Today's fashionistas are calling fashion trends from the 90s "vintage," and unfortunately for those of us who lived through this decade, they aren't exactly wrong.
11 Outrageous 90s Haircuts We All Pretend We Never Had
#1 The puffy side ponytail
You were a mallrat and you were proud! The puffy side ponytail was simply a part of the uniform. Back ponytails were for squares.
#2 The Flat Top
Whether you were going for a Fresh Prince or a Vanilla Ice, if you had a flat top you felt like the coolest kid around. You didn't necessarily look like the coolest kid around, but you felt it.
#3 The Rat Tail
The rat tail is such an exciting prospect you could have a handsome clean-cut look and still brag about how long and cool your hair has become. You could hide it when you needed to, but for the most part you let that baby hang free.
#4 The Rebel
Nobody understood you, nobody understood what you were all about. But your hair understood you, and you understood your hair, and that's what matters.
#5 The Female Mullet
Simply put: business in the front, party in the back. And then months and months waiting for the hair on the sides of your head to grow back when you realized this wasn't the look for you (or anyone).
#6 The Mohawk
You were on your nu-metal buzz, you just got the latest Limp Bizkit single, and you were about to watch "Stone Cold" Steve Austin open a can of whoop ass. But none of it would be possible without your trusty mohawk.
#7 The Mushroom Bowl
You already had your career as a librarian or a diner waitress set in stone just for having this cut. And if it wasn't for John Hughes and the Brat Pack, you never would've given it up.
#8 The Hybrid
You had the best of every world. You had everything covered. You looked ridiculous.
#9 The middle parting
It was 1996 and Peter Andre had just delighted the world with Mysterious Girl, and everyone wanted in on the magnificence of the middle parting. There was no mystery about it, if you wanted to be sexy, you needed a solid, clear strip of scalp running along the middle of your head. And it stuck around, too, not without the help of Leonardo DiCaprio and Titanic.
#10 The Crimp
Nowadays you couldn't really pull it off unless you're Beyoncé, but there was a time where the crimp was the look. You were young, wild and free, and everybody knew it.
#11 The D.I.Y Palaver
The hairdressers can be a little bit daunting for young kids, so it makes sense for a few of the more confident ones to take matters into their own hands. It was bad enough when you cut the hair of your Barbie, but this was on another level.