I've pointed out for a while that the nineties is making a fashion comeback since the kids who rocked the eighties harder than the people who actually lived it are now old. They are either in their late twenties or worse, early thirties. And when it comes to fashion, we all know that once you hit 25, your sartorial point of view becomes irrelevant in an industry that lives off the energy of youth, organic butter lettuce and botox.
Since the kids who vaguely remembered the eighties have aged out of MTV's target demo, which is 26 years old if you wanted to know, the next generation of kids have no connection to the eighties and are now primed to make their own mark on culture. Because America as a whole is stuck in the past...think TV reruns made into movies or the same boy band formula but different boys...the new generation of kids who are coming up are bringing their nineties references to the forefront.
This is why I think that Azaelia Banks fits that mold. Her music isn't ground breaking, but she resonates with a large audience of people who are now in positions of power who probably peaked in the nineties. Of course, they are drawn to her Neh Neh cherry charms and C&C Music Factory beats with her Naomi Campbell hair extensions. And as we work our way out of this Great Recession, I think that people are ready for a new sound that's more upbeat and hard compared to the fantasy pop we've had to endure from Katy Perry's firework bossoms or Lady Gaga's born this way sideways vagina.
So I'm going to ride the wave and try to find my Pearl Jam CD, flannel shirts and Rave glow sticks.
The great nineties Disney animated film The Lion King sums it up best...it's the circle or life.
YES: In another ten years, hip hugger jeans will be back
NO: You don't have to jump on the nineties bandwagon if you never left it
MAYBE: There will be a movie version of the Ally McBeal TV show starring Elizabeth Olsen
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