Raf Simons Grey Mens Trouser Suit, fw 1999
By Raf Simons
Located in London, GB
- Raf Simons autumn winter 1999 charcoal grey men's suit ensemble - Jacket size 52, trouser size 50 - 99% Wool, 1% cashmere
Raf Simons Grey Mens Trouser Suit, fw 1999
By Raf Simons
Located in London, GB
- Raf Simons autumn winter 1999 charcoal grey men's suit ensemble - Jacket size 52, trouser size 50 - 99% Wool, 1% cashmere
Vintage Raf Simons Black Cobweb Spider Sweater 1998-99
By Raf Simons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Resurrection Vintage is excited to offer a rare vintage Raf Simons black mohair cobweb sweater featuring contrasting knit patchwork panels and ribbed collar and cuffs. Featured on th...
2000's JIL SANDER black cotton twill circle skirt
By Jil Sander, Jil Sander by Raf Simons
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Black cotton twill circle skirt by Jil Sander dating to the 2000's. Size M. Skirt was not clipped on French size 36 mannequin. Approximate measurements: waist 26.5" and length 35". M...
Raf Simons SS1998 "Black Palms" Runway Lurex Tank Top
By Raf Simons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Raf Simons’ spring 1998 “Black Palms" collection represented a swift pivot from his previous work, which merely implied subversion via his off-kilter tailoring of prep clothing, and ...
RAF SIMONS 1999 Vintage Runway black worsted wool satin coat jacket EU48 M
By Raf Simons
Located in Hong Kong, NT
RAF SIMONS 1999 Vintage Runway black worsted wool satin coat jacket EU48 M Reference: TGAS/C01855 Brand: Raf Simons Designer: Raf Simons Collection: Fall 1999 - Runway Color: Black P...
Raf Simons Radioactivity 32 Black Leather Cargo Pants, Autumn 1998
By Raf Simons
Located in San Francisco, CA
These rare archive RAF SIMONS pants from the iconic Autumn Winter 1998 -1999 "Radioactivity" Collection come in soft black leather and feature frontal flap pockets with sil...
RAF SIMONS 1999 Vintage Runway black worsted wool satin coat jacket EU48 M
By Raf Simons
Located in Hong Kong, NT
RAF SIMONS 1999 Vintage Runway black worsted wool satin coat jacket EU48 M Reference: TGAS/C01855 Brand: Raf Simons Designer: Raf Simons Collection: Fall 1999 - Runway Color: Black P...
Raf Simons black wool full length button up priest coat, 'confusion' aw 2000
By Raf Simons
Located in London, GB
Raf Simons black wool full length button up priest coat 'Confusion' Autumn-Winter 2000
Jil Sander Vintage 1990s 90s Minimalist Brown Skirt + Jacket Suit Ensemble
By Jil Sander, Raf Simons
Located in Sparks, NV
Vintage chocolate brown skirt suit that can be worn together or separately. Details: Fully Lined Front Snap Closure On Jacket/ Back Zip Closure On Skirt Marked Size: 34 Colo...
Raf Simons 1999 Luxe Wool Mens Opera Cape
By Raf Simons
Located in Cloverdale, CA
Luxurious Men's Opera Cape by Raf Simons 1999 This is a wonderful early piece , from the 1999-2000 fall collection, and could be worn by either men or women.
Raf Simons AW1998 Anarchy Vest
By Raf Simons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Many of the pieces from “Radioactivity” derived their narrow, futuristic cuts from the New Wave music scene, specifically pioneering electronic artists like John Foxx and Kraftwerk a...
Raf Simons AW1997 Open-Knit Sweater
By Raf Simons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Raf Simons’ fall 1997 collection leaned heavily into his prep school background — Raf himself was the son of an army man and attended Catholic school. Cable knitwear, striped ties, a...
Raf Simons SS1998 Paneled Tank Top
By Raf Simons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Raf Simons’ spring 1998 “Black Palms" collection represented a swift pivot from his previous work, which merely implied subversion via his off-kilter tailoring of prep clothing, and ...
Raf Simons SS1998 Razor Tank Top
By Raf Simons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Raf’s spring 1998 season represented a swift pivot from his previous work, which implied subversion via off-kilter prep clothing, often sitting both too small and too large on his sw...
Raf Simons SS1999 Half Sleeve T-Shirt
By Raf Simons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Raf Simons’ spring 1999 collection eschewed the punk influences of his previous work to focus on tailoring.
Raf Simons SS1998 Black Palms T-Shirt
By Raf Simons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Raf Simons’ spring 1998 “Black Palms" collection represented a swift pivot from his previous work, which merely implied subversion via his off-kilter tailoring of prep clothing, and ...
Raf Simons SS1996 David Bowie T-Shirt
By Raf Simons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Raf Simons’ spring 1996 collection was one of his first attempts at portraying disaffected, working-class youth — a perennial engine of culture which inspired many of his collections...
Raf Simons AW1997 Mesh Layered Tank Top
By Raf Simons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Condition: 9/10. No noticeable flaws. Tagged size: 52 (Fits smaller, has some stretch but refer to measurements please) Pit to pit: 18in Length: 24in
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.
Start building your collection of covetable and iconic vintage clothing today — no matter where you roam, there is a curated selection of designer dresses and gowns, sweaters, shirts, dazzling shoes and more on 1stDibs that will keep you covered in the hottest styles from head to toe.
From elegant museum-worthy vintage Chanel dresses and jackets to audacious T-shirts and trousers from provocative punk designer Vivienne Westwood, one thing is abundantly clear: If the clothing for sale on 1stDibs could talk, it would certainly make a statement.
For fashion lovers, the 1990s have become associated with styles adopted by today’s supermodels and influencers — think John Galliano and Roberto Cavalli — but maybe ‘80s accessories are among your (guilty?) pleasures.
Playful, boldly colored coats and outerwear from Moschino, Ralph Lauren and other titans of the era can take a simpler ensemble to the next level, while chic and practical suits from the likes of Christian Dior and Balmain endure for haute couture advocates and beyond.
And vintage is the name of the game on today’s red carpets, too. Celebrity stylists are turning to archival pieces created by the likes of Bob Mackie, Thierry Mugler and Jean-Paul Gaultier as alternatives to new gowns plucked straight off the runway. Wearing such sought-after items gives celebrities instant allure and suggests a personal style that’s not only achingly glamorous but intellectually informed and influenced by a love of craftsmanship.
Those seeking contemporary luxury looks and in-demand street-style fits can indulge in designs by Bottega Veneta, Miu Miu and Loro Piana, while pieces from Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Versace endure as examples of fashion’s most covetable goods.
The future — and glamorous past — of fashion is yours for the wearing. Find vintage clothing and accessories for sale on 1stDibs, including designs by Balenciaga, Valentino, Celine, Loewe and more.