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nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
Fri Apr 12, 2013, 10:09 PM Apr 2013

What obscure fashion trend from your youth would you bring back?

I am not talking about the cliche staples - bell bottoms, leg warmers, jelly shoes, neon everything etc - just something that you loved to wear or wish would come back.

For me it was Coca-Cola shirts in the 80's. I collected Coke stuff at the time, so these came out at the right time - I was in high school and wore out my Coke shirts




Sigh - I miss them

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What obscure fashion trend from your youth would you bring back? (Original Post) nadine_mn Apr 2013 OP
These, of course. Arctic Dave Apr 2013 #1
Find yourself a Zumba class. GoCubsGo Apr 2013 #9
Oh, fuck no. Neoma Apr 2013 #2
when I was young - corduroy was big nadine_mn Apr 2013 #18
Free Love! Though technically it was before my youth. Kennah Apr 2013 #3
Body Shirts.... Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #4
I'd forgotten mimi85 Apr 2013 #10
I bought my first ones during the early 70s Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #12
Starter Jackets ok_cpu Apr 2013 #5
Yeah! GoCubsGo Apr 2013 #8
Don't know how obscure it is... pipi_k Apr 2013 #6
My 1980s-early 90's waistline LadyHawkAZ Apr 2013 #7
I wish I had appreciated my size more back then nadine_mn Apr 2013 #13
Sweaters Sentath Apr 2013 #11
The one when women went topless Trascoli Apr 2013 #14
all topless women posts need to stay in GD nadine_mn Apr 2013 #19
Brass Knuckles. cliffordu Apr 2013 #15
The comfortable things: LWolf Apr 2013 #16
that is some fabulous fringe nadine_mn Apr 2013 #20
Rimless eye glasses. ohiosmith Apr 2013 #17
Lacy white cotton shirts from the 80s. Baitball Blogger Apr 2013 #21
All these styles are still fashionable now. n/t RebelOne Apr 2013 #22
The bikini I had when I was 17 LiberalEsto Apr 2013 #23
Those lace shirts from the 90's Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #24
I never met a moccassin I did not love. Loryn Apr 2013 #25
preppy ribbon ties NJCher Apr 2013 #26
What my band used to do circa 1964 olddots Apr 2013 #27
High-heeled sneakers and an alligator hat kwassa Apr 2013 #28
Go Go boots undeterred Apr 2013 #29

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
18. when I was young - corduroy was big
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 01:50 PM
Apr 2013

ugh - corduroy pants - if you were "husky" you could start a fire with the friction.

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
4. Body Shirts....
Fri Apr 12, 2013, 10:26 PM
Apr 2013

Usually a knit fabric, they hugged every curve and because they snapped at the crotch they stayed put when you wanted them to... and didn't when you didn't want them to!

mimi85

(1,805 posts)
10. I'd forgotten
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 12:53 AM
Apr 2013

about those. I loved them at the time. They're bound to come back one of these days, in one of those cyclical things. Wasn't that the 80s? I remember a too tight black one I wore when I dressed up as a leopard (or something) for an office party.

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
12. I bought my first ones during the early 70s
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 01:08 AM
Apr 2013

and they were around for a long time...so perhaps into the early 80s. I had one I bought in 2000, but it wasn't the knit variety and wasn't as comfortable.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
6. Don't know how obscure it is...
Fri Apr 12, 2013, 10:46 PM
Apr 2013

but my great love when I was a kid was those big, fluffy, lacy, bouffant petticoats under my dresses.

And when I was a teenager I loved the wrap around skirts

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
13. I wish I had appreciated my size more back then
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 02:27 AM
Apr 2013

I was plus sized, but healthy...but constant low self esteem spiraled into obesity. I wish I could go back and tell my teenage self I was beautiful!

ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)
17. Rimless eye glasses.
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 12:32 PM
Apr 2013


I have an old pair I wore in the sixties. Think I'll use them the next time I change my Rx.

NJCher

(35,432 posts)
26. preppy ribbon ties
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 09:33 PM
Apr 2013

Wear with a white shirt, prim little tie. That was so "me."

Also long, flared pleated skirts.


Cher

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
27. What my band used to do circa 1964
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 10:02 PM
Apr 2013

during the east coast Rat or Prep crap we dressed Ratiegit =half & half like most bands whether mods or rockers greasers or preps we
had to play for both sides ----eventually people figured the dress code was bullshit around 1966 or so and there was a truce for a few years .

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