The Most Memorable Runway Moments From The '90s

Karl Lagerfeld started having a lot more fun with Chanel in the late 1980s and early '90s, breaking away from the house's old-school image.

Chanel-branded everyday objects have now become a staple of the house, but they were a totally new concept back in the 90s.

Lagerfeld also began pulling inspiration from more youthful references, like his his-hop inspired collection for Fall '91, which featured heavy gold chains, and baseball caps.

Throughout the '90s, Westwood played with notions of Anglomania and historical costumes by pushing traditional silhouettes to the extreme — sometimes to the detriment of her models. Naomi Campbell famously took a tumble in '93 (don't worry, she was fine and even all-smiles after), making many wonder if the pro's can't handle the height, what hope do the rest of us have?

High fashion in the early '90s was a time of feminine excess, and no designer captured this more than Christian Lacroix, who favoured mixing sumptuous fabrics with over-the-top silhouettes.

John Galliano burst onto the fashion scene in the early '90s with bias-cut dresses and romantic styles.

By the time he took over Dior, Galliano had learned the best way to show off his lavish designs was to put them into even more lavish settings. For Spring '98, that included having all his models gathered on the stairs of the Palais Garnier opera house for his grand finale.

Though Tom Ford had taken over designing YSL's ready-to-wear line by the late '90s, Saint Laurent himself was still crafting the couture collections, including this wedding dress from 1999.

Known for his over-the-top tendencies, Thierry Mugler outdid himself in 1992 with a collection that was more about "contraptions" than clothing.

Spring 1998 was Stella McCartney's first show for Chloe, and she made a splash in the press by not only hiring supermodels like Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell, but also by having her father, Sir Paul McCartney, cheering from the front row.

Martin Margiela began obstructing model's faces as a cost-saving measure, but the practice became a hallmark of the designer's mythology.

Though Rei Kawakubo had numerous monumental shows during this decade, by far her most famous was "Body Meets Dress, Dress Meets Body," more commonly referred to at the "Lumps and Bumps" collection.

Hussein Chalayan's shows are often "moments" thanks to his inventive, surprising designs. He courted controversy for his Spring 98 show by using fashion as commentary on religious dress.