@BufferedPast

Digital memories & cultural fragments. Buffering through the most aesthetic eras.

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Kate Moss by Corinne Day for The Face. ‘The 3rd Summer of Love’ — July, 1990. “I was just taking pictures of my friend,” Corinne once said. #BufferedPast #KateMoss #90sAesthetic #CorinneDay
Portrait of young Kate Moss laughing, shot by Corinne Day, 1990.

ALT Portrait of young Kate Moss laughing, shot by Corinne Day, 1990.

A black and white photograph of young Kate Moss sitting at the base of a textured, weathered wall at Camber Sands. She is wearing an oversized dark sweater and sandals, holding a cigarette and looking candidly into the camera with a slight smile. Photography by Corinne Day, 1990.

ALT A black and white photograph of young Kate Moss sitting at the base of a textured, weathered wall at Camber Sands. She is wearing an oversized dark sweater and sandals, holding a cigarette and looking candidly into the camera with a slight smile. Photography by Corinne Day, 1990.

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What’s a song from the 90s-2010s that instantly takes you back to a specific place or moment?
The original Windows 95 TV commercial (1995). Released alongside Windows 95 in August 1995, it was part of Microsoft's largest advertising campaign up to that point.
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A local Ford dealership commercial from Wasilla, Alaska (1995). Local television commercials like this were a familiar part of daily broadcasting throughout the 1990s. Many regional TV commercials from the 1990s survive today only because they were recorded on VHS by viewers.
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David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust, photographed by Masayoshi Sukita (1973). Their collaboration began in 1972 and grew into one of the longest-running artist-photographer partnerships in popular music.
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Ronald McDonald's television debut (1963). The original mascot was played by Willard Scott in a local Washington, D.C.-area commercial before Ronald McDonald adopted his familiar nationwide appearance.
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Colin Farrell during the Minority Report era (2002). Released in June 2002, the film became one of Farrell's first major studio projects and helped launch his breakthrough year in Hollywood.
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Footage showing Queen Elizabeth II alongside the Queen Mother during a major British horse racing meeting. These events were a regular part of royal public appearances and were extensively documented in televised broadcasts over the decades. #BufferedPast #Nostalgia #Broadcast
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Blue Foundation — "Eyes on Fire" (2007). Originally released on the album Life of a Ghost, the song later reached a much wider audience after appearing in Twilight (2008). The official music video was filmed in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
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Released in 2000 for the Romeo Must Die soundtrack, Aaliyah's "Try Again" became her first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and coincided with her feature film debut.
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Aaliyah at the MTV Movie Awards on June 3, 2000, wearing a classic backless Roberto Cavalli gown. Photos feature backstage moments with Halle Berry and *'N Sync.
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Released in 1995, The Pharcyde's "Drop" achieved its signature look by having the group learn portions of the lyrics backwards before the footage was reversed in editing. Directed by Spike Jonze.
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Hot or Not (2000) let users upload photos and receive ratings from strangers on a 1–10 scale. Many of the mechanics later associated with social media — popularity signals, recommendations, and rapid profile judgments — were already taking shape there.
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The Trump family was a regular presence at the Met Gala for three decades, participating in themes from 1985 through 2013.
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Released in May 2004, "Everytime" served as the third single from Britney Spears' fourth studio album, In the Zone. The accompanying music video was filmed in Los Angeles under the direction of David LaChapelle.
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Actors and musicians Ryan Reynolds and Alanis Morissette arriving at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles on May 31, 2003.
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Photographed by Jaume de Laiguana, the artwork for Shakira’s 2005 album Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 utilized Renaissance-inspired maternal motifs to match the project's psychological themes. Photo by Jaume de Laiguana.
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In April 1996, U.S. President Bill Clinton made an unscheduled stop at a local grocery store on Sadovaya Street during his visit to St. Petersburg, Russia.
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At the world premiere of xXx in Los Angeles on August 5, 2002, guests bypassed formal evening wear for casual early-2000s trends, including custom graphic denim and sportswear.
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Old school Nickelodeon dog bumpers from the 90s and 2000s. 🦴📺 It’s fun to look back at how much effort went into the short network transitions between cartoons. #BufferedPast #Nickelodeon #Nostalgia
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KISS featured in Bravo Magazine (Germany) — November 1979. 🎸⚡️ A look inside the German pop-culture magazine from the late 70s. 🌟 Paul Stanley — The Starchild 🩸 Gene Simmons — The Demon 🚀 Ace Frehley — The Spaceman 🐱 Peter Criss — The Catman #BufferedPast #Nostalgia
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