I'm writing a novel set (in part) in a suburban Florida high school in the 90s and if you're interested, what do you think are...
I'm writing a novel set (in part) in a suburban Florida high school in the 90s and if you're interested, what do you think are some non-obvious cultural differences (or similarities) to look out for?
90s high school fashion would be what, grunge, the dELiA*s catalog, spaghetti-strap tops, Abercrombie/American Eagle/Aeropostale, Hot Topic mallgoth, Old Navy, bellbottom revival into wide-leg raver pants, clove cigarettes, wicca vogue, navel, tongue, and nostril piercings?
…country music going mainstream (“Country Morning” on VH1, this weird Paula Cole/Shawn Colvin/Meredith Brooks/Lilith Fair processing of like, MichFest, 90210 then Melrose Place then Party of Five, Dawson’s Creek, Felicity (Felicity!), layered girls’ haircuts, wine-red dye (but not yet unnatural colors)…
antiheroes, that and dead-baby jokes got flattened together as “edgy”
National speed limits were just uncapped from 55 mph, minivans (Stephenson’s “bimbo boxes”) were a thing, pickups hadn’t gotten fuck-huge yet, the concept of the Hummer was it was fuck-huge…
band t-shirts. People forgot that’s what Hot Topic first made its name on, merch you didn’t have to go to a concert for or order out of a pulp catalog you found in the indie record store