Are you feeling nostalgic, pandas? We sure hope so, because we’ve got a list down below that will have you reminiscing about the totally rad times of the 80s, 90s and early 2000s! We took a trip to the Geriatric Millennial Instagram account and gathered some of their best pics down below. So enjoy scrolling through, and be sure to upvote the ones that take you back to your youth.
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The Geriatric Millennial Instagram page is certain to hit you right in the childhood if you grew up during the 80s, 90s or 2000s. It features spot-on pop culture references, reminds you of the hottest beauty trends that had tweens in a chokehold at the time and reminds you just how much the world has changed since then.
As an adult who’s tired of the grind, there are plenty of days where I wish I could go back to when getting a Game Boy Advance SP was my biggest concern. I could spend hours playing outside with friends without worrying about having to cook dinner that night or getting to sleep early enough to get up for work the next morning. I miss the simplicity, and without a doubt, I miss the amazing fashion of the early 2000s.
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Trends cycle every few decades, so it’s no surprise that 90s and early 2000s fashion has made a resurgence on social media in recent years. And I am all for it! Gen Z wasn’t around to see the birth of Y2K fashion, but they’re making up for it by popularizing it yet again on TikTok.
Women’s Wear Daily notes on their site that some of the most popular trends of that time are back: low-rise jeans, crop tops, Uggs, trucker hats, bell bottom jeans, cargo pants, denim skirts, platform flip flops, rimless sunglasses, butterflies and capris. When I was in high school, I wouldn’t have been caught dead in a pair of low-rise jeans, but they’re all the rage today!
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Some other trends from the 2000s that are seeing a resurgence today are graphic tees, shoulder bags, micro miniskirts, vests, rhinestones, bucket hats, pointy boots, strappy sandals, oversized belts and more, Cosmopolitan reports. Now, for many of us, these style choices might remind us of photos of us from our tween years that make us cringe today. But for the youngest generations, these fashion choices are fun and exciting, and it’s great that they’re learning more about previous style trends!
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If we really want to get nostalgic, we can focus on some of the best aspects of the 80s, 90s and 2000s. And without a doubt, these decades had some amazing media and music. Growing up, I was obsessed with John Hughes films, even though his biggest hits all came out about a decade before I was born. And today, I still love music from the 80s. I don’t think the sounds of Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac, Duran Duran, The Cure, Depeche Mode or Tears for Fears will ever get old to me.
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When it comes to iconic cinema, no one will ever be able to forget Clueless, Ghostbusters, The Breakfast Club, Dead Poets Society, American Beauty, The Truman Show, Titanic, E.T., Home Alone, Edward Scissorhands and more. And while there are still amazing films being made today, it often seems like theaters show many more remakes and sequels than original pieces. The 80s, 90s and 2000s were full of innovation, creativity and what later became known as classics!
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When we reminisce on these past decades, we should also remember that life was very different during those times. When there were cell phones at all, they were nothing like what we have today. And the internet was nowhere near as prevalent in people’s lives. Your parents probably read the newspaper every morning, and if you wanted to catch your favorite TV show, you needed to be seated on the couch with your popcorn ready at the moment that it aired.
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There’s no doubt that the technology we have today has changed our lives in countless ways, some of which were definitely for the better. It’s a lot easier for parents to keep in contact with their children when they can text one another, and I don’t know how I would survive without Google Maps giving me directions to new places. So as much as I love to look back on these previous decades with rose-colored glasses, I can acknowledge that everything wasn’t perfect. And it’s amazing that we can even see these memes on the internet today!
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Are you enjoying this blast from the past, pandas? Whether you’re a millennial or not, we hope you’re having a great time reminiscing on the fabulous decades of the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. Keep upvoting the pics that you find relatable, and let us know in the comments what you miss the most about those simpler times. Then, if you’d like to check out another Bored Panda article that might make you super nostalgic, look no further than right here!
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