Primary research post: Interview with my parents & grandma

 Primary research Questionnaire

    1. What kind of clothing/ characteristics of it do you remember from the           1990s?

• knee socks and sandals
• flared pants
• corduroy instead of denim
• denim clothing in Pewex stores
• "Piramid" jeans
• White detachable collars (with buttons)
• Turkish sweaters (mix of grey and black)
• many knock offs on the streets
• Relax shoes (a name of the brand)
• Very popular polish leather trainers from Walbrzych
• Denim jackets
• Logomania

    

    2. What colours do you remember being the most common on the streets at the       time? 

• Navy blue corduroy
• "Kresz" colours (details in the future posts)

    3. What was your favourite piece of clothing during your University years?

• Montana's brand clothing
• Montana sweater after older brother

 

    4. What were the hottest movies in Poland at the time?

• dirty dancing
• sexmission (after translation)
• Bruce Lee "Enter the Dragon"
• Polish "Vabank"
• "Dynastia" series

    

    5. What bands and solo singers were very popular in the 1990s Poland?

    Polish:

•  manam
• dzem
• perfect
• republika
• papa dance
• baim
• lady pank
• budka suflera
• chlopcy z placu broni
• lombard
• apteka
• acy drinkers

    International:

• Michael Jackson
• Queen
• Ac/Dc
• Merillion
• Phil Collins and Genesis
• Europe
• Samanta, Sabrina and Sandra (there were posters of them in every boy's room)
• Billy Idol
• Pink Floyd
• Depeche Mode (subculture around it)
• Sex Pistols
• British Punk as a whole
• Prince
• Abba

      *Transcripts of the English language songs in Polish in notebook*

    6. What were other things youngsters would were at the time and that was popular and extraordinary?

• DIY dyes
• patches with motives

    7. Other interesting elements of clothing/ accessories popular at the time

• Big often squareish, transparent glasses

    Grandma:

• Mini skirts
• "Banana" skirt
• Thick heel
• trapeze like shape skirts
• Varnished boots on a small heel (red, blue, white and gold colours)
• coats with nutria fur and matching hat
• colourful brooches from fuzed plastic (plastic was not as common in the past as it is now so it was doing as an interesting accessory)

    8. My grandpa's favourite sweaters:

• burgundy/ plum like coloured sweater
• pale red coloured sweater