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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