90s Fashion
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The Denim Department, Third Floor
The third floor always felt cooler than the rest of Marshall Field’s, like the air up there had been filtered through indigo. The escalator would sigh me upward from the perfume counters and handbag displays, and as soon as I stepped off, the smell shifted—less floral, more starch and dye, metal hangers sliding on chrome…
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How to Style 90s Denim Overalls in 2026 (Without Looking Costume)
The Look That Defined a Generation Let me paint you a picture. It’s 1993. TLC is blasting from a boombox, someone’s rocking a side ponytail, and everywhere you look — at the mall, at school, on your TV screen — people are draped in the most gloriously oversized denim overalls you’ve ever seen. One strap…
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USED AND DAMAGED DENIM BRANDS: THE ICONIC BRANDS THAT I WORE IN HIGH SCHOOL
If you were a teenager in the early ’90s, you already know that denim was everything. Not just any denim — the right denim. The kind that said something about you before you even opened your mouth. Back when I was navigating the hallways of high school, two brands had completely taken over my world:…
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From School Halls to State Street: The Day I Discovered a Sale at Marshall Field’s
It began, as so many great fashion stories do, with a magazine. Pages dog-eared, editorials memorized, glossy spreads studied like scripture. That particular winter — Chicago, 1998 — the fashion world was deep in its love affair with leather: sleek, structured, unapologetically bold. And somewhere between the glossy pages and the frost gathering on my…