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Khaki made a regular appearance in my wardrobe and was one of the more wearable fashion fads of the |
Nineties fashion wasn't all hard to wear. The easiest fashion fad of the
nineties to wear was the preppy Gap look. The Gap was the place to shop, and
they were the biggest advocates (with Banana Republic close behind them in
second) for the khaki trend and the minimalist black and white trend. This
fashion trend towards the more sedate was a major departure from the
flamboyant and color-loud decade of 80s fashion. It represented a mellowing
of sorts, and that mellowing could be seen in both the color and style of
clothes as well as in 1990's. I had cargo pants in original brown khaki, a super short halter neck top in blue and black khaki and a skin tight lycra mix ankle length spaghetti strapped dress. This was later shortened to just below bum length and finally ended up as a just above tummy button top (when I had my belly button pierced). The Grunge kids wore khaki, the Spice Girls wore khaki and high street stores positively pounced on the fashion. Gap not only had a super cool advertisements for their khaki range (beautiful people doing beautiful swing dancing in clean classic beige khaki) but also had whole sections of their stores dedicated to their many different variations of khaki pant.
Khaki wasn't just a 1990's women's fashion statement but one for the
whole family. What could you wear with khaki? Everything. Being mainly in
neutral colors (although there were a few wacky pink and orange versions
around) this meant that you could go as bland or
bright as you wanted on the
top half. They went with chunky shoes,
Doc Martens and
Birkenstocks but were best worn with sneakers. Khaki
came in every item of clothing available and every cut of pants possible.
The best 90's fashion for women was to wear them on the hip so that your
belly button ring and obligatory lower midriff tattoo were displayed to full
effect.
Black and white also represented a hot trend, especially for women. My wardrobe held black dresses, opaque black tights, black cat-suits and black hot-pants but my absolute favourite black and white high nineties fashion outfit was my Uma Thurman Pulp Fiction look (see pic at left). I had tight black Jasper Conran pedal pusher pants, a white fitted women's shirt with three quarter sleeves (worn with the top 2 buttons undone) and black ballet pumps. With my black bobbed hair and my Chanel Rouge Noir nail polish and lipstick I was every inch the Gap girl.
The absolute best thing about these trends is that they may go up and down in popularity but have yet to fade out of fashion completely. Let's face it khaki, black and white are easy to wear, effortlessly stylish and a capsule wardrobe staple. Long live 90's fashion.
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