ready for a flashback welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 trends of
the 1990s went back to gear for our
series of the top 10 trends for decades
we’re taking a look at the fashions
films music and more that was popular in
a certain era these are those famous
trends that have come to represent that
decade and that it’s since been parodied
to death today we’re covering those ten
years when plaid grunge and coffee were
all the rage the 90s number 10 all the
rave alongside the pop and grunge music
trends of the 90s came an explosion in
electro techno and acid house that
offered up rapid pounding beats and a
unique culture all its own though they’d
already been popular in Europe in the
1980s raves became a fixture on the
American scene through the 90s starting
in California often kept secret from
police because of the illicit behavior
that goes on there these sometimes 24
hour long packed parties were full of
dancing and drugging all set to an
intense house music soundtrack
number nine coffee culture there you go
enjoy should I tell her iota tea no the
coffee was by no means a new discovery
the 90s sock coffee culture take off in
large part thanks to American sitcoms
like Frasier and friends instead of
hanging out in a bar like most sitcom
friends did to that point these comedies
move their social combos to the copy
house sitting around in trendy coffee
shops drinking trendy coffees was all
the rage but not only did it become
fashionable it was also an integral part
of socializing leading to the spread of
chains like Starbucks the whole purpose
of places like Starbucks is for people
with no decision-making ability
whatsoever to make six decisions just to
buy one cup of coffee
number eight teen television while the
80s were all about the Saturday morning
cartoons and children’s programming the
90s saw the rise of teen television
that’s the decade when sitcoms and
dramas were developed and aimed directly
at teenagers with characters in their
age group taking on problems and issues
they’re used to dealing with
what are you doing her so that she’ll
help you with your math homework thanks
to the popularity of shows like Beverly
Hills 90210 Saved by the Bell and my
so-called life teen problems were
finally seen as a viable focus for
television look I hate you both never
talk to me again
number seven urban culture the spread of
the Internet
pushed multiculturalism further than
ever before while hip-hop music was more
a product of the 70s than the 90s it was
during the latter decade that urban
culture worked its way into the
mainstream in terms of music and fashion
rap music became an industry thanks to
massive pop rap hits like MC Hammer’s
you can’t touch this can’t touch this
in response gangsta rap acts like Snoop
Dogg Tupac and NWA brought a more
hardcore edge to the game becoming a
lucrative sub-genre in the process joy
got some bitches from the City of
Compton to serve me now for the cherry
on top but when I bust my left I’m
raising the budget cut number 6 boy
bands and girl power
mid the 90s grunge Punk and hip-hop
explosion came in opposing musical style
bubblegum pop led by the Backstreet Boys
Spice Girls NSYNC Britney Spears
Christina Aguilera and more these perky
teen pop acts charged onto the scene
with choreographed dances squeaky-clean
images and formulaic but catchy songs
that dominated the end of the decade
targeted to teens with their looks and
lyrics
most of these teen pop acts faded in
popularity in the early years of the new
millennium
thanks to over saturation of the market
number five
must-have accessories hindsight is 2020
and it’s easy to judge our past fashion
mistakes when we look back on them but
the 90s had plenty of nifty fashion
accessories to go along with it from
fanny packs and tiny backpack purses to
slap bracelets and plastic tattooed
choker necklaces to scrunchies and
butterfly clips and so much glitter
quirky and ubiquitous some of these fads
were practical and some were merely for
looks but we wouldn’t revisit any of
them shut up these are cool all right
but the goggles everybody’s wearing this
number for extreme sports you can bet
those who wore their rebellious
attitudes on their sleeves in the 90s
we’re into some kind of extreme sport be
it’s skateboarding snowboarding BMX or
rollerblading the skater boy persona was
fuelled by the pop culture of the period
with TV movies and music making the
carefree surfer type mentality cool in
addition the X Games launched in 1995
bringing extreme sports to a wider
audience different tricks that speeders
do
McTwist the Vario so we missed on the
burial he’s human but he’s gonna win
this thing
number three in the toy box teddy bears
were yesterday’s news by the time the
90s rolled around so what was popular in
the last decade of the 20th century
beanie babies for one but the toys only
got more complex if it wasn’t a virtual
pet like a Tamagotchi you were after
then you were trying to get your hands
on a collection of Pokemon cards or even
pogs
you traded my soul for pogs even the it
toy of Christmas 96 Tickle Me Elmo was
more tech savvy than most and although
these toys and games were all
straightforward they each formed
hardcore followings and gave my nickels
number to high tech communications yo
I’ll blow it up it’s Kate gran says look
let’s hit it with the popularity and use
of cell phones still up and coming the
youth of the 90s was communicating
through beepers and Internet chat rooms
on the one hand beepers were a
convenient way to nudge someone if you
needed to get in touch on the other chat
rooms were a recreational outlet that
allowed you to communicate with
like-minded users across the world
essentially establishing the framework
for future social media like MSN
Messenger MySpace and Facebook I think
is so great that you are totally into
this person yet for all you know she
could be like 90 years old or have two
heads or it could be a guy before we
reveal our number one 90s trend here are
a few honorable mentions what is there
any chance that you can look at this as
flattering when she’s doing it because
she wants to get more like you well then
you know couldn’t you just copied my
haircut
but if somebody catch them
it don’t matter you do I got a crazy
rabbit punch like you don’t even see
coming back routed number one
gravitating towards grunge
nothing symbolized adolescent rebellion
and individualism in the 90s white light
grunge also known as the Seattle sound
this musical style took elements from
heavy metal hardcore punk and
alternative rock and added distorted
guitars and angsty lyrics offering a
dirty and gritty sound with fashion like
flannel shirts and thrift store clothes
to go with it
grunge ultimately stepped into the
limelight thanks to a little band called
nirvana
though they were helped along by the
likes of Allison Shane’s Soundgarden
Pearl Jam and more
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite fad of the 90s for more
fascinating top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
you
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 trends of
the 1990s went back to gear for our
series of the top 10 trends for decades
we’re taking a look at the fashions
films music and more that was popular in
a certain era these are those famous
trends that have come to represent that
decade and that it’s since been parodied
to death today we’re covering those ten
years when plaid grunge and coffee were
all the rage the 90s number 10 all the
rave alongside the pop and grunge music
trends of the 90s came an explosion in
electro techno and acid house that
offered up rapid pounding beats and a
unique culture all its own though they’d
already been popular in Europe in the
1980s raves became a fixture on the
American scene through the 90s starting
in California often kept secret from
police because of the illicit behavior
that goes on there these sometimes 24
hour long packed parties were full of
dancing and drugging all set to an
intense house music soundtrack
number nine coffee culture there you go
enjoy should I tell her iota tea no the
coffee was by no means a new discovery
the 90s sock coffee culture take off in
large part thanks to American sitcoms
like Frasier and friends instead of
hanging out in a bar like most sitcom
friends did to that point these comedies
move their social combos to the copy
house sitting around in trendy coffee
shops drinking trendy coffees was all
the rage but not only did it become
fashionable it was also an integral part
of socializing leading to the spread of
chains like Starbucks the whole purpose
of places like Starbucks is for people
with no decision-making ability
whatsoever to make six decisions just to
buy one cup of coffee
number eight teen television while the
80s were all about the Saturday morning
cartoons and children’s programming the
90s saw the rise of teen television
that’s the decade when sitcoms and
dramas were developed and aimed directly
at teenagers with characters in their
age group taking on problems and issues
they’re used to dealing with
what are you doing her so that she’ll
help you with your math homework thanks
to the popularity of shows like Beverly
Hills 90210 Saved by the Bell and my
so-called life teen problems were
finally seen as a viable focus for
television look I hate you both never
talk to me again
number seven urban culture the spread of
the Internet
pushed multiculturalism further than
ever before while hip-hop music was more
a product of the 70s than the 90s it was
during the latter decade that urban
culture worked its way into the
mainstream in terms of music and fashion
rap music became an industry thanks to
massive pop rap hits like MC Hammer’s
you can’t touch this can’t touch this
in response gangsta rap acts like Snoop
Dogg Tupac and NWA brought a more
hardcore edge to the game becoming a
lucrative sub-genre in the process joy
got some bitches from the City of
Compton to serve me now for the cherry
on top but when I bust my left I’m
raising the budget cut number 6 boy
bands and girl power
mid the 90s grunge Punk and hip-hop
explosion came in opposing musical style
bubblegum pop led by the Backstreet Boys
Spice Girls NSYNC Britney Spears
Christina Aguilera and more these perky
teen pop acts charged onto the scene
with choreographed dances squeaky-clean
images and formulaic but catchy songs
that dominated the end of the decade
targeted to teens with their looks and
lyrics
most of these teen pop acts faded in
popularity in the early years of the new
millennium
thanks to over saturation of the market
number five
must-have accessories hindsight is 2020
and it’s easy to judge our past fashion
mistakes when we look back on them but
the 90s had plenty of nifty fashion
accessories to go along with it from
fanny packs and tiny backpack purses to
slap bracelets and plastic tattooed
choker necklaces to scrunchies and
butterfly clips and so much glitter
quirky and ubiquitous some of these fads
were practical and some were merely for
looks but we wouldn’t revisit any of
them shut up these are cool all right
but the goggles everybody’s wearing this
number for extreme sports you can bet
those who wore their rebellious
attitudes on their sleeves in the 90s
we’re into some kind of extreme sport be
it’s skateboarding snowboarding BMX or
rollerblading the skater boy persona was
fuelled by the pop culture of the period
with TV movies and music making the
carefree surfer type mentality cool in
addition the X Games launched in 1995
bringing extreme sports to a wider
audience different tricks that speeders
do
McTwist the Vario so we missed on the
burial he’s human but he’s gonna win
this thing
number three in the toy box teddy bears
were yesterday’s news by the time the
90s rolled around so what was popular in
the last decade of the 20th century
beanie babies for one but the toys only
got more complex if it wasn’t a virtual
pet like a Tamagotchi you were after
then you were trying to get your hands
on a collection of Pokemon cards or even
pogs
you traded my soul for pogs even the it
toy of Christmas 96 Tickle Me Elmo was
more tech savvy than most and although
these toys and games were all
straightforward they each formed
hardcore followings and gave my nickels
number to high tech communications yo
I’ll blow it up it’s Kate gran says look
let’s hit it with the popularity and use
of cell phones still up and coming the
youth of the 90s was communicating
through beepers and Internet chat rooms
on the one hand beepers were a
convenient way to nudge someone if you
needed to get in touch on the other chat
rooms were a recreational outlet that
allowed you to communicate with
like-minded users across the world
essentially establishing the framework
for future social media like MSN
Messenger MySpace and Facebook I think
is so great that you are totally into
this person yet for all you know she
could be like 90 years old or have two
heads or it could be a guy before we
reveal our number one 90s trend here are
a few honorable mentions what is there
any chance that you can look at this as
flattering when she’s doing it because
she wants to get more like you well then
you know couldn’t you just copied my
haircut
but if somebody catch them
it don’t matter you do I got a crazy
rabbit punch like you don’t even see
coming back routed number one
gravitating towards grunge
nothing symbolized adolescent rebellion
and individualism in the 90s white light
grunge also known as the Seattle sound
this musical style took elements from
heavy metal hardcore punk and
alternative rock and added distorted
guitars and angsty lyrics offering a
dirty and gritty sound with fashion like
flannel shirts and thrift store clothes
to go with it
grunge ultimately stepped into the
limelight thanks to a little band called
nirvana
though they were helped along by the
likes of Allison Shane’s Soundgarden
Pearl Jam and more
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite fad of the 90s for more
fascinating top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
you
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