If social media is anything to go by, teenagers today who never experienced the 90s, and thus never experienced a world without social media, are yearning to turn back the clock. Baggy jeans, scrunchies, slip dresses, chokers and flannel shirts have all had their revivals in recent years, but what about certain elements beyond clothing and appearances that haven’t made their way out of that time vault yet? Now that Liam and Noel Gallagher have seemingly put their differences aside for their upcoming tour, we looked at other key components of the 90s that should also be making a comeback. Through the decades there have been plenty of musical groups made up of men and women, but the late 90s (and early 2000s) encapsulated a different sort of era — utterly camp, bubblegum pop, made up of boys with frosted tips in their hair and girls with butterfly clips in theirs.
S Club 7, Steps, The Vengaboys, A*Teens, Aqua — these bands were all formed in the 1990s, and it’s something you just don’t see as much today. In the age of streaming, it’s hard for anyone born after the millennium to imagine a world without instant streaming. They’re missing out on some seriously special memories, though.
It will be impossible to create the Friday night feeling of heading to your local Xtra-vision with friends or family, rifling through the different genres of VHS tapes (then turning into DVDs) for the perfect movie pick, and picking up a selection of snacks at the till. Certainly, no o.