with the super low jeans. That butt crack. I don't think I need to explain further.
2. The ripped knitted sweater with a rat in it
You read that right. This is not a weird typo. This was really a trend in the nineties. Admittedly, it was a grunge trend. So if you weren't grunge, this trend passed you by. But I was grunge and so I had a rat in my sleeve. His name was Kruimeltje and he was the sweetest rat in the whole world. Only, Kruimeltje is now dead, and Jubbe too, that was my other rat, he was also incredibly sweet, but he walked crooked due to meningitis, but anyway: I'm not advocating for the return of this trend, because over the years I've become a bit wary of having rats in your sleeve.
3. Chain links on your pants.
I found that super hot on guys for a while and I also had such a chain on my pants. That was all part of my rather alternative personality. But now I understand NOTHING of it. I repeat: nothing. You're not a dog or something. Leave those chains to the dogs.
And then a special mention for a trend from the early 2000s: Juicy Couture Tracksuits. Seriously, they're really going to be the bomb again, those things. In the words of Juicy Couture itself: #trackisback, preferably with the text ‘Juicy’ on the butt. I never wore them before because I (as one of the few) really found it a very weird housewife trend, but there's something strange, because now it suddenly seems great to me, all that velour on my body. I'm not lying. I suddenly find tracksuits SO FETCH. But maybe that's because I've become a mother? I hope not?
