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PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 9: Wedding Dresses At Haute Couture 1995 1996 Chanel Show, Paris, July 9, 1995. (Photo by Daniel SIMON\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the pandemic continues to change the nature of work all around the world, the fashion industry is adjusting to yet another round of socially distanced fashion shows, this time in the form of haute couture week in Paris. As has been the case since the end of fashion month in February 2020 – a season that was cut short due to the outbreak of COVID-19 spreading to both Italy and France during their respective fashion weeks – designers have either decided to opt out of the affair completely (Jean-Paul Gaultier and Ralph & Russo) or continue on, masks and sanitizer in tow.<\/p>\n

Of course, though live-streaming opens up shows to millions who wouldn’t otherwise get to see the spectacle in full, it also means we’re missing both the street style, front row and energy that comes with a packed crowd in the Grand Palais, phones at the ready, desperate to see what – and who – Chanel will send down the runway.<\/p>\n

In an ode to seasons past, as virtual shows kick off, we’re taking a look back at the most iconic haute couture moments from the 90s, pre-Hadids, pre-Instagram and, most importantly, pre-pandemic.<\/p>\n

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FRANCE – JULY 15: Haute Couture fall -winter 1999 -2000 Fashion show In Paris, France On July 15, 1999 – Valentino : Gisele Bundchen. (Photo by Daniel SIMON\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Valentino Haute Couture, 1999<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before Gisele B\u00fcndchen was one of the most famous models in the world, she was a fresh-faced teenager walking the Valentino Haute Couture runway while dating up-and-coming actor, Leonardo DiCaprio. Little did she know that this image of her dressed in Valentino’s signature red would still be held up as one of her most memorable runway moments over 20 years later.<\/p>\n

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Kate Moss au d\u00e9fil\u00e9 Versace, Haute-Couture, collection Automne-Hiver 1995-96 \u00e0 Paris en juillet 1995, France. (Photo by PAT\/ARNAL\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Valentino Haute Couture, 1995<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the 90s, no one wanted a front-row seat at any haute couture show more than Versace’s. While other designers were still very much sticking to polite, quiet, traditional runway presentations, Gianni Versace was making noise in the form of showstopping, sparkly designs and supermodels to boot. Nothing encapsulates the mood more perfectly than a young Kate Moss closing the show as a shimmering Versace bride in 1995.<\/p>\n

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Balmain Haute Couture fashion show fall winter 1991 – 1992 collections in Paris. (Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Balmain Haute Couture, 1991<\/strong><\/p>\n

Search iconic Haute Couture moments and this scarlet velvet gown and cape from Balmain’s 1991 Haute Couture show is one of the top results: her walk, the beauty look and the velvet. Olivier Rousteing, please bring this brilliant look into 2021.<\/p>\n

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Linda Evangelista – Chanel Haute Couture fashion show fall winter 1992-1993 collection in Paris. (Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chanel Haute Couture, 1992<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before Karl Lagerfeld had taken to creating huge, showstopping sets in which to house his Chanel shows, such as casinos, airplanes, and seaside towns, the designer relied on the 90s supers to create a stir. Linda Evangelista wearing a sleeveless Chanel mini dress with long latex gloves and a huge headpiece did just that.<\/p>\n

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Naomi Campbell – Gianni Versace Haute Couture fashion show spring summer 1992 in Paris. (Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Versace Haute Couture, 1992<\/strong><\/p>\n

Naomi Campbell was the ultimate Haute Couture bride for Gianni Versace’s 1992 show, wearing a white and gold embellished gown, complete with a long veil and Versace gold flowers.<\/p>\n

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DIOR: SPRING\/SUMMER 98 HAUTE COUTURE COLLECTION (Photo by Stephane Cardinale\/Sygma via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dior Haute Couture, 1998<\/strong><\/p>\n

British designer, John Galliano, lived up to his reputation of theatrics and excitement for Dior’s Haute Couture 1998 show, taking the runway to the Palais Garnier Opera House. Models descended a grand marble staircase in elaborate designs, which included tulle, fur-trimmed coats and cinched waisted gowns and at the end of the show, lay across the stairs as colorful paper confetti butterflies showered down on those lucky enough to have witnessed the proceedings firsthand.<\/p>\n

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Claudia Schiffer lors du d\u00e9fil\u00e9 haute couture de Chanel en janvier 1993 \u00e0 Paris, France. (Photo by Pool ARNAL-PICOT\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chanel Haute Couture, 1993<\/strong><\/p>\n

By 1993, Claudia Schiffer was firmly cemented as a supermodel of the time and, almost just as importantly, the muse of the late Chanel designer, Karl Lagerfeld. From the late 1980s and all throughout the 1990s, Schiffer was a guaranteed star of any Chanel show, often modeling closing the show in the brand’s highly-anticipated haute couture wedding gowns and accompanying the designer as he took his post-show bow.<\/p>\n

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Kate Moss lors du d\u00e9fil\u00e9 haute couture de Yves Saint Laurent en janvier 1993 \u00e0 Paris, France. (Photo by Pool ARNAL-PICOT\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yves Saint Laurent, 1993<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1993, Kate Moss – a then 19-year-old – was just starting to make serious waves in the fashion industry. Less than a year after her runway debut, Moss donned a floral dress, vampy lips and gold heels for Yves Saint Laurent, looking every bit a supermodel in the making.<\/p>\n

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FRANCE – JANUARY 01: Fashion: Haute Couture Spring -Summer 97 In Paris, France In January, 1997 – Givenchy. (Photo by Daniel SIMON\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Givenchy Haute Couture, 1997<\/strong><\/p>\n

For his debut couture collection at Givenchy,\u00a0Alexander McQueen sent models down the runway in an array of white and gold, embellished with mythological looking headpieces and metallics. Despite the whole collection being put together in less than three months, and McQueen himself denouncing it a few months later, the bold debut has gone down in couture history.<\/p>\n

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AUTUMN\/WINTER 95 PRET A PORTER COLLECTION: MUGLER (Photo by Pierre Vauthey\/Sygma\/Sygma via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thierry Mugler Haute Couture, 1995<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1995, Mugler seemingly predicted the obsession with technology we’d all soon have, sending models down the runway in cyborg-like suits that wouldn’t be amiss on the Met Gala 2019 runway (themed ‘About Time: Fashion and Duration’).<\/p>\n

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English model Naomi Campbell displays a creation designed by Karl Lagerfeld for the presentation of Chanel’s 1994 Spring-Summer high fashion collection on January 15, 1994 in Paris. \/ AFP \/ G\u00e9rard JULIEN (Photo credit should read GERARD JULIEN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chanel Haute Couture, 1995<\/strong><\/p>\n

Naomi Campbell’s Chanel LBD paired with an oversized pink marabou hat and matching armbands was a showstopping runway moment back in 1994.<\/p>\n

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Cindy Crawford au d\u00e9fil\u00e9 Chanel, collection Haute-Couture Printemps-\u00e9t\u00e9 1993 \u00e0 Paris le 26 janvier 1993, France. (Photo by Daniel SIMON\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chanel Haute Couture, 1993<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nowadays it’s all about Kaia Gerber, but no 90s runway roundup would be complete without Cindy Crawford and, specifically, Cindy Crawford in this incredible Chanel cut-out gown that wouldn’t be amiss on the likes of Zendaya today.<\/p>\n

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A model presents a crimson dress with kneepads while trailing a billowing parachute-like train by British designer John Galliano for Christian Dior, during the Autumn-Winter 1999\/2000 haute couture collections, at the Chateau de Versailles, near Paris 19 July 1999. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) \/ AFP PHOTO \/ PIERRE VERDY (Photo credit should read PIERRE VERDY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dior Haute Couture, 1999<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a collection inspired by the film of the moment,\u00a0The Matrix, <\/em>John Galliano presented a haute couture show for Dior that mixed futurism with historical references, resulting in the above look fit for a god, or Keanu Reeves on a good day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9593,"featured_media":11842,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[17,16],"yoast_head":"\nThe Most Iconic Haute Couture Show Moments Of The '90s<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Take a trip down fashion memory lane with the most iconic '90s haute couture runway moments in history, including Kate Moss, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/haute-couture-most-iconic-runway-moments-1990s\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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