90’s Culture

By :Dana Wang, Morrisa Stevens, Stephanie Wheeler, Matthew Larue, Ernst Constant, Lhosayne Dixon, and Orlando Calvo

Money and inflation in the 90’SIf you have $100 form 1990 to 2005, it would be $153.76 for today.

In 1990 a new house cost $123,000.00 and by 1999 was $131,700.00

In 1990 the average income per year was $28,970.00 and by 1999 was $40,810.00

In 1990 a gallon of gas was $1.34 and by 1999 was $1.22

In 1990 the average cost of new car was $16,000.00 and by 1999 was $21,100.00

•Following the film Groundhog Day, the film title has become to refer  unpleasant situation that continually repeats, or seems to. •The film was a favorite one among the Rangers deployed for Operation Gothic Serpent in Somalia in 1993, because they saw the film as a metaphor of their own situation, waiting long periods between raids and repeating long day. •A magazine article about the aircraft carrier USS America mentions its use by sailors in September 1993.

Movie References in Culture

Popular Movies of the 90’s

Early 90’s Fashion

In 1990's women's fashion the Grunge trend saw the exit of short spunky hair styles and tight perms and the entrance of too-long-to-be-true, straggled straight or wavy hair. Tight jeans were out, out, out and loose ripped and dirty jeans were in.

Shoes should be thick soled and chunky, Doc Martens, work boots or funky sneakers. Shirts were big and baggy, denim or plaid and the lumberjack look ruled. Between 92-94 jeans were worn torn and in any color as long as they weren't bright. Dirty blue or indigo was always considered the best also there was a place for the fashion fad of cargo pants in the 90's.

The small fabric pouch called the fanny pack became a keep-sake for everyone to have. If you were in a rush or didn’t see the need for the larger purse or carry-on, you could buckle it to your waist to retrieve small items such as the toothbrush or lipstick.

Nylon track suits and jackets this clothing became synonymous in the early ’90s during daily workout sessions. You found a need to put on the flashy, synthetic material which came in all colors.

Jodeci’s “Forever My Lady” video in the early 90s unleashed a whole decade of screaming/wailing from male singers and it also introduced a lot of young black people to the coolness of combat boots.

In 1992 the kid duo from Atlanta,Georgia Kris Kross came out and told their fans to put their clothes on backwards and they did it.

The hi-top was common among many groups of young adults and teenagers for a few years longer. As for the braided style of hi-top fades, it characterized an era of 'afrocentricity'of hip hop and embracing the rap culture.

Music of early 1993

Dr. Dre - "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang"

Proclaimers - "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"

Billy Joel - The River Of Dreams

FILMS IN 1993

A Bronx Tale 1993

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

In the Line of Fire is a 1993 Mad Dog and Glory is a 1993

Groundhog Day is a 1993

Philadelphia is a 1993

FILMS IN 1993… • The movie business has allowed us to break

through our burden of everyday life.

• Films are a rollercoaster ride that transcends people into a whole different world fresh out of somebody’s imagination as seen through the genres of horror, drama, and science fiction.

• Films introduced romance, violence, war, reality, drugs, and true stories.