Styles of the 2000s really different from the 1990s? (jeans, hair styles, clothing)

[Tennesseestorm]

Ya know, maybe its where it was only 10 years ago on average and I have not noticed, but are the decade we are in (2000-2010) really different from the late 1990s and I have not noticed it?

I mean the late 50s were different from the late 60s, the late 60s different from the late 70s, the late 70s different from the late 80s, the late 80s different from the late 90s, but are the late 90s as different as where we are now in 2008 as far as hair styles and clothing? Seems like every 5-6 years, you can see a noticable change.

I graduated in 1994 and looking back in my high school years, the early 90s were so different from the early 2000s. The ladies/girls like "huge/high hair" in the early 1990s, which I guess was a carry-over from the mid-late 1980s. I faintly remember from memory, but recall in 80s movies that in the mid-late 80s, ladies/girls had high or fluffy hair (which lingered into the early 90s), or "swoopy" hair and sometimes short hair styles like the guys, big ribbons, etc, while the guys had mullets, short flat hair, spiked hair, etc. I remember I had a mullet type hair style in the mid 1980s.

Seems by 1995-1996, hair-styles changed dramatically, but seem to be about the same today, or are they and what about the clothes? I was in my 20s in the late 1990s, but do not remember too much about the clothing.... was it really different now? Seems like alot of the "70s" styles are "in" today.

Anyone have any data/history on hair/clothes of late 1990s that indicate that it was much different than now?

[jasape]

There are slight differences but I know what you mean, I don't see a MAJOR difference between 2000s and 1990s. Everyday I see people generally wearing the same clothes: jeans, t-shirt or sweatshirt, and sneakers or flip-flops. I wore the same things in the 90's except the styles of jean were wider back then and skinny is more in now. And for hair, the most common is mid to long and straight for girls, and highlighted blonde. I feel like the 90s was just a transition decade between the 80's and today.

[TheImportersWife]

The 90s were filled with flannels, piercings, doc martens, prairie dresses, pixie cuts, baby doll dresses, boyfriend jeans, scuncies, men's blazers. In the beginning of the 90s, curly/big hair was still fashionable, but by the end of the 90s, straight hair seemed to be the trend.

(Those are not listed in any particular order.)

[bchris02]

In the late 1990s it was JNCO, Nike, bowl cuts, piercings, and clothes 3x your size. Today it's emo, emo, emo, and emo. Did I mention emo? Seriously there are a few similarities but the '90s were way different and far better.

[TheImportersWife]

What's JNCO and emo stand for?

[fjtee]

I've been wondering the same thing. When I look at pictures from the early 90s, the difference is noticeable. The proximity to the 80s was still evident. I bet if we were to compare the way the "Friends" characters dressed to the way characters dress on another similar show, then the differences might be more apparent. I just don't know what that show would be. But, the day to day stuff people where still seems to be jeans and a t-shirt. I'm guilty, I admit.

[TheImportersWife]

Ever watch Seinfeld reruns!?!

[yo vanilla]

It is alot different. You might see some of the same basic styles, but what's really changed is the fit. Clothes are much closer-fit now. And that can make the same shirt completely different. I mean, people have been wearing jeans and a t-shirt for 50, 60 years now. But they never look quite the same, do they?

[Bluesbabe]

What's gone are those horrid "mussed-up" hairdos popular in the late-90's. You know, the ones where you secured it back with clips and the ends stuck out all over hell. And the short chick-hatched-from-an-eggshell look that Meg Ryan wore to make herself look like a teenager. I think those looks spilled over into the early-millenium, but I sure am GLAD they are mostly gone.

Know how every decade had some horrid look that leaves a stigma? Well, for the new millenium's first decade it has GOT to be hip-hugger pants. They look atrocious on practically everyone. I didn't even like them the 1st time in the 60's! They make the butt look like the back end of a Hummer, and flab/bones sticking out from the tops of them are not a pretty sight. I hope this style dies a final death very soon.

[IonRedline08]

Originally Posted by TheImportersWife

Ever watch Seinfeld reruns!?!

Thats so funny you said that, because I was thinking the exact same thing when I was watching it the other day!