#michelle kwan
DECEMBER 22 - MICHELLE KWAN
Michelle Wingshan Kwan is an American figure skater. She is a two-time Olympic medalist, five-time World champion and nine-time U.S. champion (the all-time record, as tied with Maribel Vinson-Owen).
She competed at a high level for over a decade and is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history. Known for her consistency and expressive artistry on ice, she is widely considered one of the greatest figure skaters of all time.
For well over a decade, Kwan maintained her status not only as America’s most popular figure skater but as one of America’s most popular female athletes.During her reign Kwan landed numerous major endorsement deals, starred in multiple TV specials and was the subject of extensive media coverage. From 1997 to 2005, she was the U.S. Figure Skating Association’s top-paid skater in appearance fees and prize money, as well as one of the highest paid Winter Olympic athletes in endorsements.Kwan was also the highest paid skater on the Champions on Ice tours.
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“I really want to see Starr Andrews get better and maybe, even make it to the Olympics. In a sport that is so heavily dominated by white and Asian athletes (at least in the U.S.), it is so nice seeing a Black figure Skater. There needs to be much more diversity in figure skating. I really want her to do well, so that little Black boys and girls can look up to her, the way that I looked up to Michelle Kwan and Kristi Yamaguchi, as a young Asian American!”
One of my fashion icons and my skating icon! Great minds do think alike :)
Seventeen magazine back in the mid 90s was a work of art.
Cover Girl was over here being an innovator in eyeshadow primer/base technology. it didn’t seem to take off back then though. I didn’t see eyeshadow primer in the mainstream until I saw Urban Decay’s in the mid 2000s.
You know a couple of months ago, when I was compiling those oddball christmas gift suggestions from the 90s, and ‘Teen suggested to give lingerie as a present? Here are some “racy” red undies! Were we supposed to wear those as a present to ourselves?
I wanted this Teen Spirit shampoo so bad from our local Food Lion around this time. Mom wouldn’t let me have it! I used Head & Shoulders until man, high school I think. (see also this TikTok titled “90s products living in the crawl space of your brain”)
Can you imagine it being like, six thirty am, one bathroom house, and you’re fighting your sibling for who is going to use the shower first because you have to rinse out all that conditioner you put in your hair the night before. These little beauty tips magazines used back then were never practical for the 11 year old reading the magazine.
We were fond of supermodels back then, so this is a whole behind the scenes piece of the motels at the big fashion shows, like at Betsey Johnson. This was the closet thing I could find to the show on YouTube.
That short & slim dress is still a look today.
I totally thought that dying shoes to dresses was a totally normal thing that I would partake in several times as a teenager or a young adult. NO. Nobody was doing that in the early 2000s. Anyway, I was too ugly for formal events.
This was a “pre prom” section. We all know the real prom issue came in March.
There’s that Bobbi Brown stick foundation that’s still being sold today. Like I said earlier, we didn’t have eyeshadow primer back then, so we had to use Sonia’s advice of putting foundation on our eyelids.
oooo here we go.
Michelle placed 2nd at the Nationals in 1994, behind Tonya Harding, but was bumped off the Olympic team and became an alternate due to the whole Nancy Kerrigan incident, as we all know.
Nicole would become the national champion in 1995. I think 1994 was one of the last times we saw Lisa. Lisa skated at the 1993 World Championships, here is a fluff piece about her and her coach.
The wind never stood a chance you guys.
I have never heard of dye from socks leeching into your bloodstream. This is up here with taking horse medicine. The last time this happened was in the 1870s.
~diet news~, which would totally not fly today in a teen magazine. Pretty sure the second bullet point is what would become Alli. I remember when Alli came out, my local news station went to the drugstore and filmed a what appeared to be a kind of gullible lady buying it and they interviewed her, and she said something cheezy like, “I hope this is an ally to my weight loss!”
The pants hanging would become only worse as time went on.
This was a bit about guys favorite items.
Oh, I wanted this so bad. And then Jenna did it 24 years later.
Today is February 19th, so its hammernose day.
Hemlines are the same, hair color is the same, and I think Brad Mondo tried to bring back wet hair??
NO SUSPENDERS.
Oh no. Does anybody remember the old store One Price $7? it was like a precursor to fast fashion stores. Mom and I started shopping here around the time of this magazine and there were so many items of clothing that fit this perfectly.
Who approved that polo shirt looking shirt though. That is a shirt a middle aged mom would wear. Like that 90s mom character Eliza Hayes Maher does on Instagram.
Something I completely forgot about back then was teen magazines including way older guys. I didn’t scan it, but you know earlier when that boy was talking about how much he loved his shirt? Nearly every other guy in that story was over 18. One was even around 26? Here’s Eric Niles from the original Real World (22) dating a 17 year old. Young me thought that was completely normal.
This was from early 1994, but I remember all this pleather-y, silver-y stuff hitting the store shelves around here in 1996.
Already thinking about the new millennium.
Yup, this was during the low fat craze. I guess this is ok since it’s educational. I’ve mentioned the Salsa Ketchup by Heinz before.
This wouldn’t fly today either.
This was right before I began an interest in shoes.
I think this “no way” graphic that was intended for another question can fit perfectly with the advice needed. No way did this happen.
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