It’s no surprise the ‘90s are back

Given the cyclical nature of fashion, it’s no wonder the 90s are back in vogue, with Winona Ryder’s pixie cut taking centre stage. But if you lived through a trend the first time, are you too old to revisit it when it gets rehashed decades later? Vintage 501s in hand, Carolyn Moore enters the debate.

Twenty-odd years ago I had an encounter in a supermarket that haunts me to this day. Trailing my mum around Quinnsworth, I picked up something dropped by a child sitting in a trolley.

“Say thank you to the boy,” his mother instructed as I handed it back. “Thank you,” he said, and off they went, leaving a very distraught teenage girl in their wake.