I thought these dELiA*s catalogs were lost forever. I have been searching for them for years and would study these sweet fashions and rebind these catalogs when they ripped. So third world. I stole my first issue from my neighbor's mailbox...
Is it bad that I still want everything in this catalog?
NO WAY!
GIVE THIS TO ME!
I WANT THIS.
This girl made me question my orientation but then I realized I just really wanted that outfit.
So nasty.
A whack analysis of the downfall from the 90s to the millennium, style-wise.
MoXie girl> delia*s/ dot dot dash> air shop> just nikki> alloy
Most of these are pretty much non existent/garbage now.
MAGGIE LEE
you were stylin' with your crossed velcro straps.
Posted by: jess | 02/01/2009 at 15:54
I used to save those old catalogs too! And I thinkg the blonde in the cameo skirt made me question MY orientation!
Posted by: Mary | 02/01/2009 at 16:38
is that stuff you're wearing in the last one from delia's? the strawberry hat is still pretty dope if you ask me.
Posted by: francis | 02/01/2009 at 16:38
i want a close up of whatever you wrote on that girl's forehead
Posted by: sophie | 02/01/2009 at 18:21
you should join this flickr group - flickr.com/groups/917559@N24/
Posted by: choco | 02/01/2009 at 19:26
lame, youre not cool
Posted by: | 03/01/2009 at 02:37
delia's/alloy are trash now
Posted by: alicia p | 03/01/2009 at 06:44
i had that black quilted zip up jacket and some bitch stole it from me in junior high.
Posted by: nosleepever | 04/01/2009 at 01:27
hahahah awesome
Posted by: | 04/01/2009 at 23:05
I STILL have all the old dELIA catalogs, too!!
As a commercial/fashion photographer I liked it's style at that time!! Yep, things have changed and always will.
Posted by: Joe B. | 15/01/2009 at 06:42
i wish i still had mine, they were works of art and the clothes way better than Delia's now.
Posted by: jordyn | 30/01/2009 at 16:34
i've been looking for my old catalogs forever! i'm so jealous.
what i would give to flip through them once more!
what year and season were these?
Posted by: Jenna | 28/02/2009 at 11:54
do you have more pictures? Could you post more pictures of these?!!
Posted by: Liz | 06/07/2009 at 23:41
Wow! This really takes me back. I poured over those the same way, and I recognize every page! I even owned the blue track pants from the first picture, and the striped-shoulder shirt in the second. It was a lot more punk/skater oriented. I remember seeing camo pants in there. They were bought out in 2003 by Alloy, and since then (or maybe before) have drastically shifted into a more girly/cutesy aesthetic. If you have more scans I would LOVE to see them!
Posted by: Andrea | 15/10/2009 at 06:06
I had soooo many of them, starting in '96 when I was 15 and going up till now (and I'm 28)! But when my husband and I moved in '03 he made me get rid of all my old ones...I'm a little OCD with it...and needless to say I bawled! But now he doesn't say anything, so i've got all of them from '03 till now, and all the Alloy catalogs as well!
Posted by: Heather | 01/11/2009 at 14:40
for the love of all that is right in the world, SCAN AND POST!
Posted by: misty | 18/12/2009 at 21:45
I will pay someone to scan those suckers and put them on the net! For real - pleeeease? :(
Posted by: Jules | 30/12/2009 at 21:24
Duh, I should have given my contact info, huh? E-mail me at jlc102482@yahoo.com if you want to sell old catalogs or images of the old catalogs. I want to pay you for this :D
Posted by: Jules | 30/12/2009 at 22:59
YES! I BEGGED my mom for the combat boots in the last spread, and they became my "dress shoes" for years afterward. Daria was my style icon.
Posted by: O_O | 03/07/2010 at 16:42
OMG-its so awesome that you posted this!!!!!!
^-^ Thanks!
Posted by: Christie | 10/08/2010 at 07:36
Dude, if anyone has any scanned 90s delias catalogs PLEASE let me know where or email me!!! amandachik@aol.com
Posted by: Amanda | 21/12/2010 at 00:27
i second amanda and jules !
would srsly PAY for scans of these mags !
miss them terribly ! cfilardi@ross.org
email me if you know !
Posted by: cody | 28/12/2010 at 02:12
Heck yes!!! I have been longing to see one of these old catalogues. I can't tell you how many times I poured over those pages. It was that lovely stage where you're old enough to want all the stuff but young enough to be too broke to get it. You really should scan all the pages and post them online. Just sayin.
Posted by: Kelli | 23/01/2011 at 12:46
Oh yeah! and.....
Remember how alloy used to have those HUGE raver pants with the legs so wide they were practically parachutes? Those were amazing! It's so different now...
Posted by: Seattlecattle | 23/01/2011 at 12:54
I used to save all of my Delias catalogs, but, sadly, I threw all of them away years ago!
Would love to see scans! I thought the clothes were the coolest when I was 15, 16.
Posted by: sarah | 08/04/2011 at 15:50