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Scottish Sun
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
8 fashion, beauty & bonkers trends we can't believe we subscribed to in the 90s… how many unlock childhood memories?
From 'shag' bands to Mr. Spliffy, these throwback items will take you back in time 90s Nostalgia 8 fashion, beauty & bonkers trends we can't believe we subscribed to in the 90s… how many unlock childhood memories? Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) DO YOU clearly remember Oasis and Blur battling for supremacy in the music charts? Were you wracked with sobs when Ant McPartlin's character PJ got blinded by a paintball in kid's show Byker Grove? Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 7 Sun In, the spray-in product designed to lighten hair If so, you probably went to school in the nineties, and your childhood will be very different to those of youngsters today. There is certain to be a long list of nostalgic items that take you straight back to those days - pining for your misspent youth. Here, Nikki Watkins lists eight things you'll almost certainly remember if you were at school during the 1990s, that will bring a lump to your choker-clad throat. 1. Butterfly clips, Sun In and hair mascara Hairstyles in comprehensives up and down the UK, in the 90s, was certainly a 'vibe.' The ideal look for barnets was not subtle - the gaudier the better. Multi-coloured plastic butterfly clips scattered through your locks? Check. Hair mascara in a plethora of garish colours streaked liberally? Check. Sun In, the spray-in product designed to lighten hair, but dyeing it a specific tiger-hued orange? Check. What a time to be alive. 2. Jelly Bands and tattoo chokers 7 90s kids stacked their arms with plastic bracelets, conspicuously named 'shag bands.' Credit: Geoff Moore/REX/Shutterstock These were heady days when the most sought-after jewellery was cheap, garish and plastic. Want to look like you have a tattoo the circumference of your neck? No worries, the most popular choker around looked exactly like that. And alongside this tacky neck adornment, 90s kids were stacking their arms with plastic bracelets. The colour of these thin bangles were imbued with, mainly sexual, meanings that were different from school to school, but the basics were if the opposite gender snapped one of yours: they fancied you. 3. Alcopops, the sweeter the better 7 Hooch was a very popular alcopop in the 1990s. Credit: Alamy So drinking is illegal until the age of 18, sure. But there was always a naughty lad who had a house party- and this get-together was always, inexplicably, filled with the sugariest alcopops known to man. If us 90s kiddos ever catch sight of the alcopop big hitters: Reef, Hooch, Breezers or their more sophisticated cousin Archer's peach schnapps with lemonade, we are sent spinning back to a nostalgic world filled with the ghosts of terrible decisions. 4. Just 17, Bliss, Smash Hits and More magazines 7 Bliss, Mizz, Girl Talk and Just 17 were popular magazines in the nineties Credit: Not known, clear with picture desk A glimpse of the nostalgic cover of 90s mags Bliss or Just 17 sends the mind of anyone over the age of 34 flying back to breaktimes, poring over print. And there is not one millennial worth their bucket hat who can deny having their mind blown by racy teen magazine More's sex position of the fortnight. The illustrated sex advice made schoolgirls fall about laughing. Sex, gross! With the benefit of hindsight, the images are about as saucy as a cave-painting. 5. Puffer jackets with basic wording 7 Mr. Spliffy jackets were popular in the 1990s with rebellious kids Credit: Paddywear If your parents had enough money to buy you a cool jacket for school - you were flying in the popularity stakes. And nothing had more street cred than a plain, shiny black polyester bomber jacket with the name of, inexplicably, a construction brand like Caterpillar. But for extra street cred you had the OG of jackets - Mr. Spliffy. The coat was adorned with an embroidered small man smoking a suspicious looking cigarette. Sadly it would inevitably be confiscated by the first teacher to catch sight of it - but the street cred would remain throughout your tenure at school. If you've got an old jacket from school lying in a box somewhere, a savvy Vinted seller has revealed the brands that make the most money online now. 6. MSN Messenger 7 MSN Messenger was a precursor to texting The sight of the MSN Messenger logo is enough to send your brain screaming back to the 90s. This was a basic instant messaging platform by Microsoft that you could use on the dial-up internet of your family computer to contact people you knew from school - in a time when there were no mobiles or 'texting.' It was a great way to waste hours after school- until you were kicked off because your parents needed to make a phone call. Back in these dark ages you couldn't use the blower and the internet together. There really was nothing quite like dashing home from lessons to hop on MSN to talk to the mates you just spent the entire day with. 7. Jane Norman placcy bags to hold your PE kit Aside from being able to recite the words to Wonderwall - there was nothing that would set you up as the epitome of cool quite like carrying your PE kit in a Jane Norman carrier bag. The clothes shop may have disappeared from high streets in 2018 - but 90s girls that carried one in a garishly bright colour in the 90s were the bearers of social clout. 8. Record Of Achievement 7 The National Record of Achievement was given to school leavers in the 90s Credit: Alamy It was implied heavily by our teachers that if we did not fill this hefty folder with a range of achievements from academic successes like GCSE certificates to lesser scholastic merits (hello, white swimming badge)- that we would never be welcomed into the workforce. And hasn't it served us Millennials well? Want a job in a pub, aged 18? The pleather-clad folder came with. Trying for your first office job in your 20s? of course they want to see that you got your Duke of Edinburgh bronze award in 1997.
The Irish Sun
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
8 fashion, beauty & bonkers trends we can't believe we subscribed to in the 90s… how many unlock childhood memories?
DO YOU clearly remember Oasis and Blur battling for supremacy in the music charts? Were you wracked with sobs when Advertisement 7 Sun In, the spray-in product designed to lighten hair If so, you probably There is certain to be a long list of nostalgic items that take you straight back to those days - pining for your misspent youth. Here, Nikki Watkins lists eight things you'll almost certainly remember if you were at school during the 1990s, that will bring a lump to your choker-clad throat. 1. Butterfly clips, Sun In and hair mascara Hairstyles in comprehensives up and down the UK, in the 90s, was certainly a 'vibe.' Advertisement READ MORE FROM FABULOUS The ideal look for barnets was not subtle - the gaudier the better. Multi-coloured plastic butterfly clips scattered through your locks? Check. Hair mascara in a plethora of garish colours streaked liberally? Check. Sun In, the spray-in product designed to lighten hair, but dyeing it a specific tiger-hued orange? Check. What a time to be alive. Advertisement Most read in Fabulous Exclusive 2. Jelly Bands and tattoo chokers 7 90s kids stacked their arms with plastic bracelets, conspicuously named 'shag bands.' Credit: Geoff Moore/REX/Shutterstock These were heady days when the most sought-after jewellery was cheap, garish and plastic. Want to look like you have a tattoo the circumference of your neck? No worries, the most popular choker around looked exactly like that. And alongside this tacky neck adornment, 90s kids were stacking their arms with plastic bracelets. Advertisement The colour of these thin bangles were imbued with, mainly sexual, meanings that were different from school to school, but the basics were if the opposite gender snapped one of yours: they fancied you. 3. Alcopops, the sweeter the better 7 Hooch was a very popular alcopop in the 1990s. Credit: Alamy So drinking is illegal until the age of 18, sure. But there was always a naughty lad who had a house party- and this get-together was always, inexplicably, filled with the sugariest alcopops known to man. Advertisement If us 90s kiddos ever catch sight of the alcopop big hitters: Reef, Hooch, Breezers or their more sophisticated cousin Archer's peach schnapps with lemonade, we are sent spinning back to a nostalgic world filled with the ghosts of terrible decisions. 4. Just 17, Bliss, Smash Hits and More magazines 7 Bliss, Mizz, Girl Talk and Just 17 were popular magazines in the nineties Credit: Not known, clear with picture desk A glimpse of the nostalgic cover of And there is not one millennial worth their bucket hat who can deny having their mind blown by racy teen magazine More's sex position of the fortnight. The illustrated sex advice made schoolgirls fall about laughing. Sex, gross! Advertisement With the benefit of hindsight, the images are about as saucy as a cave-painting. 5. Puffer jackets with basic wording 7 Mr. Spliffy jackets were popular in the 1990s with rebellious kids Credit: Paddywear If your parents had enough money to buy you a cool jacket for school - you were flying in the popularity stakes. And nothing had more street cred than a plain, shiny black polyester bomber jacket with the name of, inexplicably, a construction brand like Caterpillar. But for extra street cred you had the OG of jackets - Mr. Spliffy. Advertisement The coat was adorned with an embroidered small man smoking a suspicious looking cigarette. Sadly it would inevitably be confiscated by the first teacher to catch sight of it - but the street cred would remain throughout your tenure at school. If you've got an old jacket from school lying in a box somewhere, a savvy Vinted seller has revealed 6. MSN Messenger 7 MSN Messenger was a precursor to texting Advertisement The sight of the This was a basic instant messaging platform by Microsoft that you could use on the dial-up internet of your family computer to contact people you knew from school - in a time when there were no mobiles or 'texting.' It was a great way to waste hours after school- until you were kicked off because your parents needed to make a phone call. Back in these dark ages you couldn't use the blower and the internet together. There really was nothing quite like dashing home from lessons to hop on MSN to talk to the mates you just spent the entire day with. Advertisement 7. Jane Norman placcy bags to hold your PE kit Aside from being able to recite the words to Wonderwall - there was nothing that would set you up as the epitome of cool quite like carrying your PE kit in a Jane Norman carrier bag. The clothes shop may have disappeared from high streets in 2018 - but 90s girls that carried one in a garishly bright colour in the 90s were the bearers of social clout. 8. Record Of Achievement 7 The National Record of Achievement was given to school leavers in the 90s Credit: Alamy It was implied heavily by our teachers that if we did not fill this hefty folder with a range of achievements from academic successes like GCSE certificates to lesser scholastic merits (hello, white swimming badge)- that we would never be welcomed into the workforce. Advertisement And hasn't it served us Millennials well? Want a job in a pub, aged 18? The pleather-clad folder came with. Trying for your first office job in your 20s? of course they want to see that you got your Duke of Edinburgh bronze award in 1997.
The Sun
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
The 1% Club player makes embarrassing blunder on question that had 11 people stumped – could you guess right?
A PLAYER on The 1% Club made an embarrassing blunder on a question that left several others stumped - could you guess correctly? This 70% question eliminated 11 people altogether in the ITV game show. 5 5 5 Lee Mack had asked the remaining contestants: "Based on the results shown here, which of these sports teams is the best?" The screen showed various final game scores for a selection of fictional teams. Available options included A) Breezers, B) All Stars, C) Flames or D) Gems. Once the 30 second time limit was up, it was revealed 11 people had chosen the wrong team. The correct answer was Breezers, who had successfully won all of their games. Lee then proceeded to turn his attention to eliminated player Zainab. Having asked what she answered, the contestant replied: "I put All Stars. "I didn't even look at the numbers. I just thought, 'Oh, All Stars. They just seem like the best name.'" Lee responded: "Whoa, you didn't just go with what you thought was the best name?" As she nodded to confirm, Lee asked: "What did you think all the numbers were for?" The 1% Club player brands herself 'thick' as she gets easy picture question wrong - but would you have made the same mistake? Zainab explained: "I don't know - I don't watch football or anything like that." To which Lee remarked: "They're not real teams! And it's not even football, it says sport." In another episode, a contestant branded herself "thick" after getting an easy picture question wrong. The players had been asked: "Which of these Vincent van Gogh self-portraits has been altered?" Players had just 30 seconds to examine three photos of the famous painter and pick out the correct answer. The answer turned out to be C - as this featured the legendary Dutch artist wearing earbuds, which weren't invented for another 100-years after his death in 1890. The faked image also played on the fact Van Gogh infamously also cut off one of his ears during a furious row with artist Paul Gaugin. After revealing four people got it wrong, Lee turned his attention to one of these players - Margaret. The 1% Club's Most Difficult Questions The 1% Club sees 100 contestants try and make it to the 1% question and be in with a chance to win a share of the jackpot. Here are just some of the show's most difficult teasers. Players had to compare and contrast three images of butterflies then explain which of the butterflies were exactly the same on both sides. Find the image and answer here. Players were shown groups of six symbols then asked which were in the same order whether you read them from left to right or right to left. Find the image and answer here. Players were asked how many different combinations were there of displaying four digits on one hand. Find the answer here. Peter had recently found his old diary that he'd written in secret code but he couldn't remember how to decipher what he wrote. Players were asked to crack the code and find out what the bold word was. WH89 I GR1W UP I WA92 21 B8 A 5L1RI72. Find the image and answer here. Players were tasked with working out how many eyes they could see in an image, which was made up of letters, symbols and emojis. Find the image and the answer here. A 1% question was based on a grid of numbers going in ascending order from 1 to 49. Starting on 25, the middle square, SEEN took you to square 27. From there, NEW took you to 20. From there, which square would SEWN take you to? Find the image and the answer here. And finally, an easy one - What common food in bold has had its letters rearranged into alphabetical order? ABDER If you really don't know you can find the answer here. "Thick as two short planks", Margaret quipped after the spotlight was put on her. The contestant revealed she'd initially chosen C as her answer - only to change her mind. When asked by Lee for her reasons behind changing, Margaret replied: "God alone knows, I don't." The 1% Club airs on ITV1 and ITVX. 5 5
Scottish Sun
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Nostalgic alcoholic drink to return to supermarkets this summer after being discontinued 10 years ago
Find out when and where you can buy the nostalgic drink CHEERS TO THAT Nostalgic alcoholic drink to return to supermarkets this summer after being discontinued 10 years ago Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A NOSTALGIC alcopop that was much-loved by clubbers in the 90s and 2000s is returning to supermarket shelves. Ten years after disappearing from British supermarkets and convenience stores, Bacardi Breezers are back. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 1 The Bacardi Breezers will come in the flavours Zesty Orange, Zingy Lime and Crispy Watermelon Credit: Bacardi They'll be coming in the flavours Zesty Orange, Zingy Lime and Crispy Watermelon and will be priced at just £2 a bottle. The fruity alcopops were once a rite of passage for teenagers having their first alcoholic drinks or going clubbing for the first time. Many will have fond memories - and now they'll be able to enjoy the nostalgic drink once again, just in time for the summer. You'll be able to get Bacardi Breezers in major supermarkets and in convenience stores too. They'll be landing in B&M from July, Aldi from August and Sainsbury's from September. Bacardi has said they'll be available in convenience stores from July but some shops have already said they've got the alcopops in stock. They include Stevenston Post Office & Convenience Store in Scotland, USAVE Grocery Store in Carnbroe, Your Store Premier Sinclair Street in Greenock and Premier Express Linwood. The shops have all posted photos of the Breezers on their shelves, with one teasing: "Guess what's back." Bacardi Breezers first launched in 1990 and quickly became a nationwide phenomenon. Alcopops were wildly popular at the time and the competition included Smirnoff Ice, Hooper's Hooch, WKD, and later on VK and Reef. HANGOVER CURE Breezers then disappeared off shelves in 2015, leaving shoppers disappointed. More grown-up flavours like lemon and elderflower were launched in 2019, but the original Breezer flavours haven't been seen in the UK for 10 years. They will now be permanent additions to supermarket shelves, Bacardi has told The Sun. The company has said one of the reasons for the return is "strong demand from a new generation of consumers". Flavoured alcoholic drinks are becoming more popular, particularly among Gen Z. In particular, the pre-mixed Buzzballz have been going viral on TikTok. Bacardi is hoping the Breezers will appeal both to the younger generation and to those who will remember when they were last on shelves. The brand recently brought back another popular alcoholic drink. Patrón XO Cafe, a coffee liqueur drink, was discontinued four years ago - but brought back again in 2024. It's now available to order at 24 branches of The Alchemist across the country, including London, Birmingham and Leeds. What other nostalgic products are being brought back? Bacardi Breezers are just the latest nostalgic products to return to shelves lately. Recently Opal Fruits were brought back a whopping 27 years years after they were axed. The iconic sweets were rebranded as Starburst in 1998. The individually wrapped chewy squares are now available again in Sainsbury's, Tesco and Morrisons. Coca-Cola also brought back its Lime-flavoured drink after axing it around 17 years ago. As of December, Farm Foods was selling a pack of eight 330ml cans of the drink. Ocado and Iceland are also currently selling a 1.75litre bottle of Lime Coca-Cola for £2.50 online. Meanwhile, Tesco recently turned the clocks back to 1995 by selling a range of products in their retro packaging. Classic items like Robinsons, Wagon Wheels and Rocky Bars were all selling in their original packaging for a limited time. The range also included retro fizzy drinks like Pepsi, Pepsi Max, and Tango Orange, Apple and Cherry.
