Here's What Fashion Week Looked Like in the '90s

We have groundbreaking news about fashion week in the '90s—it didn't look as different from the fashion weeks of today as you might expect. There were certainly fewer cell phones and fashion bloggers (i.e., none) but the front rows were studded with celebs, and Anna Wintour was often perched next to André Leon Talley patiently waiting for the Calvin Klein show to begin. There were It supermodels (e.g., Kate, Cindy, Claudia, Stephanie, and Naomi), and Marc Jacobs was seemingly at every party, surrounded by the fashion world's in crowd.

Given the '90s revival we're currently experiencing and the fact that we're in the midst of fashion month, we figured there was no time like the present to throw it back to the original era of platform boots and chokers, so we rounded up some of the images that best represent the fashion weeks of the decade. Take a trip back in time below, and shop our '90s-inspired picks at the end!

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Cindy Crawford, 1993
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That's just Cindy, casually looking perfect backstage at Chanel. NBD.

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Anna Wintour, 1996
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But where are your sunglasses, Anna?! Everyone can see your reactions!

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André Leon Talley and Marc Jacobs, 1990
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#Fashun.

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Naomi Campbell, 1994
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Herein lies the birth of street style.

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Mary-Louise Parker, Marci Klein, and Marisa Tomei, 1995
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The front-row It girls of yore. 

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Kate Moss, 1994
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Wearing this outfit tomorrow. 

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Linda Evangelista, Karl Lagerfeld, and Claudia Schiffer, 1996
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We'd need to fan ourselves too if we were flanked by that many supermodels, Karl.

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Cindy Crawford, 1994
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Werking that plaid mermaid dress like a pro.

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Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss, 1999
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Brits have more fun.

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Gisele Bündchen, 1999
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We're pretty sure no one was looking at the clothes during this walk.

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Helena Christensen, 1996
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We'd like to point out without irony that everyone was wearing these sunglasses at NYFW S/S 17.

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Related: Proof Winona Ryder's '90s Style Is Still Genius in 2018

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Allyson Payer
Senior Editor

Allyson is a senior editor for Who What Wear. She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories for Who What Wear. Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.