Cyberpunk fashion has been trending since the ’90s, when it first made a splash, but even all these years later, it’s somehow still relevant. Take, for example, the baggy cargos and tight mesh tops seen all over Depop. Or any of the vintage mesh pieces from Jean Paul Gaultier, really. The fashion from Hackers (1995), the movie, is probably the most inspiring cyberpunk style example that you totally wouldn’t expect.
Hackers stars a bunch of high school hackers going to High School in New York City as they fight with an evil corporation who tries to frame them with fraud. Of course, it stars Angelina Jolie as the punky hacker girl who hangs out with all the boys.
Angelina Jolie by far has the best fashion sense in Hackers. She is seen wearing vintage motorcycle jackets, white pants, sporty turtlenecks and sports jerseys, and at the very end of Hackers, a kimono-inspired dress with dark lipstick and her signature pixie cut, also seen in another great unexpected fashion inspiration moodboard film from the 90s, Girl Interrupted.
Despite the fact that rest of the characters in the film are guys, there’s also no lack of fashion inspiration. There’s camo jackets, plaid button-downs, lots of jeans with metal chains, tiny glasses, leather jackets and even t-shirts with kittens on them. Some pairings, like red paints with chains, a red tartan long jacket and yellow leopard print sweaters look like they’re straight off the runway of Comme Des Garçons Homme. It’s all enough to make you think being a hacker is a viable career for someone who loves fashion.
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