Whenever talking about fashion decades, I have trouble choosing one single representative look for a certain period of the history of fashion in my mind. I find it quite challenging, so I go and do some research in an attempt to get my styles straight and as I start to dig further, all Saint Google does is getting me deeper in the sartorial maze!

Of course there are elements that will always evoke a particular decade in our minds: those sixties’ preppy mini–dresses à la Twiggy; flared pants, flared pants everywhere in the seventies; the big shoulders and sprayed hairstyles of the eighties… But 10 years is a lot of time, and it’s obvious that even those iconic elements would change throughout the decade, and there were always tribes of people that would go against the trend of the moment, that would stand out for their unique style vision.

Fast-forwarding to the present, it amazes me to think that those styles once considered underground are now inspiring hundreds of people in their search for uniqueness and individuality. As you may have realised already glamistas, we live in a time where fashion is trendier than ever and there is room for every single style you can think of!

Anyways, this improvised shooting session I had with a friend some weeks ago got me thinking about this stuff, but I realise it may well deserve a post on its own, so I will stop rambling endlessly about the evolution of fashion, and instead will share with you…

My 10 favourite things about being a 90s kid:

1.  The walkman: people call it the original iPod and I have to agree. As a diagnosed musicaholic, there was no place I wouldn’t go with this little portable juke box!

2.  My first Tamagochi: in hindsight I don’t think it was such a great invention (rather a technological device to slave kids, such as tablets and phones are today), but I got obsessed with these little virtual pets and in fact, it was the first thing I ever bought will all my piggy-bank savings –the cashier had to do quite a bit of penny-counting for this one! 🙂

3.  VHS tapes: same as with the walkman, this was the way we would bring the cinema home, renting and recording VHS tapes, plus do you remember those blurry home recordings of your sister’s birthday or the Christmas school play? My parents had lots of them stacked in a beautiful asymmetrical shelving unit made by my dad, and we would always decide together what we wanted to watch. It was a nice and treasured family time for us.

4.  Disney movies: I would lie if I said the most recent Disney movies are as good as the ones created in the 90s. You would fall in love with each and one of the princesses for different reasons, and the soundtracks and drawings were simply amazing. I still keep several Disney Princesses colouring books and I remember getting an Aladdin sketching book that got me drawing Jasmine’s face like it was my purpose in life for two months.

5. Love and friendship letters: ok, not an exclusivity of the 90s, but back in my time (do I sound like a grandma or what?) handwritten letters was a BIG thing. You would write a letter to your bestie to tell her all about your latest crush, the teacher would intercept said letter, your parents would be called for an urgent meeting… this is what I’ve heard happened to other people in my school *ahem*… The point is that handwritten pieces would hold so much value and were really personal. Call me nostalgic, but I don’t think an email or a WhatsApp message will ever replace that feeling of receiving a paper letter.

6.  Our first PC: this is such a classic for a 90s kid. Who could forget that high-pitched intermittent sound when the connection was being established, as if E.T. was actually calling home? Or how my mum became addict to the game of Pinball and we would save data (like a document and a half) in floppy disks, eh?

7.  Casio watches: this is a favourite of mine because I loved to have watches with a light, a timer, i.e. all the cool features. I absolutely adored my classic black Casio, and when broken or lost I’d get a new one. My dad would sometimes find a strap–less watch in the bottom of the river pool when swimming, and guess what? It would still work because they were sturdy water-resistant madafuc*ers! Also, if you haven’t noticed, I STILL wear a Casio wrist watch, only now it’s golden because that’s even cooler, ha! 😀

8. Hair wraps and friendship bracelets after summer camp: I still see these at every alternative fair or festival I go to, but it always brings me back to those summers away from home, where you would fill your hair with those little rainbow coloured pieces of art: colour blocks, criss-cross, stripes, feathers, wooden beads… That and thread bracelets for all your newly acquired friends, in the hope that the distance that would separate you from your new BFFs during the rest of the year could be overcome by simply looking at that tiny colourful strand around your wrist.

9.  Spice Girls: if you are a girl and haven’t been in a Spice Girls band with your gals you didn’t fully experience the 90s, nor did you probably embarrassed yourself in front of a crowd during end of school year show, lip-syncing Wanna be while trying to perform a choreography that you only rehearsed 10 times in Jennifer’s basement for a couple of weekends… Why, God, why??!!

10. Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic: Leo had to be the cherry to this list, dears: my first love, the only real size poster ever hung from my wall, my first heart-break when I saw him sinking in the bottom of the ocean because stupid Rose couldn’t make room for him on the huge bed headboard! Those were real tears of sadness at the cinema, I tell you!!

Bonus: I just discovered MS MR and their tune Think of You has that 80s-90s vibes that totally matches this entry! Go give it a listen if you fancy 🙂

Sorry for the long read, but I hope you liked this kind of post, glamistas, I had so much fun remembering my good ol’ days!

What is your favourite decade, style-wise or others? Let me know in the comments, I would love to read you ☼

Peace & Love

Saida

{Denim jacket – Vintage} {Fruit of the LOOM sweater – Vintage} {ASOS Sunnies}

{H&M black jeans} {Primark Shoes & Earrings} {Dr. Martens Bag} {BLANCO bunny ring}