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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:
Showy · 04/02/2014 18:42

I still have my Body Shop bags. DD uses them for school. They say...

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing, it was here first"

"Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for life"

And the other just has a Body Shop logo on it.

People used to have 'nice' carrier bags too. River Island bags were much coveted iirc.

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:44

OMG showy I'd forgotten what they had actually said!

Did anyone have a pager for messages?!

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:45

90210

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:47

gind I don't think I could watch Dawson's creek a second time around...Grin

notso · 04/02/2014 18:49

Ha I had a pager Minimalist I paged DH then DP to tell him I was pg with DD Blush in my defence I was 18 and scared!

Bexicles · 04/02/2014 18:49

I remember the national lottery starting and my mum getting a ticket. Think that was early 90's.

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:49

The Baby Sitter Club books

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:50

not I be the practically dropped the pager when he read that! Grin

MrsPear · 04/02/2014 18:52

Well I started going out all night from 97 ... it was combats, crop tops, silleto boots and bomber jackets with orange linings and rucksacks. Oh and I remember a see through cream lace shirt which I wore with a black wonderbra .... I was the gay scene and the bit I was in was house with lighters waving in the air and drugs for some ... it was a shock when I married a man. Music wise I remember Placebo, Suede, blur and oasis plus a million and one dance tunes. Oh and pulp.

Fuckalella · 04/02/2014 18:52

This thread is making me all nostalgic! Can't think of anything else to add though...

Showy they've brought back fish and chips recently, think Tesco sell them!

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:52

Anyone collect beany babes?

MrsPear · 04/02/2014 18:53

Oh and a man came out and told mum we couldn't get channel 5 when it starts as our TV was too old. I got the countdown in five minutes.

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:53

Mizz Magazine
Bliss magazine

CookieB · 04/02/2014 18:54

Unico bags from Mark 1
Sister sister
Dolcis shoes
Shellys shoes
Daft fringe
Nike air max
Satin wraparound skirts
Shiny tights
Puffa jackets
Bergaus jackets
Anything Benetton
Impulse vanilla body spray that came in 3 different versions(miss this even now esp the pink 1)
Slouchy Nike socks

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 18:56

Sweet Valley High

notso · 04/02/2014 18:57

Grin he was in the pub with his mates, he read it went straight to the bar and ordered three double whiskeys!

Poppiesway · 04/02/2014 18:59

Notso... Was it he type of pager that you had to ring the company up and dictate the message so the sent it out..
I can imagine the persons having a giggle as they typed that and sent it out to the number..
I had to page my parents when I was rushed to hospital with ds1.. Although the message never did go through and they only realised when they'd stopped off... Looked brought front window and saw my hospital bag was gone..

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 19:01

notso Grin

Sleepyhoglet · 04/02/2014 19:02

Ah beanie babies

CookieB · 04/02/2014 19:03

Ocean colour scene. The songs were soundtrack of my teens.

Felix90 · 04/02/2014 19:05

When beanie babies were the 'in' thing, my Aunty spent an absolute fortune collecting them all. She even went on a special trip to the US just so she could buy a special edition one which cost an arm and a leg Shock

AntoinetteCosway · 04/02/2014 19:08

God, all of the above but especially River Phoenix.

Also videos, web chatrooms, phone cards...

Wonder what people who were teens in the noughties will say. Nothing really stands out for me. Facebook?

AmazingBouncingFerret · 04/02/2014 19:08

Reebok classics, pedal pushers and kappa jacket.

Thick black kohl eyemakeup and heather shimmer lipstick.

Hair was scraped back with two bits left hanging down at the front.

Thin eyebrows.

Happy Hardcore.

Being given £5 every Friday and being able to buy ten lambert and butler, a litre of dirty white cider to cane with your mates at the park and still having enough change for a bag of chips on the way home.

Tallalime · 04/02/2014 19:11

2 Dogs
Hooch
20/20
Friends (the very first time round)
Britpop
Dewberry
Jarvis Cocker
I (weeps) remember when the phone number for Going Live was 081 811 8181
Cigarettes that cost £1
Athena
Army shirts
Doc Martins
Axl Rose and Sebastian Bach (yum)
Seaquest
Buffy

Those skirt/trouser things were called skorts.

VivaLeBeaver · 04/02/2014 19:11

I was a teen in the 80s and 90s.

X files
Roseanne
Cheers
ER
Pulp
Oasis
The charlatans
Stone roses
Really long skirts at secondary school
Platform shoes having a comeback when I was at college
Head bags as school bags. Came in all different colours.