The 90's Style Seems to be Making a Comeback
Posted by Anon_Gen_X@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 216 comments
My youngest is now in middle school, and by the looks of things, Gen Alpha seems to wish it was 1994. Her favorite band is Blink 182, and favorite artist is Avril Lavigne. Is the trend in 90's style local or is this an everywhere thing?
MaoTseTrump@reddit
It has not improved much since then, has it?
ech01@reddit
If they start listening to Ween and the Butthole Surfers then you should search their rooms.
Deckpics777@reddit
“Who was in my room last night?”
jonpaladin@reddit
dude it's been "back" for ten years already
Deckpics777@reddit
Never left! 🤣
Deckpics777@reddit
Well, if you ask me, 90’s style has been cool for about 36 years now!
Altoidman33@reddit
Dude, Target had baggy carpenter jeans on sale for Black Friday, so I ordered 2, with low expectations. Boy, was I surprised! My inner 14 yr old was squealing with joy! No more barely baggy jeans, no more accidental skinny jeans...I got my style back!
YellowBreakfast@reddit
Whaaaaat?
And they have the BEST Star Wars shirts.
I'm gonna have to go shopping.
maryjayjay@reddit
My daughter definitely has a preference for the wide leg skater pants
YellowBreakfast@reddit
NOOOOOOOOOO!
Mine is entering Middle next year.
That's it we're home schooling.
lemonsuprize@reddit
For what it’s worth, we kind of recycled our 70s childhood in the 90s.
mylocker15@reddit
Everywhere I look kids are wearing black pants and grey hoodies with a grey shirt. No idea what they are listening to I assume it’s annoying. I would love to see a charlotte hornets jacket worn over a shirt with a giant taz on it. Or some flannel vibes. Anything but the whole npc vibe they have right now. Also bring back teal. Now.
Proof_Duck9754@reddit
I always say that they just don’t know how much tweety bird was on the clothes back then
AlienRosie3667@reddit
This made me lol 😆
admseven@reddit
My son’s best friend showed up at my house today in that exact npc outfit lol
tincan-veteran@reddit
Oh yeah big time, our grandsons are that age, and they're buying big leg pants, to see and Ed Hardy t-shirts etc etc... as more of a late seventies early '80s punk rock kid, I find it as dopey and gross as I did the first time around... Of course I don't tell the grandsons that!...
StriperHerring@reddit
My son is 23. A while ago he if I ever listened to the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I just shook my head….
ech01@reddit
My friends I'm so depressed
marvellcg@reddit
Blink didn't really make it big until 98 and Avril Lavigne's first album was 2002.
But yeah these things come in cycles, when I was a teen in the mid 90's music from the 60's was big. I think it's a combination of that being a lot of music my generation heard growing up as that's what our parents were playing and people of my parent's generation getting into positions of power and influence and pushing the music and styles from their youths.
Look at the 80's revival a few years ago. I'm sure early 2000's revival isn't far off (or may even be here based on your daughter's taste in music).
Zealousideal_Lab_427@reddit
Been seeing a lot of references to Y2K fashion for a couple years now! I’m like “hmm, I guess some of my stuff has made it to vintage status…”
JediKrys@reddit
Already seeing low rise boot cut and baby doll tops….
CH1974@reddit
My youngest daughter is on this trend as well, full grunge phase, it's pretty cool, she even looks like me
Backhanded_Bitch@reddit
I loved the 90’s, I vote for bringing them back.
f_yeahprogrock@reddit
“Historically accurate low rise jeans” with more belt than zipper, are huge I guess. Yikes, not again
icy_sylph@reddit
God I hope so. High waisted makes me look ridiculous.
Imasayitnow@reddit
Solid development. The “mom jeans” look wasn’t it.
ONROSREPUS@reddit
ONROSREPUS@reddit
Yes please! I know this is an unpopular opinion and women don't like them but I think most men would love to see them back.
zoeybeattheraccoon@reddit
Flannel and converse? Sign me up.
superfun5150@reddit
It’s common for the decades fashion and music to make comebacks.
About 10 years ago there was a big 80s revival.
The messed up thing is after 2000 there wasn’t distinct identities to the music and fashion. It got diverse and people just recycling previous decades.
RadiantCarpenter1498@reddit
“Seems to be”? There’s literally a category of jeans on clothing stores called “90s”.
redactedfalsehood@reddit
Finally, my big ass legs never fit in Skinny jeans. I need to go shopping.
Kestrel_Iolani@reddit
I mean... Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath were popular when we were in high school.
Elchimpy1@reddit
I hope not. No thanks to the amount of teal that seemed to be in everything .
Caloso89@reddit
I mean, this GenX also wishes it was 1994.
Muted_Evidence1311@reddit
Well, some of us are ... stuck there for perpetuity.
Made myself a red tartan pleat skirt, so include me in that too.
GramercyPlace@reddit
Culture is so soulless and depressing these days. If it’s not made by AI, it’s hard to tell. I can see why they’d feel this way. I feel bad for the young people. It’s rough out there.
Vegetable_Loan1627@reddit
That’s been the case for a few years now
EnjoyingTheRide-0606@reddit
Totally 90’s styles now. But I will never wear (women’s) stir up pants!
fishegg808@reddit
Layne Staley from Alice in Chains has become a god to many of the kids lately. Sure didn't see that coming...
NagoGmo@reddit
What do you mean, "seems to be"?
JollyRocket7@reddit
Let’s goooooo!!!
GypsyLove27@reddit
https://seventeenfourteen.etsy.com/listing/4465082376/silly-goose-girl-hoop-t-shirt
Fudloe@reddit
I don't get the Gen Z and Gen Alpha labels. Generation-X wasn't an alphabetical designation, rather the symbol "X" as in undefinable or anomalous variable.
I feel like using Z and Alpha in this case is, I dunno... dumb.
Mistermxylplyx@reddit
Almost all the labels are dumb and forced, and the kid will grown into themselves and determine what they are over time anyway.
My grandparents were in the “silent” generation, which was anything but silent, they were the boomers to us Xers, our parent’s parents who never shut up about how soft or lazy our generation was. They might have been silent politically, but that was it. And X is really nothing like what we were portrayed to be as kids, now we are thought of as overbearing workaholics that won’t stop about how great our music and culture was, yet most voted for the antithesis of our archetype.
The media picks the labels and the archetypes for their own reasons, and I have always found the whole generational ideology forced. That so many put so much into it baffles me.
Fudloe@reddit
(Also, killer handle!)
Fudloe@reddit
Agreed. But how they fell upon the idiocy of alphabetization is unusually dumb, even for society.
My folks were Boomers and genuine hippies, my grandfather was of the Greatest generation. I can't argue with the accuracy of those titles.
Gen-X was the fuckin coolest, tho. I've always worn that label as a badge of honor.
These poor kids... but it may very well change to something cooler, once they've wrested control of their own destinies from us.
gurl_incognito79@reddit
Temporary_Shirt_6236@reddit
80s was in fashion for a while, all the retro / nostalgic movies and TV shows, fashion, etc. I said to my partner 10 years ago that it would be the 90s next and maybe our nephews will finally think we were cool for having lived in those times as young adults ourselves lol
HarryHaywire@reddit
nostalgia seems to move in 15-20 year cycles. As in whatever was cool 15-20 years ago become the dominant nostalgia of the time. I assume because the people who were children during that period are reliving their youth. We're moving into early 00's revival now. JNCO jeans and butt rock/nu-metal (the stuff they were calling "dad rock" 5 years ago) is cool again.
Individual-Trick3310@reddit
I'll catch the 80s again the next time they swing by.
mrkstr@reddit
Not to mention that Mom Jeans are coming back.
Individual-Trick3310@reddit
It is an odd thing to see on women half my age.
A surprise to be sure but a welcome one.
CheesyRomantic@reddit
My daughter won't admit it, but she loves 90s inspired attire.
Every time I see in something similar to what I once wore, she gives me an annoyed look of embarrassment.
elphaba00@reddit
My 13-year-old is asking for a pair of JNCOs. Old Navy has a style of jeans called "90s baggy." She also wants those. She wears flannels with 90s band T-shirts, and she says she knows who they are. Her favorite shoes are either her Doc Martens or Converse. Her favorite activity is roaming the neighborhood on her rollerblades. It made my heart happy when she said she'd go to a Weezer concert with me.
Individual-Trick3310@reddit
Residential treatment programs are always an option.
lectroid@reddit
Alas, the docs and All-Stars are a far cry from the quality brands of our youth.
I still have flannels from the 90’s and early 2000’s in weekend rotation. The elbows are worn and stitched but I’m hanging on til they disintegrate.
SilentSerel@reddit
I fully believe that my 14-year-old would do just fine if he somehow got dropped into the mid-to-late 90s, especially when it comes to music, sports, and video games. He knows more about those topics from back then than he does about those topics today. When he was in 6th grade and they were having their last school Valentine’s Day party, I found him a bunch of 90s NFL cards to pass out and he was ecstatic.
That just goes to show how cyclical this all is. It reminds me a lot of how my friends and I were into the 60s when we were in high school in the 90s.
Majestic-Tadpole8458@reddit
The 90s were the 60’s doing a handstand.
Individual-Spray-851@reddit
Happens in every generation. When I was a kid/teen in the 70s to early 80s, the 1950s culture was all the rage (Happy Days, American Graffiti). Culture cycles. Thank goodness the 80s shoulder pads never made a big comeback.
mahonia_pinnata@reddit
I had an experience in the early 2010s where I encountered a 20-year-old wearing a Bon Jovi shag haircut, Sally jesse raphael glasses, a blazer with shoulder pads, flats, and nylons. I thought I (or they) had teleported.
Individual-Trick3310@reddit
Bon Jovi was on the cover of AARP magazine a few months ago, lol
youbeetrippin@reddit
I think I know more 50’s songs and artists than my boomer parents did. Oh, those malt-shop diners with the jukebox right at the table…you know, back in 1987.
Individual-Trick3310@reddit
I have retro Weather Channel on all the time and am actively pursuing research on incorporating more teal and burgundy in my life.
BostonRich@reddit
It's because of Stranger Things.
tk-093@reddit
That's 80's .. though according to my 17 year old, those are all just boomer times anyway. LOL
BostonRich@reddit
Yes you're right.
Sensitive-Question42@reddit
The 90s have been back for a while now.
Mental-Artist-6157@reddit
My middle child, 19, is OBSESSED with Radiohead, Nirvana, all things 90s. Adorable.
My Gen Z coworkers also are obsessed with 90s fashion and cologne which is amazing.
Here's my boondoggle: do y'all know about a contemporary style of dance called a "heels class"? I've only just discovered it and I'M CACKLING. I was a 90s exotic dancer/pole aerialist. (Before Windows 95 & 98 came along and it all got hella gross...we used to actually DANCE.) So I'm watching these videos and sending them to my old work friends...they look, to our eyes, like rather talented 90s dancers. What once got us slut shamed into oblivion is now a dance style? Love it. I should probably go take some classes...
Entiox@reddit
Back in the mid 90s one of my friends decided he wanted to go to strip clubs for his birthday, so a group of us took him out to a few. We went to 4 different clubs that night, but only one did we consider to be any good, and it was the only one we ever went back to. The dancers in that club were very different from the dancers in the other clubs. They were actually dancers. They just happened to take their clothes off while dancing.
DreamerofDreams67@reddit
My art school daughter raided my closet a couple of years ago. We are now vintage.
jojowhitesox@reddit
All the art students on the train here in Chicago are all wearing baggy pants and doc martins.
It's good to be back!
boomerinspirit@reddit
My middleschooler the other week "Did you ever listen to the Beastie Boys"
mcburloak@reddit
During a couple of years I lived in Asia in the mid 90’s.
I walked into a record store in Hong Kong and asked what they were currently spinning. Beastie Boys they said. No, I mean what is playing right now I asked again. Beastie Boys dude he responded.
That’s how I bought the ep In Sound from Way Out.
soopirV@reddit
Was a sophomore in HS at the time, but my now 18 said, “you wouldn’t know them” when I asked what concert he was going to…turned out to be Green Day, I almost bought tickets to join him and his friends!
DPax_23@reddit
My kid asked me to get him a vintage yo MTV Raps Gang Starr sweatshirt from some guy in Germany on a resale website.
Normally I wouldn't do something like that, but I wasnt going to discourage listening to Gang Starr. I was secretly hoping he wouldn't like it so I could wear it though. 😁
bigsarge82@reddit
My daughter's (12) favorite bands are Weezer and Stone Temple Pilots....warms my grudge heart
OkRip2303@reddit
Grudge, ha
bigsarge82@reddit
I am 54... guess I need to wear my glasses when posting on my phone.... getting old sucks
punktualPorcupine@reddit
Why is everyone wearing sambas? They nearly pulled them off the market a few years ago and I had to horde a few pairs, now everyone is running around with them.
I mean Welcome to the club! I didn’t know so many people played indoor and liked walking around feeling pebbles. I always figured most people hated walking around almost barefoot.
keener_lightnings@reddit
As someone who spends the majority of my time amongst Today's Youth (college professor) I can confirm that it's looking like a damn Delia's catalog out here
tallulahtaffy@reddit
Here come the halter tops, baby board shorts and platform thongs , plus a candy necklace.
2mindx@reddit
My 6y old daughter sings I am with the skater boy she said see you later boy and I rejoice in that moment.
Conscious-Mulberry17@reddit
Huh. Goth seems to be pretty big in Tucson, AZ. I get compliments on my band tees from kids. “Baby Bats” aren’t uncommon. From what I understand the city had a thriving goth scene back in the day.
You know that “Portlandia” musical sketch “The Dream of the Nineties is Alive in Portland”? My wife and I say that all the time about Tucson. It’s kind of great.
Cozy_Minty@reddit
Did you ever go to the Fine Line? I bet your kids would love stories about that
Conscious-Mulberry17@reddit
Nah, I'm a transplant. Arrived about eight years ago. It's don't have kids, it's older teenagers and young college students
MakeupMama68@reddit
My 17 year old too. She and her friends are obsessed with late 90’s/early 2000s
Oryx1300@reddit
It's been a few years now that the 90s are back on trend. Have you been shopping at all? It's great (imho), it feels like the mid 90s again! My teen daughter and I actually agree on clothing choices!
Anon_Gen_X@reddit (OP)
Now... if we can only save the malls
Oryx1300@reddit
I'm in Canada and mall are doing ok here. A new one just opened near where I live.
whirlydad@reddit
My kids and their friends hang out at the mall constantly. They'd go every day if I took them.
Oryx1300@reddit
Same, they often head there after school!
Magerimoje@reddit
The malls need to become genX retirement communities.
MooPig48@reddit
And a ton of really fantastic new music is indistinguishable from 90s alt rock
punkshoe8@reddit
Yeah, several years ago I got a job at the university I graduated from in the ‘90s and I felt like I’d traveled back in time when I walked around on campus — all the girls were in light-wash jeans, boxy cropped sweaters with dropped shoulders, and clunky white sneakers.
Kat1836@reddit
I teach middle school. The kids will complement my clothes and ask me where I got it. From my teenage years in my closet 😆. All the fashion came back. My clothes are considered "vintage." Guess that makes me vintage, too?
snackpack3000@reddit
Yep, a group of my middle schoolers told me I had a 90's aesthetic, and they asked me where I got my messenger bag. Then I showed them a picture of me senior year in 1995 with the same bag, and they thought it was the coolest vintage thing ever.
Kat1836@reddit
Pictures? I never thought of that. I need to look for pictures of me in high school or college wearing the same clothes. That would be hilarious.
khumphreys2000@reddit
I gave recently gave my niece an incubus baby tee that once belonged to me; I bought it at a concert in 2000.
blindside1@reddit
My 13 year old's playlist includes music from every decade, but heavy on the early 80s rock and late 80s pop.
Good on him!
Magerimoje@reddit
My teenager requested a CD player for Christmas last year so she could listen to all of our CDs
romeodread@reddit
My 17 year old is wearing jnco and loves oasis. It makes my inner alternative self smile.
RetroBerner@reddit
They say trends repeat in cycles. It used to be a ca 20 year cycle, but those cycles are increasing now with social media being so pervasive.
FootballBat@reddit
I have some bad news for you...
arioandy@reddit
What goes around comes around! 1986 And I wanted my dads winkle Pickers! He thought it was hilarious
219_Infinity@reddit
Who knows. My Gen Z daughter is into Stevie Wonder
DokeyOakey@reddit
For the record, Blink didn’t break until the later 90s.
wizard_of_aws@reddit
How many kids do you have?! One per band?
DokeyOakey@reddit
4!
Admirable-Currency89@reddit
My daughter is turning 16 and has all the 90s Weezer stuff on Vinyl. Also Nirvana, PJ, etc.
drhagbard_celine@reddit
For a couple years my now 18yo daughter’s favorite bands were Hole and Pixies.
Tinyberzerker@reddit
About 5 years ago my kid discovered metal and all my old concert shirts. He even researched each band and listened to their music. It warms my heart to see him wearing my 1987 Reign in Blood tour concert t. He loves the stories I have from back in the day. Times were wild!
SanchoPliskin@reddit
My 14yo son keeps stealing my old clothes.
Complex_Carry_9153@reddit
I work in a high school. The 90s style has been back for a while now. Started pre covid when skinny jeans fell out of favor.
FlatSixFun@reddit
Yeah, like quite a while. I kind of feel like they’re already moving past it. Could be regional though.
Lil_Afternoon_Delite@reddit
My niece bought vintage Lee jeans on eBay! I kid you not. I never wore Lee even back then
WHYohWhy___MEohMY@reddit
I know. What is this obsession with Lee jeans? Like eeew.
wayfarout@reddit
Probably because Levi's quality is trash now
Twizt1Up@reddit
I was in culinary school mid-90s. Pulled out of class to make 150 ham/cheddar croissant sandwiches, 150 turkey/Swiss croissants. Ran the slicer for an hour, at least. Built 300 sandwiches, wrapped them, and stored them in the walk-in. Got credit for the class that I missed, and went on my way. After my last class, the chef that pulled me away in the morning gave me 2 tickets for the "unplugged" event that I prepped all the sandwiches for. Turns out it was Avril doing a 2 hour set unplugged for ticket winners. Well, I brought my 12-yr old daughter as my +1 to see Avril from the 4th row back. We saw an awesome show, daughter and Avril high-5d, and all-in-all it was a fun time. I got serious "cool dad" vibes that carry on to this day. Fast forward to her rehearsal dinner before her wedding. She talks about that concert and how Dad made her tween dream come true. "Thank you,Dad. That show meant everything to me and you made it happen" (pause for applause). I'm not an awesome dad, I'm just a dad, and now a grandpapa. But thinking about 90s making a resurgence? I'm all in.
wellbloom@reddit
The super skinny look is back in fashion, too. I absolutely loved the 90’s but don’t miss extreme dieting/exercise to maintain a size 2!
vorpalpillow@reddit
heroin chic
wellbloom@reddit
Haha yes!
craigechoes9501@reddit
Yep, when I went with my daughter for sophomore year enrollment, I noticed the same thing.
Vans, chucks, Nikes. Nirvana, Tool, 311, and Green Day shirts. It's cool
NicolePSU@reddit
JNCOs are bacckkk!
Demostecles@reddit
I saw these on a guy just last night.
I waited to laugh till later.
ONROSREPUS@reddit
Are those short pants or long shorts? Never figured this out.
Demostecles@reddit
Ports?
Shants?
Anon_Gen_X@reddit (OP)
I saw that... it's wild. What's next, rollerblades?
NicolePSU@reddit
They went out of style? 🤣
Sidenote...but relevant to the 90s....just saw NIN do a set at Coachella with a German band....they killed it. Nine inch Noize. I know they never went out of style, but I was transported back to college and Trent Reznor is still a God.
Anon_Gen_X@reddit (OP)
My wife can thank Trent Reznor for a specific side of my personality... she gets me closer to God.
ONROSREPUS@reddit
ONROSREPUS@reddit
Seen a couple on Sunday bladen around the lake. Fairly popular still around these parts. People that skate or ski in the winter use them in the summer time.
theblisters@reddit
90s fashion is having a moment.
Wide leg jeans, crop tops
NicolePSU@reddit
NGL, im here for it. Im 47 and will rock that look all day long....
theblisters@reddit
I'm psyched to be back in wide bottoms and narrow tops, that's always been a better look for me
ONROSREPUS@reddit
I do like crop tops. Just not on men like me with a belly.
Old_Goat_Ninja@reddit
Searching for shorts before summer because I’m in desperate need of some and jean shorts are back apparently. I don’t mean Boomer Corvette owner jean shorts, I mean 90’s John Cena style shorts.
ONROSREPUS@reddit
you are giving up on your cargo's? Blasphemy!
Old_Goat_Ninja@reddit
Never! Just jean cargos, never wore those.
Significant_Dark_725@reddit
Cena was 2000's era trash.
Old_Goat_Ninja@reddit
I didn’t watch any wrestling after the 80’s, I just mean those style shorts are back we definitely wore those in the 90’s.
niff007@reddit
My 12 yo mixes 90s style from rave to punk and grunge with some anime mixed in. Some days its baggy pants some days its bondage pants. Long sleeve t shirts under short sleeve t shirts. Converse chucks most days. "Candy" accessories which are DIY bead bracelets, necklaces and stuff.
They call it "scene" its basically a Mashup of a bunch of scenes that we would have considered totally separate.
saomonella@reddit
When I was in HS in the 90s. We listened to Grateful Dead, Steve Miller Band, and Zeppelin. It’s cyclical.
Thirty_Helens_Agree@reddit
I remember listening to Blind Melon and my parents stopped in their tracks and said “wow! This sounds just like 60s music!”
YogurtclosetParty755@reddit
I wish it was 1994!!
lumberjackname@reddit
My kid is wearing those 90s wide-wale corduroys and a Baja poncho today and is currently into mid-90s hip hop.
niff007@reddit
Drug rug is back! Haha
f_yeahprogrock@reddit
This is how my mom felt when I came to dinner with a Led Zeppelin tshirt in the 80s
Twizt1Up@reddit
Nailed it!
the-dutch-fist@reddit
My oldest is 21 and he has basically recreated my entire look from around ‘94-‘95
Legitimate-Fruit-609@reddit
Caught 11 year old making a Blondie playlist on my Spotify account earlier. She's clearly going back further in time.
Imsoschur@reddit
Solid parenting there. Good job
brostrummer@reddit
The style came back at least two years ago, rave/Gwen Stefani type looks. If we start seeing adidas track-suit’s made into dresses and sneaker platform shoes like the club kids then the retro look has really taken a deep cut.
tonna33@reddit
I would say at least 10 years. I was selling some handmade stuff on Depop, and it had definitely been there for quite awhile.
Of course, I'm in the midwest, so will probably start seeing it more everyday. The Midwest seems to be about 10 years behind when it comes to style.
ahamasmi@reddit
Those light blue super baggy jeans kids are wearing now look like 90s Levi’s Silver Tabs.
Ferrindel@reddit
Archercrash@reddit
All my son listens to is STP, Pearl Jam, AIC, Nirvana, Bush, Dinosaur Jr., Weezer, It's crazy
BenefitAdvanced@reddit
Awesome.
EstimateAgitated224@reddit
Oh wow so my clothes will be in style again. Right on.
NotTHATPollyGlot@reddit
I think (hope?) so! My 16y/o niece is also an Avril fan. My other 18y/o niece however only listens to Stunna Girl. 😳🤷♀️
ThePythiaofApollo@reddit
Are the kids wearing velvet chokers and rosary (Y) necklaces again?
Anon_Gen_X@reddit (OP)
Actually... yes
ThePythiaofApollo@reddit
That’s wonderful. I still have mine. Glad the kids are having their moment.
NPC261939@reddit
Yep, the 30 year trend cycle is rearing it's head once again.
girlpaint@reddit
Yep those gawd awful unflattering 'dad jeans' are back 🙄
HighOnGoofballs@reddit
As far as I can tell the kids today want to look like nascar fans from the 90s. Ugly ass Oakley wraparounds and mullets with the sides shaved
Conscious-Mulberry17@reddit
Don’t forget the creepy mustache.
HighOnGoofballs@reddit
Oh yes, the “Ron-stache”, sparse and ridiculous because they aren’t old enough to grow a decent one
Aggressive_Power_471@reddit
were Blink and Avril around in the 90s? Thought they were more 2000s.
dixiequick@reddit
I saw Blink open for Primus in 97, so they were there, just not so popular yet maybe
Aggressive_Power_471@reddit
makes sense. I did not realize Green Day came out in the early 90s. I remember them more 2000s but I looked it up during the Superbowl and 94 it said.
dixiequick@reddit
Yeah, I bought Dookie in the fall of 94, I think. It was THE album at my school.
Anon_Gen_X@reddit (OP)
Well, Blink had 3-4 hits in the late 90s...which obviously carried over into the 200's. You're correct in Avril. She's early 2000's
Aggressive_Power_471@reddit
I listen to more 2000s NuMetal and pop punk so that was why I was more thinking 2000s for them. My 11 year old will listen to Avril but hates most of my punk and metal :(
oranbhoy@reddit
They were
Minute_Upstairs1458@reddit
Blink 182 was around in the 90’s but only really broke mainstream in 1999. Dude Ranch was successful enough though, and that was 97.
Avril is 2000’s.
Weekly-Batman@reddit
Yep got a 16 year old and that crowd doesnt give a shit about todays music.
ZumaThaShiba@reddit
It's been back for a few years now and it's great. I am rocking 94 silver tabs with oversized rugby shirts and getting compliments on my fit from youngins, can't complain
lidder444@reddit
Seems to be making a comeback?
It’s been a huge trend for quite a while.
Anon_Gen_X@reddit (OP)
Look... I never claimed to be very aware of my surroundings.
Serious-Mongoose-387@reddit
my family has always worn plaid flannel, so my alpha daughter has been wearing that for a while now too. she’s on her second pair of checkered vans and has a pair of chucks.
and now she’s into baggy pants, like may kids at her school.
weezer is one of her favorite bands and she has a blue album shirt. i saw another girl at soccer practice with a weezer shirt too. she also likes nirvana and has a nirvana shirt. she likes nevermind more than in utero or bleach, but also likes some of the songs on incesticide.
Carrollz@reddit
I had to look up what "chucks" are.. crazy I've never ever once heard them referred to that way even though practically everyone was wearing them when I was growing up. They were always converse, cons, all stars or sometimes even just high tops, but I never heard chucks even though my search tells me it's been in usage forever, so weird!
in-a-microbus@reddit
Makes sense.
I used to joke that between Netflix, Pandora, and the refurbished NES my kids were growing up in the 80's...and that was 12 years ago
blueblocker2000@reddit
We're all just living the semi-charmed life.
NicolePSU@reddit
I want something more
Back_Alley420@reddit
all the rage and she stole my clothes
Angelas-Merkin@reddit
Late 90s early 00s are making a come back.
SirBowsersniff@reddit
I took my college aged daughter to the Sublime concert in Chicago in December. I was so pleased to see the number of GenX dads and HS to college aged kids at the show, rocking their best GenX attire. We've done our job as parents. The kids will be alright.
Thirty_Helens_Agree@reddit
It sure is.
I’ve heard a couple songs by young artists that totally fooled me into thinking “oh, this is obviously a song from the early 90s that I either missed or forgot about.”
And I visited a college campus recently and saw plenty of kids dressing like it was 1995. Look at this young guitarist with his oversized Stone Cold T-shirt and jorts.
Muggi@reddit
Yeah it really started with the generation now entering college. My niece and her friends, minus the pajama bottoms everywhere, dress an awful lot like we did in the 90s. Lots of T-shirts and flannels.
Pleasant_Garlic8088@reddit
My sons are 15 and 11 and they're all about grunge. The older one's favorite band is Alice In Chains, the younger it's a toss up between Pearl Jam and Temple of the Dog.
I certainly DID play a lot of grunge and alternative music around the house and in the car as they were growing up, but they've investigated and unearthed a LOT of this for themselves. They're both musicians too, so I expect that probably plays a part as well.
But yeah, in their respective schools I see a lot of kids wearing band shirts from the old days and whatnot.
Routine_Guitar_5519@reddit
It's their 1960's.
Boring_Menu_5962@reddit
I hope not. I never moved passed the 90s and I don't want kids thinking I'm trying to be trendy
PumpkinSpiceFreak@reddit
Ha! Exactly 😂
Anon_Gen_X@reddit (OP)
We're accidentally cool again
PumpkinSpiceFreak@reddit
I have a Gen alpha boy relative (12 yo ) and he’s got several Michael Jackson songs along with Tyler the Creator on his playlist 😭
KKSlider909@reddit
our condo complex has a community pool and some middle school kids were splashing in the pool and singing Nirvana songs at each other. it feels like 1992 to me.
drainbead78@reddit
Crew neck sweatshirts are coming back for sure.
onemorebutfaster_74@reddit
My 14 yo - baggy pants + his playlist has Weezer, Everclear, and Green Day.
missdawn1970@reddit
Trends seem to cycle around every 30 years, so it's right on schedule.
Constant_Rhubarb_368@reddit
In the last few years I have taken my kids to see Metallica, Green Day, Weezer, Fall Out Boy and Creed in concert. And my girls have some clothes that look straight out of 1996 when I graduated high school. It's crazy.
Anon_Gen_X@reddit (OP)
That's just high quality parenting
FlyingV2112@reddit
I went to a major amusement park about two years ago, and a lot of teens were wearing early 90s band t-shirts - Nirvana, GNR, Soundgarden, Metallica, Pearl Jam. Felt like 1992 all over again.
Marvin_Stanwyck@reddit
Swift lyric from 2020: “I come back stronger than a 90’s trend”….its been on pop culture for years now already and prob getting replaced with whatever 2000’s style was
_ism_@reddit
It's my fault. I wore some ultra wide leg jeans the other day because they finally make them in mom-height high waist syles. I harbinged the 90s back in because I wore them with a baby ringer tee. Yes, these garments exist again. Where are my skater shoes?
Secret-Function-2972@reddit
To some extent. My 16 y/o wears her jeans and sweatshirts baggy. Some shirts are tight reminiscent of those bodysuits girls wore. On a long drive with just the two of us a couple of weekend ago she let me play Lithium on Sirius XM. So yeah, maybe a bit even for our very rural / country town.
BawdyBaker@reddit
Hehehehe now my kids will understand 😆
tabj1974@reddit
Baggier jeans, oversized tshirts. Seeing it all more and more.
HarryHaywire@reddit
and our generation wished it was 1968. and then there was a brief disco revival. for the last 15 years or so the 80's and 90's were the hot shit. My 24 spends half his money trying to recreate things from just before he was born. He's OBSESSED with dial up internet and windows 98/2000/xp, and the Playstation 2 and cassette tapes. He bought a CRT tv, and has been trying to cobble together a fake landline so he can use AOL.
Anon_Gen_X@reddit (OP)
You're not lying, I definitely went through a Hendrix / Joplin era of my own in the early 90's
jonny_mal@reddit
I have four kids and they are all obsessed with the 90s in one way or another.
Most_Maintenance5549@reddit
They're going through the eras too quickly now. They'll be back at the 1920s too soon.
pacifistpotatoes@reddit
I don't know where you are located but my freshman is totally rocking the 90s style and has been for two years. I'm in the Midwest. She listens to a lot of weezer sublime etc but that's because that's what my husband and I like so she's heard her whole life. She likes current music too.
Anon_Gen_X@reddit (OP)
Houston... so I guess good music never goes out of style.
PepsiOfWrath@reddit
Everywhere, early 2000s too. My teen daughter is pissed that my wife got rid of so much. She wants to dress like the Gilmore Girls era. I blame streaming for this everything-is-in-style era.
notabadkid92@reddit
My Alpha's favorite band is RHCP. He loves Blink, Green Day & Pumpkins too.