A 1990s History of Style

[@miserych1ck]

the way i was literally like “lex hasn’t posted in a while” and i refreshed after about an hour 😭 “oh there it is”

[@devonmunn5728]

Yeah she mentioned in a community post there's a lot more content to come

[@AneesaMarie]

Like it was stressing me out. Got me check every day like a fiend

[@carlajohnson9849]

Right !!!

[@beauti03]

Literally same!!

[@bonniejohnson805]

I said the same thing.....I was low-key kinda hype bout seeing what else she put together 😂😂😂😂

[@SolarMoonQuartz]

I missed this era for the aesthetics ALONE 💅🏾

[@leongraham2249]

I’m so happy ur backkk

[@teedasawaneh471]

Fran Drescher was EVERYTHING!!!!!!! The nanny was do iconic!!!!!

[@m.d.1395]

Apparently outfits were shared between Living Single & The Nanny?

[@Oh_my_starz]

@@m.d.1395 Yup, Kim Fields and Fran Drescher sometimes rocked the same outfits on those shows. There's pictures around the internet showing the outfits.

[@jikuyemanamouna]

I loved their styles even the random odd patterns & they had the body to rock it❤

[@blueblack3591]

Loved the style

[@gregorygriffin6341]

the Lil Kim segment was iconic and sad at the same time. It's disheartening That many of us saw the magnificent beauty she never could see. With that, I say GODDAMN the men who fed her insecurity! This is why we have the Kim we have today.

[@jikuyemanamouna]

Yes❤❤ Kim definitely was eating n fine asf, I hate she went thru that too

[@beckybertish7841]

​@jikuyemanamouna I agree she is iconic and gorgeous I hate that she felt that way about herself.

[@blueblack3591]

It is very sad

[@katiemh721]

“Beef-cake homoerotic” is gonna be my new favorite way to describe clothing brands😂😂 Love the video Lexual!

[@IntelexualMedia]

Lol!

[@pupu2410]

I think what makes the 90s so special for many people in terms of fashion is that it was the last true era of originality before fast fashion took over for good.The 90s was the last era where quality still had priority over quantity, trend cycles weren’t crazy fast paced and the trends actually reflected the era and weren’t just simply 1:1 upcycles from past eras like they are today.While they did take a lot of inspiration from the 70s and 50s, the key Word here is inspiration and not copying.Ever since the mid 2000s, fashion trends have evolved into just being a plain copy of whatever was popular 20 years ago.Evolution has almost completely stopped.The 90s however took a bit of inspiration from past eras while still giving them a contemporary twist that was unarguably 90s. Subcultures were actual subcultures with values and not just watered down aesthetics, alternative people were proud of being alternative and didn’t water themselves down to still fit in somewhat.Clean goth and clean gyaru would’ve been impossible in the 90s. Designers came up with original ideas and didn’t just fart out whatever so they can have as many collections as possible. The 90s was the last era of original style.

[@honeybdream]

The 90s had the perfect balance of some technology & human interaction. It was a FUN decade 4 style, music & pop culture! 🌟

[@tamiadixon8312]

Yes!! It was just enough balance, wish we could go back. I was only a baby lol

[@jessica23claire]

i've been binge watching the x files with my partner lately and let me tell you, every single power suit gillian anderson wears on that show is ICONIC

[@jrojala]

Don’t sleep on 90’s sci-fi fashion

[@beckybertish7841]

I shipped Mulder and scully so hard!! I also loved her hair.

[@MKPanda0428]

90s Era clothing and fashion for black women was iconic. I love looking at photos of my mom from the 90s. Her clothes were so cute ❤

[@melissa.816]

SHE’S BAAACKK

[@dandeleon2764]

The Smokey Eye makeup look was also popularized by Carmindy on the show What Not to Wear. It was a really popular makeover show, and while it was basically well meaning and gave the women a new wardrobe, the hosts completely tore down your existing outfits and would throw them in the garbage in front of you...

[@beckybertish7841]

I remember what not to wear!!

[@goose2888]

I loved that show so much, I just always wished they were nicer to the people on it! It could be brutal at times

[@sharaineroberts8537]

The 90s bring back so many memories. I worked in an office, but I wanted to go platinum blonde with long nails. And not just for a weekend. I love your content. Thank you

[@IntelexualMedia]

🩷🩷🩷 thank you!

[@Apricityville]

Watching this at work wearing my black, Madden Girl clunky sandals 🥰🥰🥰

[@IntelexualMedia]

Ayyye as someone who also wears chunky madden girl sandals I appreciate you

[@Mavisdundundunnnmanston]

This is the kind of fashion video I've always wanted on the 90s. I'm doing a "no buy new year" with only thrifting outer clothes and house stuff. This has inspired me so much more

[@Zatara47]

Haven’t watched yet but this was a golden era for south Asian models. Yasmeen Ghauri, Moose Ali Khan, Milind Soman, John Abraham, Bipasha basu, Aishwarya Rai, Indrani Dasgupta, young Priyanka Chopra. What an era!

[@charlee_hotel]

Priyanka Chopra is gorgeous!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@blue_moonlite]

as someone who really takes alot of inspiration from 90s style (even though i was born in 2003) i’ve been waiting from this video from you i’m so glad it dropped! another great & informative video, will be using this for future reference too :)

[@IntelexualMedia]

thank you!

[@crystallewis5902]

I was so excited when you mentioned the dress from My Date With the President's Daughter, that dress left such an impression on 9-year-old me! The outfits in Sailor Moon (from the casual clothing of the main girls to the villain outfits that were straight from the runway, particularly Mugler) were also memorable and influential for me as a kid.

[@flowerchild1694]

Big projected his insecurities onto Kim 😢. He knew she was that girl and he was trying to tone her down. Being ugly is easier when you have money and status. But Big could never escape ugly and no weight loss was going to fix that eye ↗️👀⬆️👁⬇️👁↙️👀↘️

[@Georges5eva]

Every Lexual video is a gold mine of mispronounced British places and I love it. Never change.

[@JelissaGonzalez-bv7cr]

As a Chicago girl I loveeeeeee starter jackets baddddd. I have so many Bears and Bulls jackets. My parents were 14-18 in early 90’s. My dad bought his first starter jacket after saving for months after working at a hot dog spot. He messed up wearing it to work and got robbed and jumped for it. He saved up for another one and wore that to a party and was robbed and shot for it 😭😭. After that he stopped but told me growing up he made sureeee to always get me a starter jacket for my bday 😭

[@divinegangsta3692]

Just when life started to get desolate, THE QUEEN DROPPED HEAT!!!❤❤❤❤. Thank you Intelexual!! You're on my reference list of historians & scientists to cite in my papers!

[@Laura-sg6ss]

Desolaaattee

[@beanbrewer]

Wait the Tommy Hilfiger thing was a myth!? I've been boycotting all these years for nothing!😂

[@deeshotcha2250]

These when I realized it’s easier to hate then do research lol

[@nataliaalfonso2662]

I mean if he didnt want black or Asian people in His clothes why would they be in all his ads?

[@blueblack3591]

Oh no poor you. I have been boycotting cause i am broke

[@beanbrewer]

@@deeshotcha2250 yeah sorry 12 year old me wasn't using my free AOL CD to do deep dives on fashion lore.

[@beanbrewer]

@@blueblack3591 you know Hilfiger is sold at Ross, Burlington, TJ Maxx, etc, for like $7, right? Announcing that you're destitute in the comment section isn't cute

[@SAThomas777]

Thee fashion icon herself giving us a history on one of the most iconic decades for fashion?!?! I'm locked in

[@IK_4]

Fun fact. Tne thing that people, especially those who weren't alive at the time, don't mention is that the Internet wasn't widely used (or used at all) by most people until the LATE 90's. Before that, computers were mainly used for word documents and computer games.

[@IntelexualMedia]

I discuss the sparse use of internet in episode 4 in the main series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWeqoGiQdsp5ors

[@TiaN-td1yl]

Ginger actually being the one to wear a "li'l Gucci dress" was a plot twist I never saw coming

[@alishaendre616]

Ahhhhh. What a time to be a teen 😊✨

[@hellobye7697]

YUP! FINNA SAVE THIS AND WATCH AFTER WORK.

[@aliceward1301]

Sat through all of this without realising it was an hour long cause i was so invested 😭PLEASE please make a 2000s video💕🙏

[@IntelexualMedia]

I won’t be doing the 2000s for like 4-5 years, don’t hate me 😭

[@aliceward1301]

@@IntelexualMedia 😭

[@remytherat2929]

@@IntelexualMedia i just fell to my knees in a Walmart

[@NerdyReviews921]

Girl thank you, my week and life has significantly improved now! ❤

[@Redem10]

It remind me that lately I've been wondering how we'll tell we'll tell 2000's, 2010, and 2020's fashion apart like we do previous decades (Then again I know very little about the subject), Glad to see a new video

[@quwandathornton]

90s was full of fashion and music! (other than autizzy) is why I have a huge love for a plethora of things like Gothic Attire, Black owned brands existed, black owned salons, The lowkey vampire craze, which I got sucked into. (pun intended) Aaliyah and Blade is why I have a huge thing for vampires XD

[@claytonphillips85]

The 90s was the peak of civilization

[@honeybdream]

Absolutely! The last Great decade!!

[@ScorpioQween82]

I agree!!!!! All was right with the world in the 90s!

[@oliviathomas9598]

Did we not hear the part where Abercombie fired minority workers with no explanation to raise profits?

[@abelrrant]

BABE intelexual dropped! Gonna watch later.

[@IntelexualMedia]

Yay!

[@KeeKeeBhad1997]

My favorite woman is back and KZbin didn't send my notification! Count yo days YT 🙄😂

[@sillygoose420]

misa hylton is awesome, i can’t believe i never really knew about her before. she had such an impact and her eye is iconic

[@SweetJeopardy]

The blueprint and an actual legend! I just watched a docuseries called "In Vogue: the 90s" where she's featured prominently (as she should), talking about what went into crafting her influential aesthetic and what was behind some of the most iconic looks of the 90s. She's a true original.

[@mistygraves6033]

yes!!!! that dress from my date with the president’s daughter is soooo iconic!!! 😍💖 i have always wanted it so badly!

[@IvySpringsCosplay]

thank god, something to watch at work

[@JamaalHappens]

Yo, I get geeked every time you drop a video. My cheer was audible

[@jordanabadwolf]

Truly you do 90s deep dives with so much more style, class, intelligence, thought and FLAIR than most creators I see. It's like so much substance AND style at the same time, your cadence is fantastic for narration too!!

[@08LiberianGirl]

You really love us!! I gotta save this to watch after work...can't wait!! ❤❤ ETA: I absolutely LOVE the A-Z format of this video!! I thoroughly enjoyed it!!

[@IntelexualMedia]

Hope you enjoy!

[@Kxngteezy]

New Lexxxxx!!! Thank you for this treat! I can vividly remember when a lot of the “streetwear” brands started going out of style in the early 2000s. I can’t wait for your Y2K series.

[@marsukarhu9477]

Yes, go Nanny! I watched it only for the fashion!

[@BryonyClaire]

Another masterpiece! I adore 90s fashion so much, and absolutely want everyone's wardrobe from Spice World like you. Tough choice on those 5 fav outfits but they're all so iconic, you made great picks!

[@lauren7335]

The best essay and historian youtuber is back!!!

[@alicesenz6374]

Another lovely video from a still underrated channel, thank you for this.

[@erinmabry9047]

One of things I'm most grateful to my mom for is refusing to let me overpluck my eyebrows. Lots of other people my age have to rely on brow stencils now, but I don't. Thanks, Mom.

[@JelissaGonzalez-bv7cr]

Poor Kim 😢

[@ChrisBrooks34]

I know I am going to absolutely love this video. I really like fashion and it's super interesting to look at fashion by decades. And I always think about how broad a decade is and how many sub cultures and different looks went in and out of the mainstream. Two people could say: "I'm rocking 90s fashion," and it could be two completely different looks."

[@HiyyihLouvre]

I literally thought about you THIS MORNING OMG!!!! I've been DYING for a deep dive like this! this vid's about to go triple platinum in my household is2g

[@daniluv2696]

Yess!! I am gen x so the 90's where my thing boo!!! thank you for the memories!!!❤❤👏👏🌹🌹

[@terrylrichardson1947]

WoooHooo The decade series is back🥳🥳🥳

[@Jennyboomboom88]

Oh! I really enjoyed this episode! You’ve brought back so many fashion memories! I wanted to be grown so baddd as a kid in the 90s. The fashion was everything! Thank you Lexual! ❤❤❤❤

[@scarboroughdebutante]

Hearing you talk about Kim, Aaliyah and Coko in 2024 about their groundbreaking style feels right. Thank you 💚

[@scarboroughdebutante]

Also I don’t if it’s been said but Enyce apparently is pronounced as NYC, and I hate it

[@seeleunit2000]

I'm not gonna lie, I definitely love TLC and Destiny's child outfits during this period. As well as Lil' Kim's in her music videos.

[@amyadams9970]

I miss fashion back then in the sense that if you had an outfit that people knew they couldn't get because it was off the wracks, that outfit would be an investment later on in life. With today's fashion, you can't get that same luxury, nor quality! Even the big-name brands are going cheap, it sucks!

[@KpTheG]

I was just talking about that! The leather was REAL, the fabrics were organic & sustainable. What an era! Now everything is a polyester or rayon blend 😩

[@amyhurford8963]

Dear Lexual, you are the coolest thing on the internet. And if it means anything to you, we here in London pronounce it Stret-am, not Street-am. But, your mentioning it at all bought me a huge smile (I live in Streatham) keep up the great work :)

[@browngoddess5340]

The Nanny's outfits were my favorite and iconic ❤

[@Princessm2025]

This was SO good and well researched, thanks for sharing!! I know this had to take time and I appreciated it! 💖

[@RocLegend08]

Been patiently waiting for the next upload since the last one ❤

[@bonniejohnson805]

Sisturrrrrrrrrrr Sledgeeee......Talk 'bout taking it back to the days I was sooooo fortunate to be apart of. Thank you Love for bring me back to a time where life was extra fun, free of this bullshit we call social media aka tikker tockker bomb of wtf, fml, and omg, and being plain and goody just the way you are by putting a smile on my face and giving me a reason to wake up and love myself and my life.... Once again, THANK YOU AND KEEP DOIN' WHAT YA DOIN' !!!❤😘💯

[@SebastianSeanCrow]

22:30 I’m white, my grandma who is also very white, told me when I was little that she heard Hilfiger said he only wanted white people wearing his clothes and no one else and that’s why she didn’t want me wearing Hilfiger and she refused to buy it. It stuck with me so long.

[@EsiaAF]

Kim deserved better

[@kathrynhendricks2264]

This was such a thorough video- Thanks for all the nostalgia!

[@IntelexualMedia]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@RoyaleJellyBean]

This is my new favorite video. Thank you for gathering the names of literally All my fave stylists of my childhood💜💜💜

[@starksweetheart]

90's Fashion... Yes, Please! 💕📺 Excited to watch later, I'm loving this topic!!! 💯

[@m.d.1395]

My family preached respectability so I couldn't quite enjoy the anesthetics of the 90s in terms of hair and clothing. Watching this is nostalgic & sad for me. However, i did do the big chop 9 years ago and have been going shorter ever since and experimenting with color as much as possible.

[@amberevol]

i love your videos so much ❤❤❤ thank you for getting me thru the work day. I'm a 90s baby & this was so nostalgic. my eyebrows are still recovering from the 90s 😂 you really cover EVERYTHING, can't wait for your next one 🎉❤

[@QueenDeeTV]

Loved the Kim section. She was my GIRL as a kid. My mom had to convince to dress as Beyoncé instead of Kim when I asked to be her for Halloween at age 3. All I saw was a colorful black girl, not knowing she was the original naked baddie 😂 (I was born 95 for context lmao)

[@pyrosflamez]

Will be saving this for work tonight. . And to that I say thank you.

[@IntelexualMedia]

Enjoy!

[@EnbyGaemer2005]

Best comfort watching for a sick day. ❤

[@IntelexualMedia]

Hope you feel better 🩷

[@100Stratusfiedx]

Unfortunately, I didn’t see this in my sub box, but I love these videos. Lil Kim really was a fashion icon.

[@IntelexualMedia]

It’s alarming how many subscribers are saying they don’t get directly notified about my videos… impacting my performance in the algorithm

[@hiwrenhere]

I saw your email and was like ???? KZbin really tried to make me forget about her. But we are dialed in now!

[@IntelexualMedia]

Oooo thanks for being on my mailing list! 🩷🩷

[@lifeoferinr9383]

Yes!!!! Bring on the nostalgia 😬

[@GT-yl7sq]

YES YES YESSSSS I’m so excited for this installment !!!

[@Strawlighte]

Love ya Lex! Excited for this one!!!!

[@Strawlighte]

Just finished! What a great video ❤️‍🔥✨ being born in 1996, it’s so cool to get all of this context for some of my earliest pop culture memories. I really appreciate the work that you do, and I’m so happy to be a patron! I need to catch up on the rest of your videos 👀

[@imaniwilliamson5165]

IM TAKING NOTESSS

[@IntelexualMedia]

Not trying to be funny but if you really want to take notes I’ve got brand new notebooks! 👀 intelexualstore.co/

[@kenyz.hiireath]

i was just thinking about when you'd release another video, i love this !!!

[@HagiaFantasia]

I'm a nineties baby, glad you made this vid, i use 90s makeup and fashion, people think it's new lol

[@benatiyah]

Superb! I never expected anything less. Fantastic formatting and multimedia content❤ P.S.- L should have also included "Lo Lifes" the boostin gang from Brooklyn that brought designer street fashion to the hood, specifically Polo. Tyson was associated with them.

[@Icedsobaka]

She's back

[@bekindrewind335]

I loved the resurgence of the That Girl shoulder-length flip-cut (as seen by the likes of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Drew Barrymore, for instance). I was also a big fan of the sweater-set and butterfly hair clips.

[@TheSylar1982]

Bomber jackets, Windbreakers, converse, snapbacks,jenko jeans, nikes etc. the 90s had style and i miss it lol

[@packnetadaija]

Ok but the fashion in the 90s was AMAZING!!!

[@mariojenkins8913]

BEST KZbin VIDEO ABOUT THE 90s EVER!!!!!! Great Job!

[@softshell812]

you are so thorough!!!!! you are amazing, i'm grateful for the work you've been doing for YEARS

[@IntelexualMedia]

Thank you 🩷🩷🥹

[@theradicalbehaviourist]

Im locking in from Reading, UK 🇬🇧🖤✌🏿

[@IntelexualMedia]

Oooo thank you so much! 🩷🇬🇧

[@tanyaisom]

So glaaaaad to see you back!!! 🩷

[@whatlee8671]

90s style/ fashion is literally the reason why I dress the way I do today.

[@thedeepdarkwebb]

Thank you for taking the time and dedication to produce qualty content. I've learned so much from your channel.

[@cassandralyris4918]

I work in a paint department and I have the sad job of informing you that sponge painting is making a big comeback... 😥

[@IntelexualMedia]

🤮

[@deborahohaire5936]

Lexual you do not disappoint. Simply love your videos. This one really took.me back. Dennis Rodman was my guy. I love how you do history. Thank you Lexual for all.of your videos Keep.the knowlege coming. ❤

[@imcail8338]

missed your video so much! thank youuu

[@Sugar_TrappER]

RIGHT ON TIME SIS!!!!!

[@hwwh8145]

This was brilliant! Really appreciate your dedication to putting together such engaging content. Just a little note, Streatham is pronounced 'Stret' rather than 'Street'. Lots of love from London!

[@janarams]

So well researched…you brought me back to my childhood and shared things I didn’t even know…as a fashion professional! Truly appreciate every video you produce. 💜

[@IRDeady]

Of all the KZbin channels I've found in the last few years, I think this my favorite.

[@paula3916]

fashion and history enthusiast so i absolutely loved this❤️ my faves were lil kim and george michael being mentioned as icons during the era

[@MsJSC96]

Zenon!! the first was released in Jan 1999!

[@TokyoCaliLove]

thanks; definitely a refresher from the other debauchery

[@VanAlexi]

Lex videos are like food on Thanksgiving: You have to wait awhile for it to be cooked, but its worth the wait and every bite.