6 Designers From the ’90s Who Would Have Killed It in Fashion Right Now Inline
Photo: Condé Nast Archive1/12Helmut Lang, Fall 1994
The king of minimalist fashion officially retired in 2005. Although the label still exists, his personal aesthetic in the ’90s was totally in synch with current designers’ use of high-tech fabrics and slim cuts. If Lang were to put his brilliant spin on the ubiquitous athleisure and sport trend of today, well, it just might be as popular as Alexander Wang’s new collab with Adidas.
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tv2/12Alexander Wang, Fall 2016
Photo: Condé Nast Archive3/12Jean Paul Gaultier, Spring 1995
Jean Paul Gaultier gave up his ready-to-wear business a couple years ago and while he’s still designing couture, it’s his gender-bending, celebrity-studded ’90s runway shows that so many remember him for. Gaultier put men and women together in his theatrical presentations, sometimes dressed in opposite roles, just like Shayne Oliver of Hood By Air is doing today. This was a year of unisex and genderless dressing and Gaultier’s collections from the ’90s would have been right on the mark.
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tv4/12Hood By Air, Fall 2016
Photo: Condé Nast Archive5/12Thierry Mugler, Spring 1992
The power shoulder and structured silhouette is back, conjuring images and memories of Thierry Mugler at his outrageous best. Mugler was famous for exaggerated lines in the ’90s, especially when it came to jackets. This year, Simon Porte Jacquemus showed striking separates that harkened back to the big-shouldered, nipped-waist ’90s mold.
