Totally Rad Like, For Sure 90s Week: Day Four- The Fashion

Welcome to Day Four of

Today when we look back at 90s fashion, we cringe (especially those of us unfortunate enough to have been old enough to really be into the fashion back then).  However, at the time we thought we were the coolest things since sliced bread and no fashion era before had ever been as good.  Sheesh...

The early trendsetters of the 90s were the kids of 90210 and Saved By The Bell. 

The  jeans, spandex shorts, off-the-shoulder oversized shirts and big hair were all the rage.   For some unknown reason some fashion person (who should be shot) thought girls looked good in floral-print/tribal-design blazers.  Ugh.

This poor girl wore nothing but blazers for that entire show.

There was the long-sleeved plaid shirt tied around your waist look.

Oversized shirts pulled into that weird circle thing.

Let's not forget the Hammer pants.

Basically, it was all just awful.  Then there was the hair....

In the early 90s when grunge was still fading out, the general hairdo for both men and women was long and board-straight.  Then came hairspray and teasing.

The bigger and frizzier it was, the better.  Even guys rocked the big hair.

Of course there was also the mullet and a brief (thank God) appearance of the rat tail.

Then, thankfully, the mid-90s gave way to straight and sleek, short and chic. "The Rachel"  became the most-requested hairstyle in salons all over the US thanks to Jennifer Aniston.

We can't forget the ever-important hair accessory of the 90s:

Scrunchies

Thankfully movies like Clueless came out and pushed fashion in a new - and MUCH improved - direction.

Thank you, valley girls.  Thank you.