90s Fashion: Slip Dresses, Baby Tees, Cargos and Low Rise

90s Fashion: Slip Dresses, Baby Tees, Cargos and Low Rise

The Parts That Came Back

90s fashion for women that actually came back is specific: slip dresses, baby tees and tanks, cargo and parachute pants, and low rise. I go through each one and say which pieces I would wear now.

Slip dresses

The slip dress is the piece that never fully left, it just got shorter and then longer again. Bias cut satin over a tee is still the most nineties way to wear one. These are the slips in the mix now.

Baby tees and tanks

The baby tee is doing the heavy lifting in every nineties reference right now, usually with a shrunken fit and a ringer trim. Tanks and tube tops are the same idea with less sleeve. These are the tops that read the decade fastest.

Cargo, parachute and low rise

Cargo and parachute pants are back with a wider leg and more pockets than anyone needs. Low rise came with them, though the current version sits kinder than the original. These are the trousers doing it.

Our honest take

One nineties piece per outfit is the difference between a reference and a costume. Start with the slip dress or the baby tee, since both go with what you already own. If you want to keep reading, Ex-Boyfriends Tee: Oversized Graphic Vintage Tees Worn as Dresses is a good next stop. I went deeper on a related idea in Fashion Nova Dresses: From a Panorama City Mall Store to Weekly Drops.