Stark raving style

As with most memorable fashion moments, this renaissance has its roots in the capital's dynamic street style. Blending elements of Nineties rave culture with a so-called "ghetto fabulous" approach to dressing - popularised in recent years by Love Magazine editor Katie Grand - the East End's party-loving crowd have been championing this revival for years. But this season the decade that gave us acid house and unforgettable "Euro pop" duo 2 Unlimited is being celebrated in more places than just the Dalston club scene, with a wealth of fashion designers drawing inspiration from the period too.

For their latest - and last - collection for D&G, Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce paid homage to the era with a collection that saw Nineties-inspired handkerchief dresses reinterpreted with a lucid chain-mail print, while Donatella Versace unveiled studded leather skirts and crop tops.

For Lulu Kennedy's collaborative Lulu and Co label, London Fashion Week designer Natasha Stolle created tie-dye print T-shirts with more than a passing resemblance to those created by seminal Nineties label Hyper Global.

So what does this actually mean for our wardrobes? In short, a ferocious use of colour, a haphazard approach to print and a slouchy silhouette that's a world apart from last season's prim Fifties look.

On the high street, Topshop has embraced the Nineties with serious gusto and is stocking everything from plastic neon rucksacks to cycling shorts, while H&M and boutique brand Three Floor have also made nods to the Nineties with their offerings for spring.

Of course, should you have come into the world before 1985, the suggestion that it's now time to revisit the decade you've long sought to forget may seem like a bad (and premature) joke but this doesn't mean you have to dodge the revival entirely. A slouchy-fitting printed T-shirt in a fluoro shade is a simple yet effective way to wear Nineties nostalgia, as is the purchase of printed jeans - just be sure to team them with a neutral sweater.

Whatever you choose, leave those 2 Unlimited CDs where they belong - firmly in the past.