the nineties’ revival a.k.a. pardon me, but your mullet is on my neck

Although I have already mentioned this in a previous blog – and most of the 3 people who read it thought I was kidding, or crazy, or both -, there is no way one can deny that a serious nineties revival is on its way.

The first signals, I must admit, started with the not-so-happy remake of 1990′s classic Beverly Hills 90210; but what really got me thinking was the fact that about two months ago or so I was shopping in a regular clothing store and noticed they were selling BH90210 sweatshirts. And yes, they were official merchandising, and no, they weren’t leftovers.

It’s true that many catwalks showed denim and liberty patterns as being a ‘must-have’ for this season – and several French fashion magazines made serious articles on how to get a “true liberty-patterned dress” on vintage stores -, but the moment I realized it wasn’t a mere fad was when I laid eyes on the make-up collections for 2010 – two words for you: mate lipstick; three words for me: oh my God.

As a big nostalgic fan of Eurodance and early 90′s funky rhythms, my sets as a DJ always included a lot of what most people – except for my truly faithful DJ partner Scotch – would open their mouth in scandal to; the main difference is that what seems to be happening now is a true and blind acception to aerobic training fluo pants combined with re-remixes of 2Unlimited tunes – basically, the kind of sound we were playing about three or four years ago.

Therefore, I leave you with this Spring/Summer breeze under the form of high-cut bikinis, white sweating socks and – God forbid – mullets.

Jade’s Every Day of the Week (1995)

Ten Seasons Ten

It’s been almost 20 years now that a TV series changed the whole concept of teenage fiction; Beverly Hills 90210′s first episode aired on October the 4th 1990, on a debut TV network called Fox, with a not-so-debut producer called Aaron Spelling. Being such an innovative format, Beverly Hills 90210 had its pilot presented with its expectations low and noone expected, if the series was accepted by the TV network, that it would last more than a season. Yet, California sun and landscape (yes, the dream is ALWAYS alive), talented young actors with fresh faces and highschool everyday problems turned BH90210 universal when it comes to the influence the series played in creating teenage fiction. With slight changes in the cast and plot – for ten years turned the highschool kids in college boys and girls, and college boys and girls into young adults on their first jobs -, Beverly Hills 90210′ long-lasting success made several spin-offs possible (Melrose Place, Models Inc.,…) and was aired all over the world, from Sweden to the Philippines, gathering fans together from all corners of the planet Earth.

Two decades have passed since Walshes’ first morning in the west part of Los Angeles, and it’s questionable if all the teenage series of nowadays would exist – or have the same impact and success – if Beverly Hills 90210 haven’t; of course that CW network wouldn’t air 90210 and Melrose Place remakes if it wasn’t seeking for the same astonishing success that the original series had in the nineties, but even book-based plots like Gossip Girl would probably be built in a whole different way – simply because they would still be experimenting, while BH90210 discovered the recipe for teenage glory. Yes, one can say that Beverly Hills 90210 is the mother and father of them all teenage flicks; sadly, most of the new acting and original plots didn’t exactly follow BH90210′s example and quality.

Beverly Hills 90210 original opening credits