https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:01:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1/page/2#post-1455902 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 14:11:02 +0000 lyn67 1455902@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes...I wore some very black, very platform, velcro banded closure on top, &nbsp;flat shoes with square toes&nbsp;to&nbsp; some&nbsp;grey cotton(not denim!)&nbsp;AND elastane (new to me&nbsp; fabric back then), skninnies with verry fitted stretchy tops &nbsp;and no revere sportly(textured) blazers, ALL THE TIME.&nbsp;Loved the chunky footwear, as it made me look somehow slimmer...Just had to stop and think: I was slim for my frame back then, still chunky footwear made me look even slimmer!:-). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1/page/2#post-1455830 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 02:41:01 +0000 rizamei 1455830@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was a teen for most of the 90s. Don't remember much of what I wore in the early 90s, but in high school I wore&nbsp;black oxfords, taupe suede Arizona Birkenstocks (sometimes with socks), and my Doc Martens (I think they were dark brown 1461s). In the late 90s, I was in college, and&nbsp;I remember wearing black slides, clumpy black sandals, Steve Madden black oxfords with a chunky heel (super comfy, got them reheeled twice),&nbsp;and a prized pair of black Chelsea boots I bought on a trip to London.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1/page/2#post-1455824 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 01:39:49 +0000 Greyscale 1455824@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I loved my 90s shoes. I've always preferred chunky shoes, though only certain types. I loved my first Doc Martens (10 hole, steel toe for even more chunkiness) and only sold them last year (for quite a bit!). In high school I had a horrid pair of army-surplus combat boots that smelled like tire rubber until I upgraded to the Docs.&nbsp;I wore Converse most of the time, either Chucks or One Stars.&nbsp;Back then all my shoe's were men's shoes except for a pair of chunky heeled mary janes I got for a school dance - those were pretty awesome. I wouldn't mind if that style comes back.</p> <p>In middle school or early high school (early 90s), Bass oxfords, nubuck or suede, were the thing to have. It's been funny seeing those back in style among hipsters.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1/page/2#post-1455676 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 14:29:30 +0000 Angie 1455676@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, I knew you'd remember. &nbsp;We may have had the same black monk strap Docs. EVERYONE wore black shoes in the '90s. It was extremely fashionable.&nbsp;</p> <p>Jaime, at least you remembered the Franco Sartos. Good job.&nbsp;</p> <p>Now THAT'S more like it, Sharon. Super cute.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1/page/2#post-1455573 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 05:30:41 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1455573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know what I was wearing to work. . . These were my favorite boots.<br />:)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1/page/2#post-1455558 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 03:45:22 +0000 Jaime 1455558@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh I am glad I'm not the only one. I spent the first part of the 90's in law school, the middle part living in the east village and working in Soho (NYC) the last few years in Israel&nbsp;and I still cannot remember what shoes I was wearing for any part of that! Except for one pair of Franco Sarto heeled loafers - my big shoe splurge. I hope you are cracking up Angie&nbsp;:-)! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1/page/2#post-1455530 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 01:40:14 +0000 Suz 1455530@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fun thread!!&nbsp;</p> <p>I do remember a few of my 90s shoes. At the end of the 80s and early in the 90s, I wore Docs, which I loved. Mine were monk-strap brogues in black. Adored those shoes; I had a couple of different iterations of them. I also had a pair of lace up granny type booties (also black...hmmmm, Angie, I don't LOVE black shoes, honest -- it's just that they are practical!!). And I almost always have some type of chelsea boot and I'm sure I did then. This was also when I started wearing Blundstones. More love.&nbsp;</p> <p>My dressy shoes (that I recall) were a really fun pair of Mary Janes that were reminiscent (to me) of the 20s -- they had a Louis heel that I loved. And a slightly squared off toe, but delicate. And they were charcoal grey, not black. :)&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1/page/2#post-1455510 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:42:53 +0000 Aquamarine 1455510@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like Staysfit, the 90s was my fashion-free decade I was overwhelmed with pregnancies and nursing my babies. No fashion sense at all...I shudder when I see photos. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455500 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:05:34 +0000 Angie 1455500@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are a scream.<b> All of you.</b> How can you not remember what you wore on your feet in the '90s? Come on ladies - jog those memories. *smiling*</p> <p>Diana, you win the prize today. KILLER '90s pic and looks - and white shoes to boot.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455495 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 23:59:15 +0000 Anonymous 1455495@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I honestly can't remember what I wore. I know I had at least three pairs of lace-up prospector boots (kind of like combat boots, one was black, one was brown, and one grey). I also wore my mum's vintage Frye Campus cognac boots, and the motorcycle boots I wore yesterday. Other than that I am drawing a complete blank. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455480 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 23:10:11 +0000 Ruth M 1455480@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, Angie, I wore and loved those chunky, clunky styles in the 90s. I thought I was the bee's knees. With the benefit of hindsight, these "big" shoes probably looked ridiculous with my skinny ankles and calves (more Minnie Mouse than bee's knees). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455473 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 22:44:23 +0000 Staysfit 1455473@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My 90's fashion: Hospital scrubs and Birkenstocks or Keds with socks and a white lab coat. No kidding. It was pretty bad! If I wasn't wearing that I was sleeping, probably in a clean pair of scrubs. Then when I was pregnant and nursing my babies, I wore awful 90's pregnancy clothing, which looked suspiciously like the scrubs only larger, and more colorful; plus the Birkenstocks or Doc Martens in cold weather. It was my fashion free decade. :-). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455467 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 22:09:18 +0000 AM 1455467@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't remember. Just like it took me forever to remember where I parked&nbsp;my car in the Town Centers huge parking garage. And I realize that this is only the beginning of a very slippery my slope. My husband would argue that I'm not at the beginning but well into it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455463 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 22:04:34 +0000 Caro in Oz 1455463@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You make me smile Angie. There is good fashion in every decade - sometimes it is just harder to find&nbsp;:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455390 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 19:15:07 +0000 Sal 1455390@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha Diana I had a couple of pairs very similar to your pics...but black of course!! I was a university student at the start of the 90s, then worked and travelled in London and Europe, then a try hard corporate consultant in three different cities. I don't have a lot of fondness for many of my clothes as I was either struggling or saving for my first home. I do remember wearing black shoes with everything!!!</p> <p>I don't have any shoes left from the 90s except for my wedding shoes....but I have one pair in rotation that I purchased in 2000 and I still love and wear them regularly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455377 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:28:38 +0000 Nebraskim 1455377@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I kind of never gave up my chunky footwear. So I'm so out of style I back in style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455371 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:18:56 +0000 Tania 1455371@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I loved my black Doc Martens in the 90s, along with thrifted army gear and plaid shirts!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455363 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:07:20 +0000 Marlene 1455363@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was an office-working girl back in the 90's. &nbsp;I remember several pairs of kitten heeled pumps...one bright yellow, one bright red and a couple pairs of very pointy flat&nbsp; black&nbsp;loafers. &nbsp;I had a pair of black and white houndstooth kitten heels as well. It was in the day when I had to wear suits to work to conform to &nbsp;the dress code (pantyhose, anyone????). &nbsp;Long jackets/short skirts. The little pointy kitten heels looked good with that style. &nbsp;I had a big pair of white sneakers for casual wear (with my flower-print jeans).&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455361 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:03:45 +0000 rachylou 1455361@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wore granny shoes in the 90s and also mules. I still wear granny shoes. And desperately want to annoy myself again with mules. I can't think what other shoes I wore. Oh wait, of course. The little Ferragamo shoes were my mainstay. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455358 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:58:32 +0000 jackiec 1455358@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wasn't anywhere close to any sort of fashionista, and had a tiny budget back then. But I loved my black chunky Fluevogs that looked like Docs. And I had chunky sneakers in cream that were not comfy but I loved them. And mesh sandals in tan with chunky black soles. So so so comfy and they lasted me years. Oh I just loved the chunkies in the 90s. They still steal my heart. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455354 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:44:57 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1455354@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm sure I wore chunky shoes, I just don't remember what they were! And I don't think they were any of these key styles, really. I do recall a pair of black suede t-strap Hush Puppies with a platform heel, but I bought them at the end of the 90s, probably '98 or '99. I felt very cool in those Puppies! ha ha! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455353 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:42:51 +0000 dashielle (Ann) 1455353@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG, my high volume feet are in heaven again! I still have some of my chunky, 90s style sandals that will be coming out more often this season. Slides drove me nuts if there was any heel, with all the clacking and longer pants getting stuck under my heels...I'll pass on that one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455352 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:32:47 +0000 Anonymous 1455352@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pre-YLF I think I owned a pair of black shoes and a pair of brown. The black were probably slides and the brown were Birkies plus I probably had a pair of Nike sneakers and black pull on mid-calf boots. Around the house I went barefoot. Oh, and some black pumps with 2.5" heels for dress. Pretty grim to think about. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455346 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:14:43 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1455346@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I totally rocked the combat boots and chunky oxfords and all that in the 90s. But then, I was a small town kid in a farming area, so pretty much all of us wore practical shoes 90% of the time anyway, regardless of trends. </p> <p>Remember when wearing long underwear as leggings was a thing? I used to do that all the time in college. Dresses, long underwear showing, and combat boots. It was actually a pretty practical look for science lab work, as long as your skirt wasn't too flowy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455336 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:48:59 +0000 Diana 1455336@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>See exhibits A and B below.&nbsp; Both from the late 90's.</p> <p>A: chunky foam platform slides (on me) and platform sneakers (on my sister).&nbsp; Hey, look, Angie, I am wearing white shoes!&nbsp; ;)</p> <p>B: These block-heeled open toed mules were my absolute favorite shoes.&nbsp; They were actually pretty comfy if you discount the fact that I was always walking out of them/flinging them off my foot.&nbsp; There was one memorable incident where I flung one halfway across a crowded restaurant (didn't hit anyone, amazingly!).</p> <p>I will admit to a fondness for the girly dress + big combat boot grunge look and I still occasionally will wear a version of it with my Docs.&nbsp; As I mentioned on the blog post, though, even Docs are not a great match for my narrow, low-volume, flat feet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455334 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:45:30 +0000 Jeweled 1455334@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have big feet and remember reveling in the chunky, comfy sandals I wore throughout the 1990's!&nbsp; :)</p> <p>(In contrast, dainty-strapped sandals make me look like Bigfoot.)&nbsp; LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455332 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:41:31 +0000 Style Fan 1455332@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My feet were in heaven in the 90s.&nbsp; I have always had painful feet.&nbsp; They are not high volume just average volume.&nbsp; Doc Martens were wonderful.&nbsp; I loved grunge if that was the 90s.&nbsp; I am still grungy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455325 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:25:31 +0000 Sara L. 1455325@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't remember very many of my shoes from the 90's either.&nbsp; That's very odd, because I've always been a shoe person.&nbsp; I know I had black boots with chunky heels (not Docs though) and I remember a couple pairs of mules, but that's all I can think of.&nbsp; I remember my shoes clicking as I walked across the office but what those shoes looked like, I have no idea.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455323 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:21:45 +0000 shedev 1455323@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm a stompy footwear girl at heart. My favorite pair was a powder blue pair of timberland type boots by Luggs. I got a ton of compliments. I still have a pair of Harley boots that have a square toe, bought on vacation in about 2002. Can't bring myself to part with them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day-1#post-1455319 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:13:06 +0000 Anonymous 1455319@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hehe, Lisa took the words right out of my mouth! </p>