It Was Fashionista Heaven

The tenacity of popular culture is here to stay; I’d resiliently jump on for the extraordinary ride any day. I have young fun electric style anyhow. I am constantly rejuvenating.

Pop culture of the 1990’s left us longing for more. All decades may have to bow to the fashionista awesomeness of the 90s decade for its fascinating allure, and styles. It was a tip-top fashion design period. Girls were allowed to look feminine and tough, coordinating boosting hats that demanded recognition along with fashion flare solids, plaids and flowery dresses sealing the deal with world shaking combat boots, Fluevog shoes, dress shoes etc. We felt free and confident enough to ambitiously conquer our dreams, and make sensational fashion statements. From running corporate offices to households, girls had it covered. Those were good times.

I liked the sex appeal of the 1990’s fashions. When I was a young pretty girl, I’d watch the sitcom A Different World and the show Beverly Hills 90210. The cast crews were so gorgeous in their celebrity gear. They rocked those combat boots. It seemed like anything could go with those boots. You could wear a pair of those combat boots with a dress, a Victorian blouse and jeans, or a beautiful tunic and culottes, and you’d look right, and be a part of the in crowd. I swear those boots were like a VIP card.

Way back when, I’m sure that the 1990’s dress code was on most kids back to school, must buy list. Maybe we were trying to land a part-time job to go binge spending and snatch these styles off the racks. Or we wanted to be on our best behavior, so Mom or Dad would say yes. “Oh, please say yes,” we’d whine. And we weren’t too proud to beg. Were you naughty or were you nice? Did you wear those fashions to school looking right and tight?

Cree Summer’s, as free-spirited “Freddie Brooks” on the sitcom, A Different World is looking fantastic. I was an absolute fanatic of wild hats during the 1990s.

In this inspiring decade, loose fitted clothes were totally verging on – t tops were worn in extra large, pants were baggy, spandex kicked, and shorts were much longer back then.

Young ladies to adults wore crop tops, plaid skirts, ankle, calf, and knee high boots etc. The popular lovely casual dress styles for women were boat neck, no-shape, belted shift dresses, loose slip dresses over even looser tops, petticoat dresses and cute casual Peter Pan collar dresses.

This generation would go to the club in business casual gear. Long sleeve tops, sweaters, tapered pants that were loose-fitting around the hips were signature, including flared pants, and dress shoes. All these styles of clothing bring back fond memories of the 90s.

During the fashion epiphany of the 90s, certain songs had me going to the hilt, from “Motownphilly” to “I’m Every Woman.” I found the songs of diverse recording artists very fascinating to hear.

New Kids on the Block’s album Step By Step was released in June of 1990. The lyrical abilities of the teen idols were in fine tune. I love reminiscing about their songs "Step By Step" and “Tonight,” till this day.

Mya is such a beautiful darling. The “It’s All About Me” song conveyed by Mya was lit.

R&B Maestros, Hi-Five left many girls hearts throbbing. Their song “I like the Way” was released in January of 1991. I used to think, “Ooh that song sounds so good.”

Los del Rio is best known for their hit single Macarena, released in 1995. The song was an international hit in 1995, 1996 and 1997. I actually learned how to dance the Macarena after listening to this song.

In the yesteryear of 1992, during a bleak messed up moment, Rodney King asked, “Can we all just get along?” You know, that went through my thoughts like a song. Love is the nugget, because love is the answer. What the world needs now is a little more love.

Shannen Doherty, played “Brenda” on Beverly Hills 90210. She’s flirtatiously rocking the knee high combat boots.

I acquired a pair of calf-high combat boots during those years. I couldn’t get over how good those combat boots looked with lovely dresses. My cloths fit so pretty, back then. I’d put on a fine tan hat, and wear my swavè boots with a yellow flowery tunic, and some red skinny pants. And I was the fairest in the land, because I believed in those boots. I walked the land in those boots. I’d walk through the halls with all the confidence a girl was allowed. I was accused of looking like a movie star twice. Those boots were made for me to walk the grounds in; and I give them all time notoriety.

I’d wear those pretty girl tough boots again, for sure.

The 1990’s jewelry fashion style that I’m still holding on to and won’t let go of is the choker. In coordination with my various garb adornments, I’d wear a choker when the style of the clothing and mood is befitting.

The choker necklace popularity surged in the 90s before calming down, but the choker has never really gone out of style, it’s just been dormant.

There are certain fashions I would joyously invite back in style. If any of that stage worthy fashion were to boomerang around and loop back in, I suppose I’d skip in glee; and I’d hope to find a red catsuit (made of latex, PVC, or spandex) and some Fluevog platform shoes. Catsuits were a sexy late 90s fixation. And Fluevog platform shoes were described as "progressive, art deco" inspired.

You can bet that everyone has a time that they’d want to go back to. For many creative fashion designers, it is the 1990s that they’d crave to be in. That period is being considered as a time when lots of original styles were launched. It was fashionista heaven. In this period, each one could choose present day styles then that matched one’s personality and moods. 90s looks would have you saying the word, “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!” The styles were totally lit. The era’s luminous innovative fashion intelligence stands from age to age till today.