Skip to main content

Lieve Van Gorp

Lieve Van Gorp AW1998 Side-Zip Vest
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
While Lieve Van Gorp’s work has not yet had the cultural renaissance of some of her ‘90s Belgium
Category

1990s Vests

People Also Browsed

new AZZEDINE ALAIA bordeaux plisse knit dress
By Azzedine Alaïa
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Bordeaux knit dress with intricate plisse woven pleats from Azzedine Alaia. New with tags. French size 40 however runs small and best fits a FR 36 or 38. Approximate measurements (un...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Evening Dresses and Gowns

Versace S/S 2005 Plunging Wrap Crop Top
By Versace
Located in Naples, FL
Versace S/S 2005 Plunging Wrap Crop Top IT 38
Category

Early 2000s Crop Tops

New Iconic Tom Ford for Gucci FW 2001 Black Leather Double Zipper Men's Pants 42
By Tom Ford for Gucci, Gucci
Located in Montgomery, TX
New Iconic Tom Ford for Gucci Black Leather Men's Pants F/W 2001 Collection Designer size 42 Black Lambskin Leather, Two Zippered Pockets on Back, Silverton Hardware, 3/4 Length of L...
Category

Early 2000s Italian Pants

Vintage Tom Ford for Gucci S/S 1998 Red Crocodile Crystal G Sandals Shoes 40 C
By Tom Ford for Gucci, Gucci
Located in Montgomery, TX
Vintage Tom Ford for Gucci Red Crocodile Shoes Sandals S/S 1998 Collection Designer size 40 C - US 10 C Limited Edition, Genuine Crocodile, Crystal G on One Heel, Leather Insole & So...
Category

1990s Italian Sandals

Gianni Versace Silk Lace up Back Jacket
By Gianni Versace Couture, Gianni Versace
Located in Water Mill, NY
An incredible off white silk jacket from Gianni Versace Couture. It is a simple fitted, long sleeve jacket closing with large hooks corset style from the front. The back is fabulous...
Category

1990s Italian Jackets

Prada Pink & Gold Floral Brocade Corset Top
By Prada
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Prada designs consistently emit an air of reserved experimentation. Through the mixture of classic silhouettes and meticulous textile techniques, Prada successfully reinvents timel...
Category

Early 2000s Italian Corsets

F/W 2002 Christian Dior by John Galliano Leather Lace-Up Asymmetric Mini Skirt
By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in West Hollywood, CA
John Galliano designed this Christian Dior brown leather mini skirt for the Fall/Winter 2002 collection. Constructed entirely of leather, this short skirt debuted on the season's run...
Category

Early 2000s French Skirts

S/S 1999 Gianni Versace by Donatella Boned Asymmetric Pastel Pink Plunge Top
By Gianni Versace, Donatella Versace for Gianni Versace
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This pastel pink Gianni Versace tank top from the Spring/Summer 1999 collection features a cowl neck and pinched shoulders. Designed by Donatella Versace, this taut top is elevated w...
Category

1990s Italian Blouses and Tops

NWT 2003 Gucci by Tom Ford Sheer Black Mesh Bra
By Tom Ford for Gucci, Gucci
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Designed by Tom Ford in 2003, this chic black Gucci mesh bra features cutout stripes on each cup. Never worn and complete with the original tags still attached, this sultry piece is ...
Category

Early 2000s Italian Bras

Vivienne Westwood Pale Blue Silk Taffeta and Tulle Couture Bridal Dress, FW 2005
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
This Vivienne Westwood bridal couture dress is crafted from pale blue silk taffeta, featuring an asymmetrical bodice design with a built-in corset for structure. The dress has a volu...
Category

Early 2000s French Evening Dresses and Gowns

Vivienne Westwood blue tartan wool waistcoat and skirt set, fw 1994
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
▪ Vivienne Westwood waistcoat and skirt set ▪ Fall-Winter 1994 ▪ Blue, yellow, green and white tartan wool ▪ Fitted waistcoat ▪ Orb etched buttons ▪ Black velvet collar and pocket...
Category

1990s Italian Suits, Outfits and Ensembles

John Galliano black mesh top with tattoo motifs, fw 1997
By John Galliano
Located in London, GB
▪ John Galliano archival top ▪ Fall-Winter 1997 ▪ Constructed from black nylon-viscose mesh ▪ Allover tattoo motifs featuring flags, roses and snakes ▪ Long fitted sleeves ▪ Size Sm...
Category

1990s French Sweaters

Christian Dior By John Galliano S/S 2004 Runway Bustier Lace Corset Crop Top
By John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in Naples, FL
Christian Dior By John Galliano S/S 2004 Runway Bustier Lace Corset Crop Top FR 38 FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @OPULENTADDICT
Category

Early 2000s Crop Tops

1980s Thierry Mugler Black Lace Semi-Sheer Halterneck Mini Dress
By Thierry Mugler
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a fabulous black floral lace Thierry Mugler mini dress, designed by Manfred Mugler. From the 1980s, this halterneck dress is constructed entirely of semi-sheer black flora...
Category

1980s French Mini Dress

Christian Dior by John Galliano black wool crepe haute-couture bar suit, fw 1998
By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in London, GB
▪ Christian Dior Haute Couture 3-piece long bar suit ▪ Designed by John Galliano ▪ 'A Voyage on the Diorient Express', Fall-Winter 1998 ▪ Museum Grade ▪ Constructed from black wool ...
Category

1990s French Suits, Outfits and Ensembles

Yohji Yamamoto Wide Brim Oversized Runway Hat, ss 1988
By Yohji Yamamoto
Located in London, GB
▪ Archival Yohji Yamamoto Runway Hat ▪ Spring-Summer 1988 ▪ Woven raffia in black, blue, turquoise, and cream shades ▪ Extra-wide floppy brim, measuring up to 92cm in diameter ▪ Lar...
Category

1980s Japanese Hats

Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Lieve Van Gorp", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.

Fashion of the 1990s

For fashion lovers, the 1990s have become associated with styles adopted by today’s supermodels and influencers, who never wear the same thing twice. And because fast fashion didn’t yet exist, the design associated with 1990s fashion — vintage '90s handbags, clothing and accessories — has a quality appreciated by the millennial generation: authenticity.

If there was one concept unifying fashion in the 1990s, it was the lean silhouette. “Fashion is a game of proportion,” Alexander Fury wrote in the New York Times in 2016. “Narrow-shouldered and narrow-hipped, the ’90s were skinny.”

If it takes a practiced eye to identify that single concept, that’s because in truth, ’90s fashion was many things to many people. After the 1980s era of strong-shouldered working women, glossy aerobicized bodies and Madonna, fashion branched out.

The industry gained momentum from big-money relaunches of the great Paris houses Dior, Givenchy and Balenciaga, rescued at long last from the constraints of licensing. Japan and Belgium gave fashion new avant-garde ideas to play with. From America came denim, minimalism, '90s grunge fashion and hip-hop. From Italy came sex appeal. And Prada.

For the colorful corsets of her 1990 Portrait collection, audacious British designer Dame Vivienne Westwood drew on 18th-century oil paintings — her models donned the pearl choker necklaces that have become a social media star and a favorite of influencers and fashion lovers all over the world. For a jacket-and-shorts suit from her Fall/Winter 1996–97 Storm in a Teacup line, the designer used the extreme asymmetry of a tartan mash-up to confront, according to Westwood, “the horror of uniformity and minimalism.”

“The ethos of the time was, you could have style, you could be into all kinds of cool stuff. It wasn’t about money, it wasn’t about status,” says Katy Rodriguez, cofounder of Resurrection. In contrast, “our last 10 years have seen the domination of nonstop luxury, money and status.”

Vintage 1990s Chanel bags, for example, are among the most prized of the brand’s offerings — at Newfound Luxury, proprietor L. Kiyana Macon has "clients who only buy ’90s Chanel because they recognize that it is the best quality.” 

Things were different in the ’90s, and the difference is reflected in the clothes. Pull up any recent “How to Do the 1990s” fashion article (or look at photos of current supermodels Gigi, Kendall and Bella), and you’ll see iconic '90s outfits — knee socks, cardigans, fanny packs, fishnet stockings, slip dresses, flannel shirts and combat boots.

Rodriguez has recently noticed something similar happening. Before COVID, customers searched 1990s stock “for very sexy Galliano, Dior, Cavalli — that kind of thing,” she explains, noting that just a few months ago, “people were posting [on social media] the poshest things they could.” Now, in the age of shutdown, “that would just look out of touch.”

Instead, people are looking for “things that are cool but also easy and comfortable, not necessarily super-luxe,” Rodriguez continues. They’re “heading back to the more avant-garde, anti-fashion designers, like Helmut Lang, [Martin] Margiela and [Ann] Demeulemeester.”

Late designer Franco Moschino shocked and titillated the ’80s fashion elite with his whimsical, irreverent parodies of bourgeois finery. Whether emblazoning a sober blazer with smiley faces or embellishing a skirt suit with cutlery, Moschino rendered high style with a hearty wink. He famously said, “If you can’t be elegant, at least be extravagant” — words that, with all due respect to Susan Sontag, epitomize the essence of camp.

Vintage Moschino pants, jackets and other '90s Moschino garments remain so bold and fresh today that even the house's former creative director, Jeremy Scott, drew on the brand's past and the pop culture of the decade for his debut collection in 2014.

Find vintage 90s dresses, skirts, sweaters and other clothing and accessories on 1stDibs — shop Thierry Mugler, Miuccia Prada, Jean Paul Gaultier and more today.

Finding the Right Jackets for You

No matter if you’re preparing for a fashion event or a weather event — you’re going to need a good jacket.

What would become the modern jacket as we know it began as a strictly professional item. A lot of the vintage and designer jackets (and coat styles such as the Navy-inspired peacoat) in our closets were likely popularized by soldiers who battled aggressive climes with their regulation field jackets, bombers and parkas buttoned or zipped to the chin. Indeed, keeping troopers comfortable guided the design of the military surplus garments that have often become buzzy fashion trends. But now, jackets add far more than warmth to our wardrobe, and we hunt down outer layers branded with peerless fashion labels.

Fashion’s most iconic creations, despite their age, remain modern: Biker jackets originated in the 1920s, Balenciaga’s celebrated puffers are steeped in a tradition of down coats that began in the 1930s and your vintage denim jacket has come an even longer way, from California Gold Rush to wardrobe staple. Jeans bequeathed jean jackets during the 1880s, thanks to Levi Strauss, who crafted the former as a durable garment to be worn by miners and railroad workers. Later, jeans and jean jackets became synonymous with nonconformity and rebelliousness — with fashion legends such as actor James Dean in the 1950s and model Veruschka in the 1960s and ’70s leading the indigo-toned charge.

Another fashion rebel, Coco Chanel, used the classic tweed jacket to introduce more comfort and mobility into women’s daily lives. Debuting in 1954 and based on a cardigan, the groundbreaking Chanel jacket forever changed what women wear. The garment reacted against the fitted, constricting styles of Christian Dior’s New Look, which, as Chanel saw it, was making women dress like decorative objects.

On 1stDibs, find bold collections from cutting-edge contemporary designers who’ve taken the classic silhouette of the jacket to new heights or build out your array of vintage treasures (denim or otherwise) with dazzlers from Yves Saint Laurent, Gianni Versace, Moschino and more.

Read More

Barbra Streisand Channeled Klimt’s ‘Woman in Gold’ in This Shimmering Dress

Costumer to the stars Ray Aghayan brought the famed painting to life with his spectacular design.

A Chanel Obsessive’s Cache Extends Well beyond Her Walk-In Closet

From handbags and heels to jackets and jewels, Sharon Coplan Hurowitz has a deep admiration for (and collection of) all things Chanel.

Behind the 1970s and ’80s Glam of ‘Halston’ with the Hit Show’s Costume Designer

Jeriana San Juan explains how she undertook the intimidating project of designing costumes for the new Netflix series about the New York fashion legend. (Hint: She found vintage Halston on 1stDibs!)

A Short History of Capri Pants, on the 100th Birthday of Their Inventor

Once considered a controversial item of clothing, fashion designer Sonja de Lennart's creation is now a bona fide classic.

How the Chanel Jacket Forever Changed What Women Wear

The classic tweed garment has been a wardrobe staple of chic women around the world since the 1950s.

A Pair of Shoes — Heels or Flats — Can Tell an Impactful Story

Amanda Benchley and Bridget Moynahan teamed up to explore the relationship between powerful women and their most significant footwear.

You Saw It at the Met Ball. Here’s What Camp Fashion Is Really About

This year's Costume Institute exhibition is all about embracing the eccentric.

The V&A Takes a Fresh Look at the New Look’s Pioneering Progenitor, Christian Dior

Ballrooms, Bar Suits and British royals — in a sweeping exhibition, the London museum looks back on 70 years of the French fashion house, as well as its illustrious founder and his fondness for the United Kingdom.