These ’90s Celebrity Airport Photos Are Perfect Travel Inspiration
Or, if you’re a “sweats on the plane” sort of person, just some regular style inspiration.
Whichever side you take on the debate about people dressing better for the airport—there's no denying that flying used to be a real event! People would wear fully coordinated outfits, hair done, accessories on. Nowadays, people (especially this writer) show up to the airport in a sweatsuit or pajamas, Crocs or slippers. Whether or not the public consensus on dressing up for planes will ever change, there’s one group of people who always have and always will be putting on a real outfit for the airport: Celebrities.
Through every decade, even the 2020s, celebrities have been wearing real clothes at the airport. Unlike us, the likelihood of them being photographed is incredibly high—so they need to look, at least somewhat, like the image the public has of them. Right now, as everything in our culture swirls around ’90s nostalgia, it seems like the perfect time to revisit some of the best airport outfits from the decade.
Below are some absolutely inspirational outfits from celebrities like Jennifer Anniston, Julia Roberts, Grace Jones, Prince, the Spice Girls, Hugh Grant and more. And even if you don’t ever plan to deviate from wearing comfy clothes to the airport, you can use these photos as inspiration for your day-to-day outfits.
Mariah Carey
1999
Elton John
1991
Kate Winslet
1998
Mel B
1997
Cher
1990
Princess Diana
1996
Diana Ross
1999
Kylie Minogue
1995
Victoria and David Beckham
1997
Jennifer Aniston
1999
Catherine Zeta Jones
1995
Prince
1994
Mel B and Geri Halliwell
1996
Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant
1995
Tom Cruise
1995
Julia Roberts
1991
Kate Moss
1998
Claudia Schiffer
1994
Grace Jones
1992
Harrison Ford
1991
Janet Jackson
1990
Liam Gallagher
1997
Pamela Anderson
1998
Gillian Anderson
1998
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