The 90′s were an awkward decade. They brought us crochet shirts, goa-inspired prints, grunge, flannel (thanks Kurt) and saw the “new age” movement resurrected from the grave that the shoulder-pad clad glam’s of the 80′s pushed it into. However the 90′s was not an entirely “lost” decade trying to find itself in whale sounds. . . on the contrary the 90′s gave its youth the freedom to truly express themselves as fashion turned individualistic (think custom jeans, and T-shirts with a message) and/or counter cultural as tattoos and piercings  started to become accepted and popular, along with retro styles as people looked back to the 60′s and 70′s for fashion inspiration. The 90′s also saw an increasing acceptance of homo-sexuality and tolerance. In 1990 the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its list of diseases and in 1994 South Africa saw an end to Apartheid.

Photographer: Casey Bertie

Photographer’s Assistant: Paul Cocks

Models: My Friend Ned

Styling: Karen Wieffring, Mavuso Mbutuma, Lucio Lupacchino

Hair and Make-up: Samantha Laura Kaye

Published in Vice Magazine (South Africa) Volume 1, Number 3, the “1994″ issue.