Men's fashion in the 1990s

Early 90s, men were generally adopting the grungy look, wearing black leather jackets, wool sweaters, denim jackets etc.
Another one that was revived from the early 80s was the 'preppy look' for men. They wore designer labels blazers, suit jackets and boat shoes.
Mid 90s, the success of British pop influenced the fashion and 'Cool Britannia' was a popular fashion which was just like the Mod culture. Another way that music influenced fashion for men was Hip Hop, this fashion came from America. Men wore oversized clothing with big baseball jackets and track suits.
Late 90s, came street wear. Trainers were very popular, for example, Adidas, Nike and Reebok Classics (only worn with jeans unless you werent cool says mum).

Women's fashion in the 1990s

In the early 90s, one of the main fashion trends was Neon coloured clothing. Which went with the 'Rave scene'. (My mum says she remembers having a lime green jumper and thinking it was the business.) Women also used to wear sportswear like track suit bottoms, some even wore leotards with jeans over the top.
In the mid 90s, hippie style was revived and floral dresses were brought back as well as turtle neck shirts, lace blouses etc.
During the late 90s, for women pastel colours came in while wearing crop tops and revealing your waist. Casual wear was a big thing toward the end of the decade and some popular accessories were jelly shoes (i remember my jelly sandals, would love some now!) big hoop earrings, trainers and gold jewellery.

Dreamscape

Dreamscape were responsible for some of the best raves that the UK have ever seen. Rave music was a big part of the 90s and spread worldwide throughout all of the clubs. The first dreamscape album came out in December 1991, and then the albums continued to be made all throughout the 90s and there ended up being over 30 albums made altogether.

Welcome to the 1990s

Welcome to the 90s, the decade I was born so its got to be a good one!
The decade when Dreamscape took over the world, taking ecstasy became the norm, and the tighter your perm was the cooler you were!
I've got my mum reminiscing now....

Youth cultures

GOTHS :- were a new culture that developed mid eighties. They were centred all around black, black clothing, black hair, black make up and then they usually had a contrast of a white face.
FLAT TOPS :- they had the flat top haircut which was very popular in the 80s. They were generally the really fashionable group, wearing black jerseys and American based clothing.
B- BOYS :- they generally wore track suits, trainers and other sports wear types of clothing. And they teamed this with big gold chains. They were fans of Hip Hop and Rap.
TEDDY BOYS AND ROCKABILLIES :- this style was developed in the 50s but appeared again in the 80s. They wore drape jackets, bootlaces ties and whiff hairstyles. Rockabilly style was built around denim and also came from the 50s.
MODS AND RUDIES :- these originally came from the 60s and try were based around Italian suits, neatly styled hair, Parkers and Vespa scooters. They generally enjoyed bands such as Madness and The Who.
SKINHEADS :- this was originally from teenagers in 1969. They had closely cropped hair, Fred Perry T shirts, braces and Doc Marten boots. They created this style to look aggressive.
PUNK :- punks clothing was designed to shock. They wore ripped leather, studs, chains, zips and safety pins. They had wild hair too for example Mohicans dyed with leopard print patterning (nice!!)

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson was the successful figure of the 80s. He'd grown up in the 70s and then had gone on to create a solo career. thriller his album sold over 35 million copies in the eighties, which is supposedly the best selling album of all time.

New wave of music in the 1980s

In the eighties, technology brought lots of new sounds and a new generation of electronic instruments. This new sound was sometimes called 'electro-pop' or 'house' music. The first example of what was dubbed house music was the single 'Pump Up the Volume' by MARRS in 1987. Another style of music that grew in the 1980s was 'Hip-Hop/Rap' which came from the ghettos in America. These raps were generally very harsh and some bands purposely created an aggressive image. Throughout the 80s women became more prominent in the charts and the likes of 'Salt N Pepa' emerged.
Later on in the 80s heavy rock music became the trend again and musicians like Bon Jovi and Def Leppard.