Scrunchies and Mixtapes: An Ode to the 1990s
by: Trish Cantillon “Is that a scrunchie?” I asked the Madewell salesgirl yesterday, pointing at a container filled with the 90s era hair bob with suspicion. The girl nodded enthusiastically, “Yes, aren’t they cute? They’re really popular!” Was that true? Were they cute and popular again? It immediately brought to mind my own jar filled with scrunchies, a pink neon fanny pack and my boom box. I wondered, why are some things gone forever while others resurface? On a winter’s…