Starring baggy mom jeans, DVD stores, and vintage tech, the 1990s had its own unique and unforgettable aesthetic.
Starring baggy mom jeans, DVD stores, and vintage tech, the 1990s had its own unique and unforgettable aesthetic. The '90s also birthed celebrity royalty like Angelina Jolie & Keanu Reeves and perfected the rave.
It was a privilege to live during the last generation before social media clout and Facebook slop, we just didn't know it yet.
In honor of being a '90s kid, here are 21 photos of what life looked like in the 1990s.
1
At a Party
Going all night.
2
Friends Shopping
A mall in the '90s.
3
“Me at 16”
A teenager in 1990.
4
Getting Ready for a Rave
Partying in the 1990s.
5
The New York Skyline
In full in the 1990s.
6
A Couple Shares a Beer
The early 1990s.
7
Big Hair
Fashionable in the '90s.
8
A Wendy’s
Eating next to the sunroof.
9
Cooling Down
Brooklyn in the 1990s.
10
Meeting Britney Spears
A mall in 1999.
11
Rotor Ride
“The ride that almost killed us all.”
12
Shops
A mall in the '90s.
13
Jennifer Connelly
Posing in the early 1990s.
14
JDM Dudes
Japan in the 1990s.
15
Streetcar 962
New Orleans, 1990s.
16
Angelina Jolie and Peta Wilson
Dancing at the 1997 Cable Ace Awards.
17
Having a Smoke
A bench in the '90s.
18
Keanu Reeves
On the set of My Own Private Idaho.
19
A Taco Bell
Retro in the 1990s.
20
Rocking a Tank Top
Outside a shopping center.
