Sunday, March 19, 1995

From the day

Perspective: The Teenager · Sound

Madonna’s "Take a Bow" is humming through my Walkman as I adjust my plaid slip dress and knee-high socks, trying to ignore the chaotic clank of the subway. All anyone can talk about is the hype for Windows 95 or some new "Java" thing that sounds like coffee but is supposedly for geeks, though I'd rather spend my cash on rare Pogs or find a way to bid on those auction items on that weird new eBay site. My brother keeps hogging the computer trying to read about the new DVD format, but if he touches my tiny backpack again—no soup for you! I’m just trying to tune out the world and stay minimalist before some flannel-wearing poser tries to start a conversation about those new historic markers in Jackson Heights.

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The Headlines

POSTINGS: 118 Markers for Historic District; In Jackson Heights, Signs of the Old Times

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Take a Bow

Madonna

#1 at the box office

$10,808,607

The must-have

Pogs

You Share a Birthday With

• Bruce Willis (1955)
• David Livingstone (1813)
• Adolf Eichmann (1906)
• Philip Roth (1933)
• Mario Monti (1943)

Slang

Tech Check

Windows 95, DVD Format, Java & eBay.

Style of 1995

Silhouette: Preppy and minimalist (Clueless)

Material: Plaid and satin

• Slip dresses
• Knee-high socks
• Tiny backpacks

Cost of Living (1995)