90's clothes

[Trickyvee]

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lol and what a big word for a Friday night!

[tonyfinster]

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Err...no ???

the noise that shell suits make when you make any kind of movement, zwitt is closest i could get with an onomatopoeia,

[Trickyvee]

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Zwitt Zwitt Zwitt Zwitt. Bringing back any memories?

Err...no ???

[tonyfinster]

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I also had a shell suit. Navy blue, turquoise, white and shocking pink it was. Can't believe I actually chose to wear it for a weekend in London in 1990. I remember walking around Westminster Abbey in it looking a right sight, but I thought I was cool.

Zwitt Zwitt Zwitt Zwitt. Bringing back any memories?

[Trickyvee]

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Pods were big too. Amongst the girls there was a certain pod boot that most of us had. It had a stitched front like a moccassin and bits of rope threaded through the sides and of course one red and one green sole. They cost a fortune but I loved mine!

Whoops I got it wrong, these were Kickers not pods!

I think the bermuda shorts just about scraped into the 90s though I'd say they peaked in '88 and '89. I had a pair *shame*

I also had a shell suit. Navy blue, turquoise, white and shocking pink it was. Can't believe I actually chose to wear it for a weekend in London in 1990. I remember walking around Westminster Abbey in it looking a right sight, but I thought I was cool.

[tonyfinster]

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I'm afraid i was a danger to society (according to the tabloid press, police and the government) as i was into the the rave scene from about 1991 onwards,
mostly it was a pair of suede converse trainers with red laces, cargo /combat pants in winter camo pattern, a plain T shirt and a red hoody full zip top and nicely set off with a boonie hat unless i was dj'ing then i wouldnt wear one.
I never owned a smilie t shirt, everyone wore those at the hacienda it was like fashion uniform so i didnt bother with one.

Outside of that friday to monday weekend scene i was working like a nutter in the construction industry so most of the time i'd be wearing my steel toed doc martins, jeans, t shirt and those big padded builders shirts in lovely different tartan patterns which i will happily admit to wearing to this day.

Bl**dy hated those shell suit things, what an eyesore they were, never owned any kickers or pods or indulged in that brief period of brown leather jackets that seemed to appear at the end of the 80's and start of the 90's.

[Richard1978]

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I remember Bermuda shorts being popular at the end of the 1980s, I had a couple of pairs that summer.

Sometimes things come into fashion only a few years after a previous period. Combats came back about 5 years ago & Gypsy tops hardly went away before a 2nd wave.

The other group sf1378 is thinking of is All Saints. They seemed to wear Matrix style long leather coats a lot. My sister had one about 10 years ago (& wanted another!), which I've occasionally used as a measure of how my parents gave into her more.

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Checker shirts made of softer twill cotton? JCB suddenly put out a range of clothing to rival CAT didn't they? I also remember two tone baggy jeans, usually like black jeans but from the pocket area to the knee on the front where a different colour like green or red...Then there were bermuda shorts, remember that? Many a market stall was selling that sort of day glo neon tat...

Extremely baggy t-shirts, shell suits, ugh. I also seem to remember Pepe clothing being popular; anything by Kickers shoes around 1994-99 were worn at school too...Girls started dressing like the Spice Girls or like that other girl band of the time who wore baggy combats and trainers...who were they? I remember three blondes, two were sisters and a black girl in the group...any ideas???!

[Heather74]

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Ohhh yeah Combats, look really fab on the right man, one of those items only certain blokes can pull off IMO, put when done right, yum LOL

[Richard1978]

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I've still got my brother's 1990s combat trousers, I can still get into them but hardly wear them because they are really hard to iron.

[stuckinthe80's]

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I'm with stuckinthe80s on this one. It's Naff Naff I remember people wearing. I've never heard of Naff Co 54.

I think Naff Co was a rip off brand of Naff Naff.

[Trickyvee]

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Branny so many memories! I got a checked lumberjack shirt for christmas 1990 they were the in thing. I also got a hologram necklace that year along with everyone else, the one with the big eyeball!

I also remember waist coats being fashionable but actual waist coats with the black silky back and patterned front. We wore them at the disco, though I think this was around '88-'89.

Combat pants were one of THE fashion items of the 1990s. Got my first pair around 1994 in Oasis. At that point they were still quite tight and smart like normal dress trousers but with pockets on the legs. Later they became looser with an abundance of pockets and zips.

[branny]

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Shell suits with either Troop or BK trainers were early 90s. CAT boots were a major fashion item too. Waistcoats (more like sleeveless cardies) were prevailant too. Mid 90s seemed to be all checked shirts, inspired by Oasis. Cargo pants with thousands of pockets were also 90s I think.

[Heather74]

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We called it Naf Naf too!

[Trickyvee]

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Don’t you mean Naff Co 54 Naff Naff was a French designer label, different thing altogether.

Who remembers those black jeans with the large coloured patch that covered the top half of the back?

I'm with stuckinthe80s on this one. It's Naff Naff I remember people wearing. I've never heard of Naff Co 54.