A Look Back at Kris Kross Fashion

We remember Chris Kelly and the fashion he helped inspire.

Jump! Jump! - The duo busted onto the scene at the age of 13 after they were discovered by producer Jermaine Dupri. Their first single "Jump" was a huge hit with eight weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 and their debut album Totally Krossed Out went multiplatinum. (Photo:  Michel Linssen/Redferns)
Billboard's Best New Artists - After conquering the charts, the accolades soon followed. The video for Kris Kross' follow-up single "Warm It Up" earned the duo a Billboard video award for Best New Artist. The single also reached No. 14 on the singles chart. (Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc)
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The Spark - So how did the fashion craze start? During an interview with Yahoo!, Kelly said, "It was kind of a collective idea. We was all just sitting around thinking of something to do different. It probably could have been Jermaine [Dupri] that said, 'Hey let's put our pants on backwards.' I was the first one to do it, and I'm still the last one to still be doing it. We went to the mall and got so much attention. We was like, 'Ok, this is it.' And it just went from there."  (Photo:  Martina Raddatz/Redferns / Getty Images)Hairy Situation - Cornrows and braids were also part of the Kris Kross look. (Photo: Alpha /Landov)

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Getting It Twisted - Their attitude of going against the grain extended to their fashion choices and soon enough their fan base started imitating their backwards style. (Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc)

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