If you were a tween in the late 1990′s, be warned that these pictures are about to bring on a wave of nostalgia! Flickr user mmaquino uploaded scans of the Summer 1999 Delia’s catalog, all 75 pages of it. Prepare to flash back to the times when Birkenstocks and cargo pants were the ultimate in cool and you were begging your parents for tickets to the Oops!… I Did It Again tour.
Here are just a few pages out of the Delia’s catalog to get you back in the ’90′s frame of mind (you can check out the whole issue here). And in case looking at these ads gave you the itch to shop, I have good news for you — Delia’s is still in business after all these years, and they honestly haven’t changed too much. Click here for their online store! [via Racked]
I’m pretty sure I had that elephant print tank on my birthday list
It’s not the 1990′s without multiple pairs of foam platform flip flops
Were any of you guys lucky enough to have inflatable furniture? That’s one trend I unfortunately missed out on
I also put together a gallery of other catalog covers from that time period, including Muffy VanderBear and American Girl Doll magazines. I have to give a shoutout to Alloy and Limited Too as well — although, I couldn’t find scans for those catalogs, they definitely helped define my consumer-driven tween-hood!
What catalogs did you Lovelies used to receive in the mail? And do you see anything in the Delia’s catalog that you would still be interested in buying today?




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i receive this one in the mail
dahlia / 2382 posts
American Girl, Delia, L.L. Bean & Stampers were always in my mailbox!!
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LL Bean and Victoria’s Secret, and J Crew…oh yea Eddie Bauer
rose / 834 posts
Those pants and tank tops are soooo unflattering. Apparently people didn’t wear bras in the 90s either.
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I had an inflatable chair. Oh yea, and I also still get this in the mail :}
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The shoes make me cringe. But I still get this catalog in the mail.
daisy / 734 posts
I still get these!! Haha there are girls at my college who still dress similarly to the girls above (woo Pac NW!)
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I came to hate the Delia’s catalog because one day I looked at the sizing chart and realized I was too fat to buy most of the stuff. I was blissfully unaware of how my fatness was socially unacceptable until that little epiphany moment. THey did have cute stuff though, i always liked the sweaters.
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This makes me feel old. So many memories!
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I still shop there. :/ They make jeans in inseams short enough so I don’t have to take them to the tailor.
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HAHAHAHA I totally forgot I had an inflatable chair until now! SOOO funny. I remember my cat ripped it within a few days…hahaha. We also had a bean bag.
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Wow, this brings back memories! I remember getting Delias and Alloy, mostly. Does anyone remember JustNikki? I used to get that one as well!
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ohhh the 90′s <3 all of a sudden I have the urge to watch clueless lol
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I totally remembered these in my Seventeen magazines. I used to get so excited about my buying my own magazine at age 13. =]
orchid / 176 posts
I loved Delia’s catalogs! I always wondered what happened to the raven-haired, blue-eyed model that used to be in all their catalogs – she’s not in these photos though!
rose / 903 posts
I used to LOVE Delia’s catalogs. I cut out pictures from all of them, haha
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I had a tie-dyed bean bag… almost forgot about that!
I used to get Delia’s and American Girl… ahhh Abercrombie & Fitch, with your beautiful teenage boy models…
LOL.
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that VS shoot looks so much more friendly and cute… compared to the straight out hot and sexy ones now in days… omg.. american girl.. and i think was it girl’s life or something like that.. were my favs.
sunflower / 448 posts
Tween? I got that stuff in high school! Don’t hate.
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Delia’s is where I order all my tall girl jeans
I was a little too young in the 90′s to be buying from Delia’s.. hehe
And I used to be so jealous of my friends who had inflatable furniture!! I think I had a blue inflatable chair once but it got a hole in it..
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@just_me_trippin@xanga - Oh my goodness girlslife was & still is my absolute favorite magazine!!! ^.^
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I thought Delia’s was the coolest thing when I was in middle school and it’s suchhhhh crap ahahahaa. My mom always looked at me like I was crazy, but she’d order me some stuff. It’s all made out of plastic and grossness. I know this now lol.
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Someone mentioned J. Crew and Eddie Bauer…. those still exist and are doing well. What are you talking about? lol I FREAKIN LOOOOOVE J. CREW.
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I remember delia’s! I used to get all the catalogs, I loved them! Must have driven my parents crazy!
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I’m wearing a dress from Delia’s right now and it is not crap I like their dresses a lot, and my jeans are from there too and my boots too so yeah my whole outfit and I look great
hydrangea / 76 posts
This is so funny because I just received a random Alloy and Delia’s in the mail today! Along with my Urban Outfitters and Victoria’s Secret xD Blast from the past, for sure
Now I need to go and see if there is anything cute in them.
hydrangea / 87 posts
Awww it definitely takes me back!
And btw, I think Delia’s is still around. Those styles are definitely not though!
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I remember those things. And I wasn’t even a teen in the nineties. Anyway, no inflatable furniture for me.
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I missed this just by a couple years i think. Hehehe the clothes are so ugly! Maybe I’m glad I missed out
. I remember how in the inflatable chairs were. Always wanted one but there is no room in my room for it.