'92 Was A Very Good Year

Ten reasons why 1992 is a greater year than most...

• 1992 was the era of grunge, baggy jeans and overalls. It was also a time of departure from the sharp fashion structures of the 1980s. 1992 was one of the years where eighties fashion gave way to 1990s casual. Generation X made definitive statements by rejecting mainstream designers and choosing to create their own looks. Science contributed to this era of casual charm with new knit fibers that helped craft a more flattering silhouette.
• 1992 was a time of simplification and laid-back fashion. Birkenstock sandals became popular. So did sagged jeans. This could be attributed to a more casual mindset in the United States. After the 1980s era of power suits, strong shoulders and harsh lines, the 1990s went back to basics.
  
• 1992 saw the "supermodels" in full swing, with lush-bodied beauties hard at work on billboards and magazine covers. The physical ideal was centered around the Big Six: Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington. The next year, Kate Moss would do her first shoot with Calvin Klein.
  
• 1992 was a great time in fashion because individual style and comfort became key. The grunge phenomenon worked hand in hand with the development of alternative music, which revolutionized the entertainment world. Because of an emphasis on more honest self-expression through clothing rather than conformity, fashion became more accessible to the common man and woman.
  
• 1992 yielded one of the world's favourite motion pictures, "The Bodyguard"
• 1992 is the year that I was born, ah yes!
• 1992 saw the release of Buffy the vapire slayer. And it was on my birthday!
• 1992 also saw of all time favourite Death Becomes Her
• 1992 nudity became normal (well, atleast in France)

PHOTOROLL FROM THE YEAR 1992