Fashion and personal style from the 1990s was actually a decade rich in ugliness:
The costume department of "10 Things I Hate About You" is only a fraction of history.I recently went through several rolls of 20-year-old film that were taken on school trip, primarily because pre-teen me felt that it was absolutely necessary to document how cool she felt. In my Adidas pants, cotton tank top and khaki Gap bucket hat, I had finally Made It.
To start, let's remember that every decade is equal parts very glorious and very ugly. No trend can transcend personal tastes, nor can it erase the legacy of our worst choices worn simultaneously. Back in 2014, I believed I was chic — I was not — because I wore sneakers with large, oversized sweaters and graphic T-shirts, while as early as last year, I bought a vest, believing myself to be immune to the strange shape the garment created and always had.
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