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Images of Key Styles/Designs in 1990s Sportswear

Click on the following link to view popular athletic shoes during the 1990s:

WWD.Com's 25 Classic Kicks

The Nike Air Jordon athletic shoe shown above is one of the several renditions of the original 1985 red and black Air Jordon I shoe. The 1990s technology brought the shoe brighter colors and a cushion air sole. N0t only was it a major trend for athletes in the 90s, but a popular fashion statement for men and boys as well.


The classic white Adidas shoe with three stripes is demonstrated by the hip-hop music group, Run DMC. This shoe was a 1990s sportswear staple often worn without laces as seen above.


Full body Adidas tracksuits were popular in sportswear in the 1990s. As shown above, most tracksuits were windbreaks worn in the same color head to toe.

Above is an example of the popurity of Adidas sportswear in women's fashion and in the pop scene in th '90s. Sporty Spice from Spice Girls was one of the female pioneers who popularized wearing Adidas windbreakers with cropped tops as an everyday style.

Fila was another popular athletic shoe as well as workout brand in the 1990s. The woman shown above is adorned in classic black Fila shoes as well as spandex Fila workout clothing.

Starter jackets were a trend from hip-hop musicians to athletes to everyday men and boys in the 1990s. These jackets were worn as a fashion statement as well as showing pride for a favorite sportsteam, such as the Chicago Bulls basketball team shown above.

Although hip-hop sportswear and lycra activewear were popular throghout the 1990s, the latter half of the decade was dedicated to more preppy sports brands, like Tommy Hilfiger. Shown above is a classic polo shirt inspired by Tiger Woods and other golf players. It was implemented into everyday fashion as well.



Images of Key Styles/Designs for Women, Men, and Children's Apparel in the 1990s

The Grunge music movement, started by bands like Nirvana, sparked the Grunge fashion trend around 1992. It was influenced by street fashion and minimalism, popularizing dark and muted colors, flannel shirts, and Doc Marten boots.

The Spice Girls inspired a Mod or "Girl Power" trend adopted by women and young girls. Platform shoes, cropped shirts, babydoll dresses, knee-high stockings, and short skirts all became popular trends in the 1990s.

Parachute pants (or MC Hammer pants) became a nation-wide trend in young men, boys, and some women's fashion due to the music star's popularity and influence in the early 1990s.

Bright, neon colors colors were popular for men, women, and children during the 1990s due to leftover fashions from the 1980s.

By the mid-1990s the preppy "school-girl" look became a major fashion trend for women, as seen on characters in such movies as Clueless. Popular clothing items of this trend included plaid, knee-high stockings, short skirts and faux fur.

This image represents some popular fashion trends throughout the 1990s. These include acid-washed jeans, combat/chunky shoes, plaid, knee-high stockings, converse shoes, and short skirts.

The above image is of the characters from Dawson's Creek, a popular 1990s sitcom. The focus here is on the men's clothing. Sweater vests and khakis or boot cut jeans were popular for a typical man to wear in the 1990s as well as short-sleeved button-up shirts with patterns.

Above is a picture of a pre-teen Olsen twins wearing children's fashion trends of the 1990s such as choker necklaces, simple spaghetti-strap tanktops and hair clips.

Brightly-colored overalls and backwards hats were a typical children's outfit during the 1990s as shown above in the Olsen Twins' clothing.

Three of the female character from the hit 1990s TV show, Saved by the Bell, is shown above wearing basic 1990s fashion trends. The trends include high-waisted white denim, bright colors, tye-dye, scrunchies, mini-skirt, oversized sweater, and a blazer.

The oversized blazer was a leftover fashion staple from the 1980s, but continued to stay consistently popular in 1990s women's fashion. However, unlike the 1980s blazers, 1990s blazers lost the heavy shoulder pads and opted for a more subtle, baggy approach. Sharon Stone, above, is seen here sporting the blazer.

Baggy Clothes, Doc Martens, neon colors, bandanas and overalls were popular clothing items in the 1990s, inspired by hip-hop street fashion. TLC, above, demonstrated this popular urban style.

Sources:

Nike Shoes: blog.ctc.com

Run DMC in Adidas Shoes: streetball.com

Various Adidas Tracksuits: cdn2.ioffer.com

Sporty Spice Adidas: wiw.org

Fila Shoes/Activewear: pzrservices.typepad.com

Starter Jackets: 4.bp.blogspot.com

Tommy Hilfiger Polo Shirt: images.footballfanatics.com

Grunge Collage: photobucket.com

Spice Girls: blogtown.portlandmercury.com

MC Hammer: a.abcnews.com

Neon Colors: perfectnika.files.wordpress.com

Clueless: jennifermorrill.files.wordpress.com

Born in the 90s Collage: polyvore.com

Dawson's Creek: pub.umich.edu

Pre-teen Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen: images.movieeye.com

Younger Olsen Twins: imnop.blogs.com

Saved by the Bell Girls: images2.fanpop.com

Sharon Stone Blazer: upload.wikimedia.org

TLC Hip-Hop: myspace.com/nsr4deep