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  • Posts: 465 Member
    Hot Pants, crocheted hats and jerkins, hang ten tee shirts, tucking shirts in, jeans that didn't stretch (oh for the good old days)
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    Graduated 2006.

    Omg, almost forgot about that! I didn't own one of those bags, but I admittedly did own the same gauchos everyone had from Target. Quite possibly the most unflattering clothing item ever.
  • Posts: 7,045 Member

    Hey, at least people could see where they were going with that hair.

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    :laugh:
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    Omg, almost forgot about that! I didn't own one of those bags, but I admittedly did own the same gauchos everyone had from Target. Quite possibly the most unflattering clothing item ever.

    Gauchos were big in the 70s too :happy:
  • Posts: 465 Member
    Oh, and remember wolf whistles?
  • Posts: 535 Member
    I graduated in 2002. I remember a HUGE trend was heavy blonde highlites with a layer of dark underneath. We wore a lot of low rise jeans and "brand names". I also had an obsession with the tanning bed.
  • Posts: 1,833 Member
    High school... Hmmm. Flare leg jeans for girls. Baggy jeans for boys.Tshirts. Tank tops. Anything with a cheesy trendy logo. I went to a high school in a small town so that would include anything from a generic mall and nothing to consider really fashionable/beautiful. Skin tight short stuff for the ladies (which I did not partake in) and baggy stuff for the boys, where you couldn't tell if their shorts were actual shorts, or flood length pants. Flip flops, adidas.

    Girls hair would always be straightened...curls were so out :-P

    I graduated in 2004, so I'm sure they're still wearing the same things in that town.

    I was gonna write pretty much this exact post, right down to the graduation year and small town. But don't forget that while the boys' pants bagged below their cracks, the girls' jeans showed theirs off too! (I was actually a fan of low-rise jeans, b/c I am short in the body, longer in the legs, so I could wear jeans that fit, instead of jeans that came halfway up my rib cage!)

    And then towards the end of high school, punk started becoming "trendy" which just pissed off all of us who already dressed that way... :grumble:
  • Posts: 652 Member
    Don't know if this was just an english thing, but does anyone remember kickers shoes? Extremely ugly black lace ups, with white laces? I remember my mum saying how ugly they were, but I swore I loved them, not just because they were the fashion!
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    But don't forget that while the boys' pants bagged below their cracks, the girls' jeans showed theirs off too!

    I just had a revelation: around the time when this generation went to college is when the lower back tattoo for girls, or "tramp stamp," REALLY boomed! I guess we wanted to show off even more right above our low-rise jeans! :laugh:

    And yes, I have one too :tongue:
  • Posts: 461 Member
    I'm currently watching 10 Things I Hate About You, and that... ALL that...
  • Posts: 7,045 Member
    Don't know if this was just an english thing, but does anyone remember kickers shoes? Extremely ugly black lace ups, with white laces? I remember my mum saying how ugly they were, but I swore I loved them, not just because they were the fashion!

    Not sure.
    Can you find and post a pic?
  • Posts: 7,045 Member
    Oh, and remember wolf whistles?

    Not sure about that either.
    Picture?
  • Posts: 724 Member

    Omg, almost forgot about that! I didn't own one of those bags, but I admittedly did own the same gauchos everyone had from Target. Quite possibly the most unflattering clothing item ever.

    Unflattering? Maybe, but damn comfortable. These need to come back!
  • Posts: 49,350 Member
    Wife beater, shoulder pouch, baggy pants and leather jacket.

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    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • Posts: 652 Member

    Not sure.
    Can you find and post a pic?

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    Best I can do I'm afraid. Now I've seen a picture I do remember they were super comfy!
  • Posts: 843 Member
    Acid wash!
    Code Bleu - fringed denim
    keds
    pegged jeans
    giant hair
  • Posts: 7,045 Member
    Wife beater, shoulder pouch, baggy pants and leather jacket.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    Haven't heard that one for awhile :happy:
  • Posts: 469 Member
    Graduated in '85. I had one of these in every color. I had a ribbon belt that matched, along with matching socks.

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  • Posts: 7,045 Member
    Graduated in '85. I had one of these in every color. I had a ribbon belt that matched, along with matching socks.

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    I had these in uniform colors (red, white, blue) and a striped pink one to match my jellies :happy:
  • Posts: 469 Member
    I had these in uniform colors (red, white, blue) and a striped pink one to match my jellies :happy:

    I wore white Ked's.
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