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Teenager in the 90's

354 replies

KellyElly · 04/02/2014 15:10

On the back of the 70's and 80's threads, what do you remember as a teen in the 90's. For me it's

Nirvana
Grunge
Friends
Twin Peaks - The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer
Axl Rose
Christian Slater
Saved by the Bell
Bill and Ted
Fresh Prince
Snoop
House Music
Drum & Bass
Ibiza holidays
Fruit of the Loom jumpers
Nerds
My So Called Life
Friendship bands
TFI Friday
The Big Breakfast
Take That
Tekkan 2
Blur v Oasis
Gameboys
Nike Air Max
Mad Cow Disease
Euro 96
Andre Agassi
Cycling shorts

OP posts:
MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:22

Mariah Carey.

IShallCallYouSquishy · 04/02/2014 18:22

I can't believe no one has mentioned Dawson's Creek! I loved it and always remember sat watching it during my mid teen years in the mid-late 90's!

AnitaManeater · 04/02/2014 18:25

Plastic dummies
Kickers - we called them pasty shoes
Bob Marley posters
Psytrance
Happy hardcore
spiral perms
heather shimmer
CKOne
Exclamation perfume
Bum bags worn over your shoulder like a handbag
Alcopops. - hooch, 2dogs,source,wkd, barkers
Tequila slammers
Orthodontic braces
Fake ID
escort xr3i's
East 17
Collecting flyers
free parties, getting a mate with a car to drive round in circles waiting for a tip off

notso · 04/02/2014 18:26

Burberry check a girl in school had a baby and called him Burberry, everyone thought it was a great name!
Sweater shop jumpers,
Big hairsprayed quiffs
Whigfield Saturday night,
Vice versas
Head bags for school or River Island carrier bags,
Kangol,
Kappa trackies,

LittleYellowDuck · 04/02/2014 18:27

United Colour of Benetton jumpers
Brightly coloured Benetton jeans

Defo Heather Shimmer lipstick and Loved Tribe perfume too, it was so fruity and sweet , think that's why I like Britneys perfume so much these days.

The Shamen
The Prodigy
Later 90's - Happy hardcore music

I liked my dance music !

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:28

Agree about Dawson's creek.

LittleYellowDuck · 04/02/2014 18:28

Shellys bags for school
Shellys shoes - big clumpy black platforms

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:29

Nik naks.

notso · 04/02/2014 18:30

Oh yeah showy 10p mix! My Mum used to get us one everyday for after school and a 20p mix on a Friday.
DD gets a 70p mix on the way to school it is equivalent of a 10p one Shock

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:31

Leotards worn with jeans anyone?!

ScienceRocks · 04/02/2014 18:33

Huevos, are you me? I still listen to pearl jam and nirvana, and can't drink lilt because of blastaway nights!

I still love friends too, which started in the 90s, and dress much the same as I did then (boots, leggings, dresses, black eyeliner) and even have Rimmel black cherries lipstick tucked away somewhere. I may need to grow up and get with modern times...

littlebluedog12 · 04/02/2014 18:33

Hahaha yes, The Word and Eurotrash! Grin Grin

Also staying up all night in the holidays watching Prisoner Cell Block H (although I suspect that may have been just me and my sister...)

ScienceRocks · 04/02/2014 18:34

Not leotards, minimalist, they were called bodies because they had those really uncomfortable poppers that dug into your bits if you didn't wear knickers underneath... I had a lot of those...

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:34

The slap bracelets that you used to slap onto your wrist and it would curl around.

JennyOnAPlate · 04/02/2014 18:34

United colours of benneton
Charlie red
Blind date
Baywatch
Red dwarf
The body shop
Reef, hooch, 20 20
Trolls (the plastic ones with the fluorescent hair)

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:35

science couldn't think of the word for them...Blush

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:35

The boys shop bags with writing on the side that everyone used to use for school etc

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:36

Lava lamps.

littlebluedog12 · 04/02/2014 18:36

Also Ceefax and Teletext- does anyone remember Megazine? I think it was the 'teen' section on teletext.

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:37

I remember reading my stars on teletext...

gindrinker · 04/02/2014 18:39

All saints, Brit pop, dresses over jeans (like skirts over jeans but better)
So... Perfume

We must be due a revival of all saints style combat pants

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:39

Watching Titanic more than once at the cinema...

gindrinker · 04/02/2014 18:40

Mini - dawson's creek is on netfilx...

Bexicles · 04/02/2014 18:41

Pierced belly buttons ( I still have mine in from 1995!)
Over plucked eyebrows
Nme and melody maker
Over plucked eyebrows
Riot grrrrl
Pop will eat itself
Stripey tights and DMs
Little backpacks
Ananya from The Body Shop
Alcopops

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:42

Playing Sonic and the 'Master system' and the the 'Mega Drive.

Watching Round The Twist.