You know you wore it!
 

GD's complaints about his tight jeans in an old photo brought to mind the whole slew of fashion trends we've all gone through. So fess up! What embarrassing fashion did you sport back in the day?

I had stirrup pants. Not just one pair either.

Stir-Up pants with big t-shirts over them
Spandex pants with big t-shirts over them
Bicycle shorts with big t-shirts over them (anyone else see a trend?)
Hypercolor
Big Hair
Scrunchies
Tight skinny jeans

how about the fact that I got married in a borrowed polyester Angels Flight suit?

I'll see all the above, and I raise you banana clips, Gitano jeans, jelly shoes, slap bracelets and those little t-shirt rings... You know, so you could tighten it up without having to make a knot...

Other than second clothing my mom bought for me when I was really young I don't think I've ever worn clothes I'd consider horribly laughable today.

I've always been a jeans and t-shirt type guy.

Other people might have thought the clothes I was wearing embarrassing but not me.

Not sure about the clothes (I went from preppy to wannabe semi-goth in High School) but I definitely had that stupid hairdo where it was long on top and short around the sides that was so popular in the early-mid-90s.

Not a mullet (which is short on top and long only at the back), but still.. I could put it into a little pony tail in the back and man that looked dumb with short sides.

All all those to my list.

Le Bag?

Business up front, party in the back! WOOO!

Growing up in Michigan provided me the opportunity to see a wide variety of the mullet species.

Leather Pants


Blue Hair


Tidy Whities

wow...its like early warren zevon

I like the Leather Pants and Anarchy t-shirt picture. It seems as though there's a beer in the right hand and a big stick in the left, as though our hero is about to lay the beat down on The Man.

I always thought it was "tighty whities"

But a search of the Urban Dictionary lead me to this ... interesting... definition

Well, you've seen my fave outfit for years and years in that other thread - flannel, men's jeans, hiking boots. Hell, I miss it, and could regress at any time! I'm soooo glad I got rid of the glasses though - yeech.

Hey! Were you living in out of closet??

That would explain the disappearing clothes...

Flannel


Blond Hair w/dark Roots 9 (& Big Glasses)


Biker Jacket


Skinny Ties


Panchos


White Gloves


Underoos

O.M.G.

Oh my...

I think E needs to break those down a bit between what's an obvious costume and what he wore in all, for want of a better word, seriousness.

As for me, I don't think I bought into any horrible fashion trends as an adult. As a child of the '70s, however, in terms of fabrics, colors and patterns, I generally went around looking like a professional bowler. For some reason, hot pants were in style for little boys and, in lieu of a tie, I had at least one class portrait taken wearing a Charles Nelson Reilly neckerchief.

Hair is arguably another matter. Until about my sophomore year of college, I had hair that was a cross between Greg Brady and Bernie in Room 222.

[€]Isn't every outfit anyone ever wears a costume?[/€]

And isn't everything anyone says and does really just part of a character they're playing?

Heh...

Spandex:


Riding Boots:


Brushed Cotton


Camo-bandanas


Fur:


Ledderhosen

So, now I see why nothing was done to the house while i was gone today. ;)

Wierd Al Yankovich meets Freddy Mercury?

(You also wore speedos - but I'll save that picture for another time...)
:p

The man with pictures and a scanner is VERY dangerous.

I have enjoyed those photos sooo much! They are fabulous.

Ok - I can't believe I'm the only one with photos of the evolution of their fashion sense - let's see 'em.

Maybe you're the only one with a scanner :evil:

There is photographic evidence of the horror that is Cindy fashion somewhere...

I'm sorry Lisa, but this picture of you gives me the giggles....

Sorry, but I don't own a picture of myself older than 2003. (That's no lie or exaggeration.)

First of all, I'm FLY FISHING! WTF?

Secondly, what's with the white shoes?

Thirdly, apparently, this is more photographic evidence of my "inner lesbian".

I would like to point out - in honor of our recent camping expedition - from a photo from my first camping expedition - that bacon never goes out of fashion:

Stirrups (believe it or not my sister sent me a box of her maternity clothes and inside were gray, black, green and pink ones...shudder)

The flash dance top, with the built in tank and the off the shoulder sweatshirt thing

Neon clothes

Chris' Mom looks pretty good in this picture! ;)



I should wear socks over leggings with hiking boots more often! I think it's a good look for me, no?

Actually, I guess my main lame fashion accessory was cigarettes.

I still wear speedos--but only when I'm knifing through the water during lap swim.

Hey! That's my natural hair color!

Hmmm.... Hang on. I'll have to see what I have scanned.

Unfortunately (and fortunately, I suppose), few of my childhood pictures are in existence. Let me look through my scanned folder before I go back to another case study.

Well, two of me as a kid. I honestly don't have any of me sporting any major fad... it happened more as a kid when I had less say over my clothing.

Boudoir Carebears. This picture was taken at my aunt's house. The best part (to me) was, while she was making breakfast, I'd went into her bedroom and picked up the romance novel she was reading. She snapped this picture.



More generic dorkiness, puffy shorts. Oh yeah... I remember that this was the first time I'd seen Rollerblades. We were at the skate rental shack near where the Fun Zone was in Newport/Balboa Island. No, they didn't let me try out the Rollerblades. I think this is a less-than-happy look.



I may have one of my senior pictures downstairs...

Who's the hottie with you guys?

The only one I have readily available while still at work

Four of these people post here (or have posted at least once).

Oh, you want to see me in a close up do you?

The necklace is rubber snakes and was a gift from Lizziebeth. The sweatshirt is Early Gap, the shoes were amazing - maybe not so much with socks. The car - Nissan Pulsar.

^^ OMG Lisa and Chris I freeking LOVE you guys. <3 <3 <3

Oh my God, it's Mr Slave!

Fortunately, I only have recent pictures on my computer. All the old pictures of me are safely packed away in the garage... Except for this one (a cropped version of which was my avatar for awhile):



One should never wear a jumpsuit while smoking a corn cob pipe... Tres gauche.

I have that antique castor set that's sitting on the counter.

Oh my, well I'm sure I've got photos galore somewhere but just a quick persual of my closet and I see - anything ESPRIT, pink mini skirt with polka dots, izod shirt, Nike's with the red swoosh, Birkenstock Sandals, stirup pants, big ole sweaters, ACA Joe sweater (which I lost moving and I'm still sad about), Letterman jacket (in oh so fashionable Purple and Gold), Reebok high tops. Oh there's more, if I'm ever a size 5 again I can really embarass myself.

I have that Pink Floyd Wall poster in Euro's photo - except mine's in German.

I also have my 6ft James Dean poster and my Springsteen Born in the USA. And my all time favorite Corey Hart- sunglasses at night album poster my friend Chrishi talked some record store out of.

Oh and my red/black rayban wayfarers. I lost the tortise shell ones along the way and recently just "had" to buy the white ones.

Here's one. The sort of I have no idea what is was look. What you can't see are the fabulous yo-yo white shoes. And you also can't tell it's about oh say 4 inches too short.

I also had pioneer/Holly Hobbie type dresses complete with bonnet.

Oh my goodness, this may be one of my favorite little kid pictures ever!

Ahhhhh, how things have changed since the 60's.

Here's Chris' version - also a former avatar.

Omg- these pictures are frikken hilarious! I will have to learn how to use my damn scanner. I have some pretty good ones from my alt punk days, and I am proud to say I have absolutely NO disco era pics that I would be embarrassed to show now- I hated disco with a passion, so I went punker instead.

I think I do have some Hash Star and Saddleback jean pics around- since I was skinny, I'll post them as well.

Yeah back then you had to be 16 months to buy tobaco

I just found a couple scans of old pictures of me. But there is no way in hell I'm posting them! :eek:

I don't see why not?

Tori says she going to have nightmares about Chris in his underooos. But first, she has to stop laughing.:D

so he had a mustache at 9?

From all those years of smoking.

LA Gear flames.
Reebok Pumps
Vans with 3 pairs of slouch socks and my jeans tucked into them.

Slouch Socks!!!!!!!!!

LOL! If only he was 9 in that pic. Between this pic and the green velour turtleneck, I almost didn't date him.:D

OMG... I was a total LA Gear whore in jr. high. I had LA Gear EVERYTHING.

Aww - I liked the green velour - and it wasn't a turtleneck:

I've still got a couple pairs of E.G. Smith fall-down socks. Y'know, just in case.

Who's the stone fox with the record on his head? And why is Chris brandishing a hunting knife?

And why is Joan Jett on your couch?

And you don't want to see why not!

Seriously, I love this photo. I love all these photos. It seems that no matter what the pose, or what you were doing, you were absolute rock stars. I never, ever looked that cool, in any photo, ever ever.

I'm going to borrow an album next time I'm at my parents' house, but I promise, putting them next to your awesome shots will just make me look bad.

I only have pictures available of one outfit. Check the parachute pants and the loafers:



I'm sure I've got some grunge era teen pictures somewhere also, but I don't have time to look for those at the moment.

Forgot my Sperry Topsiders, which I still of course wear.

Acid Wash Jeans (the old term) And LA gear high Tops.

OMG... jeans that had zippers at the ankles... so you could get your feet through them!

Two-color scrunch socks - so you could pretend you were wearing two pairs!

OP shirts, cords, and Wallabies... This was my standard outfit in high school.

(Oh God... I still wear cords and Wallabies! I'm such a geek!)

Dittos, I completely forgot about Dittos jeans.

And then there was some other brand with no seams on the ousides of the legs but I can't for the life of me rember what they were called.

Guess jeans with the triangle on the butt and the zippers on the ankles.

I was the sh*t riding my bike in my guess jeans tucked into my 3 pairs of scrunchie socks that matched my LA Gear Flames. And my spiral permed hair in a side ponytail with matching scrunchie.

Daymn I was hot.

:p

This picture is so dated, but not because of my outfit. (And, of course, I'm on the phone.)




I've always loved hats.



There are TONS of pictures of me in the woods wearing flannel. TONS!

A rotary dial phone and turntable? My god woman, how old are you?!

Actually, since that is the April 25, 1985, issue of Rolling Stone against the bookshelf that probably dates the picture pretty accurately.

Oooh, is that a Hi-Fi?

I'm also curious what the daily calendar is on the top shelf. It looks like a comic strip.

I'd like to think it is Garfield.

omg NA! what a hottie!

the groups I hung with from about Jr HS on didnt do 'fashion'. 90% of what I wore on a given day was recycled mil surplus (basically, whatever leftovers my dad found as forgottens or throw aways in the barracks he painted)

yes....I invented the grunge look. not one of my prouder moments. :rolleyes:

Dig that fancy bookshelf system!

This is a great picture of you!

My mom would never let me participate in any of the fads, so I wore a series of generic outfits growing up. Probably could wear similar items today without attracting much notice.

I did have a grunge phase, but I also lived in the Seattle area, so it was required. I miss those jeans - both knees blown out - and ripped the honest way, through wear, not through an attack of scissors. Those jeans, green high-top Converse, a TMBG t-shirt, black velour blazer that I bought at the thrift store, a necklace of wooden beads, and hand-beaded earrings. Probably my favorite outfit of all time.

Is it just me or.. is that Bach & Mozart on the top shelf (upper center-right of the photo w/ you on the phone)?

OMG, mod Lisa, LOL!

I loved my jelly shoes.

Remember when they had those handbags that looked like jellies only they were made of a harder plastic? And that was before Caboodles became the teen storage-unit-of-choice

It's probably Beethoven and Mozart pictured. You can also see the red spot on my head from the time we were sticking a suction baby toy on our heads and got obvious hickies. Don't play with baby toys while drunk. I'm not sure about the calendar. It probably had something to do with cats and it was probably a gift. I like the fact that The Hunger soundtrack was on the play list.

Levis 501 button flys.

oh hell yeah. STILL the only ones I'll buy.

HAHAHAHAHA, I'm so glad there's a photo of the aftermath of that event!




Yes, can we please stage a who-are-they-now? reunion of all NA & €uro photo buddy hotties!?

Alex, how in the H3LL do you notice such things!? I don't even see what you see!

The first hottie in the Bacon pic is Greg, former husband of Susan from Seattle (who is signed up on the board but hasn't posted due to some horrible life events). The second hottie with the album in his head is Peter, brother of Lizziebeth.

Thank you. Please provide current pics and stats.


That is all.

I saw the RS off to the side... Either Alex has that cover permanently etched into his memory banks, or he looked it up. It would be frightening if he knows RS cover dates off the top of his head, or had such a deep fascination with Richard Gere to have that kind of thing memorized.

Our lives are well documented - Before:


After:

I looked it up. Apparently Richard Gere has been on the cover of Rolling Stone twice. 1980 and 1985. eBay provides pictures of both covers without much work and it is definitely 1985.

At least I didn't mention that while the box of Trivial Pursuit dates from 1983 or later the Yahtzee is probably from the mid '70s or earlier.

Hello? 1982?

http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/g...photo/19/large

And I won't make the obvious joke.

I didn't even meet Chris until 1983. And, we didn't live together until February '84. I need to throw away my trash!

OMG! I remember that issue! There was a picture of Roger Daltry in a teeny tiny bikini bottom sunning himself. I thought it was odd.

Are you saying that the 1982 cover is the one in the photo, or just pointing out a cover I missed? The one in Lisa's picture is definitely the April 25, 1985 cover:

Cover you missed.

GC, you are an f-ing genius! But you forgot that a cigarette ad needs to show the models smoking. So I took the liberty. I hope you don't mind.... :evil:

Oh man.. .I don't have enough mojo to spread around.

Much better.
:D

I tried the cigarette thing and couldn't make it work. Nicely done.

Bacon-wrapped cigarettes?

Cool. Now Lisa's tokin' a doobie!

CP: I didn't even notice that before, but that IS bacon on the plate, isn't it? Hahaha

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