http://www.retronaut.co/2011/03/usa-shopping-malls-summer-1990/

this website is pretty cool, but these bring back some memories.

Edit: also these Ghost of pictures are pretty cool, the ones done from Auschwitz are amazing.

http://www.retronaut.co/category/ghosts-of/

[Edited on February 19, 2012 at 2:55 PM. Reason : bla]

2/19/2012 2:44:51 PM

ah, gotta love 80s hair, really takes me back

2/19/2012 2:47:30 PM

Forte here are some from 1980s mall arcades lol Pole Position FTW

http://www.retronaut.co/2011/05/80s-video-game-arcades/

2/19/2012 2:49:35 PM

I wasn't even a year old in the summer of 1990

2/19/2012 2:54:57 PM

mullets, hell yeah

2/19/2012 3:01:36 PM

the Pac Man girl would get it

2/19/2012 3:02:02 PM

ah

smoking at the mall

2/19/2012 3:38:33 PM

which one is the mom?

2/19/2012 3:42:36 PM

is there a worse looking stretch of americana than late 80's to early 90's?

2/19/2012 3:42:56 PM

so many LIKE A BOSS pictures

2/19/2012 3:43:16 PM

oh god

2/19/2012 3:44:50 PM

lol at Tape World

2/19/2012 5:21:56 PM

and lol at the dude in front of tape world wearing the shortest shorts in this entire photo series.

2/19/2012 5:24:00 PM

Oh man

I'm Krallum and I approved this mesage.

2/19/2012 5:24:21 PM

How could this ever be acceptable???



Not even sure whats going on here.

2/19/2012 5:27:14 PM

bad ass is what's going on there

2/19/2012 5:28:59 PM

see this is why I always thout "'80s night" was a terrible idea

2/19/2012 5:40:11 PM

Quote :

"BUY AMERICAN, BUY SEARS"

2/19/2012 5:42:28 PM

2/19/2012 5:46:08 PM

he looks like that guy from that band that had all those songs about being sad and then he killed himself

2/19/2012 5:50:44 PM

Look at the old lady eye raping this guy.







Pretty sure that little kid in the front is me. Seriously, if that was taken in Asheville or Williamsburg, VA circa late 80s/early 90s.

2/19/2012 6:09:57 PM

Quote :

" Not even sure whats going on here."

I had totally forgotten that it was cool to wear your jacket like that. I'm bringing that shit back. (not bringing the mickey mouse half-shirt, though.)

2/19/2012 7:07:22 PM

These are pretty cool Instagram pictures

2/19/2012 7:25:09 PM

hey guy, fuck you

?topic=621772

[Edited on February 19, 2012 at 7:55 PM. Reason : that's right]

2/19/2012 7:55:19 PM

Bitchin Skid Row Shirt

2/19/2012 8:00:04 PM

NyM410 got some pointy kneecaps

2/19/2012 8:00:21 PM

i love stuff like this.

2/19/2012 9:16:27 PM

actually attractive.

2/19/2012 10:32:58 PM

Quote :

"Pretty sure that little kid in the front is me."

how in the fuck would you not know if it was you or not?

2/19/2012 10:51:10 PM

Doc Rambo IV I wonder if that was from Patrick Henry Mall, Virginia representing!

2/19/2012 10:58:47 PM

I long for those days



The SEARS logo is so awesome. Fuck all these super-individualized logos.

The mall was a mall back then. I enjoyed smoking at Hanes Mall during my mallrat days.

2/20/2012 1:37:28 AM

^^^^omg so butch

2/20/2012 1:38:54 AM

eerie as all fuck

2/20/2012 2:25:50 AM

LOL at Casual Corner

My mom loved that store. There used to be one at Crabtree with its sister store "Petite Sophisticate" next to it

2/20/2012 7:32:41 AM

I have really old pictures of Crabtree that are kinda cool to look at

I would scan and upload if it weren't for my laziness

2/20/2012 7:34:50 AM

Quote :

"Not even sure whats going on here. "

Haha. This is the classic/standard tough guy pose from the 90s. It was extremely common to see people walking around like this.

[Edited on February 20, 2012 at 8:06 AM. Reason : -]

2/20/2012 8:05:50 AM

so tuff

2/20/2012 8:28:12 AM

Quote :

"ah smoking at the mall"

I have fond memories of smoking in the mall as an adolescent. Haha, smoking in the mall...

2/20/2012 9:04:33 AM

i am so guilty of entirely too many looks in that link...


being a teenager in the early 90s was awesome!

2/20/2012 9:16:37 AM

the 90's was by far the worst decade for fashion

i love this thread

2/20/2012 9:39:56 AM

If only I had shots from Greensboro's Carolina Circle or Charlotte' Eastland... or any mall containing an ice rink for that matter

2/20/2012 9:51:11 AM

everyone's wearing mom jeans

2/20/2012 9:56:41 AM

Quote :

"I have really old pictures of Crabtree that are kinda cool to look at"

I remember Crabtree had a exhibit a long time ago that had a bunch of old photos of the mall

I think there used to be a movie theater where Barnes & Noble is now

2/20/2012 11:42:06 AM

Quote :

"the 90's was by far the worst decade for fashion"

No.. No it wasn't

2/20/2012 11:54:37 AM

how long before we get FOX's That 90's Show?

2/20/2012 12:00:12 PM

Quote :

"Haha. This is the classic/standard tough guy pose from the 90s. It was extremely common to see people walking around like this."

Was carrying around a leather purse also a standard tough guy practice?

[Edited on February 20, 2012 at 12:07 PM. Reason : I'm aware that's likely a shopping bag, but I'm going to consider it a purse anyway.]

2/20/2012 12:06:46 PM

[Edited on February 20, 2012 at 12:08 PM. Reason : damnit ]

2/20/2012 12:08:23 PM

I was like "That's a pretty revealing top"

Then I click on it and I'm like "That's a dude "

2/20/2012 12:11:29 PM

Quote :

"I think there used to be a movie theater where Barnes & Noble is now"

Yeah, I used to go to movies at that theater. IIRC the entrance was closer to where that Mexican restaurant is. It's been a long time since I've been to Crabtree so I don't even know if that restaurant is still there.

2/20/2012 2:44:09 PM

There was a Hardees where the Barnes & Noble is now

2/20/2012 2:51:05 PM