Of baby doll dresses and baggy pants
- Fashion -
By Candice Montenegro, Contributor
INQUIRER.net
THE VALLEY Girl look of the 80s (think mini skirt over leggings, headbands, doll shoes) is slowly dying a natural death, and if the fashion cycle is chronological, then the 90s is due for a comeback right about now.
And while some people are excited to see what fashion icons and designers plan to do with the mixture of grunge, hip-hop and Britpop style of that decade, most people seem to cringe at the thought of 90s fashion. Why don’t we look back at the key trends of that decade, and see which ones are worth bringing back and which trends are better off forgotten.
Remember baggy pants? The 90s was all about hip-hop, and jeans had to be three sizes too big — the baggier, the better. It gave a whole new definition to low-rise jeans; guys would wear them so low that their underwear would show. Yes, this gave birth to fancy printed boxers that guys would intentionally show.
