I have always gravitated to the 90s, in style, music and TV
Although I’m a 2002 baby so grew up around 2000’s fashion (don’t get me wrong, I was as insanely jealous of Hannah Montana’s sequin dresses as the next person), I have always gravitated to the 90s, in style, music and TV. As an avid watcher of iconic 90s tv shows like Friends and Sex And The City, the style I looked up to growing up was optimised by Rachel Green’s slogan sweatshirts, plaid miniskirts and baby tees and Carrie Bradshaw’s racerback mini dresses and low waisted midi-skirts.
The first decade where casual street style started to emerge
The 90s seemed to be the first decade where casual street style really started to emerge, I love that you could wear an oversized white t-shirt and boyfriend jeans in the day and a barely-there mini silk slip-dress at night (hello, posh spice), and although some would argue rightly so that the 90s was not a time of major inclusivity, it did offer many different expressions of style: from hip-hop style dungarees and bandana prints to rave culture bucket hats and tie-dye, to Sporty Spice's trendy athleisure, the 90s was a time where there wasn’t just one category for what being ‘stylish’ meant, and suddenly everyone was experimenting with their style, asking themselves whether they were a Monica Geller or a Rachel Green, a Beyoncé or a Kelly Rowland, a Baby Spice or Ginger Spice.
So yes, like in every decade there was some hits and misses in the 90s (I'm looking at you, parachute pants), I stand by the fact that the 90s was the best decade for fashion.