Rback to the future. As we know, the fashion industry is by its nature cyclical, as focused on tomorrow as it is influenced by the past. It should come as no surprise, then, that i 90s look constitute the primary source of inspiration for trends of 2026.
The obsession of fashion system for thearchive and the time that once was comes back forcefully to the foreground. Between re-editions of bags that have become icons, the relaunch of apparently forgotten trends and the return of well-known faces, the looks of the Nineties never cease to make you fall in love.
From Gucci to Saint Laurent, yesterday and today
For many fashion houses, their own past proves to be an indispensable reference. Demnafor example, on the occasion of his first real show at the helm of Gucci he looked at the time of Tom Ford. From the Spring-Summer 1996 collection to the one dedicated to Autumn-Winter 2026/27, here we re-emerge black lace mini dressestransparent and provocative, synonymous with declared and magnetic femininity. An operation similar to the one carried out by Anthony Vaccarello, who from Saint Laurent relaunched the legendary with great fanfare women’s tuxedo to wear on the skin, shown thirty years ago on the catwalk by Claudia Schiffer.
90s look, the trends to wear in 2026
The wardrobe from the Spring-Summer 2026 it turns out to be full of trends that are anything but new. For seasonal outfits, for example, a must-have essential and rigorous suit in a sophisticated shade of yellow, embellished with a maxi pendant, seen from Donna Karan thirty years ago and since Michael Kors Today. The same can be said of the balloon skirt: if in 1996 from Christian Lacroix was synonymous with a scenographic and pompous style, today from Prada represents an eclectic and layered taste.
The yellow suit with maxi pendant. From the Donna Karan Spring-Summer 1997 collection to the Michael Kors Spring-Summer 2026 fashion show (Photo: Getty Images/Spotlight Launchmetrics)
The coat leopard print of the show Versace Atelier Haute Couture Spring-Summer 1996, however, lives again today in the fashion show Ermanno Scervino Autumn-Winter 2026/27. The mini dress covered with sequins imagined by Stella McCartney for this hot season, for its part, revisit the famous sequined dresses proposed by Christian Dior three decades ago. ValentineMeanwhile, he makes the eternal his own color blockingspotted in 1996 on the catwalk of Isaac Mizrahi. The refined minimalism of set coordinated Of Ralph Laurenfinally, he returns today in the designer shiny suit Calvin Klein.
The balloon skirt. From the Christian Lacroix Haute Couture Spring-Summer 1996 collection to the Prada Spring-Summer 2026 fashion show (Photo: Getty Images/Spotlight Launchmetrics)
Icons forever
Chloë Sevigny on the catwalk at Miu Miu for the Spring-Summer 1996 and Autumn-Winter 2026/27 collection (Photo: Getty Images)
Over the last three decades, the career of top model symbol of the nineties continued undaunted, without an expiration date. Figures like Kate Moss, Christy Turlington And Kristen McMenamynot surprisingly, are still the protagonists of the most prestigious fashion shows and campaigns today. On the occasion of the latest Paris Fashion Week, however, the actress and undisputed It Girl Chloe Sevigny she returned to the catwalk for Miu Miu thirty years after the first time, turning one on again laison creative that has remained iconic.
In short, the 90s looks confirm themselves as an inexhaustible source of inspiration. For fashionistas of all ages.
Yesterday, today and tomorrow.
