History Main / NinetiesHair

** The original ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' has varying degrees of this; such as Sora having a variant of the Rachel haircut when she's not wearing her hat. The ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'' movies depict the Digidestined with more subdued hairstyles as a result of the TimeSkip six years after the events of the series (and first being released in 2015). The original hairstyles return in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure2020'' as a MythologyGag to the previous incarnations.

* What British men call "Curtains", as seen [[http://top-10-list.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosophers_Stone.jpg here]], [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tO1dH-fxCvg/T_SYkk2tTVI/AAAAAAAABbw/GZDk0PVXuFE/s320/david-beckham-blonde-curtains.jpg here]] and on [[http://chicdestiny.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/leonardo-dicaprio-20050422-361951.jpg Leo]]

* OdangoHair, popularized by Manga/SailorMoon.

** Other Straw Hats mostly in the pre-timeskip era have similarly '90s hairdos. Nami had a messy bob and Robin’s long-haired fringe are very of the era, though she sadly loses it in the TimeSkip. Usopp also had some rarely seen 90s [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/15/29/a8/1529a8591c8dddb02a882d002522e248.jpg long frizzy hair hidden]] under his bandanna. Luffy, along with Shanks also have very '90s bangs.

** Other Straw Hats mostly in the pre-timeskip have similarly '90s hairdos. Nami had a messy bob and Robin’s long-haired fringe are very of the era though she sadly loses it in the time jump. Usopp also had some rarely seen 90s [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/15/29/a8/1529a8591c8dddb02a882d002522e248.jpg long frizzy hair hidden]] under his bandanna.

* Discussed in ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'', confusingly by [[ItMakesSenseInContext Ginger pretending to be Courtney dissing herself.]]
--> "How 90s was that hair scrunchie?"

* ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'' has this to a lesser extent (having started in the year 2000). Several boys wear their hair spiked up or in curtains while girls wore scrunchies (derided in one episode as being "so Nineties") and Miranda wore Afro Puffs when she didn't have a top ponytail. Dodie's distinctive pigtails have been worn since she was very young (in the 90s). One old film strip shown Ginger's father with a long curly mullet style and her mother with early 90s-style hair.
* One episode of the Creator/DCNation ''New WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' shorts series had Mad Mod throwing history backwards. The first stop was the 90s and had Beast Boy [[HypocriticalHumor laughing at Robin's mullet (as he was shown wearing Tim Drake's Robin uniform yet sporting Dick Grayson's mullet) before stopping and realizing he had one, too]].

* Released in the 2003, no one in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' had '90s hair (though Bumblebee wore afro puffs), however in a FlashForward Nightwing has long hair obviously based on his '90s mullet. It however was styled in a way that made him into a LongHairedPrettyBoy.

In TheFifties, [[FiftiesHair people wore their hair swept prim and properly.]] In TheSixties, [[SixtiesHair they wore their hair high.]] In TheSeventies, [[SeventiesHair they wore their hair long.]] In TheEighties, [[EightiesHair they wore it extra big.]] And those dos [[PopularityPolynomial went right out of style]] as soon as TheNineties rolled around, bringing a wave of {{Grunge}}, {{Goth}}, [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal and]] GangstaRap with it.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', since it came out in 1995 had plenty of this. Asuka has big messy '90s pigtails, Rei (and Yui) have a bobcut, Shinji has got '90s bangs that curtain his short hair and Kaji gets away with long bangs and a ponytail (a old photo of him and Misato shows he once had a mullet too). To a lesser extent Misato has long wavy hair that is parted on each side and Ristuko who has mullet-like short hair, that’s also parted on each side.

** Other Straw Hats mostly in the pre-timeskip have similarly '90s hairdos. Nami had a messy bobcut and Robin’s long-haired fringe are very of the era though she sadly loses it in the time jump. Usopp also had some rarely seen 90s [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/15/29/a8/1529a8591c8dddb02a882d002522e248.jpg long frizzy hair hidden]] under his bandanna.

* Leon in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' (1998) and Carlos in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' (1999) have the curtain hairstyle, which shows off their boyish looks. ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' keeps the same hairstyle for Leon while Carlos's hair was redesigned in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'', though the old hairstyle can be unlocked via DLC. Jill’s asymmetric bobcut in ''[=RE3=]'' is also extremely 90s, though in later games she upgrades to a TomboyishPonytail similar to Claire.

* The Stovepipe: A tall flat-top popular with African-American men in the early '90s.

[[caption-width-right:256:Different styles, all casual. [[note]] Clockwise from top left: [[Series/{{Friends}} The "Rachel"]], ''Film/PoeticJustice'' braids, shaggy curtains, and flat-tops. [[/note]] ]]

* Dante from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' although his first game came out just after the 90s in 2001, his long boyish “curtains” hairdo is a holdover from the previous era. The HD version of his [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3 third game]] even changes Dante’s hair texture making his bangs bigger and less transparent so that [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQb4lTuBNM2pk5lPKFmEWd6YwXruaKe5Y11SA&usqp=CAU they cover his eyes]]. Vergil, Dante’s EvilTwin also has distinctly “gelled back” 90s frosted tips look. There’s also Lucia from the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry2 second game]] with her 90s inspired curtain hair that complete covers one eye and ends in a braid.

It wasn't all grunge, however. Getting closer to the TurnOfTheMillennium, newer style experiments came into play. Crimpers, a hot new invention, meant people with straight hair could iron it into becoming curly and wavy. If you were into the hip-hop scene, some other hair oddities would be to arrange your hair grow your hair into something resembling a BeehiveHairdo with a flat-top, or to shave words into the back of your head. For the ladies, this would include things like cornrows and crazy braids. A little bit of EightiesHair had been retained, reserved specifically for extra large bangs. Also, after Music/{{Eminem}} hit it big in early 1999, a lot of teenage and college aged boys immediately began cutting their hair short and combing it in the style of Marshall Mathers.

* Dante from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' although his first games came out just after the 90s in 2001, his long boyish “curtains” hairdo is a holdover from the previous era. The HD version of his [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3 third game]] even changes Dante’s hair texture making his bangs bigger and less transparent so that [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQb4lTuBNM2pk5lPKFmEWd6YwXruaKe5Y11SA&usqp=CAU they cover his eyes]]. Vergil, Dante’s EvilTwin also has distinctly “gelled back” 90s frosted tips look. There’s also Lucia from the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry2 second game]] with her 90s inspired curtain hair that complete covers one eye and ends in a braid.

** Other Straw Hats mostly in the pre-timeskip have similarly '90s hairdos. Nami had a messy bobcut and Robin’s long-haired fringe are very of the era though she sadly loses it in the time jump. Usopp also had some rarely seen 90s [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/15/29/a8/1529a8591c8dddb02a882d002522e248.jpg long frissy hair hidden]] under his bandanna.

* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', there was apparently a great shift in fashion statements after the main characters' arrival from Namek. The most notable wearers of NinetiesHair are Trunks and Androids 17 and 18, all of whom have "curtains" of varying length.

* It is arguable that Cloud and Sephiroth's haircuts in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' are caricatured, AnimeHair versions of the curtains style - Sephiroth's centre-parted and extremely long, Cloud's also with a strong parting but with the asymmmetrical shagginess [[CostumeExaggeration exaggerated to spikes]]. Later, realistic interpretations of Cloud's hairstyle portrayed it as a 00s {{Emo}} cut (''Final Fantasy VII: Anime/AdventChildren'' came out in 2005, and the designs were later incorporated into ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'').

* Leon in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' and Carlos in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' have the curtain hairstyle, which shows off their boyish looks. ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' keeps the same hairstyle for Leon while Carlos's hair was redesigned in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'', though the old hairstyle can be unlocked via DLC.

* The much-maligned [[https://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/14-hairdos-that-scream-let-me-speak-to-your-manager/85575319/ "I'd like to speak to the manager" haircut]] debuted in this era.....and seemingly never went away.

* "[[Series/{{Friends}} The Rachel cut]]" (Creator/JenniferAniston)

* It is arguable that Cloud and Sephiroth's haircuts in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' are caricatured, AnimeHair versions of the curtains style - Sephiroth's centre-parted and extremely long, Cloud's also with a strong parting but with the asymmmetrical shagginess [[CostumeExaggeration exaggerated to spikes]]. Later, realistic interpretations of Cloud's hairstyle portrayed it as a 00s {{Emo}} cut (''Final Fantasy VII: Anime/AdventChildren'' came out in 2005).

** The original ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' has varying degrees of this; such as Sora having a variant of the Rachel haircut when she's not wearing her hat. The ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'' movies depict the Digidestined with more subdued hairstyles as a result of the TimeSkip six years after the events of the series (and first being released in 2015).

[[caption-width-right:256:Different styles, all casual. Clockwise from top left: [[Series/{{Friends}} The "Rachel"]], ''Film/PoeticJustice'' braids, shaggy curtains, and flat-tops.]]

In TheFifties, [[FiftiesHair people wore their hair swept prim and properly]]. In TheSeventies, [[SeventiesHair they wore their hair long.]] In TheEighties, [[EightiesHair they wore it extra big.]] And those dos [[PopularityPolynomial went right out of style]] as soon as TheNineties rolled around, bringing a wave of {{Grunge}}, {{Goth}}, [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal and]] GangstaRap with it.

* ''Disney/TheLionKing'': Although one may not notice it, but Simba's mane is reminiscent of a curtain style, given that this film premiered in 1994.

** ''Film/BlackPanther'' depicts the characters living in Oakland during the prologue in 1992 wearing hairstyles such as cornrows and hi-top fades. [[spoiler: This contrasts the more traditional African haircuts worn in Wakanda when the royal guard shows up looking for N'Djobu.]]