Friday, July 15, 2011
90210 and 90's fashion rules again
The Clarion Content is delighted to introduce and welcome aboard a new columnist this week. Cady (pronounced K-T) Childs writes her own feisty, witty, effervescent blog at Fashionably Tactless. Here at the Clarion Content she is going to be sharing her style and pop culture opinions du jour on the hip, the chic, and the disastrous. Proudly striding the streets of Durham, Cady will have her eye out and ear to the ground for what's hot and what's not. Don't be afraid to gawk, we encourage it. Today, Cady breaks down the revival of the 1990's fashion of the (in)famous Beverly Hills, 90210.
There’s nothing like being six years old, and learning your first rules of fashion from the cast of 90210. Watching Shannen Doherty pick out a home pregnancy test in a sky blue, menswear blazer, high-waist taper jeans, and a great neutral cross-body bag. Or Jenny Garth hosting the coolest high school party I’d ever seen (this would later come to effect my expectations for college social scenes and result in over all disappointment with real house parties) wearing a green button front sleeveless shirt dress just like the one seen on every other girl at the Motorco on Friday nights (right down to the accidental, at-leisure hair down and somewhat messy look). Or Brandon looking like a new James Dean in a Members Only and crew neck. Or Shannen getting the news that Kelly got a callback for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof too (!!) while wearing paperbag top pants, and a latched, ribbed blouse. And please don’t start me on the frequency of wedges in every hallway scene (and at Whiskey).
Unless you’ve been walking around Main Street with a blind-fold over your eyes, it’s clear that the nineties are back. Cut off jeans, those overdone, overplayed Wayfarers that were already an old trend in the nineties (and still are today), cropped tops, cross-body bags, guys going sleeveless, and even flannel.
In an interview with Glamour magazine, Tori Spelling suggested that most of the trends from this classic series should be left in the past, despite their boldness. Yet hip designers, such as Alexander Wang and Herve Leger, have been channeling Donna Martin’s sassiest hours in their runway looks since 2009. Like it or not, the nineties are back. This era’s is at the headwaters of it’s first revival, and 90210’s California preppy dreamer is a major part of the overall theme coming downstream.
The show’s stylists brought a certain level of charm to their characters’ wardrobes, one that made them a quintessential piece of fashion history for their decade. Of course, the locale and assumed income of their families had a piece in this, and also Donna’s interest in fashion design (that doesn’t stop her Betsey Johnson tight daisy dress from being something of legend). But, unlike shows of today, where young high schoolers are dressed in whatever is new and trendy (and most of the time way out of their budget), each character developed their own sense of style, and each of these personalities are driving the nineties renaissance forward. Before you start searching Hulu for past episodes, try out these key pieces to channel your inner valley girl (or boy).
See the full sized image here
Tori Spelling/ Donna Martin Graphic:
a. Libby Floral Dress by Motel, $88
b. Fuschia Silk Crop Top by Nasty Gal, $38
c. Urban Renewl Cut-off shorts
d. Silk Creamsicle Skirt by Aryn K, $75
e. The Barbie Necklace by Vanessa Mooney, $17.50
f. Sparkle and Fade Bustier Cut-Out Back Top, $54
g. Celestial Sphere White Dress, $52
h. OPI Hong-Kong Collection in Hot & Spicy, $4.99
i. Davine’s Sea Salt Primer, available at Rock Paper Scissors, Durham
j. Benefit ‘They’re Real!’ Mascara, $22
k. Tough Love Shorts by Nasty Gal, $38
See the full sized image here
Jason Priestley/ Brandon Walsh Graphic:
a. Mandate Tee by Won Hundred, Need Supply $39
b. French Riviera Slip-on in Red, from Need Supply, $49
c. Hargrove Denim Ranglin, from Need Supply in Richmond, VA
d. Marc by Marc Jacobs Rock Chronograph Watch in White, $200
e. Loose Tank, $22 American Apparel
f. Boating Windbreaker, Life After Denim, Need Supply, $99
g. Hawkin’s McGill Finished Short, $44 Urban Outfitters
h. Levi Ghost Trucker Denim Jacket, $59
i. Cotton Stripe Jersey short-sleeve tab t shirt, $32
j. Frankie Sunglasses, $35, American Apparel
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There’s nothing like being six years old, and learning your first rules of fashion from the cast of 90210. Watching Shannen Doherty pick out a home pregnancy test in a sky blue, menswear blazer, high-waist taper jeans, and a great neutral cross-body bag. Or Jenny Garth hosting the coolest high school party I’d ever seen (this would later come to effect my expectations for college social scenes and result in over all disappointment with real house parties) wearing a green button front sleeveless shirt dress just like the one seen on every other girl at the Motorco on Friday nights (right down to the accidental, at-leisure hair down and somewhat messy look). Or Brandon looking like a new James Dean in a Members Only and crew neck. Or Shannen getting the news that Kelly got a callback for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof too (!!) while wearing paperbag top pants, and a latched, ribbed blouse. And please don’t start me on the frequency of wedges in every hallway scene (and at Whiskey).
Unless you’ve been walking around Main Street with a blind-fold over your eyes, it’s clear that the nineties are back. Cut off jeans, those overdone, overplayed Wayfarers that were already an old trend in the nineties (and still are today), cropped tops, cross-body bags, guys going sleeveless, and even flannel.
In an interview with Glamour magazine, Tori Spelling suggested that most of the trends from this classic series should be left in the past, despite their boldness. Yet hip designers, such as Alexander Wang and Herve Leger, have been channeling Donna Martin’s sassiest hours in their runway looks since 2009. Like it or not, the nineties are back. This era’s is at the headwaters of it’s first revival, and 90210’s California preppy dreamer is a major part of the overall theme coming downstream.
The show’s stylists brought a certain level of charm to their characters’ wardrobes, one that made them a quintessential piece of fashion history for their decade. Of course, the locale and assumed income of their families had a piece in this, and also Donna’s interest in fashion design (that doesn’t stop her Betsey Johnson tight daisy dress from being something of legend). But, unlike shows of today, where young high schoolers are dressed in whatever is new and trendy (and most of the time way out of their budget), each character developed their own sense of style, and each of these personalities are driving the nineties renaissance forward. Before you start searching Hulu for past episodes, try out these key pieces to channel your inner valley girl (or boy).
See the full sized image here
Tori Spelling/ Donna Martin Graphic:
a. Libby Floral Dress by Motel, $88
b. Fuschia Silk Crop Top by Nasty Gal, $38
c. Urban Renewl Cut-off shorts
d. Silk Creamsicle Skirt by Aryn K, $75
e. The Barbie Necklace by Vanessa Mooney, $17.50
f. Sparkle and Fade Bustier Cut-Out Back Top, $54
g. Celestial Sphere White Dress, $52
h. OPI Hong-Kong Collection in Hot & Spicy, $4.99
i. Davine’s Sea Salt Primer, available at Rock Paper Scissors, Durham
j. Benefit ‘They’re Real!’ Mascara, $22
k. Tough Love Shorts by Nasty Gal, $38
See the full sized image here
Jason Priestley/ Brandon Walsh Graphic:
a. Mandate Tee by Won Hundred, Need Supply $39
b. French Riviera Slip-on in Red, from Need Supply, $49
c. Hargrove Denim Ranglin, from Need Supply in Richmond, VA
d. Marc by Marc Jacobs Rock Chronograph Watch in White, $200
e. Loose Tank, $22 American Apparel
f. Boating Windbreaker, Life After Denim, Need Supply, $99
g. Hawkin’s McGill Finished Short, $44 Urban Outfitters
h. Levi Ghost Trucker Denim Jacket, $59
i. Cotton Stripe Jersey short-sleeve tab t shirt, $32
j. Frankie Sunglasses, $35, American Apparel
Labels: Cady Childs columns, Durham, Fashion, Pop Culture
Comments:
i haven't been wearing a blindfold around durham, but sometimes i am tempted to, now that the 90s are back! my eyes, they burn!! ;) though i must admit to being happy cross-body bags have come back the last few years.
love the polyvore style outfit assemblies. excellent first post ms childs - can't wait to read more!
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love the polyvore style outfit assemblies. excellent first post ms childs - can't wait to read more!
