The visuals — baggy clothes, plaid shirts, heavy boots — and the tone of disdain for mainstream culture seem to echo more (https://www.reddit.com/r/decadeology/comments/1jrglyh/is_the_series_daria_dated_for_the_time_it_was/) of the peak of the alternative movement and MTV’s 1994-97 aesthetic, before pop culture started shifting with bubblegum pop and the tech optimism of the late '90s.