Eighties fashion is much-maligned but the decade that followed had even more questionable style moments.
Even the classic pant suit – so hard to get wrong – went hideously awry in the decade style forgot, with Celine Dion wearing hers baggy and back-to-front and Bon Jovi choosing a maroon crushed velvet variety.
Hair was huge, fabric couldn’t be too garish or shiny, one-armed jackets were perfectly acceptable and dark glasses were paired with almost every outfit. Here are our nominations for the nineties fashion hall of shame.
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Geena Davis, Cher, Celine Dion, Susan Sarandon and Jon Bon Jovi.
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Kim Basinger in a white ball gown and matching one-armed jacket in 1990.
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Will Smith’s wife Jada showed off her midriff in spangled green in 1997.
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Whoopi Goldberg in lime green and purple in 1993.
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Celine Dion’s infamous take on the pant suit in 1999.
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Jon Bon Jovi in crushed velvet in 1991.
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Julia Roberts chose a man’s suit for the Golden Globes in 1990.
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Cher at the Oscars in 1998.
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Geena Davis in a mullet dress and white satin gloves in 1992.
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Kate Winslet looking like Maid Marion in 1998.
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Blythe Danner looking voluminous in 1993.
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Rachel Griffiths in garish orange/pink in 1999.
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Halle Berry in lurid mauve in 1996.
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Madonna experimented with a denim smock in 1992.
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Jennifer Aniston in 1995.
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Reba McEntire in 1991.
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Glenn Close in 1991.
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Too many sequins weren’t enough for Celine Dion in 1997.
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Dennis Rodman in 1999.
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Susan Sarandon in dazzling bronze in 1996.
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Glenn Close in 1993.
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