Fads you remember. And -- did you like/participate in/buy the fad at the time?

[bertha katzenengel]

Calligraphy - never tried it.

Pet Rock - :eyes:

Macrame - too busy playing softball to mess with twine.

Mood rings - dug 'em!

What fads do you remember?

[Rambis]

1. Parachute pants didn't do it

didn't do the members only jacket either.

[1gobluedem]

2. Swatch watches

I had two, but I didn't wear them together. Fads never seem to work on me.

[Fran Kubelik]

16. I had two too.

And wore them together. One of the few fads I succumbed to.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

3. Plastic Rat Finks worn around the neck on a string.

Real big in Junior High circa 1967. Same company made plastic models of cartoon characters with big bloodshot eyes, like the Rat Fink. I remember "Leaky Boat Louie". You assembled them and painted them. Also movie monster models, like Frankenstein and Dracula.

Hip hugger pants. Wide belts. Platform shoes. Miniskirts. Fishnet hose.
White go-go boots like the go-go girls wore on Hullabaloo.

Fluorescent plastic wide watch straps where you could buckle a man's watch into it and wear it. I wore my dad's old Longines automatic.

I was different, one other girl and I had black Beatle boots in junior high. We were hipper.

puka shell necklaces--1976.

tie dye shirts.

Knit shirts with short sleeves on top of long sleeves. Long straight hippy dippy hair parted in the middle. Boys with Beatle bangs (scandalous!)

Big square glasses.

Day-glo dots I put on the headliner of my sister's 1965 Pontiac GTO (fondly referred to as a "goat" or "gas, tires and Oil").

Words like gnarly, grotty (invented by George Harrison in the movie HELP!) groovy, groove as a verb, far out, right on brutha, Afros, dashikis.

The Leisure Suit.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

4. I was on a determined quest to get a mood ring

I remember my joy when my dad managed to find and buy me one. I think he thought it was the only way to achieve peace in the family! I also remember when hooded shirts were the fashion (around 7th or 8th grade, circa 1975), and I was desperate to get one.

Also remember (and owned) earth shoes, a calligraphy set (given to me by Bullwinkle925) and clackers. I want another set of those!

[Arugula Latte]

10. Clackers ... I've still got mine!

Well, they're at my Mom's house ... almost 40 years later. Mine are/were blue.

My daughter was playing with them ... "Yeah, but what are they supposed to do?"

[1gobluedem]

21. Earth shoes!

I had a pair in jr high. And I had a mood ring too. And lovebeads in elementary school!

[Lil Missy]

5. Sex stones!

They were fuckin' rocks.

[Whoa_Nelly]

6. Hippie Beads!

I made flower power necklaces, headbands, rings, peace symbol pendants....I was so in to it for a while waaaaaaay back in 1969-70. :eyes:

Also...Blacklight posters, those big pop art daisy flowers, braided leather belts, hip hugger bell bottoms, maxi coats and vests...

But have to wonder...was (is?) being a hippie a fad? After a while, I was just a hippie chick into being earthy and real without all the bells and whistles.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. Hoola hoops, and yes I had one.

[hellbound-liberal]

8. Clackers!

I gave myself a lot of bruises with these things.

[KG]

9. whatever it was, i couldn't have it.

six kids and my dad was civil servant and my folks didn't fund fads. :(

i was a major dork till i was 17 and got a job and got me some levis and Frye boots. been totally hip ever since. :)

[Orsino]

11. Skateboards, CB radios.

I participated.

[bertha katzenengel]

12. Oh, yeah, I forgot about skateboards!

I had one but I wasn't very good.

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. GAS Loafers, Jelly Bracelets, Side pony tails and torn sweatshirts

with tanktops underneath, moonboots. All of these I was an active participant in.

[Connonym]

14. Rubik's cubes

I was just explaining them to my 13 year old the other day after we saw one in the movie Pursuit of Happyness (which, btw is how they deliberately spell the title and it's a good film)

[Fran Kubelik]

17. Oh - I loved the Rubiks cube!!

[slj0101]

15. As a kid growing up in the late 70's-early 80's:

Rubiks Cube and all associated puzzle games- loved them.
Transformers- I'm geeking out over the upcoming film.
Garbage Pail Kids- they were outlawed at my school.
Fat Laces- yeah, I had a couple.
Star Wars action figures- I regret parting with my original ones.

[Coyote_Bandit]

18. Pet Rocks

I happen to know someone who thinks that pet rocks were a great business idea. Same person (a fundie kook) doesn't think so much of my idea of learning some new skills and starting my own small little business. Apparently, I am not opportunistic or exploitive enough in my aspirations. Or so I'm told.

[Left Is Write]

19. I did macrame. I also made potholders with a handheld loom and I

made rugs from rug-hooking kits.

My sister had one of those little gadgets that made the yarn daisies, and then you put the daisies together to make an afghan. Anyone remember those?

[Spirochete]

20. Beatle boots - I had a pair.

Streaking - did that a few times; once on a bicycle.

I didn't get involved in too many fads, for the most part.

[Liberalynn]

22. I didn't have a pet rock

but I did have a mood ring and a Rubik's cube.

Also I remember the whole "Luke and Laura" fad and although I liked them, I was more into Bobbie and Noah and Robert Scorpio in regards to the whole GH 1980's phenomena.

Also had two Beatles bobble head dolls

and does anyone else remember those bracelets and rings made out of telephone wire, which we all weren't supposed to have, but did? Or was that a local thing in my area? I never went out and got the wire myself but I did use some that other people gave to me. LOL.

[bamacrat]

23. Slap bracelets, baseball cards, Monster in my pockets...

[Roon]

24. Powder Jackets eom