Things You Used to Wear
1.We all pinned our jeans legs with safety pins so they were really skinny.
2. Then we either wore leggings over them or (in my town) two different colored neon socks (as if we were trying to prevent ticks from getting to us. Actually, where I came from, that wasn't a bad idea).
3. Big brooches at the necks of our button-down shirts.
4. Collars UP!
5. Vests
6. Shirts with suit jackets. The jacket's sleeves had to be rolled up to the forearms.
7. Big, chunky bead necklaces that you tied in a knot. Variation: swing the necklace around to hang down your back.
8. Your dad's button-down shirt with a huge belt at the hips.
9. Acid-washed jeans.
10. Ripped jeans. Do you remember your parents refusing to buy you jeans that were pre-ripped? "I'm not buying jeans for $25 that are already torn!"
11. Wearing boxers under your ripped jeans to keep from exposing your real underwear.
12. Wearing boxers as shorts (girls only).
13. Sweatshirts with a cut-off collar, worn inside out and backward over a tank top, Flashdance style.
14. Aquanet. 'Nuf said.
15. Sideways ponytails.
16. Huge bows and dangly stuff in your hair.
17. Speaking of dangly stuff: roach clips with feathers.
18. Earrings that didn't match. That went on forever.
19. Parachute pants!
20. A military buzz cut for guys, which was quickly replaced with the Mullet (or "hockey hair" if you lived in the North.).
21. Chinos
22. Bomber jackets made of thin material as well as leather. See: Ralph Maccio
23. Permed hair for boys and girls.
24. Asymmetrical hair styles for girls.
25. Neon mesh vests.
26. Fingerless lace gloves.
27. Skirts with leggings.
28. Drop-waist dresses (Laura Ashley) worn with combat boots.
29. Moon boots
30. Jean jackets with buttons on them.
31. Beaded safety pins on your shoelaces, preferable given to you by friends.
32. Bandannas
33. Combs in your back pocket. Variation: picks in your pocket or hair.
34. Black sunglasses with neon earpieces.
35. Friendship bracelets (only they didn't have the color connotations that they did in the early millenium)
36. Duffel vests, aka: sleeveless coats or body warmers. Think Back to the Future, when someone asks Marty McFly if he is a sailor because he's wearing one.
37. Stretch jeans
38. Fashion boots with tassels
If you think of any others, leave a comment. Doesn't this take you back to those days when big hair moved solidly in the wind?
3 comments:
Ok..
How many (and which ones) do YOU admit to??
More than I would have thought, given that I didn't usually dress stylishly. I didn't do the mullet, though. I remember pinning my jeans. How stupid was that trend??
I really miss the big hair. My wife had bangs that made her 5 inches taller.
Maybe my six year old girl will want to try that.
Great list. My flipped up collar salutes you.
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