GTKY: Best/Worst Trend you got on board with.

tealowl · October 2013

What's your best/worst trend you ever went with? Did you have The Rachel? Hammer pants? Myspace Hair? A Razr phone? Do tell!

MeggoWaffles · October 2013

Yes, no, yes & yes. I was a sheep.

Also: covering my hair in teeny tiny butterfly clips, platform sneakers, and those stretchy "tattoo" bracelets & necklaces.

TiffW2012 · October 2013

Stirrup pants!

TiffW2012 · October 2013

CrazyCornball said:

Tight Rolled Guess Jeans (white, hello) with multiple different colored socks w/white keds
Along with my super awesome perm and teased bangs
^^I wore all of this to the NKOTB show...it was the 80's and it was awesome.

NKOTB was my first concert ever--in 1st grade! Those were the days...

@Joy2611, I totally had the feathered bangs as well. They made for some fantastic school pictures.

SCSmith2011 · October 2013

I had the pink Razr phone when it first came out! I was totally a trendsetter, y'all. Also: way oversized sweaters, flannel shirts, Coca Cola clothing. I also had a Pepsi sweatshirt because I have no brand loyalty.

Sarah52Beth · October 2013

tealowl said:
What's your best/worst trend you ever went with? Did you have The Rachel? Hammer pants? Myspace Hair? A Razr phone? Do tell!

What is MySpace hair?

tealowl · October 2013

I wore giant raver pants and/or bell bottoms in high school. They were awesome.

Also I still have my raver pants tucked away. If I could wear a 28 waist again, they would be a Halloween costume. I need to lose 3 inches in a few weeks, dammit!

Worst trend would probably be having french manicured nails. Yuck.

MrsJRPetro · October 2013

I wore those henna choker looking necklaces and to be honest I hated them they hurt so badly but of course I suffered through it for the sale of fashion..... I guess that was a foreshadow about what I put my feet through now in high heels..... I refuse to take my shoes off at events because once they come off my feet swell so much that they can't go back on.... I know. It's pathetic!!!!!

MeggoWaffles · October 2013

tealowl said:
I wore giant raver pants and/or bell bottoms in high school. They were awesome.

Also I still have my raver pants tucked away. If I could wear a 28 waist again, they would be a Halloween costume. I need to lose 3 inches in a few weeks, dammit!

Worst trend would probably be having french manicured nails. Yuck.

I still have my orange & hot pink ufos packed away. I took them out for the first time in years to show my husband, and found a candy necklace in the pocket. I was a walking cliche. Lol

divinemsbee · October 2013

God, I coveted the dELiA*s catalogue. Especially the inflatable furniture. And lots and lots of baby tees.

BadBishop · October 2013

I rocked the tight rolled jeans for about 2 months too long back in the day and got mocked hard core for it.

BadBishop · October 2013

divinemsbee said:

God, I coveted the dELiA*s catalogue. Especially the inflatable furniture. And lots and lots of baby tees.

I just bought a few long sleeve shirts from Delias last month because they had the good one's with the hole in the sleeve for your thumb which I love and can't find anywhere. I felt 15 again.

graciesmurf · October 2013

Taylor Swift... I'm just now coming out of it and I can't believe I LOVED that shit.

tealowl · October 2013

divinemsbee said:

God, I coveted the dELiA*s catalogue. Especially the inflatable furniture. And lots and lots of baby tees.

I'm a hoarder and kept everything, and I have a few 1997 Delia's catalogs in my memory box. Remember the seat belt belt?

BadBishop · October 2013

Did anyone ever have those tshirts of the Looney Toon characters dressed up like gangsters?

Yeah. Me either. ::cough cough::

Spookster · October 2013

I was anything but cool in school- I remember being in 3rd grade and my mom sent me to school in a hot pink stretchy type jumper with stirrups and a turtle neck, complete with God awuful thick head bands. I was so embarrased. Especially being chubby those jumpers did me no favors at all.

Hideous sweaters with neon kittens

Winnie the pooh clothing

Lavender eye shadow

Too much black eyeliner

Ridiculously pink lipstick

Bushy Eyebrows

I didn't get a say in my clothing until around the 9th grade. I dressed like a boy. I wore a lot of baggy jeans and hoodys. I tried to hide the weight with baggy.

Nobody even noticed me until I moved away from the town I grew up and started HS in. Then I moved to a small town in Washington State and transferred to a school with 500 kids instead of my previous school that held around 1300 kids.

I was noticed right away and after people found out I as pretty talented in the arts everyone talked to me. I was the only person from my school to make it into All Northwest Choir one year. Needless to say I was pretty dorky into my late teens.

mmb248 · October 2013

Ridiculously high platform heels, ridiculously short skirts (seriously, how was I not sent home every day?), and anything I ever owned from Gadzooks.

I don't regret my Coca-Cola jeans, I just wish they still fit. Only jeans I've ever owned that made my ass look amazing.

CrazyDaisy8 · October 2013

What about those shirts that start small and you stretch them? One size should never fit all.

Pintobean39 · October 2013

Oh hell ... My list is long

I had black pleather pants with my red Michael Jackson shirt and silver glove in 4th grade. I can't believe my mom let me wear that.

Jr high/high school .... WTF was I doing with the bangs??? They were probably teased about 4-5 inches high.

Also the tight rolled pants with multicolored socks.

I don't regret my gasoline jeans and overalls .... Oh how I wish overalls would come back in style, they were so comfortable. Yes I wore mine with one strap unbuttoned too.

I saw NKOTB in 9th grade .... Jordan touched my hand too!!!

divinemsbee · October 2013

tealowl said:

divinemsbee said:

God, I coveted the dELiA*s catalogue. Especially the inflatable furniture. And lots and lots of baby tees.

I'm a hoarder and kept everything, and I have a few 1997 Delia's catalogs in my memory box. Remember the seat belt belt?

And the bottle cap belts that were just too cool. I wonder where mine went?

von1976 · October 2013

Sarah52Beth said:

What's your best/worst trend you ever went with? Did you have The Rachel? Hammer pants? Myspace Hair? A Razr phone? Do tell!
What is MySpace hair?

I need to know this as well. I'm a little older than most of you, so apparently I missed the MySpace craze...

I was guilty of:

a lot of hot pink/lime with black/white combos in the 80's
white jeans
Puffy bangs a few times in the late 80's
poet's blouse circa 1993
some strange shave the back of your head behind your ears trend in the mid-90's (I have no idea who started that, but I loved it because I have really thick hair)

I think that's about it for the bad ones, anyway.

In our area, I was the one that started the trend of wearing knee socks/knee-high tights with your school uniform in high school. Looking back, it is the most effing bizarre fashion trend I've ever seen. Not sure why I did that, but it seemingly caught on.

I also had a mohawk in college, but that was basically an attempt to go against everything that was popular, so I don't think that fits the category.

ETA: more.

WolFox · October 2013

My mom had UGGS YEARS before any teen I knew did...

I actually got on a trend recently. For our anniversary DH got me some Alex & Ani bangles. Goddamn I love these things. Charm bracelets or Pandora? No thanks... MUTHA FUCKIN BANGLES? gimme gimme...

duncs107 · October 2013

dorothyzbornak97 said:

Oh, where do I begin?

Mall bangs
Acid-washed jeans (and an acid-washed denim purse, too)
Slap bracelets
Plastic t-shirt ties (those little discs that pulled your t-shirt tight)
Tight-rolling jeans
Blouses with sheer sleeves (extra points if the sheer material is a different color)
Hypercolor shirts
The grunge look
The Rachel

Being a child and teenager in the '80s and mid-'90s, I had little choice but to be a fashion victim.

I still have a bunch of slap bracelets. I also have all of those multi-colored "jelly" bracelets that were supposed to mean all sorts of ridiculous things. I was a total prude in high school so I only wore them because my friends did.

ETA: Also, those shoes with the roller skates tucked into the bottom. I went through three pairs of them before I got over them. It always takes me back when I see little kids rolling around with them.

tealowl · October 2013

von1976 said:

Sarah52Beth said:

What's your best/worst trend you ever went with? Did you have The Rachel? Hammer pants? Myspace Hair? A Razr phone? Do tell!
What is MySpace hair?
I need to know this as well. I'm a little older than most of you, so apparently I missed the MySpace craze...

I was guilty of:

a lot of hot pink/lime with black/white combos in the 80's
white jeans
Puffy bangs a few times in the late 80's
poet's blouse circa 1993
some strange shave the back of your head behind your ears trend in the mid-90's (I have no idea who started that, but I loved it because I have really thick hair)

I think that's about it for the bad ones, anyway.

In our area, I was the one that started the trend of wearing knee socks/knee-high tights with your school uniform in high school. Looking back, it is the most effing bizarre fashion trend I've ever seen. Not sure why I did that, but it seemingly caught on.

I also had a mohawk in college, but that was basically an attempt to go against everything that was popular, so I don't think that fits the category.

ETA: more.

SHOW US A PIC OF YOUR MOHAWK HAIR RIGHT NOWWWW

SCSmith2011 · October 2013

mmb248 said:

Ridiculously high platform heels, ridiculously short skirts (seriously, how was I not sent home every day?), and anything I ever owned from Gadzooks.

I don't regret my Coca-Cola jeans, I just wish they still fit. Only jeans I've ever owned that made my ass look amazing.

I loved my Coca-Cola jeans. I wore them until they became flood pants and then I cut them off into jeans shorts when rolled jeans shorts were cool. And then I bleached them when that was cool.

von1976 · October 2013

tealowl said:

von1976 said:

Sarah52Beth said:

What's your best/worst trend you ever went with? Did you have The Rachel? Hammer pants? Myspace Hair? A Razr phone? Do tell!
What is MySpace hair?
...

I also had a mohawk in college, but that was basically an attempt to go against everything that was popular, so I don't think that fits the category.

SHOW US A PIC OF YOUR MOHAWK HAIR RIGHT NOWWWW

Sadly, this tiny little image is the only one I have from those days.

duncs107 · October 2013

@von1976 you're a total badass chick. \m/

mmb248 · October 2013

SCSmith2011 said:

mmb248 said:

Ridiculously high platform heels, ridiculously short skirts (seriously, how was I not sent home every day?), and anything I ever owned from Gadzooks.

I don't regret my Coca-Cola jeans, I just wish they still fit. Only jeans I've ever owned that made my ass look amazing.
I loved my Coca-Cola jeans. I wore them until they became flood pants and then I cut them off into jeans shorts when rolled jeans shorts were cool. And then I bleached them when that was cool.

YES! I did the same thing! Only, I cut mine off into Daisy Dukes and my mom would never let me bleach anything.

von1976 · October 2013

lovelym13 said:

@von1976 you're a total badass chick. \m/

Actually, I'm kind of an asshole.

cas889 · October 2013

tealowl said:

divinemsbee said:

God, I coveted the dELiA*s catalogue. Especially the inflatable furniture. And lots and lots of baby tees.

I'm a hoarder and kept everything, and I have a few 1997 Delia's catalogs in my memory box. Remember the seat belt belt?

I had the seat belt belt. Actually, I still do. I don't know why I saved it, but I did :P

I think these are all of my other sins:

I had a razr

rolled my jeans and wore wigwams.

wore huge overalls

wore hypercolor

had mall bangs

had slap bracelets

wore jellies

wear uggs (present tense - I'm wearing them right now, actually!)

a local one was a fake oakley windbreaker - they were all the rage on the boardwalk :P

themrsJRD · October 2013

hampire said:

Lets see...oldest to newest. Those t-shirt clips Slap bracelets Pacifiers Stuffed animal backpacks/mini backpacks Bell bottoms and peasant tops Tattoo necklaces Platform sneakers ( damn you spice girls) Raver pants These in 900 colors, especially with glitter or beads.

We are basically the same person. I was waiting for someone to say backpack purses!! LOL. I still kinda like them and have been seeing them around.

A recent trend I love is leggings under short skirts or dresses. I don't care what anyone thinks, I freaking love that and have so many colors of leggings, long and cropped.

BlckRoses · October 2013

I wore those huge JNKO jeans in high school, where the legs were so wide, I could have cut them off and made myself a bad ass tube top. I wore them super low on my hips and a black spaghetti strap tank top every.single.day. I actually was running down the hall in my house and one foot got caught up in the excessive jean material and I face planted onto the floor. I think I stopped wearing them after that.

I also had a wallet chain that clipped to my belt when that was cool. It would get caught in the benches at my school constantly and I would try to stand up and get yanked back to the bench. Sexy.

Leather bondage like bracelets and chokers. I don't know why my parents let me walk around like that. My theory is that they laughed at my brother and I when we left the house.

They actually banned those slap bracelets when I was in elementary school for being dangerous.

Salsera29 · October 2013

In 9th grade I definitely wore babydoll dresses with doc martins.

hupp0013 · October 2013

I had MC Hammer pants. My mom made me 2 different pairs. I had a mini back pack. I had a rugby shirt. I was always behind the curve for trends. Oh slap bracelets. Those were awesome.

tealowl · October 2013

hupp0013 said:

I had MC Hammer pants. My mom made me 2 different pairs. I had a mini back pack. I had a rugby shirt. I was always behind the curve for trends. Oh slap bracelets. Those were awesome.

So, mini backpacks are totally back in style, I saw some at Kmart. Also, flower print everything and those backpacks that look like this:

https://www.polyvore.com/backpacks_claires/thing?id=47604242

DD has a rose printed one, because alllll the cool kids have them...

Oh, I shop at Kmart.

yurmom · October 2013

tealowl said:

hupp0013 said:

I had MC Hammer pants. My mom made me 2 different pairs. I had a mini back pack. I had a rugby shirt. I was always behind the curve for trends. Oh slap bracelets. Those were awesome.

So, mini backpacks are totally back in style, I saw some at Kmart. Also, flower print everything and those backpacks that look like this:

https://www.polyvore.com/backpacks_claires/thing?id=47604242

DD has a rose printed one, because alllll the cool kids have them...

Oh, I shop at Kmart.

************quote fail********************
Ewww no way dude, Kmart ain't even cheap! Target all the way.

Gizmo36 · October 2013

dorothyzbornak97 said:

Oh, where do I begin?

Mall bangs
Acid-washed jeans (and an acid-washed denim purse, too)
Slap bracelets
Plastic t-shirt ties (those little discs that pulled your t-shirt tight)
Tight-rolling jeans
Blouses with sheer sleeves (extra points if the sheer material is a different color)
Hypercolor shirts
The grunge look
The Rachel

Being a child and teenager in the '80s and mid-'90s, I had little choice but to be a fashion victim.

Pretty much all of this.

I also subscribed to the "wear 3 different Swatch watches on each wrist" club for a while.

Banana clips

Jelly shoes

stefaniew26 · October 2013

Most 80s and 90s craptastic clothes. Black suede air walks with white socks...

Also does anyone remember the store jerzees?! It was not cool or trending but my mom would take us every school year and we would pick out solid color t shirts and then pick from one of the hundreds of images/ sayings to be screen printed. My mom also bought us the shirts that said " the perfect boyfriend" and the. Had pics of my potato head and a list of reasons why ( poke his eyes out if you get mad)

Looking back, I'm pretty sure my mom hated us hahahaj

Tamma254 · October 2013

Stuffed frog backpack purse

jnco bell bottoms

wedge sneakers

platform sneakers

mini backpacks

blue lipstick

black lipstick

toe socks (still love 'em)

wearing PJs and slippers to school

pearlsandcurls84 · October 2013

I don't care what you say, my slap braclets were awesome. The overalls with one strap undone.... Not so much. Pleather pants? Also not OK.
I don't know if Etnies were a trend... But I loved them and my nose ring and trucker hats!

Sidenote: If anyone wore hammer pants.... I want to see those pics!!!

AngelinaMarie26 · October 2013

I had a red Razr which wasn't one of the normal colors so I thought i was super cool

Once everyone at school was bleaching there hair so I wanted to jump on the bandwagon...... It was awful. It came out bright Yellow on my roots, orange half way down and platinum on the bottom. It was so embarrassing I dyed it back to brunette less than 10 hours later.

As a dancer we would take men's sweat pants cut them into shorts and where them above our belly button

That's all I can think of

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