Fashion & Beauty

7 celebs killing ‘90s fashion…in a bad way

We’ll say it — the ubiquitous ’90s fashion trend is officially on life support. Who’s culpable? Celebrities, of course.

Because crop tops, high-waisted jeans, mules and even Tevas can be worked seamlessly, successfully, into modern-day outfits, but the famous are anything but subtle.

So now we’ve reached a point of saturation, with various bad iterations of the decade’s style vestiges splashed around as if new or desirable.

It needs to stop. Here’s why:

Katy Perry

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One of the first perpetrators in the downward spiral, Perry started dressing like a teen movie tramp sometime in late 2013. Velvet dresses, bustiers, schoolgirl skirts and teeny backpacks, Katy? Aren’t you 29?

The good news: The singer changes her look more often than she brushes her teeth, so she’s since moved on to sparkling leotards and peace-sign-print leggings. The bad news: She rubbed off on others.

Miley Cyrus

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Last month, Cyrus took it a step further — as she always does — pairing an embroidered Margiela napkin with shorts cut so close to her lady parts, we fear some kind of infection. In the ’90s, they called this a “hoochie.”

Shailene Woodley

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Back in March, Ms. Woodley went hard for ’90s mom when she rocked a khaki pants-and-vest combo that would make Mrs. Seaver proud. At 22, she is young, but talk about “Growing Pains.”

Rumer Willis

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The Jody Watley realness Willis flaunted in April might have worked if a) it was 1990; b) she ditched the orange hair; or c) she didn’t flash her pink thong though those humongous holes in her skirt.

Bip Ling

This is someone named Bip Ling, reportedly a British blogger. Whoever she is, she showed up to a formal gala last week looking like an extra from “The Craft” — choker, black velvet dress, greasy black hair and all.

Rita Ora

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Also last week, Rita Ora stepped out of Keith Haring hell in this gaudy dress that — while perfectly suited for her gaudy personality — should have been pinned to the wall of graffiti that inspired it.

Rihanna

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To be honest, we’re feeling the Scary Spice bantu knots RiRi rocked two weeks ago, but paired with a Gothic lace dress, biker jacket and slime green lips, it’s all just too much. She needs to tone it down, and stop sucking on Ring Pops before public events.