Slap Bracelets of the Future!

[Alex]

The wikipedia page says they were early 1990s. I was in college by 1992 and certainly nobody in my college crowd were wearing them.

This old Boston Globe article suggests they were a crazy by 1990 but they're quoting a 9-year-old so maybe it was a bit too young for us in high school (but I don't remember my younger sisters having them either). Another site says it caught on with the rave scene which I wasn't a part of at all.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Alex

The wikipedia page says they were early 1990s. I was in college by 1992 and certainly nobody in my college crowd were wearing them.

This old Boston Globe article suggests they were a crazy by 1990 but they're quoting a 9-year-old so maybe it was a bit too young for us in high school (but I don't remember my younger sisters having them either). Another site says it caught on with the rave scene which I wasn't a part of at all.

Early 90s? Hardly. Mid 80s, maybe late 80s. I remember them from elementary school, which would put you in Jr. High, early high school at the oldest.

But perhaps SoCal lead the way on that one.

[Alex]

Quite possible. Or I've just completely blanked them out. Though I did go to a very poor elementary school where the current trends in young fashion were not quickly seen (I had second hand moon boots and white jeans years after they were at all trendy).

[Moonliner]

Am I the only one that thinks cheap flexible E-Paper is going to be one of the worst frigging inventions of all times?

[SacTown Chronic]

Am I the only one who used to take these things and slap them around my....eh, never mind.

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by Alex

Quite possible. Or I've just completely blanked them out. Though I did go to a very poor elementary school where the current trends in young fashion were not quickly seen (I had second hand moon boots and white jeans years after they were at all trendy).

They are also currently commonly found as swag as conventions.
Comic con 2007 sported at least four exhibitors giving out slap bracelets to kids.

And come to think of it, I got one from Hot Dog on a Stick recently.

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

But perhaps SoCal lead the way on that one.

I grew up in Michigan and we were all way into slap bracelets. Though, my elementary/Jr High/High School experiences were always riddled with me coming home from summer vacation wearing clothes and doing things that the other kids would soon be doing... not because I was a fashion leader or cool in any sort of way. I just saw it before they did.