Instante jacket designed by Gianni Versace
Located in Carnate, IT
Instante jacket designed by Gianni Versace in coral red with suede fringe details and beautiful
Instante jacket designed by Gianni Versace
Located in Carnate, IT
Instante jacket designed by Gianni Versace in coral red with suede fringe details and beautiful
A 1990s Vintage Istante By Versace Electric Green Wool Dress S
By Istante by Versace
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A 1990s Instante by Versace electric green wool dress with a button down front, short sleeves and a
1990s Versace Instante Blazer
By Istante by Versace
Located in Miami, FL
90s Versace Instante label black blazer that is anything but boring! This staple item is made so
GIANNI VERSACE INSTANTE Size L Purple Baroque Cotton Crew-Neck Pullover
By Gianni Versace
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage INSTANTE by GIANNI VERSACE pullover sweater comes in purple cotton knit with a vibrant pink
Printed silk top with full embroidered collar Instante
By Istante by Versace
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Printed silk top with full embroidered collar
1990S INSTANTE BY GIANNI VERSACE Pastel Silk Art Deco & Baroque Print Shirt Sz
Located in New York, NY
1990S INSTANTE BY GIANNI VERSACE Pastel Silk Art Deco & Baroque Print Shirt Sz 40
1990s Gianni Versace Instante "Fall" Baroque Printed Silk Blouse
By Istante by Versace, Gianni Versace
Located in New York, NY
1990s Gianni Versace Instante "Fall" Baroque Printed Silk Blouse
Instante by Gianni Versace vintage jeans, 1990s
By Gianni Versace
Located in New York, NY
Instante by Gianni Versace vintage jeans with mermaid and seahorse print Size – IT40 / S-M Length
F/W 1996 Gianni Versace Instante Sheer Black Mesh Lace Mini Dress
By Gianni Versace
Located in Yukon, OK
DESIGNER: F/W 1996 Gianni Versace Instante Please contact for more information and/or photos
F/W 1996 Gianni Versace Instante Sheer Black Mesh Lace Mini Dress
By Gianni Versace
Located in Yukon, OK
DESIGNER: F/W 1996 Gianni Versace Instante Please contact for more information and/or photos
Vintage 1992 Instante Gianni Versace Leopard Leggings & Cropped Jacket
By Gianni Versace, Versace
Located in Yukon, OK
DESIGNER: 1992 Instante by Gianni Versace Please contact for more information and/or photos
1992 Instante Gianni Versace Leopard Gold Yellow Leggings & Cropped Jacket
By Gianni Versace, Versace
Located in Yukon, OK
DESIGNER: 1992 Instante by Gianni Versace Please contact for more information and/or photos
S/S 1995 Instante Gianni Versace Shiny Patent Look Green Mermaid Maxi Dress
By Gianni Versace, Versace
Located in Yukon, OK
DESIGNER: S/S 1995 Instante by Gianni Versace Please contact us for more images and/or information
Gianni Versace 1992 Bondage Suit Instante
Located in Cloverdale, CA
Wonderful black suit from Instante by Gianni Versace. From the Iconic 1992 Bondage series, this
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.
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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.