It was acceptable in the 90's

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Inspired by our reminiscenses about block heeled court shoes on another thread and my misty recollections about working in Next, what did you used to wear? To work, especially

Lots o' Navy

Lots of gilt buttons, and BURGUNDY. Mucho burgundy. And bodies! ARGGH bodies. I had a peach one IIRC. Pale 10 denier tights

Yes a trollop with the core of a nun

We probably did MissBeehiving. I've still got the top, could fit one arm into it now.

i loved this seems odd now!

Remember when Kylie did 'Step back in Time'? That's when 70s style hot pants came back in.

I seem to remember my club wear being very trollopy but daytime stuff was quite conservative.

I love this thread. I love the 90s. Might have to watch a bit of Friends.

I was a teenager for the first half of the 90's & was obsessed with Rimmel's Black Cherry lipstick. I also had a perm that I used to wet scrunch with lots of mousse! :o
I think my wardrobe staple were bodies & my purple wallabies (can't remember the type of trousers I wore) & I did buy a lot of my clothes at Camden market.
I do remember wearing a floral shirt & stone washed denim dungarees at one poit though!

oooh, heather shimmer lipstick and dewberry/white musk perfume!

Oh yes sheer/mesh tops over a Wonderbra, I used to wear this a lot - trouble is I am a 36E so I generally looked like I had an arse strapped to my chest or was smuggling the 2 blokes from Right Said Fred - not really the look I was going for.

Mind you, big norks in a Wonderbra = handy place to rest your pint/stash your fags :)

am going to go back and read the whole thread at leisure, but can i just say (before i forget): lots of tops that clearly showed my bra. e.g. sheer sparkly tshirts with black or red wonderbra underneath, and best of all, a man's navy blue string vest in which the net was this wide.

obviously didn't wear those work though.

ffs x-post

I'm glad the fashion for showing your bra was when I was young - and pre dcs! Had lovely boobs in the 90s.

Me too. Likewise the crop top/long skirt combo - thank goodness that was pre-DC for me

Yes to ubiquitous black bootcut trousers; I also had some gorgeous blue moleskin hipsters that I wore to death until I got too fat to fit in them they got chewing gum stuck on the arse.

I was a teenager for most of the 90s so there was lots of ravewear for me: backless/halterneck/bra tops, ribbed vests, hotpants or A-line minis with knee boots. My favourite A-line mini was made of curtain fabric, sewn by then-boyfriend's mum. She also made, at my request, a miniskirt out of fluorescent orange PVC stuff that gave her a headache as she sewed.

Army boots, DMs, Converse-a-likes (low top of course). Lots of massive shoes: I had a pair of Swears very like these and a pair of fabulous platform sandals that I used to wear with a leopard print A-line skirt and silky black camisole top.

Too much nostalgia

oh yes fag packet in your bra!!!

I had a black lace crocheted dress that I wore with a wonder bra and big pants.

Sticking the tongue out of trainers.

Hair scrunchies.

Waistcoats.

Sun in.

OMG I had hot pants. Black and white tweed ones. They were about 4 foot wide if I laid them on the bed

Me too!

Ewww the mere mention of dewberry makes me feel ill - but how I loved it in the early 90's !

Oh, I have loved reading this thread
To give some idea, I was 14 in 1990
I was an indie kid and thought I was as cool as
wardrobe:
Doc Martens
Battered converse
Denim shorts with opaque tights
leggings
'James' T-shirts (about 3 sizes too large was de rigeur)
Other 'indie' band printed t-shirts
flared jeans
charity shop velvet jacket
friendship bands

god I had a pair of shorts like short trousers (eww) and I wore them with tights, a body and a waistcoat

I also had black crushed velvet hotpants, god i loved them and thought i was chocolate in them
Also wore a catsuit to go out clubbing on 'the boat' which im sure lots of you went on during its heyday.

Dewberry was nasty, all those body shop things we loved though, white musk anyone? Or a spray of lou lou or poison

lou lou - my sister still wears that also anais anais and ysatis

My mate had a knitted red wool catsuit with a gold zip that she used to sashay round the univeristy library in

I think I wore my trousers too short for most of the 90's. there may have been some tapering going on too