This post was inspired by Trisha, who blogged about past and coming back no matter how awful they were the first time fashion trends. I think I could have an entire blog dedicated to the dumb shit I wore and did in the name of fashion and being cool. And I had to improvise which made me all that much more pathetic. Let's get started.
#1 Keds. The white, canvas ones. Leather was not a cool alternative. I wore the Wal-Mart ones without the awesome blue logo on the back. That is, until my friend got a new pair and I took the Keds tag off hers and glued it onto my new Wal-Mart pair. Over and over and over. I was nothing if not thrifty and inventive!
#2 Panda Coin Rings. Dude, these things could make you or break you in middle school. I didn't get one until high school. Forever on the tail end of the cool arc.
#3 Mall Bangs. One thing I never had a problem with was making my hair big. I could tease my bangs within a millimeter of their existence. One time in my young life when I was glad I had curly hair. Then the fucking Rachel came out and I was again relegated to "uncool". I never watched a single episode of Friends until I was in college.
#4 Body suits. First morning of freshman year of high school and we all gathered in the gym for orientation. The entire female population of the school, minus me, was wearing a body suit in some form. I remember thinking, What the FUCK, why didn't I know about this!?! So much for a new high school beginning. Obviously I didn't watch 90210 either.
I was also guilty of pegging my jeans, my stone washed jeans at that. I wore 2 different NEON-colored slouch socks over black, stretchy stirrup pants. It's even possible that I rocked a pair of overalls and Doc Martin boots. Summertime found me sporting cut off jean shorts, neatly rolled to hide frayed edges, with a Button Your Fly T-shirt.
Well, that's enough of that little trip down memory lane. Thank God there wasn't cell phone cams and digital cameras all over back then.
Well, that's enough of that little trip down memory lane. Thank God there wasn't cell phone cams and digital cameras all over back then.
11 comments:
Hey that's a very good point! So very glad we did not have cell phone/cameras and digital cameras back then! wow, you just gave me a something big to be thankful for today!
I did that stuff too. I also had Keds in different colors to match my SKIRTS!
The only thing I've never heard of is a panda ring. I am definitely guilty of all the others :-)
I love this kind of post. So many memories come back.
I am guilty of the same scrunchy wearing crimes...
Guilty as charged...
You didn't miss anything with the bodysuits. Unless you consider a WEDGIE THE SIZE OF TEXAS missing something.
LMAO...Yet again you never seize to have me laughing out loud. ANd I too never heard of a Panda ring. Remember those washer bracelets we used to wear or the witches boots or Letterman sweaters LOL Oh gosh I have a 100 more. Geez I'm old. LOL
I'm frightened that Hammer/harem pants are trying to make a comeback.
*shudder*
You forgot the leg-warmers. I wore those with jeans that weren't skinny enough; cuz you know back then they had to be so skinny you could barely get your foot through them. And also shoulder-pads. I can't believe I ever wore those! That is one trend I will NOT participate in again!
You forgot the leg-warmers. I wore those with jeans that weren't skinny enough; cuz you know back then they had to be so skinny you could barely get your foot through them. And also shoulder-pads. I can't believe I ever wore those! That is one trend I will NOT participate in again!
those fucking body suits were a pain up my ass...
I'm with Michelle... I've never heard of the panda rings, but I did my best with the others, including the black stirrup pants. I had a lovely blue bodysuit that showed off my budding breasts - NOT!!
I, too had the big curly hair - until I decided to get a perm - then I just looked like a brillo pad! OMG what were we thinking. You are SO right that it's a good thing there were no cell phone cameras!!!
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