![]() They weren’t sexualized, nor were they sweet or demure, they were outrageous and knew how to have a bloody good time. The Spice Girls burst onto the scene in 1996 with fun, color, friendship, and an attitude for young girls to look up to. Read: The Insatiable List: “Big Six” 90s Supermodels Platforms, girl power, and color a la The Spice Girls Layer a white or cream satin slip dress (they’re everywhere these days!) with a denim jacket, flat sandals, and bed-head hair for Gwyneth-meets-Jennifer (Aniston) style.For every day, pair a beaded spaghetti-strap tank with high-waisted, wide-leg jeans and pumps. ![]() To be honest, if you’ve got a wedding coming up (as the bride, I mean) this look is a perfect reference for women with minimal, beachy-glam styling.Gwyneth’s look was one-third great styling, one-third a great makeup artist, and one-third excellent genetics. Oh, and she had Brad Pitt on her arm, with tiny sunglasses and floppy blonde locks. Her hair had a slight side-part but was otherwise unstyled (but stunning), and her lips were 90s-brown. Gwyneth Paltrow wore Calvin Klein (hence the clean minimalism), a pearl-colored, fully-beaded slip gown with spaghetti straps, V-neckline, and gauzy shawl. Natural beauties like Kate Moss and Gwynny sauntered in pale, sheeny slip dresses, no bras, untouched hair, and natural makeup. It beautifully demonstrates the clean, minimal, waif-like, cool-girl style of the decade. Gwyneth Paltrow’s look at the 1996 Academy Awards was more 90s than the 90s itself. Gwyneth Paltrow in Calvin Klein at the Oscars Smudge black kohl thickly over the top lash line and lid, but keep the lower lashline clean to avoid the panda-eye lookīlack Lipstick and Bold Styles, How you can Embrace the 90s Goth Look.Accessorize with small, colored sunglasses and necklaces of various lengths Pair over-the-knee socks with brogues, a shift dress, and longline blazer.For a less “schoolgirl” aesthetic, swap the pleated skirt for a bias-cut midi skirt with layered chain belts Pair a fitted cardigan with a high-waisted, pleated skirt with stockings and ankle boots.The hair was thick, bouncy, and sometimes clipped with those 90s-centric tortoiseshell claw clips, and the makeup was matte and brown. There were slip dresses layered with long-sleeved tops, with tiny blue-lense sunglasses. There were pleated mini skirts worn with sheer black tops and layered cross necklaces. The teen horror movie (witches, seances, snakes, all kinds of sinister activities) was a fashion treasure trove. ‘The Craft’ used to scare the bejeezus out of me when I was a kid. Smoke-out your eyes with deep brown kohl and press red rouge onto your lips for that lush, Romeo-after-a-crying-session sultriness Find a blue and red short-sleeved Hawaiian shirt and tuck it into blue jeans, with the top buttons undone.Otherwise, take inspiration for daily life by pairing a fitted white blouse with a high-waisted pleated skirt, soft makeup, and white feather earrings.Pick Romeo/Leo and Juliet/Claire for your 90s party and recreate the iconic knight-and-angel look if you can get your hands on armor and wings.Oh, and Leo, in chainmail, gazing at her through a fish tank. Claire was the picture of sweetness with a simple half-up-half-down do, flushed cheeks, and silver necklace. ![]() Yes, the Hawaiian shirt was all the rage in the 90s, and not just for Dads on vacation.Ĭlaire Danes as a perfect Juliet made young 90s girls long for their own set of wings as she floated in a simple white pleated dress and feathered angel wings. However, it was Leo’s blue and red Hawaiian shirt, cigarette, and floppy hair that etched its way into our memories. Not only did it present The Bard in an approachable, accessible way, but it gave us Leonardo DiCaprio in chainmail.
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