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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:
Felix90 · 04/02/2014 19:13

Antionette I was born in 1990 so a teen in the 2000's. There's not really much to reminisce about Sad

CookieB · 04/02/2014 19:13

Versace jeans perfumes. Loved baby rose jeans & I still have a bottle of blue jeans to sniff on occasion because it reminds me of high school good times Smile.

Tallalime · 04/02/2014 19:15

Glastonbury - before it got all corporate and you could get in without paying (over the fence/under the fence/through the fence... whatever)
All night raves with random meeting points revealed at midnight and then all went to the final destination in convoy.

Tallalime · 04/02/2014 19:19

Happy Hardcore.

Comessyouare14 · 04/02/2014 19:19

All of these and

Pulp
Not showing your socks (or was that just my school? Seem to remember that kicking off in 1996ish)
Leah Betts and ecstasy tablets as bad, bad, bad.
Mountin Dew being a normal can of fizzy pop and not an energy drink.
Etam :)
Jurassic park everything followed by lion king everything followed by titanic everything ... Grin

RigglinJigglin · 04/02/2014 19:24

Still wear my heather shimmer lipstick am a loser

As all the above. I was desperate for the white t-shirt under a long black dress look for all my teens - but it never happened Sad

AntoinetteCosway · 04/02/2014 19:25

Felix I do remember thinking that about the 90s though. It's not so much about what was cool as what is no longer cool and therefore easy to remember! Give it a decade and I bet there'll be loads Smile

littlebluedog12 · 04/02/2014 19:27

Ooh I remember the launch of Channel 5. And Sunset Beach!

PotsofGold · 04/02/2014 19:28

Crop top and combat trousers.
Denim jackets
Platform trainers (still have a pair somewhere!)
Bodyshop pencil tins
Rachel's hairdo
Having your tamagotchi confiscated in geography because it died in the middle of the lesson and thus alerted the teacher to its presence. Grin

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 19:28

Does anyone remember the first episode of Home and Away?

MinimalistMommi · 04/02/2014 19:29

OMG Rachel's hairdo.

joydevivre · 04/02/2014 19:45

Obligatory student posters: magic eye pics, take me to yr dealer alien ones, bob Marley with spliff, pulp fiction, taxi driver.. if you went to art school then betty blue film poster and a general collage of yr head contents would suffice!

joydevivre · 04/02/2014 19:46

Ooh has anyone said tank girl?

PinkLemons · 04/02/2014 19:50

Caz1010 - my dd goes to School in the Middle East. They wear the traditional skort - skirt/short combo. I'm never sure what to call it since she is 4 so it her pants! I'm not sure if the trouser/skirt combo had a name..?

BertieBottsJustGotMarried · 04/02/2014 20:24

They were called skowsers. To rhyme with trousers, not scousers.

BertieBottsJustGotMarried · 04/02/2014 20:24

Not sure how it was supposed to be spelt, though.

DownstairsMixUp · 04/02/2014 20:51

People started to use Jane norman bags for school to. It was "cool"

Anyone remember tip tops? No one would drink them properly wed bite a hole at the other end and suck the juice out!

DownstairsMixUp · 04/02/2014 20:51

Marbles!!

MissBetseyTrotwood · 04/02/2014 20:58

Holding your bag in front not wearing it.
Lumberjack shirts.
DM boots.
Sun In
Ibiza
Adidas gazelles
Camden Market
Shiny silky slip dresses in silver/gold with spaghetti straps

MissBetseyTrotwood · 04/02/2014 21:01

The perfume 'Eden' and 'anais anais' being very sophisticated.
Mix tapes off the radio
Happy Mondays / stone roses

iamaredsmartie · 04/02/2014 21:19

Using river island carrier bags for people kit at school

Weelady77 · 04/02/2014 21:19

Leather bomber jackets

They hologram things on gold belcher chains

ethelb · 04/02/2014 21:53

Good kids tv. Sabrina the teenage witch and round the twist were fantastic. Byker Grove and Grange Hill were still on!

Plus bindis and henna tattoo things.

gindrinker · 04/02/2014 21:56

Courtney love

WeDontDoPrincess · 04/02/2014 23:19

Smash Hits magazine
Yes to having a pager!
Channel 5 launch
Fake satin dresses/skirts
Chinese style mini dresses
Baggy jeans & crop tops
Sweater Shop sweathshirts
Bodysuits & dungarees
Wonderbras
Body Shop Fuzzy Peach, White Musk & Dewbury perfumes
Body Shop gift baskets, you chose animal soap, bath pearls, aforementioned perfume. BS wrapped it in basket with coloured straw and shrink wrap plastic. THE gift to give!
The broomcupboard with Andi Peters
DMs
Getting the 'crunchy' bit of my ear pierced (hole still there)
Take That, East 17, Wet Wet Wet, dance music, Blur...

God, it's all coming back! Thanks for the trip down memory lane, am loving this thread Grin