You know you've had one or two!
Lets hear about it!
Today I wore elephant bells with rubber soled shoes - and twice the rubber got caught up inside my baggy pant legs and I almost went flying!
Talk about embarrassing!!!!!!
Lets hear about it!
Today I wore elephant bells with rubber soled shoes - and twice the rubber got caught up inside my baggy pant legs and I almost went flying!
Talk about embarrassing!!!!!!
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Tue, November 27, 2007 - 1:27 PMoh come on - I know im not the only one who makes a fool out of herself! -
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Tue, November 27, 2007 - 1:45 PMokay FINE
once i broke my ankle just standing there in a pair of very high heels, fell off them, twist, break, ow. lots of witnesses. okay yes i was a little tiddled, but the point is, i could not wear heels for a year.
thanks so much for bringing that up!
(runs out of room crying)
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Tue, November 27, 2007 - 1:50 PMok, I'll take the bait.
There have been many, but the first one that comes to mind was in late '89 or early '90.
......yes, it is going to be bad.
Black bike shorts, a black velvet bustier bra, black suede cowboy boots with steel tips and a white rayon one button blazer.
What the *$&@ was I thinking???? My only defense is that I was 17 or 18 at the time, living in Vegas, and wore it out clubbing (good lord, defense enough alone to crack down on fake ID's!!) I thought I was looking HOT! -
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Tue, November 27, 2007 - 2:27 PMOh, those were great!!!!!!!!! Thank you! Im so happy that its not just me!!!!!! -
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Tue, November 27, 2007 - 2:55 PMummm.....2 words.
neon spandex.
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Tue, November 27, 2007 - 3:21 PMwearing neon spandex is not as bad as dating a guy who is wearing neon spandex. correction- neon snakeskin pattern spandex. okay, he was brazillian, but still, horrid is horrid. -
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Wed, November 28, 2007 - 7:18 PMokay. Mens L button up plaid shirt (Im 5'3) with baggy levi's worn backwards. On, and these jeans had holes in them and i wore clashing plaid boxer shorts underneath. And doc martins. lol. oh god.... -
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Wed, November 28, 2007 - 8:00 PMwool socks + brown birkenstock sandals after swim practices junior year.
WITH
Skin tight grey leggings & a XXL grey Champion Sweatshirt, a white turtleneck
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Bright red lipstick. (stayed on through practice)
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Thu, November 29, 2007 - 12:24 PMBedazzled faded jean jacket (granted I was like 11 but still is there REALLY an excuse for the Bedazzler?)
Also in the early 90s I would wear (hangs head) Daisy Duke shorts aka skanky hot pants when I went out clubbing...(they DID get me free drinks!) But that was pre0baby and some pounds lighter..lol
Has anyone but me noticed some of the horrible fashion trends are coming back now? I mean, jellies and leg warmers weren't bad enough the FIRST time around?!?!?!?!?! -
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Thu, November 29, 2007 - 3:35 PMI am ALL about leg warmers but jellies???!!! Damn, i still have scars from where they dug into my feet -
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Tue, December 11, 2007 - 10:48 PMJelly shoes!! I used to have at least 5 different colored pairs of those to match whatever color pants I was wearing at the time...
Speaking of pants, I remember in my Jr High days when corduroy knickers were in style. I had two pairs (red and tan) but there was a girl named Shannon in my class that had a bunch of different colored ones. I envied her so bad for those pants, and the knee high socks that you wore with them.
I can't believe now that I even COVETED knickers... bleah! -
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Tue, December 11, 2007 - 11:11 PMMy mom even made me knickers! :D
Anyone remember Dittos? -
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Wed, December 12, 2007 - 12:09 AMOh damn, Dittos...yes, I remember them well and definately owned a few pairs. You were not "cool" if you didn't own at least one pair where I grew up. And of course, you had to wear them with a pair of Rainbow Sandals!
I'm adding my own "fashion disaster" to this growing list, do you all remember shiny, spandex leggings and Candies shoes...think Olivia Newton John in Grease...lol, my god these were my favorite components for the perfect "party" outfit!
This post has been a fantastic trip down memory, thanks to Kathleen for starting the fun! I admit to wearing everything that people have listed here, it's amazing to think about it all. -
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Wed, December 12, 2007 - 11:55 AMI was apparently not cool, because my parents would not get me Dittos! And they wouldn't even get me, an 11/12yo, the skin tight satin pants! I was the kid who always had the knockoffs or homemade stuff. Which is fine for me now, looking back, but you know when your friends have something, you want it too! It became a lesson in wearing the uncool stuff proudly. I think the 80's alone did that for everyone. ;D
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Fri, November 30, 2007 - 12:55 AMwe have a really funny advert promoting our national fizzy drink and your description reminded me of it,perhaps its the same guy!
youtube.com/watch
In fact all the iron brew ads are very funny -
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Sun, December 2, 2007 - 12:44 AMman...I had neon jellies...clearly I had a thing for neon. -
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Sun, December 2, 2007 - 9:48 AMI think neon was all you could find at stores like Contempo, which, in the 80's, was designed for the teenagers. I remember having my identity issues with clothing (still happens). I had a mix of Madonna, the Clash, Wham and Boy George all rolled into one outfit. And some of it had neon. Why, neon, why? It was a sight to behold. But then, I lived in Small Little Hicktown, CA where there was little exposure to fashion, music, art.
Oh, Kathleen, I had a fashion disaster yesterday. It was so cold out I just layered all kindsa things. Had Melodias and a long cotton dress on that I got from you years ago at a clothing swap. Both were sort of grippy fabrics. Of course, as I walk some distance I notice the dress pushing itself further and further back between my legs, so basically, I'm wearing a jumpsuit over the Mels. And it keeps getting tighter and tighter. So, every so often I would have to stop and pull it out. Thats happened many times with other skirts and dresses, even without pants underneath. Its like I'm always walking against the wind or something! :D -
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Sun, December 2, 2007 - 10:19 PMkinda like a reverse wedgie... -
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Mon, December 3, 2007 - 1:10 PMOmigod I cant stop laughing! I love all these mishaps! Im so glad Im not the only one!!!!!
Today I wore an extra long skirt over some melo-esque type pants - also to keep warm! I stepped on the ruffle and I heard a big riiiiiiiiiiiiiip! So I had a trailing piece of ruffle tangling itself around my feet.
It just never ends, does it!
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Mon, December 3, 2007 - 2:27 PM"kinda like a reverse wedgie..."
So, attractive, I know. ;D
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Mon, December 3, 2007 - 1:17 PMOH GOD, contempo casuals...*flash* -
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Mon, December 3, 2007 - 2:25 PMRiight? Hey man, its all I had for where I was. That and thrift stores full of flannel shirts. :p -
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Mon, December 3, 2007 - 2:30 PMi used to love contempo...SIGH. the horror! -
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Mon, December 3, 2007 - 3:46 PMI bought the white blazer and black bustier bra mentioned in my post above at Contempo. EEEEK!
I loved that store too! I spent many a paycheck there on bad, BAD clothes. -
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Mon, December 3, 2007 - 7:07 PMI too, spent many dollars there. My favorite disaster was a strapless dress with mondo polka dots. I looked like Lucille Ball on crack back then!
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Tue, December 4, 2007 - 9:11 AMgood gods!
I totally forgot about Contempo Casuals!!!! Anyone remember when they went crazy with the MC Hammer pants and "mood shirts" that reacted to body temperature??
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Tue, December 4, 2007 - 3:01 PMConsider this my fashion confessional for my pre-teen years:
Stirrup pants
Those jockey pants (Where's my riding crop? Rawr.)
Print Tees with stuff like "Relax" and "Feed the World" in big freakin' letters
Paisley leggings with over sized shirts in vomitous pastel shades
Sweater dresses
Units
Kaepa tennis shoes
Polka dot mini dresses
Bright gold lame shirts
Bobby socks with flats or penny loafers
Favorite stores: United Colors of Benetton, Contempo Casuals, Foxmoor
Thank G-d I discovered Siouxsie Sioux when I was thirteen. See, even movies like "Out of Bounds" have life changing effects.
From ages 13-18, it went something like this:
Combat Boots or Converse (with no laces and big knee socks)
ripped jeans with thermal underwear underneath
Concert t-shirts (all black, and sometimes with the lyrics of a song on the back)
Leggings with skin tight shirts over them
Off the shoulder t-shirts
Long black broom skirts
straight floor length skirts
fingerless gloves/long formal gloves
Big hoop earrings
an extreme swing bob hair cut (dyed blue black, of course)
Big black "sun" hats or black bowler hats
tiny hats with veils
Victorian poet shirts
Oh, and a corset. Because everyone REALLY needs to see a sixteen year old in a corset! Good gravy!
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Tue, December 4, 2007 - 3:02 PM"Leggings with skin tight SKIRTS over them". -
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Tue, December 4, 2007 - 9:12 PMAnyone remember double layer color coordinating socks? I have a photo of myself at a party... short white cotton shorts, red and white Hawaiian print tube top, white tube socks worn over red tube socks, all scrunched down and white Keds. I should burn that photo. I know, it may not sound that horrible... until you see the picture. -
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Tue, December 4, 2007 - 9:22 PMOh! Here is one that hurt my ego and my heart (because I loved the outfit!)... can't believe I forgot this (must have blocked it out of my mind to protect myself). Kinda along the lines of Kathleen's ruffle rip...
Antique ikat sari silk wrapped as a skirt at an event/party (stupid me). Squat (for what reason, I don't remember)... "Rrrrrrrrrrrrip!" and now, Ladies and Gentlemen, for Natalia's purple ikat framed butt, wearing the ever fashionable "white cotton granny panties". Lovely. Should have worn something red and lacy underneath, eh?
Kathleen, maybe you can help me figure out what to do with the remaining offending material. I love it still, despite the humiliation... but it hasn't left my closet since - for obvious reasons. -
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Tue, December 4, 2007 - 11:06 PMikat- "so hot right now"
www.youtube.com/watch
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Mon, March 17, 2008 - 8:14 AMI used to wear them alternated so the red would show on one foot and the wite on the other, with the opposite color underneth of course!
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Wed, December 5, 2007 - 10:31 PMStirrop pants.... oh geez... who in their right mind invented those things?! I know I had quite a few pairs...
had jellies... they were pink and sparkly...
did the leggings and over-sized shirts A LOT!
wanna talk physical mishaps due to clothing...
I once broke the two outter bones and three toes on my left foot because my flip flop got caught on an un-even piece of side-walk and I tripped over my own feet trying to save myself from falling. In the end: I fell, broke stuff, and bled all over the side-walk... Everyone was freaking out and I was laughing (and crying at the same time) cuz I knew it must have looked ridiculous! -
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Mon, December 10, 2007 - 2:09 PMChrist, I'm having a flashback......pink leopard print stirrup pants...no NOOOOO! With pom-pomed legwarmers! Where's my therapist's number? -
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Mon, December 10, 2007 - 2:21 PMI used to fall off my platforms all the time when I was wearing micro minis (ive just dated myself).
What a sight! -
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Mon, December 10, 2007 - 3:37 PMoh dear lord the flashbacks im having! Jams.. obi man im glad i wasn't drinking just now!
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Fri, December 14, 2007 - 1:38 PMI've had many many so many I can't remember but these stories have cued me to a couple like:
Having been a married recluse returning to the club/dance scene I wore a black skirt from the 50s covered with the Acaupolco Bay hand painted in metallic colors, with white wrestler tie up boots so I could really grip the floor to dance topped by a black sleevless t-shirt bought that day to the Clash/English Beat concert. The t-shirt was so environmentally pc that it was hand vegetable died & my sweat Undied it only around my tits where it pressed tightly so I had these two round gray spots
Wwwayyy back in the 60s I made all my clothes & lived in OC where anything I made was weird to others. A bunch of us go up to Hollywood for the 1st time to hang out on the "strip" & I am wearing a red, blue broad horizontally striped with tiny white stripes breaking it up double breasted wide collar jacket over matching super wide bell bottoms that the waist was real low. Well I didn't have time to put a zipper in them so I just tucked the front in like a V which pointed to the pubis. We're walking along Sunset all twittering at all the Weird Hippies passing us when we see someone that we decide is the eirdest of all! As the guy walks by with his friend he stops, looks at me, & says "That outfit Is Really Weird!" -
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Fri, December 14, 2007 - 1:40 PMOh yeah I tripped at the Shrine auditorium on the carpeted stairs wearing my brand new lala Italian fine leather 5" heels & went down 2 levels >>>> I kept them in a box to remind me Not to wear heels anymore -
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Fri, December 14, 2007 - 1:49 PMOoohh ooh!
I was wearing that same black hand painted skirt but with a sweet Sonia Rykiel fine knit T sweater (learned some lesson) & new Robert Clergie mens styled slippers in Paris to go to dinner at supposedly THE! restaurant that all the posh people that play in & attend the symphony go to (don't remember the name)
& we were in the front room which is I guess more musicians but had to go through the back dining room where the really posh supporter dine to go to the bathroom. This Posh room is lined with wall mirrors I guess to look large & so everyone can see everyone. Well I come out of the 'ladies room' trying to put on my best hauteur walk & as I pass out through the door I sneak a back glance to see via the mirrors that MY Skirt Had Stuck in my underpants & all was bared to the diners!!! Multiplied over & over by the mirrors. Very embarassing.
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Tue, March 18, 2008 - 12:04 AMOh, no....I think I did all that, and more...the HORROR!!!
*hangs head and slinks away*
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Tue, December 11, 2007 - 12:44 PMOnce, at a high school speech meet, I was wearing the usual fare of brightly colored tights, 80's lady business skirt, and a green velvet blazer. I went to the bathroom and came out again. As I walked down the hall past several of my peers, probably smiling at cute boys, I started feeling a little breezy (it WAS Bozeman, MT in like, January). At that point I realized I had tucked the back of my skirt into my tights (a TOTALLY HOT look) and had just walked past a bunch of people. Since I didn't want to walk BACK past the people, I just yanked the skirt out of my tights and kept on going.
hammer pantz
2 pairs of differently colored socks
a bizarre phase involving large turtlenecks, boxer shorts and leggings
