How in the nineties people tried their best to look fashionable

Nineties fashion was wild and fun. Things that were considered stylish, often no one could afford, so they had to get out. Today's story is about how in the nineties people were thrown out for the sake of fashion.

Boiled, but not vegetables

Jeans have always been held in high esteem. However, one particular type was especially popular in those days. The notorious "varenki". I dreamed about them at night, excited my imagination and aroused envy. However, you could make them yourself in the kitchen, in a borscht pot. Regular jeans were rolled, tied, and then boiled with bleach, soda, or vinegar. Some were also rubbed with pumice stone or fine sandpaper. The result is indistinguishable.

It was also prestigious to have Mawin pants, which were popularly called “Mawins.” Both men and women wore them, and to all events, from cleanup days to ceremonial visits. And they were also rare.Particularly skillful people tried to embroider the desired logo on ordinary pants in order to stay in trend. It turned out, however, not very reliably.

Neon Jungle

This phrase can be used to describe fashionable leggings of the nineties. The rule was simple: the more poisonous the color, the better. And on top there’s also a T-shirt, preferably with a shot from Titanic. They didn’t stand on ceremony with sizes back then, so on different models DiCaprio looked either like a handsome handsome man or like a blurry guy. And, of course, elastic bands in the hair of no less desperate colors. However, simple clothes in neutral tones could also be made bright. To do this, it was usually washed with other things of a suitable shade. Sometimes even colored stationery was used.

Mom sewed me pants

Tracksuits have probably never been as popular as they were in the 90s. You could find “sweatpants” of any color, brand and quality. However, a trained eye immediately distinguished the fake from the real thing. And there were plenty of tenacious glances - every third family at least tried to sew clothes with their own hands. For some, the ability to simply remake old things was enough, but others created them from scratch. Even the same tracksuits. Often such clothes wore well, but in appearance they were... To put it mildly, a little wild. Still, there was no choice of materials.

Schwarzenegger is resting

Broad shoulders on outerwear are another indispensable attribute of those years. Foam rollers made the figure look masculine, but when combined with leggings or a tight skirt, an interesting contrast was created. However, not every jacket or sweater originally had linings. Most often they had to be sewn on by hand. My mother had a whole little drawer of these foam shoulder pads!

Colored prints with large patterns were also fashionable. Self-confident brave men tried to decorate their clothes themselves, but this usually did not end well.

And other “joys” of life

What didn’t exist at that time. One of my friends’ mother knitted an entire sweater. In the manner of the legendary ones with the inscription “Boys”. And sometimes even “silver” was added to cosmetics - paint for batteries. And all for the sake of making it shine brighter. What can we say if some guys collected beautiful stones on the street, sharpened them during labor lessons and passed them off as jewelry? Nowadays you can laugh condescendingly at the crazy “life hacks” that existed in the 90s. However, it was a completely different time, in which fashion had to be truly pursued.