Trends come and go over the years, while some
more eccentric than others. If we look at double denim for example, sported by Justin and Britney at the 2001 AMAs or the infamous platform trainers worn by girl
bands of the nineties like the Spice Girls! We investigate quirky fashion trends from over the years
and how they began thanks to the help of Trilogy Stores – retailers of Rixo Clothing.
On the top
It was Madonna who made underwear
as outerwear famous in the nineties with her cone-shaped corset designed by
Jean Paul Gaultier (thankfully, this garment never met the high street). I actually remember this back at school with the art pieces we were making for our GCSE's. Lindsay Lohan was also once seen on the catwalk with a black corset top layered
over a white shirt which was paired with a bootcut jean of course. Then in 2018 the Kardashians bring the trend back with a ‘mini corset’ worn around the waist
to show off curves over a loose shirt dress. Other celebrity influencers have
also taken on the trend, although they’re not as big as some of the trends
we’ve seen and obviously some were more memorable than others.
Another quirky fashion
trend were the denim overalls. A low-maintenance look made famous by the Fresh
Prince and other nineties celebs. If you wanted to look uber cool, you’d wear
it with one strap undone.
Cropped pants
In the nineties and
the mid-noughties, a cropped trouser leg was a top trend, which seems to have made a come back this year. For a jeans the good old "pedal
pushers" if you remember them being called this (yes I do!) were definitely in and they were either denim or a pale pastel shade.
This denim trend was rocked by fashionistas at the time including the Spice
Girls and Christina Aguilera. It seems this one is coming back around too, with
many celebrities sporting their designer cropped jeans – Jennifer Lawrence wore
them with heels and a sheer top for Dior’s SS17 Paris show and Selena Gomez has been spotted in a pair, teamed with patent
loafers and a casual white shirt.
Cropped
combat trousers were also big. British girl band, All Saints, was a fan of this
fad and rocked cargo pants, crop tops (having your midriff on show in the 90s
was compulsory too, apparently) and trainers with the tongue out of the trouser
leg. I saw them at a Festival last month and all those nineties memories came flooding back.
Two-piece tracksuits were
also worn a lot think velour Juicy Couture and footballers wives / Essex. It was Britney Spears, Jennifer
Lopez and Paris Hilton who started this trend off. Britney even had her bridal
party dressed in two-piece tracksuits ahead of her wedding to Kevin Federline. Then,
they became slightly over-worn by more Z-list celebs and fell off the radar…
Footwear
Platformed trainers were
a big trend, again started by every girl’s fashion icons — the Spice Girls.
Whether they were white tennis shoes, lace-up boots or sandals, they had to
have a huge platform to allow you to stomp around. We’ve seen this trend return
with Rihanna’s range of Puma platformed trainers and (for something more
alternative) Gucci’s rainbow platform metallic sneakers that are currently on
sale.
How could we forget jelly
shoes? I actually brought my daughter a pair this year for the summer as they are really piratical for toddlers. It is thought that they were invented due to a leather shortage during
World War II, leading to a French shoemaker creating shoes from plastic. This
is one of the trends that has come and gone throughout the years, with a surge
of the shoes in 2002 and another rise to popularity in 2009.
As with all fashion
trends, it’s likely that we won’t have seen the back of these unforgettable
fashion trends. And, there’s bound to be many more fads to come that we’ll
cringe at before buying into.
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