Iconic 90s Fashion That Brings Up Intrusive Thoughts About Your Blunder Years

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Apr 29, 2025 1:00 PM EDT

Hey there, people of the internet. I don't know how old you are, if you're a boomer, millennial, gen z or younger, but everyone is familiar with the iconic fashion of the 90s. We're all familiar not only for its iconography, but also because it's making a comeback. Butterfly clips, low-rise, and socks with open-toed shoes are back for the younger generation, and maybe they'll look back on it fondly like us 90s kids do. For millennials and gen x, 90s fashion is what made us who we are aesthetically. We grew up with all of the classic and timeless 90s garb, the crimped hair, and even the themed clothing. I remember loving Lisa Frank as a kid. 

Even if 90s fashion is iconic and aesthetic, we all have our awkward era, our blunder years of that transition between childhood and adulthood. For some it's when they're younger, and others it's preteens or teens. Mouth full of braces, hairstyles that don't make sense at all, clothing that doesn't seem to match. When I was 12-years-old I loved to wear my Tinkerbell shirt with a pink or black miniskirt, pink tennis shoes, pig earrings, and my hair half up half down. Honestly, it wasn't the worst, and I look back on those photos and memories and think it's quite cute how I was and how I dressed. Here's to the 90s. 

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  • The thing I love most about 90s fashion is how eclectic it is. You can be grunge one day with ripped jeans, a white tank top, flannel, and boots, while the next day wear a bright blue bikini top with a bindi and pink hair. You can go high-waisted or low-rise jeans, and no one can tell you what's worse or what's better. 

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