‘X-Files’ stars, Chloe Sevigny and Janet Jackson tunes: Fashion goes full ’90s | CNN

EDITOR’S NOTE: CNN Style is one of the official media partners of Paris Fashion Week. See all coverage here. At the Paris fashion shows that wrapped this week, there were luxuriously plain black dresses and coats of the kind favored by Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, models strutting down runways with theatrical flourishes, and in some cases, no cellphones in sight. Gen-X icons, including actress Chloe Sevigny and supermodel Kristen McMenamy, walked the runway at Miu Miu — with a special appearance by star of the 1990s hit show “X-Files,” Gillian Anderson. This is Paris Fashion Week circa 1998 — in 2026. If brands spent the last few years plumbing the looks and vibes of the early 2000s — Miu Miu’s low-rise waistlines and Abercrombie’s prep and all that — ‘90s fever has now taken hold. Like much of social media and pop culture, fashion designers are enraptured with the style and culture of what’s been dubbed “The Last Great Decade” — or at least the last one before smart phones and the internet took over our lives. Now we have “Love Story,” fictionalizing the star-crossed romance of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette and the fabulous office politics