“Today Fitness Is Fashion.” Read Vogue’s 1994 Take on Designers’ Then-New Fixation on Sports

The fitness revolution not only wrought better-looking, higher-performance workout wear, it sent sports gear out of the gym, off the hiking trail, into the street, and, recently, onto the runway. For spring ’94, designers here and abroad count Adidas stripes, sneakers of every type, T-shirts, and tennis togs among their winning inspirations. Katherine Betts tracks the fitness and fashion connection