22 METRO Thursday, August 4, 2016 Trends Style | Wellbeing | Celebrity Calvin Klein Adidas Originals Jeans logo Supergirl track top sweatshirt £65, jdsports.co.uk £63, houseof fraser.co.uk Solmine playsuit £30, lecoq sportif.com Schott NYC bomber jacket T-s irt dress £135, urban , sos.c outfitters.com Ellesse crop Champion bralette SPORTY hoody £12, topshop. £70, urban com SPICE outfitters.com With a revival in 1980s/90s sportswear on the streets, Vicki-Marie Cossar picks the best in new old-school Kappa vest £8.10, topman.com Ellesse Alba polo shirt £7.50, zalando.co.uk Freestyle hi-tops Calvin Klein bralette £59.95, reebok.co.uk and pants £30 each, calvinklein.com Adidas Gazelle trainers £74.99, office.co.uk MY ’90S SPORTSWEAR LOVE AFFAIR NO one is more pleased than me just like my idols – even if that And there were no gender crop T-shirt, finished off Today, sportswear is called to see that 1990s fashion is back. meant saving up for the latest barriers. At 16, I’d think with a Croydon facelift. ‘activewear’ and you’ve got It’s bold, sassy and fun – exactly Champion hoody. nothing of wearing JD Sports was my shop designers falling over themselves what is missing nowadays. By the late ’90s my wardrobe was a boys’ (aged eight) of choice and we’d to collaborate with the likes of When I was 15, in the mid-’90s, Ellesse, Nike, Adidas, Kappa, Schott fluorescent orange spend hours perusing Adidas and Nike, with even high- I was just starting to realise how and Umbro mixed with classics like football kit as hot the latest kit and street stores launching their own important clothes were – fashion Levi’s and a few designer sports pants and a crop top trying on trainers – in-house sportswear ranges. was about making a statement. I’d pieces from Tommy Hilfiger and with Nike Air Max 5 much to the shop But I’m drawn to the new take on grown up with Sporty Spice and Ralph Lauren. trainers. At 18, my first assistants’ annoyance. the ’90s brands – there’s nothing Lisa Left-Eye Lopes wearing crop Thanks to the rave culture, foray into clubbing was Fly girl: VMC rocking Back then, it was all quite like a multicoloured Fila tops with baggy tracksuit trousers everything came in bold colours. in a pair of super-baggy about the logo count – dress and pair of Reebok hi-tops and, thanks to my weekly pocket Clothes were loud and proud – men’s Kappa tracksuit Kangol, aged 16 you wore them like a to put a smile on your face and a money allowance, I could dress Filas could all but stop traffic. bottoms with an Ellesse badge of honour. spring in your step. VMC.