Left: Contact Sheet, PHILIP TREACY, Spring/Summer 1995; Photography by MICHEL ARNAUD. Gift of ARNAUD ASSOCIATES MICHEL ARNAUD PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE, SC2000.1095. Courtesy of ASU FIDM MUSEUM; Right: JEAN PAUL GAULTIER, Spring-Summer 1995, Model: STELLA TENNANT, Photography by MICHEL ARNAUD. Gift of ARNAUD ASSOCIATES MICHEL ARNAUD PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE, SC2000.1095. Courtesy of ASU FIDM MUSEUM
A major fashion exhibition opens today in Los Angeles, inviting visitors to revisit a decade that reshaped style at the intersection of analog culture and the emerging Digital age. Obsessed: Fashion and Nostalgia in the ’90s debuts at the ASU FIDM Museum in Downtown LA, running from February 20th through June 27th, 2026. Free and open to the public, the show explores how the aesthetics of the 1990s continue to inform contemporary design.
The fashion of the early days of the internet and before the digital age
The exhibition examines a pivotal cultural shift—when runways were still rooted in craftsmanship and historical reference, yet the internet was beginning to transform communication, production and image-making. As technology accelerated, designers increasingly looked backward to move forward, turning to museum archives and historic dress as a framework for innovation.
Through this lens, Obsessed reflects on how ’90s fashion became both more accessible and more expressive, creating a dialogue between couture and street style that continues to shape the industry today.
Analog culture: when the past shaped the future
At its core, the exhibition celebrates the creative tension between nostalgia and experimentation. Featuring landmark pieces by Vivienne Westwood, Jean Paul Gaultier, Anna Sui, Franco Moschino, Gianni Versace and John Galliano, the show highlights how designers layered Elizabethan references, ’60s and ’70s revivals, and early 20th-century silhouettes with the irreverence of camp and avant-garde attitude.
Carefully curated displays of garments, photographs, magazines and video footage deepen the narrative, tracing how a fascination with analog life has resurfaced today as a counterpoint to our hyperconnected reality.
With Obsessed: Fashion and Nostalgia in the ’90s, the ASU FIDM Museum offers more than a retrospective—it delivers a timely meditation on individuality, rebellion and the enduring power of fashion to bridge past and future.