{"id":2126020,"date":"2026-09-03T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T06:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2126020"},"modified":"2026-09-03T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T06:22:00","slug":"edward-enninful-on-the-90s-if-there-were-phones-wed-all-be-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2126020","title":{"rendered":"Edward Enninful on The 90s: \u2018If there were phones we\u2019d all be cancelled!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/0-0-2398-1599\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452269.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article longread\">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/fashion\/article\/70894\/1\/edward-enninful-the-90s-art-and-fashion-exhibition-tate-britain-kate-moss\" data-article-id=\"70894\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.5\" data-template=\"Longread Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Juergen Teller, Young Pink Kate London 1998 (c\" class=\"img\" height=\"1599\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1400\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452269.jpg\" width=\"2400\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Juergen Teller, All <span class=\"nowrap\">Rights Reserved<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-03T09:22:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"03 September 2026\"><span class=\"month\">DateInMeta<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"3\">3,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical vertical - fashion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\">Fashion<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/feature\">Feature<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>Edward Enninful on The 90s: \u2018If there were phones we\u2019d all <span class=\"nowrap\">be cancelled!\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>Ahead of Tate Britain\u2019s expansive new exhibition The 90s: Art and Fashion, Enninful talks us through curating the show, past rivalries with Dazed, and the one item that slipped through <span class=\"nowrap\">his fingers<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-09-03T09:22:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"03 September 2026\"><span class=\"month\">September<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"3\">3,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - fashion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\">Fashion<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/feature\">Feature<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-09-03T09:22:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"03 September 2026\"><span class=\"month\">September<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"3\">3,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/ElliotHoste\"><br \/>\nElliot Hoste<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-17-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">The 90s: Art and Fashion \u2013 <span class=\"nowrap\">Tate Britain<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumbs\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/37359\/0\/the-90s-art-and-fashion-tate-britain\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alexander McQueen, AW98 Guy Marineau, Vogue,\" class=\"img\" height=\"1985\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2977-1985\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452260.jpg\" width=\"2977\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/37359\/1\/the-90s-art-and-fashion-tate-britain\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Barbara Walker, Attitude 1998. (c) Barbara Walk\" class=\"img\" height=\"1148\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-1043-1722-1148\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452261.jpg\" width=\"1722\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/37359\/2\/the-90s-art-and-fashion-tate-britain\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chris Ofili, No Woman No Cry 1998 \u00a9 Chris Ofili\" class=\"img\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1250-833\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452262.jpeg\" width=\"1250\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/37359\/3\/the-90s-art-and-fashion-tate-britain\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Corinne Day England&apos;s Dreaming, The Face, Augus\" class=\"img\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-3000-2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452263.JPG\" width=\"3000\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/37359\/4\/the-90s-art-and-fashion-tate-britain\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eddie Otchere Metalheadz Sunday Sessions in the\" class=\"img\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-3000-2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452264.jpg\" width=\"3000\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/37359\/5\/the-90s-art-and-fashion-tate-britain\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eileen Perrier, Untitled, Afro Hair and Beauty \" class=\"img\" height=\"1950\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2925-1950\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452265.jpg\" width=\"2925\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 17 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>There\u2019s a moment in his memoir when <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/edward-enninful\"><span>Edward Enninful<\/span><\/a><span> recalls the gargantuan excesses of the 80s surrendering to the complicated cool of the 90s. \u201cLet\u2019s not mince words: I was horrified by the commercial fashion imagery of the 1980s and all its tacky, contoured makeup and jumping ladies with plastic smiles,\u201d wrote Enninful in chapter four of 2022\u2019s <\/span><em><span>A Visible Man<\/span><\/em><span>. \u201cThe images and clothes were all so <\/span><em><span>Dynasty<\/span><\/em><span> and over the top and often phoney. A triumph of fakery when what I yearned for was truth.\u201d He goes on: \u201cIn our grubby little corner of London, we remained in search of authenticity. Our generation was craving a sea change.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The sea change that followed is the subject of a new exhibition opening at Tate Britain next month, of which the famous fashion editor is guest curator. <\/span><em><span>The 90s: Art and Fashion<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0attempts to document a decade of massive social change via the artefacts fashioned from its fabric, and Enninful was drafted in to oversee its undertaking, a man uniquely positioned to take on the role. In 1991, Enninful became <\/span><em><span>i-D<\/span><\/em><span> magazine\u2019s youngest-ever fashion director at 18, spending the rest of the decade (and his formative 20s) at the forefront of cultural production in the UK. Following that, he filled major posts at <\/span><em><span>Vogue<\/span><\/em><span> Italia, American <\/span><em><span>Vogue<\/span><\/em><span> and <\/span><em><span>W<\/span><\/em><span>, before climbing to the top of British <\/span><em><span>Vogue<\/span><\/em><span>\u2019s masthead in 2017. But while his illustrious reputation precedes him, the bedrock of Enninful\u2019s creative vision has always remained the gritty 1990s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We meet to talk about that influential decade in the dog days of August\u2019s heatwave, when Tube rides were an endurance sport and the phrase \u201cair conditioning\u201d a sick joke. Beneath the vast halls of Tate Britain, a labyrinth of staff corridors leads to a room where Enninful has spent the afternoon recording interviews to accompany the exhibition, while workmen now de-rig camera equipment to load into a van. \u201cI was at <\/span><em><span>Vogue<\/span><\/em><span> when Maria Balshaw was here,\u201d begins Enninful, recalling the exhibition\u2019s origins, \u201cand I knew Alex Farquharson from when I first came to London.\u201d Two years ago, Balshaw, the former Tate director who stepped down this spring, took Enninful to lunch in hopes of collaborating. A week later, Farquharson, Tate Britain\u2019s current director, was on the phone offering him the exhibition. \u201cIt kind of just happened!\u201d he says. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t planned.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"eb53902b-cd8c-4695-b72e-b4b900f89992\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452276.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"square\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.01\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"square\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Edward Enninful by Adama Jalloh\" class=\"img\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452276.jpg\" width=\"2019\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Edward Enninful<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photography Adama Jalloh<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Though the pressure of representing an entire decade was immense, Enninful knew attempting to do so would be foolish. \u201cI\u2019ve been around long enough to know that all I could really do is do it from my perspective,\u201d he says of the curation. \u201cOf course, there were moments where you\u2019re like \u2018oh my god I <\/span><em><span>need<\/span><\/em><span> this, I <\/span><em><span>need<\/span><\/em><span> that,\u2019 but I also knew that, as an editor, you can\u2019t have everything.\u201d Despite this knowledge, there was always a checklist of classics that just had to go in. \u201cOf course we had to have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tracey-emin\"><span>Tracy Emin<\/span><\/a><span>, of course we needed something in formaldehyde, of course we needed Jake and Dinos [Chapman], Jenny Saville,\u201d he lists off. \u201cBecause it\u2019s sort of the first exhibition of its kind, I was like a kid in a candy store. It was as much about what you didn\u2019t put in as what you did.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fashion designers like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/alexander-mcqueen\"><span>Alexander McQueen<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/john-galliano\"><span>John Galliano<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/vivienne-westwood\"><span>Vivienne Westwood<\/span><\/a><span> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/hussein-chalayan\"><span>Hussein Chalayan<\/span><\/a><span> all made the cut, while <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/damien-hirst\"><span>Damien Hirst<\/span><\/a><span>\u2019s formaldehyde shark \u2013 or \u201cThe Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living\u201d \u2013 proved particularly hard to wrangle because of its immense size (\u201cthat took a bit of back and forth, but in the end we got it\u201d). And while photos by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/corinne-day\"><span>Corinne Day<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/juergen-teller\"><span>Juergen Teller<\/span><\/a><span> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/glen-luchford\"><span>Glen Luchford<\/span><\/a><span> were all successfully procured, there was one particular piece that eluded him. \u201cOne dress that was very difficult [to get] was the Liza Bruce one that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/kate-moss\"><span>Kate Moss<\/span><\/a><span> wore in 1993,\u201d he says, with some frustration. \u201cI really wanted that, but in the end we couldn\u2019t quite get that actual one.\u201d Instead, an iconic image of Moss wearing the silvery, grey slip \u2013 rendered completely see-through by the paparazzi\u2019s flashbulbs \u2013 will run in the exhibit instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The 90s<\/span><\/em><span> is overrun with major cultural moments like this, but Enninful also wanted to go further afield. At a press conference some months before we meet \u2013 fittingly held at 90s haunt The Groucho Club \u2013 the editor explicitly stated that the exhibition \u201cis not simply a reflection of the YBA moment\u201d, but casts its net wider in reconsidering the decade. \u201cI knew you were going to say that,\u201d he replies when I mention the distinction, before revealing that Balshaw and Farquharson originally approached him with a different proposal. \u201cWhen they came to me initially they thought it was going to be a YBA exhibition,\u201d he says \u2013 <\/span>an idea he immediately turned down. \u201cI said, \u2018you don\u2019t need me for a YBA exhibition\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019d turn up on shoots with a black bin bag carrying my clothes from the market\u2026 Naomi and Kate would pay for the train\u201d \u2013 Edward Enninful<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The show that did materialise took a more diverse approach to its curation. Black British artists like Maud Saulter and Dame Sonia Boyce expanded the vision, while Enninful introduced the Tate team to the oeuvre of nightclub photographer Normski. \u201cWhat the exhibition turned into was all these incredible, talented people who were not part of the YBAs, who were not part of Goldsmiths,\u201d he recounts. \u201cThey didn\u2019t go to the right schools, but had the same talent. When I brought that up, everybody was like, \u2018that\u2019s why we brought you here.\u2019 For me, that\u2019s the heart and backbone of the exhibition.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Beyond the exhibition, when discussing the decade more broadly, Enninful recalls its rawness with palpable enthusiasm<span>. As a teenager working at <\/span><em><span>i-D<\/span><\/em><span>, he and the team would create beautiful imagery out of very little. \u201cI\u2019d turn up on shoots with a black bin bag, carrying my clothes from the market that we\u2019d got, and Craig [McDean] would bring his little camera, and then you create these incredible images,\u201d he remembers. \u201cNaomi and Kate would literally pay for the train. They\u2019d pay for the food! When you look at the work now, you\u2019re like, \u2018how was this created on\u2019 \u2013 not even shoestring budget \u2013 \u2018no budget!\u2019\u201d <\/span><span>It was also a time before smartphones and the ubiquity of social media, <\/span>when nights out could still disappear largely undocumented<span>. So, were there any fashion parties he was happy came before the advent of the iPhone? \u201cAll of them!\u201d Enninful responds with a booming laugh. \u201cMy God, we\u2019d have all been in trouble. All my friends joke that had there been phones, nobody would be around. Everybody would be cancelled!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"dbb463c5-179e-41e3-bd32-b4b900f83ce7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452265.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"square\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"square\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eileen Perrier, Untitled, Afro Hair and Beauty \" class=\"img\" height=\"2927\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452265.jpg\" width=\"2925\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Eileen Perrier, \u201cUntitled\u201d, Afro Hair and Beauty <span class=\"nowrap\">Show, 1998<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Eileen Perrier. All right reserved, <span class=\"nowrap\">DACS 2026<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Enninful also became<em> i-D<\/em>\u2019s fashion director in 1991 \u2013 the very same year that Rankin and Jefferson Hack founded <\/span><em><span>Dazed &amp; Confused<\/span><\/em><span>. To the question of rivalries (\u201cof course there were!\u201d), Enninful remembers them as fierce but fond. \u201c<\/span><em><span>The Face<\/span><\/em><span> was a little glossier, so they would get Madonna, but then <\/span><em><span>i-D<\/span><\/em><span> was street, so we\u2019d get all the cool people\u2026 and then Dazed started!\u201d With three youth culture bibles vying for the same pop stars on their covers, the atmosphere could be tense. \u201cIt was super competitive. Dazed were kind of like the new naughty kids. Dazed and <\/span><em><span>i-D<\/span><\/em><span> were going at each other. But then we\u2019d all go out at night and we\u2019d be in the clubs together having the best time. In the day we\u2019re very competitive, and then in the night we\u2019d all be fine!\u201d he says, laughing. \u201cWe were all just passionate about journalism and passionate about image-making.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite the supermodel besties and bitter rivalries, Enninful is still careful not to overly romanticise the past, a feeling that\u2019s reflected in the exhibit, which refuses to solely trade in nostalgia. \u201cI think the 90s has been sort of wrapped in nostalgia, but don\u2019t forget it was also the time when people started talking about inclusivity and diversity,\u201d he says. With British diaspora creatives front and centre in the exhibition, the slick tailoring of Ozwald Boateng sits alongside the photography of Roshini Kempadoo, while evocative prints from Eileen Perrier and Hamad Butt\u2019s musings on the Aids crisis elevate the exhibit beyond mere lip service. \u201cI feel like I want people to leave the exhibition thinking, \u2018Oh my God, the 90s really started these conversations\u2019,\u201d concludes Enninful. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t just about the fashions of the time \u2013 it was political, too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The 90s: Art and Fashion is on at Tate Britain from October 8, 2026 to February 14, 2027<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"article-footer\">\n<div class=\"article-series header tags\"><span class=\"heading\">More on these topics:<\/span><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\">Fashion<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/feature\">Feature<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/edward-enninful\">Edward Enninful<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/tate\">tate<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/tate-britain\">Tate Britain<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/90s\">90s<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/art\">Art<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/kate-moss\">Kate Moss<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/naomi-campbell\">Naomi Campbell<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/tracey-emin\">Tracey Emin<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/damien-hirst\">damien hirst<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/jake-chapman\">Jake Chapman<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/dinos-chapman\">Dinos Chapman<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/corinne-day\">Corinne Day<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/juergen-teller\">juergen teller<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/glen-luchford\">Glen Luchford<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/alexander-mcqueen\">Alexander McQueen<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/john-galliano\">John Galliano<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/vivienne-westwood\">Vivienne Westwood<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/hussein-chalayan\">Hussein Chalayan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"grid split-list__header\">\n<div class=\"section-header\">\n<div class=\"section-header__link\">\n<h2 class=\"section-header__title\">Trending<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"split-list-scene\" data-split-scene>\n<section class=\"split-list\" id=\"trending\" data-split>\n<div class=\"split-list__layout\" aria-label=\"Trending\">\n<div class=\"split-list__feature\"><a class=\"split-hero\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/70889\/1\/olivia-rodrigo-daisy-chain-fields-fans-portraits\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"split-hero__media\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Daisy Chain Fields fans\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/640\/0-158-1995-1330\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452252.jpg\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"split-hero__panel\">\n<div class=\"split-hero__wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"split-hero__title\">Daisy Chain Fields: Meet the fans at Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s all-women festival<\/h3>\n<p class=\"split-hero__summary\">\u2018I sobbed my eyes out\u2019 <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"split-hero__category\">Music<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"split-list__rail\" data-split-rail tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"split-list__railInner\"><a class=\"split-rail-card card-latest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/article\/70887\/1\/have-we-reached-peak-birthday-friends-fatigue-celebration\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"split-rail-card__img-wrapper card-latest__img-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screenshot 2026-09-01 at 4.28.20\u202fPM\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/640\/0-0-2334-1556\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452164.png\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"split-rail-card__content card-latest__content\"><span class=\"split-rail-card__ribbon card-latest__ribbon\">Life &amp; Culture<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"split-rail-card__title card-latest__title\">Help! 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(c) Barbara Walk\" class=\"img\" height=\"1148\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-1043-1722-1148\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452261.jpg\" width=\"1722\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/37359\/2\/the-90s-art-and-fashion-tate-britain\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chris Ofili, No Woman No Cry 1998 \u00a9 Chris Ofili\" class=\"img\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1250-833\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452262.jpeg\" width=\"1250\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/37359\/3\/the-90s-art-and-fashion-tate-britain\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Corinne Day England&apos;s Dreaming, The Face, Augus\" class=\"img\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-3000-2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452263.JPG\" width=\"3000\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/37359\/4\/the-90s-art-and-fashion-tate-britain\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eddie Otchere Metalheadz Sunday Sessions in the\" class=\"img\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-3000-2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452264.jpg\" width=\"3000\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/37359\/5\/the-90s-art-and-fashion-tate-britain\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eileen Perrier, Untitled, Afro Hair and Beauty \" class=\"img\" height=\"1950\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2925-1950\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452265.jpg\" width=\"2925\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 17 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>There\u2019s a moment in his memoir when <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/edward-enninful\"><span>Edward Enninful<\/span><\/a><span> recalls the gargantuan excesses of the 80s surrendering to the complicated cool of the 90s. \u201cLet\u2019s not mince words: I was horrified by the commercial fashion imagery of the 1980s and all its tacky, contoured makeup and jumping ladies with plastic smiles,\u201d wrote Enninful in chapter four of 2022\u2019s <\/span><em><span>A Visible Man<\/span><\/em><span>. \u201cThe images and clothes were all so <\/span><em><span>Dynasty<\/span><\/em><span> and over the top and often phoney. A triumph of fakery when what I yearned for was truth.\u201d He goes on: \u201cIn our grubby little corner of London, we remained in search of authenticity. Our generation was craving a sea change.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The sea change that followed is the subject of a new exhibition opening at Tate Britain next month, of which the famous fashion editor is guest curator. <\/span><em><span>The 90s: Art and Fashion<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0attempts to document a decade of massive social change via the artefacts fashioned from its fabric, and Enninful was drafted in to oversee its undertaking, a man uniquely positioned to take on the role. In 1991, Enninful became <\/span><em><span>i-D<\/span><\/em><span> magazine\u2019s youngest-ever fashion director at 18, spending the rest of the decade (and his formative 20s) at the forefront of cultural production in the UK. Following that, he filled major posts at <\/span><em><span>Vogue<\/span><\/em><span> Italia, American <\/span><em><span>Vogue<\/span><\/em><span> and <\/span><em><span>W<\/span><\/em><span>, before climbing to the top of British <\/span><em><span>Vogue<\/span><\/em><span>\u2019s masthead in 2017. But while his illustrious reputation precedes him, the bedrock of Enninful\u2019s creative vision has always remained the gritty 1990s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We meet to talk about that influential decade in the dog days of August\u2019s heatwave, when Tube rides were an endurance sport and the phrase \u201cair conditioning\u201d a sick joke. Beneath the vast halls of Tate Britain, a labyrinth of staff corridors leads to a room where Enninful has spent the afternoon recording interviews to accompany the exhibition, while workmen now de-rig camera equipment to load into a van. \u201cI was at <\/span><em><span>Vogue<\/span><\/em><span> when Maria Balshaw was here,\u201d begins Enninful, recalling the exhibition\u2019s origins, \u201cand I knew Alex Farquharson from when I first came to London.\u201d Two years ago, Balshaw, the former Tate director who stepped down this spring, took Enninful to lunch in hopes of collaborating. A week later, Farquharson, Tate Britain\u2019s current director, was on the phone offering him the exhibition. \u201cIt kind of just happened!\u201d he says. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t planned.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"eb53902b-cd8c-4695-b72e-b4b900f89992\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452276.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"square\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.01\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"square\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Edward Enninful by Adama Jalloh\" class=\"img\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452276.jpg\" width=\"2019\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Edward Enninful<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photography Adama Jalloh<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Though the pressure of representing an entire decade was immense, Enninful knew attempting to do so would be foolish. \u201cI\u2019ve been around long enough to know that all I could really do is do it from my perspective,\u201d he says of the curation. \u201cOf course, there were moments where you\u2019re like \u2018oh my god I <\/span><em><span>need<\/span><\/em><span> this, I <\/span><em><span>need<\/span><\/em><span> that,\u2019 but I also knew that, as an editor, you can\u2019t have everything.\u201d Despite this knowledge, there was always a checklist of classics that just had to go in. \u201cOf course we had to have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tracey-emin\"><span>Tracy Emin<\/span><\/a><span>, of course we needed something in formaldehyde, of course we needed Jake and Dinos [Chapman], Jenny Saville,\u201d he lists off. \u201cBecause it\u2019s sort of the first exhibition of its kind, I was like a kid in a candy store. It was as much about what you didn\u2019t put in as what you did.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fashion designers like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/alexander-mcqueen\"><span>Alexander McQueen<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/john-galliano\"><span>John Galliano<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/vivienne-westwood\"><span>Vivienne Westwood<\/span><\/a><span> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/hussein-chalayan\"><span>Hussein Chalayan<\/span><\/a><span> all made the cut, while <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/damien-hirst\"><span>Damien Hirst<\/span><\/a><span>\u2019s formaldehyde shark \u2013 or \u201cThe Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living\u201d \u2013 proved particularly hard to wrangle because of its immense size (\u201cthat took a bit of back and forth, but in the end we got it\u201d). And while photos by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/corinne-day\"><span>Corinne Day<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/juergen-teller\"><span>Juergen Teller<\/span><\/a><span> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/glen-luchford\"><span>Glen Luchford<\/span><\/a><span> were all successfully procured, there was one particular piece that eluded him. \u201cOne dress that was very difficult [to get] was the Liza Bruce one that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/kate-moss\"><span>Kate Moss<\/span><\/a><span> wore in 1993,\u201d he says, with some frustration. \u201cI really wanted that, but in the end we couldn\u2019t quite get that actual one.\u201d Instead, an iconic image of Moss wearing the silvery, grey slip \u2013 rendered completely see-through by the paparazzi\u2019s flashbulbs \u2013 will run in the exhibit instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The 90s<\/span><\/em><span> is overrun with major cultural moments like this, but Enninful also wanted to go further afield. At a press conference some months before we meet \u2013 fittingly held at 90s haunt The Groucho Club \u2013 the editor explicitly stated that the exhibition \u201cis not simply a reflection of the YBA moment\u201d, but casts its net wider in reconsidering the decade. \u201cI knew you were going to say that,\u201d he replies when I mention the distinction, before revealing that Balshaw and Farquharson originally approached him with a different proposal. \u201cWhen they came to me initially they thought it was going to be a YBA exhibition,\u201d he says \u2013 <\/span>an idea he immediately turned down. \u201cI said, \u2018you don\u2019t need me for a YBA exhibition\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019d turn up on shoots with a black bin bag carrying my clothes from the market\u2026 Naomi and Kate would pay for the train\u201d \u2013 Edward Enninful<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The show that did materialise took a more diverse approach to its curation. Black British artists like Maud Saulter and Dame Sonia Boyce expanded the vision, while Enninful introduced the Tate team to the oeuvre of nightclub photographer Normski. \u201cWhat the exhibition turned into was all these incredible, talented people who were not part of the YBAs, who were not part of Goldsmiths,\u201d he recounts. \u201cThey didn\u2019t go to the right schools, but had the same talent. When I brought that up, everybody was like, \u2018that\u2019s why we brought you here.\u2019 For me, that\u2019s the heart and backbone of the exhibition.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Beyond the exhibition, when discussing the decade more broadly, Enninful recalls its rawness with palpable enthusiasm<span>. As a teenager working at <\/span><em><span>i-D<\/span><\/em><span>, he and the team would create beautiful imagery out of very little. \u201cI\u2019d turn up on shoots with a black bin bag, carrying my clothes from the market that we\u2019d got, and Craig [McDean] would bring his little camera, and then you create these incredible images,\u201d he remembers. \u201cNaomi and Kate would literally pay for the train. They\u2019d pay for the food! When you look at the work now, you\u2019re like, \u2018how was this created on\u2019 \u2013 not even shoestring budget \u2013 \u2018no budget!\u2019\u201d <\/span><span>It was also a time before smartphones and the ubiquity of social media, <\/span>when nights out could still disappear largely undocumented<span>. So, were there any fashion parties he was happy came before the advent of the iPhone? \u201cAll of them!\u201d Enninful responds with a booming laugh. \u201cMy God, we\u2019d have all been in trouble. All my friends joke that had there been phones, nobody would be around. Everybody would be cancelled!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"dbb463c5-179e-41e3-bd32-b4b900f83ce7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452265.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"square\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"square\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eileen Perrier, Untitled, Afro Hair and Beauty \" class=\"img\" height=\"2927\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452265.jpg\" width=\"2925\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Eileen Perrier, \u201cUntitled\u201d, Afro Hair and Beauty <span class=\"nowrap\">Show, 1998<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Eileen Perrier. All right reserved, <span class=\"nowrap\">DACS 2026<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Enninful also became<em> i-D<\/em>\u2019s fashion director in 1991 \u2013 the very same year that Rankin and Jefferson Hack founded <\/span><em><span>Dazed &amp; Confused<\/span><\/em><span>. To the question of rivalries (\u201cof course there were!\u201d), Enninful remembers them as fierce but fond. \u201c<\/span><em><span>The Face<\/span><\/em><span> was a little glossier, so they would get Madonna, but then <\/span><em><span>i-D<\/span><\/em><span> was street, so we\u2019d get all the cool people\u2026 and then Dazed started!\u201d With three youth culture bibles vying for the same pop stars on their covers, the atmosphere could be tense. \u201cIt was super competitive. Dazed were kind of like the new naughty kids. Dazed and <\/span><em><span>i-D<\/span><\/em><span> were going at each other. But then we\u2019d all go out at night and we\u2019d be in the clubs together having the best time. In the day we\u2019re very competitive, and then in the night we\u2019d all be fine!\u201d he says, laughing. \u201cWe were all just passionate about journalism and passionate about image-making.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite the supermodel besties and bitter rivalries, Enninful is still careful not to overly romanticise the past, a feeling that\u2019s reflected in the exhibit, which refuses to solely trade in nostalgia. \u201cI think the 90s has been sort of wrapped in nostalgia, but don\u2019t forget it was also the time when people started talking about inclusivity and diversity,\u201d he says. With British diaspora creatives front and centre in the exhibition, the slick tailoring of Ozwald Boateng sits alongside the photography of Roshini Kempadoo, while evocative prints from Eileen Perrier and Hamad Butt\u2019s musings on the Aids crisis elevate the exhibit beyond mere lip service. \u201cI feel like I want people to leave the exhibition thinking, \u2018Oh my God, the 90s really started these conversations\u2019,\u201d concludes Enninful. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t just about the fashions of the time \u2013 it was political, too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The 90s: Art and Fashion is on at Tate Britain from October 8, 2026 to February 14, 2027<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/article\/70894\/1\/edward-enninful-the-90s-art-and-fashion-exhibition-tate-britain-kate-moss&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/0-0-2398-1599\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1450\/2\/1452269.jpg&#8221;] \u00a9 Juergen Teller, All Rights Reserved DateInMeta\u00a0 3,\u00a0 2026 Fashion \/ Feature Edward Enninful on The 90s: \u2018If there were phones we\u2019d all be cancelled!\u2019 Ahead of Tate Britain\u2019s expansive new exhibition The 90s: Art and Fashion, Enninful talks us through curating the show, past rivalries with Dazed, and the one item [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,76],"class_list":["post-2126020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-dazeddigital-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2126020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2126020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2126020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2126020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}