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.
Geena Davis, Cher, Celine Dion, Susan Sarandon and Jon Bon Jovi.
Kim Basinger in a white ball gown and matching one-armed jacket in 1990.
Will Smith’s wife Jada showed off her midriff in spangled green in 1997.
Whoopi Goldberg in lime green and purple in 1993.
Celine Dion’s infamous take on the pant suit in 1999.
Jon Bon Jovi in crushed velvet in 1991.
Cher at the Oscars in 1998.
Julia Roberts chose a man’s suit for the Golden Globes in 1990.
Geena Davis in a mullet dress and white satin gloves in 1992.
Blythe Danner looking voluminous in 1993.
Halle Berry in lurid mauve in 1996.
Rachel Griffiths in garish orange/pink in 1999.
Glenn Close in 1991.
Jennifer Aniston in 1995.
Susan Sarandon in dazzling bronze in 1996.
Glenn Close in 1993.
Kate Winslet looking like Maid Marion in 1998.
Reba McEntire in 1991.
Too many sequins weren’t enough for Celine Dion in 1997.
Tyra Banks in 1996.
Dennis Rodman in 1999.
Madonna experimented with a denim smock in 1992.
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