CONFESS!!!!!! What clothing fad did you own?

[LynneSin]

Was it a Members Only jacket? Or maybe parachute pants. How about 70's polyester shirts? Maybe you have that article of clothing still hidden in the back of your closet.

Me - I loved those baggie pants aka MC Hammer style. I had 3 pairs of them and I loved wearing em. Hideous stuff if you ask me.

EDIT NOTE: Typo for the really obscene item listed

[Blueshift]

1. I wore Zubas in the early '90s.

But I'll never confess it to anyone else.

[Rick Myers]

24. I STILL have a pair of Zubas!!!

I wear 'em around the house... Purple and black...

I've also still got a green/blue WilliWear jacket from the mid-80s!!!

Oh God, now I'm embarassed!!!

[Exgeneral]

54. I must have missed that name

I just looked it up -- we called those muscleman pants because that's who wore them all the time. Someone brought me a Batik pair from Thailand that was very comfy.

And Oh yeah, baby I had a members only jacket.

And Earth shoes.

[trotsky]

2. Do knock-offs count?

We never could afford the name brand stuff, but I wore the hell out of a rip-off Members Only jacket. They were kick-ass.

[XNASA]

3. There is no way I'd ever wear ..............

A polyester shi(r)t.

I did have a couple of pairs of parachute pants though.

[LynneSin]

11. whoops thanks - I cleaned it up

ACK!!!

[HERVEPA]

4. Nehru Jacket

[htuttle]

19. Hell, I had a whole Nehru suit...

Of course, given that I was about 8 years old, I had little choice in the matter.

Somewhere out there, probably sticking to the bottom of a stack of old newspapers, is a picture of me wearing it. One day I will find it, destroy it, and the whole ugly episode will finally be closed for good.

Now, the skinny red leather tie in the 80's? That was my own fault...

[Gman]

37. Nehru jacket too. And, I don't really like to talk about it but...

I had a couple of leisure suits too.

...I don't want to talk about it...

[Norbert]

61. I feel lucky, I just had thr Nehru shirt

I swear they were in style a shorter amount of time than Brittneys last marriage.

My next venture was PINK elephant bells. What was I thinking?:shrug:

[arcane1]

5. "coming of age" in the 80's...

I had it all. Members Only jackets in several colors, same with parachute pants

then there are the bandanas, the tiger stripes, the $%#&% buttons..

the spandex :scared:

[SheepyMcSheepster]

14. members only rule!

yes a members only man here as well. my grandmother even got me one for christmas last year.

i also confess to wearing generic "jams" and thinking that they were cool. oh the eighties.

i had a coca cola shirt as well.

and i also used hairspray to give my bangs the perfect combed to the side stick out just a bit visor look.

[arcane1]

17. they were among the more saner-looking clothes at the time..

I dug the collars, though the damned elastic sleeves annoyed me...

of sourse, it was the 80's, so jackets were usually the only thing that had sleeves at all :)

[Lars39]

6. Toe socks, the first time around.

:)

[elfwitch]

7. Oh man... there are so many

Let's see...
Jellies Shoes
Member's Only jacket
One big earring one small
ripped jeans
the color change t-shirt (you touhced it and the color changed)
Coca-Cola shirts
the fold up sunglasses
Vans (knock offs only couldn't afford the real ones)
Doc Martins (also knock offs)

That's all I can think of right now. I am sure there are more.

[m-jean03]

100. Hypercolor shirts!!

Yeah. those ROCKED. My brother brought me one back from the big city, and I was the coolest kid in class for a few months, until the local Penney's started having them.

[BlueEyedSon]

8. Nehru Jacket

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

48. I still own some and they still look fashionable

I LIKE em ;-)

[Roaming]

9. For a while in the '80s there was this "prairie style" clothing

With fat-sleeved poets' shirts, etc. I confess I had a Laura Ingalls outfit :-)

[DS1]

10. acid washed jeans

white denim jacket with sleeves cut off over black biker jacket
reebok high-tops, barely laced
Megadeth T-Shirt

Yes, I was a child of the 80's.

[CO Liberal]

12. Men's Shoes With 2-Inch Heels

Two pair of saddle shoed - red and blue and brown and white. They were stylish in 1974. I used to wear them with plaid pants.

[donco6]

51. Gawd! Me too.

They went well with my rust leisure suit with rayon shirt.

[shanti]

77. i remember the saddle shoe fad in the 70's

remember the brown suede ones?

[Bertha Venation]

13. bell bottom jeans & hang ten t-shirts

still wish I had the t-shirts, even though I wouldn't be able to fit my arm in one (I was a kid).

[RT Atlanta]

15. Parachute Pants and Members Only Jacket

Hot damn... I rocked in the '80s! :)

[LynneSin]

16. The polyester comment has been fixed

:eyes:

[xxqqqzme]

18. way, way back

I owned a pair of 3-inch block heeled, green vinyl knee-hi boots - they were called 'go-go' boots as in 'Whiskey-a-go-go'. I actually wore them to go-gos and danced in them.

I was young and stupid!

[SW FL Dem]

23. I had white lace up vinyl go go boots

with a 3 inch heels around 1970. Man those things were hot and they hurt.

[Sandpiper]

20. My fad clothes

parachute pants, fake leather pants, several pairs of flowered jams shorts, and several hawaiian shirts that went with them.

[LynneSin]

21. I forgot about the Jams

I had like a dozen pair of them - I loved those shorts!!!

[DS1]

25. I took a pair to England once

The entire town laughed on sight, they said I was wearing my Nana's curtains :7

edit: Jams, that is

[VelmaD]

22. I confess...I wore parachute pants...

really really tight parachute pants. :evilgrin:

[Chicago Democrat]

26. Lime Green Leisure Suit? Purple jacket. Velvet Tuxedo with

a frilly shirt.

Tan zip up half boots.

Hawaiian Shirts from the 50s to 70s

Yay!

[KissMyAsscroft]

27. HyperColor Shirt

Cross Coulour Jacket, LA Gear shoes, Reebok Pumps,...I had a mullet once....thats about it right now...

[sweettater]

28. Poodle skirt

0ops, told my age. ;-)

[RebelOne]

86. Yep, you gave it away.

I remember poodle skirts, too.

[kskiska]

97. Do you remember the chemise, or "sack dress"?

Flash in the pan from the same era. I wanted one badly.

Does anyone remember those Flagg Bros. Snap Jack shoes for guys? Girls wore T-straps. I had black penny loafers with taps (to keep the heels from wearing down – yeah, sure) and dimes in them.

I know a guy who had a baby blue Zoot Suit.

[hackwriter]

29. Oy....

- suede vest with fringe (60's)
- bell-bottom hip-huggers embroidered by me (60's)
- granny glasses (60's)
- large costume rings (70's)
- hotpants (70's)
- Candie's shoes (80's)
- Danskin skirt (80's)

[dryan]

30. Fad clothing

I won the Florida Watermelon Queen pagent wearing a beautiful brown hots pants outfit and white boots. Don't ask me what year it was!! (Hey I was a poor college student and Ineeded the $$$)

[shawmut]

31. Skidz

not just the big pants but the entire suit!

[KG]

32. Frye boots and tight Levi bell bottoms in the 70's

dam i looked good in 'em too!

[fudge stripe cookays]

89. My brother enjoyed that look.

It went well with his jacked-up Barracuda and the early Genesis and ELO 8-tracks blasting from within.

[Insider]

33. Annie Hall

very easy at second-hand stores on a high school budget.

[Caution]

34. Z-Cavaricci (sp?) and Members Only jacket

At one point or another i had Ray-Ban aviator sunglasses (hello Top Gun), Ocean Pacific (OP) shorts, and worst of all I once owned a Def Leppard T-shirt.

[camero]

35. Parachute pants

But I had to wear a long shirt with them.

[NewHampster]

36. I must be really old

I still have my


Leisure Suit - Tan
Shark Skin Bell Bottoms

Tie Die Shirts - Home made in my moms washer circa 1968

Earth Shoes - Toe higher than heel, yuch

[Kadie]

38. Dittos

A real necessity when I was in school.

[SoCalDem]

39. White leather hiphugger bell bottoms

and a matching vest.. The pants had a target on the "er..bottom"..

go-go boots, mini skirts..grannie dresses.. Just about EVERY fad from 1964 to about 1973 (kids have a way opf making a Mom less faddish )

My college roommate and I used to wear our KU Logo tee shirts as dresses.. Minis were VERY mini in 1968..:evilgrin:

[NewHampster]

40. I Remember well and still dream of those days

It was totally unfair to us innocent guys.

:evilgrin:

[SoCalDem]

42. The guys we knew didn't mind a bit

:)..

jeans were "against the rules" but tee shirts were ok, so we kind of did it as a prank.. The teacher asked us where our pants were:)

[tishaLA]

41. A couple years ago I bought

Ugg boots and more recently I bought 2 Juicy sweatsuits! They were really popular, but there is no real excuse. At least it isn't as bad as when I got thos "chunky" highlights done about 5 years ago. Thank god they have gone the way of ultrasuede!

[hyphenate]

43. Well

There were the Earth Shoes--the original ones from the late 60s and 70s. They were the kind where the heel was lower than the front. Supposedly they were "good for your back."

Then there were the hiphuggers, of which I had about two pair. Then there were the bellbottoms, of which almost all my pants qualified, and then there were those two-toned saddle shoes, and those really thin little "ballet shoes" that came in the mid 80s that really did a number on your feet.

I owned a couple of polyester pantsuits as well. I never owned platform shoes, though; I fell on my ankles without any kind of a heel, so I would likely have killed myself on platform shoes.

[SoCalDem]

44. ahhh... capezios

They were VERY hot :)..like going barefott, except they did hurt your feet

[shanti]

78. what was the name

of those hip huggers with the butt seaming to make you look like you had a butt when you didn't? those were big!

[Mountainman]

45. I was a greaser in high school way back in the 60's

I had some purple pants with a buckle on the back. Some high heeled greaser boots with metal taps on them. Has a duck butt haircut.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

46. What didn't I wear?

Poor boy sweaters
choker necklaces
wearing lots of eyeshadow and mascara with pale lipstick
pants and tunic sets
Hip hugger bellbottoms, including a pair in striped mattress ticking cloth
Polyester bodysuit held in place with a snap
Loudly patterned polyester blouse
Platform sandals
Crushed vinyl raincoat with matching hat
Dr. Scholl's sandals
prairie skirt
acid washed jeans
aviator glasses
big hair (I need a strong perm to achieve that look!)
jackets with shoulder pads
drop-waist dress

Fortunately, most of these looks were never captured on film!

[Kat45]

47. I'm embarrassed to say, I had some for every decade:

In the '60s, from age 10 through junior high:
nehru jacket
micro-miniskirts
go go boots
white lipstick, nail polish, and eye shadow
hip hugger bell bottoms (esp. jeans)
granny glasses
peace symbol around neck
"Work for Peace" button with dove

Moving into the '70s, high school and college:
love beads
platform shoes
work shirts
army shirt
danskin leotards and skirts
more bell bottoms (esp. jeans)
hot pants
tube tops
halter tops

The '80s (and the beginning of the '90s) , my "rock scene" days:
everything black
leather miniskirt
black leather jackets
studded black leather jacket
Harley Davidson black leather jacket
tight jeans
bustiers
spandex (pants and skirt, black of course)
leopard print
big hair

The late '90s:
didn't bother any more :-)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

49. wallace beery shirts and desert boots

[MrSlayer]

50. I hate fashion and trends but I remember mocking my friends....

for owning the official "Beat It" jacket, Member's Only crap, two tone jeans and parachute pants.

[Canuckistanian]

52. I had.....

2 3/4" high heeled shoes AND a synthetic leisure suit (in corduroy).
Don't tell me I know nuthin' 'bout fashion, I the fashion MASTER, uh-huh!
:smoke:

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

53. Kennington shirts....plaid...the "Gatsby Look":, Izod,.

Probably the most faddish where those "Kennington" shirts..with the micky mouse characters on them...and all the wierd fabrics and designs.

The 70s where my clothing fad era.

Now ive settled into this comfortable chino/tattersall/buttondown country preppy look.

[justgamma]

55. I wore

a Dr Kildare shirt and had a paper outfit. Anyone from the sixties remember disposible clothes?

[Sacajawea]

56. I was going to call it a "Ben Casey" shirt...you beat me to it!

It was from around 1963 or so. Don't remember disposable stuff, though.

[Kat45]

58. Yes, I remember paper clothes.

I wanted a paper dress, but my mother wouldn't get me one. But I think I had a paper hat in one of those sixties prints. What kind of paper outfit did you have?

[SoCalDem]

64. History of the paper dress

http://www.mph-nyc.com/page11.html

[justgamma]

74. It was

just a shift dress with a tie-dye look. There was a whole store with just paper clothes in it in Chicago. Went there on a class trip.

[ulysses]

57. parachute pants.

Lord have mercy...

[mdmc]

59. Cold bus seats...LOL...awful, awful times

:kick:

[camero]

60. I didn't mind that

It's just when you "show" a little too much. :silly:

[LanternWaste]

62. Member's Only and Izod (collars up)

I wore pastel colored Izod shirts (with the collar pulled up) over a black Members Only jacket with acid-washed, boot-cut Wranglers and canvas Nikes. (Hiar parted down the middle and feathered on both sides, too...hehe)

'84 was a pretty good year to graduate :)

[fudge stripe cookays]

68. So you're looking forward to your 20th this year too, eh?

[Blue-Jay]

63. I had a white Don Johnson jacket. (Miami Vice)

My mom bought it for me when I was in college. To my credit, I never wore the hot pink t-shirt that she also bought.

I also had a Van Halen baseball jersey that I was quite fond of.

[Crowdance]

65. Earth shoes

The heel was lower than the tarsal/metatarsal bed. You walked with your calf muscles stretched at all times. It hurt. but this was, supposedly, the way we walked in the dirt, before we had shoes. What a moron I was.

[oxymoron]

66. I had an all black pair of these.

[oxymoron]

73. and a pair of these

[nini]

67. Jordache and Sergio Valente jeans

stylin..

[VOX]

69. Mid-80s: Olive drab cargo pants, white socks and black kung-fu shoes...

Also wore Chuck Taylors a lot, but they sort of defy time.

[fudge stripe cookays]

88. If you've got size 9 feet, Chucks also defy common sense!

I had a pair of yellow ones, but when I wore them I looked like a complete dork. I kept tripping over my own feet!

Women with large feet, beware the CT trend!

[NashVegas]

70. Candies (slut shoes)

Bell Bottoms; Tube Tops; Members' Only jacket; hiking boots (for daily wear); velour sweaters.

I grew out of it.

[shanti]

79. hahahaha!

candies were slut shoes, yes! i had some too but they hurt like hell so i stopped wearing them.

anyone into the cowboy fad (late 70's)?

[BEZARK]

71. Alpenflage

Just try to find me in the Alps.

[freeforall]

72. Mini skirts in the 70's

and bell-bottom jeans.

My mother never bought me a pair of go-go boots in the 60's though. Waaah! (I still don't forgive her for that, LOL.)

[RebelOne]

87. Oh yes, mini-skirts.

Mine were so short that I didn't dare bend down.

[johnnie]

93. Bells...

And big bells...I still laugh when I think about how they would freeze up in the winter.
Oh yeah...and Earth shoes

[Rabrrrrrr]

75. Yes, Rabrrrrrr wore parachute pants in high school and college

though he only ever owned one pair, and when they died, they died. Rabrrrrrr also owned a few pair of jams, which are still being worn by his mate (I had some cool ones with an Egyptian motif, which I bought because I was really into Akhnaten for a while). Other than that, though, Rabrrrrrr has never ridden a clothing fad, and has no desire ever to do so again.

Thank God.

Oh, I also had a couple of Johnson Wax t-shirts, but those weren't really faddy so much as hilarious.

Rabrrrrrr has absolutely never worn his collar turned up, nor worn an alligator shirt, nor deck shoes, nor has he ever, ever, ever worn a sweater with the arms tied around his neck like some inbred upscale ignorant yuppie filth with delusions of competency as a human being.

I've never worn Old Navy, Members Only, GAP, or Banana Republic crap either.

[shanti]

76. from a child of the 60's

"elephant" pants, platform sandals, hang ten tees, tent dresses, babydoll dresses, fishnets, white lipstick, earth shoes, to name a few.

[Kenneth ken]

80. platform shoes

I was already 6 ft 1 in in bare feet - I think those might have cured me of blindly following fashion; so they at least had one (possible) redeeming value. :)

[tigereye]

81. platform sandals

I cried when they broke

elephant bell bottoms, the ones that dragged on the ground ( they were wonderful, they got wet when it rained)

buffalo sandals from India

then the punk years: Army pants, white shirt and men's black jacket ala Patti Smith on the cover of Horses

lots of men's jackets from the thrift store

tai chi shoes

real leather pants

spandex (Joan Jett homage)

[Kenneth ken]

84. ooh elephant bells

I loved those too. I could go everywhere barefoot and no one could tell - at least most times. I did get kicked out of a few places for no shoes.

[dawn]

82. I had a few cheesy items in the 80s

Acid washed jeans, day-glo flourescent shirts and socks, fingerless gloves.

And...this is really embarrassing...in 6th grade, I had a Michael Jackson "glove" earring. Yes, just one.

[Redleg]

83. Member's Only jacket.

I had one back in 1983 when I was just starting college. My mother-in-law bought me one for my birthday in 1992 or something like that. I never wear it. It isn't bad looking but it is kind of passe. I know at my age I shouldn't be so concerned about what other people will think of me.

[bobthedrummer]

85. I was one of the few Milwaukee musicians that wore Mod stuff circa 1965

You had to know how to fight to wear it!
Paisley, polka-dots, Beatle Boots, bell-bottoms with flares, op-art, pinstripes, pea coats, CPO jackets, beads, umbrellas and TIES!

[fudge stripe cookays]

90. Twist-a-bead necklaces in tons of colors,

Jelly shoes in several colors, bright miniskirts with big shirts and hip belts (remember those, ladies?).

I was REALLY mod (chortle). When I cut off my long hair for a frosted short 'do, I left a little tail (like Aimee Mann from til Tuesday). I left the rest of my hair brown, but died the tail blonde and braided it.

I wore it with big black Goodwill jackets, black miniskirt, British flag button on my lapel, and fake Docs (couldn't afford the real ones) or black Reebok hightops.

[cmd]

91. BIG shoulder pads

That has to be the worst idea ever.

[GOPisEvil]

92. I confess!!!! I owned a Members Only jacket!

[LynneSin]

95. ewwww....just cancel your flight now

To think we wanted to be seen in public with you!

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[GOPisEvil]

99. LOL! It's not like I still wear it!

:P

[kmla]

94. Cripes. Where do I start...

Izod shirts - collars up of course.
Ray-bans. (Wayfarers, of course).
Earth shoes.
Leisure Suits.
Acid wash jeans woth a black paisley print screened over them.
Baggy paints with the tapered ankles. With suspenders.
Sperry Topsiders.
Bass Weejuns.
Elephant leg bell bottom jeans with raised square seams (kinda pathchwork-ish)
Silky rayon-polyester shirts.
Chuck Taylor high tops.
Sneakers with the Velcro "idiot laces".
Painters pants.
Beatle boots (in the 80's, though)

Never did own a Members Only jacket, or parachute pants. Those would have looked stupid on me.:eyes:

[LynneSin]

96. I got one - Bright baby blue eyeshadow

It was the first makeup my mother bought me and it was ugly has hell!

[Kat45]

104. Oh yeah, I forgot about the blue eyeshadow!

It went with the white lipstick and nail polish. And of course the eyeliner and mascara. That was the "look" when I was in junior high. LOL And the Yardley cologne because everything British was so cool in the days of the British Invasion.

[arwalden]

98. Parachute Pants, Member's Only, "Miami Vice" Blazers

Platform shoes, polyester/acetone shirts, ONJ "Let's Get Physical" headbands, puka shell choker

NONE of which I still own... except I think that MAYBE the puka shell choker might be hidden around somewhere in a memory-box.

[CBHagman]

101. The hot pants/skirt combination.

Am I the only person at DU who remembers that?

I also wore bell bottoms and culottes, though not at the same time. :-)

On edit: I also had one of those caps (sort of a newsboy style) that was part of the Mod look. It was purple and had been sewn by one of my friends in middle school/high school (Yes, really).

[slackmaster]

102. I'll cop to tie-dyed T-shirts; later on paisley neckties

Usually I reject all fashion trends as tools of corporate oppression.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

103. Jelly shoes!

and light up sneakers.

I <3 the 80s/90s...