Alexander McQueen Autumn/Winter 2009Victor Virgile
From the birth of grunge in the 1990s to the blurring of gender boundaries and the celebration of diversity we see on the catwalks today, the landscape of beauty is ever-changing. Reflecting and reacting against the climate we live in, trends come and go, but there are those standout beauty moments that are etched in our minds forever. Here, we round them up.
1. Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis SS93
Perry Ellis Spring 1993
It’s 1992 and fashion is still on a comedown from the 1980s—shoulder pads, power dressing, big hair, glam makeup. Then along comes Marc Jacobs with his Dr Martens, plaid shirts and loose slips for Perry Ellis SS93. Inspired by the underground music scene in Seattle, models were sent down the runway with matted hair, flushed cheeks, nude lips and arched eyebrows—it was anti-establishment and anti-glam. “I wanted them to look the way they do when they walk down the street, which is not dolled up,” said Jacobs in an interview with