For those of us who are now in our 30s, the 1990s was probably the best decade. Indeed, earlier this year, a YouGov poll asked 2,000 American adults which decades had the best music, economy, and so on. Unsurprisingly, many viewed the ’90s as the best time for fashion, radio programming, and even the economy.
Surely, their answers might’ve been painted with rosy nostalgia glasses, but there’s no denying the ’90s had style. Nineties Anxiety is an Instagram page that showcases the cool side of the ’90s, so here are some more posts to feed your nostalgia-hungry hearts, Pandas!
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#1 Lisa Kudrow Aka “Phoebe” Wearing A Team Lithuania Basketball Tee While Filming An Episode Of Friends In 1997
After the breakup of the Soviet Union, Lithuania couldn’t afford to send its basketball team to the 1992 Olympics.
The iconic group Grateful Dead agreed to help sponsor Lithuania’s national basketball team alongside with the designer of the ‘Skullman’ t-shirt Greg Speirs, if they agreed to wear tie-dyed uniforms.
Getting the Dead was a major coup. The band wrote a check for $5,000 but more importantly granted Lithuania the rights to sell a Dead t-shirt, a stoned-out psychedelic masterpiece splashed with Lithuania’s national colors of green, red, and yellow and anchored by the Dead’s skeleton symbol.
Between the excitement of Lithuania taking home the bronze medal in 1992 and sales of the t-shirt, it financed most of Lithuania’s participation in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. The shirt kept Lithuania in the news while telling the story of the country’s heroic struggle for freedom and its battle to get the team to Barcelona.
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#2 “Good Will Hunting” Directed By Gus Van Sant. (1997)
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#3 Kurt Cobain’s Journal Entry
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#4 For 738 Days, Between 1997 And 1999, Julia ‘Butterfly’ Hill Lived In The Canopy Of An Ancient Redwood Tree In California Called Luna On Two 6 X 4 Foot Platforms
At a height of 180 feet, she set up camp to stop the Pacific Lumber Company from cutting it down and to help make the world aware of the plight of ancient forests.
She sat in the tree, originally expecting to be up there for one to two weeks like many activists were in the 1990s, not aware of the impact her act was going to have.
After a long period of negotiations, Julia agreed to come down from Luna after agreeing that the tree would be permanently protected and a near three-acre buffer zone would be put in around the tree.
The stunt also raised awareness of the lack of trees left standing in America.
When Julia came down, she was a national hero and quickly became recognized for the memorable protest.
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#5 In 1994, Gilbert Baker Created A Mile-Long Rainbow Flag For The 25th Anniversary Of The Stonewall Riots
The Stonewall riots, also known as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall rebellion, or simply Stonewall, were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.
Although they were not the first instance in American history when people in the homosexual community fought back against a government-sponsored system that persecuted sexual minorities, they have become the defining event that marked the start of the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world.
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#6 I Feel You Charlie, I Miss The 90s
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#7 A Bond Like No Other, Scenes From ‘Thelma & Louise’ (1991)
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#8 The Man Who Came Back From The Dead To Win The Lottery…(Twice) In 1999
In 1998, Bill Morgan, an Australian truck driver, was involved in a severe road accident that left him clinically dead for 14 minutes. Miraculously, he survived but was in a coma for 12 days. when he recovered, he decided to buy a scratch-off lottery ticket and won a car worth $27,000.
Bill Morgan was asked to reenact his recent lottery win for TV after local news outlets decided to feature his incredible story and suggested to him that he buy another scratch-off ticket.
Astoundingly, while the cameras were rolling, Bill scratched off the ticket and discovered he had won $250,000. An incredible chain of events played out in his fortune. Almost unbelievable if it weren’t documented.
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#9 A True Inspiration To Many Of Us, Anthony Bourdain
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#10 Diego Maradona’s Daughter Dalma Picks Flowers For Her Father Which He Proudly Wears During Training. (1989)
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#11 Memorable Quote From ‘Fight Club’ Directed By David Fincher. (1999)
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#12 Maybe
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#13 Forrest Gump Directed By Robert Zemeckis (1994) “My Momma Always Said There’s An Awful Lot You Can Tell About A Person By Their Shoes”.
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#14 Matthew Mcconaughey In Dazed And Confused Directed By Richard Linklater (1993)
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#15 Scene From ‘Trainspotting’ Directed By Danny Boyle (1996)
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#16 Louise Bourgeois ‘Spider’ Sculpture In The 90s
Louise Bourgeois created the first of her darkly compelling spider sculptures in the mid-1990s, when she was in her eighties. The artist saw spiders as both fierce and fragile, capable of being protectors as well as predators.
For Bourgeois, the spider embodied an intricate and sometimes contradictory mix of psychological and biographical allusions. Partly a reference to her mother, partly to herself, spiders for her represented cleverness, industriousness, and protectiveness.
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#17 Shannen Dohetry Photographed For TV Guide In 1991 Rest In Peace
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#18 Anjelica Huston Photographed By Annie Leibovitz For Vanity Fair. {july•1990}
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#19 Go All The Way. -Charles Bukowski
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#20 Nuns Checking Out The New Nirvana Album ‘In Utero’ In 1993
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#21 In 1986, A French Woman Named Nadine Bourgain Helped Her Husband, Michel Vaujour, Escape From Prison By Flying A Helicopter Into The Prison And Flying Him Away
Michel was serving a 28 year sentence for robbery and attempted murder. He had made four escape attempts before and was moved to a very secure prison.
Nadine had trained for several months to gain the qualifications to operate a helicopter. But instead of rushing to help her husband escape, she waited and became familiar with everyone at the airport so it wasn’t too suspicious.
When the time came, Michel, with the help of another inmate, a fake pistol and nectarines painted to look like hand grenades, made their way to the roof where only Michel made the escape. Nadine landed at a nearby football stadium where they made their escape by car.
Michel was eventually caught four months later when he tried to rob a bank in Paris and was shot and wheelchair bound for life. Nadine gave herself up after being surrounded by police and served 14 months in prison.
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#22 Pretty Woman Directed By Garry Marshall Starring Julia Roberts And Richard Gere. (1990)
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#23 Stylish Bike Ride With John F. Kennedy Jr. Throughout The 90s
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#24 ‘Chungking Express’ Directed By Wong Kar-Wai (1994)
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#25 Ferrari F40 Destroyed After Bursting Into Flames In Monaco
Launched in 1987, the Ferrari F40 is one of the most fabled supercars of all time. A successor to the 280 GTO, the F40 paved the way for future flagship Ferraris like the Enzo and LaFerrari. Only 1,315 examples were built between 1987 and 1992. The average price of a Ferrari F40 today is $2,591,368.
Sadly the fire started in the engine compartment and quickly spread. At one stage, as you can see in the video, a stranger grabbed a garden hose to try and put it out. It was a valiant effort but the trickle of water was no match for the intense blaze.
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#26 Spider-Man And Mary Jane Getting Married At Shea Stadium
In 1987, Spider-Man’s alter ego, Peter Parker, tied the knot with Mary Jane Watson in the pages of Marvel Comics, marking a monumental moment in superhero history.
To celebrate this union, Marvel went beyond the panels and organized a real wedding for the iconic couple, with none other than the legendary Stan Lee officiating . The event, held at Shea Stadium in New York, attracted thousands of fans eager to witness the union of their beloved heroes. Hulk served as best man, Captain America as ring bearer and the Green Goblin even made the guest list.
The comic issue, “The Amazing Spider-Man Annual 21,” became an instant classic, skyrocketing in sales and solidifying Spider-Man and Mary Jane’s place in comic book lore.
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#27 Cher Driving Her Gifted 1994 Jeep Wrangler In ‘Clueless’ Directed By Amy Heckerling. (1995)
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#28 Sylvia Plath With Her Book ‘The Bell Jar’ In 10 Things I Hate About You
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