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Unisex and feminism trends in denim wear of the 1990s

We have already spoken about all epochs of denim history, setting aside only 1990s. So let us fill this vacuum today.

1990s are characterized by feministic wave in fashion. Women look exactly like men and their clothes is distinguished from men’s wear only by smaller sizes. A decade of unisex was welcomed by feminists, but everybody got tired of it too soon. Elegant and feminine women had to wear dirty grunge jeans, torn sneakers and rumple t-shirts. But 1980s were too glamorous, exuberant and kitschy, that is why such transformation is quite logical. Ample curves give way to complete absence of roundness in women’s wear. Perhaps feminine forms were just hidden somewhere under baggy subculture jeans and long sweaters with outer seams in the front.

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Let’s take a look at the woman of the 1990s. She has a short haircut or no hair at all, or her head is decorated by dreadlocks. She is extremely skinny, has no breasts, here cheeks are hollow and her hands are too thin. Her clothes style is characterized by minimalism. Woman of the 1990s wears customized jeans several sizes bigger she should have had, a large sweater or a shapeless garment. Her delicate legs wear huge soldier’s boots. The fashion look is completed by rumple large t-shirts and sweaters with outer seems in the front. Leather trousers and even leather tops are also a unisex trend in the fashion of the 1990s as well as dark colors in make-up, for example, a black lipstick.

Diamonds are forgotten. Jewelry is made from leather, wood, from any possible recycle material. Piercing is extremely fashionable, especially nose and belly button piercing as well as various tattoos. These brave punk divas wear rough customized denim together with baggy tops and boots on a huge platform at parties, at work and just everyday. Women are practically transformed into hooligan teenagers.

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The mid 1990s are characterized by another minimalistic variation – back to nature eco-friendly style. Skirts are manufactured from basket weave, tops are decorated by small village flowers, and underwear becomes most modest. Of course ecological tendencies are revealed in manufacture of denim as well. We can see their remains today in eco-friendly custom tailored jeans models produced by some well-established denim brands.

Perfume returns back to nature too – the most popular scents are pure and come directly from the nearest garden. A crazy epoch, thank God it’s over!

Posted: 23.01.2010 by Stella Tornton, fashion journalist and custom jean fan


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