1990s fashions?

What else was there except guys with saggy jeans? I can't believe we lost a generation of men's asses - white and black - to this pernicious trend.

See, now, what little I've found outwith the awfulness of Blossom/Clarissa/Moesha (yeah, I started on the Nickelodeon shows) tells me that there was a period where mens trousers *were* looser, but they somehow fit better. Weird.

Do a Google image search for 90's sewing patterns. You'll find a wider array of what people were actually wearing. Some things that come to mind for women's clothes: huge white collars; tiny floral prints; gigantic earrings; lace collars; drop-waist jumpers; jumpsuits with very wide legs or ankles with bands; sheer, crinkly babydoll dresses work over a sold-color slip; shoulder pads; double-breasted everything; oversized shirts buttoned all the way up with a big brooch at the collar.

I remember a lot of overweight women in mom jeans.

Did someone mention Mom Jeans?

Watch "My So Called Life" on Youtube. That show had the best representation of teen life and dress.

Also, OP, keep in mind that people wouldn't wear clothing exclusively of the time period you're writing about it. In the mid-90s most people — excluding the fashion-obsessed — would still be hanging on to a few items from the late 80's and mixing them with newer things. In addition to patterns, Spiegel and Sears catalogs will give you a good idea of what working and middle-class people were wearing.

Chartreuse was popular. And those hideous blocky shoes for women.

I blame 90s "fashion" with its oversized proportions for the current obesity epidemic. Seriously, it was the decade that gave people license to get enormously fat. It was also the time when The Gap and other brands began irregular sizing: standard size XL became L, women's 8 became 4 or 6, etc.

It's easy to laugh at 1980s excess, but the 90s were truly the nadir of fashion and style.

Grunge was huge. In fact, Marc Jacobs put it on the runway, to very bad reviews. Seattle was the in city, and people went for its look and sound.

Mock-neck turtlenecks; pleated chinos; jeans worn high with shirts tucked in; men's shirts with wide vertical stripes; denim shirts worn with ties; oversized double-breasted jackets; pleated khaki shorts with Polo shirts; Unbuttoned shirts with sleeves rolled up worn over a tucked-in t-shirt; paisley or other patterned shirts in eggplant, mustard, and olive green; white sneakers; black leather blazers; leather varsity and bomber jackets

Men's business: rip-offs of Armani with padded shoulders and monk-srap shoes.

Men's casual: look at Seinfeld. Jerry infected every asshole in the US. or you coukd examine anyone out of rehab- white tennis shoes, flowy dark button-down shirt, leather bomber.

Women: watch CHARMED and BUFFY.

OP, did you ever finish what you were writing?

R10 I remember a terrible fashion spread with Christy Turlington and Meghan Douglas wearing that stuff.

Stuff I remember: Airwalk shoes, stadium jackets, chokers, shell necklaces, lots of plaid, sunflower prints, girls wearing slip dresses with t-shirts underneath