An even older person here! 1966-1970 - Bobbie Brooks cardigan sweaters with matching A-line skirts and knee socks.....similar outfits by John Meyer...Ladybug blouses with round "Peter Pan" collars in cute prints, with matching skirts....boys wore blue jeans rolled up at the ankle, with buttoned shirts...T shirts were strictly underwear...black horn-rimmed glasses. The rich girls were beginning to get contacts.

And VERY few kids had a car. Only the rich ones, or the poor ones who could work on it themselves.:p

Wow, sounds like some fashion trends vary wildly from region to region, because I've never heard of some of the things y'all from 93-97 are talking about (Duck Heads?).

Popular at my high school '92-'96 (mostly the later years because I can't remember the early):

- North Face ski jackets and vests
- Patagonia fleece pullovers
- Anything from the Gap - v-neck sweaters, jeans, khakis, etc.
- Footwear: K-Swiss, Doc Martin, Tretorns, Teva
- Lacrosse wear - it was a popular sport at my school, and we all (boys and girls teams) had matching pullover jackets and pants. But any tshirt with "LAX" or whatnot was common.
- Letterman jackets
- Jean and khaki shorts
- Birkenstocks year-round - with socks in cold weather
- Flannel pajama bottoms - these weren't worn to school, but everyone had them. We DID have a dance with a sleepwear theme one year.
- Camo pants - most people didn't wear them, but I do remember several guys that had them.
- Backpacks: Eddie Bauer, North Face, Jansport or one of the multi-colored Italian bags some kids have (wish I could find a photo of one)

My high school was just as trend-conscious as the next, but I guess up here in the Northwest the popular "style" was (and still is sometimes) outdoorsy-preppy.

Ksuviolet, knight_shadow and epchick definitely gave me some nostalgia as I went to HS from 98-02. Let me add a few, which may or may not be NY-specific:

-wearing loud-print pajama pants as regular pants (kind of like how people wear scrubs?) Old Navy was THE spot for these. I had some red ones with white and blue stars. Bonus points if worn with uptowns/air force ones, k-swiss, or saucony.

-chinese chopsticks (for the hair)

-plastic jewels for the face (in particular the middle of the forehead or corners of the eyes)

-winter coats like shearlings, bubble jackets (bear, north face) and the swishy ones too (north face makes them too but ones by columbia were a close second)

-air force ones in assorted colors (white on white are the official spring/summer sneaker-thats how you know it was on-stores didn't really sell white uptowns in the winter). Black on black were for the winter, but sometimes unnacceptable as they resembeled orthepedic shoes.

-coach belts with the coach tag (in assorted colors to match... Everything) colorful belts in general were the poo, you could buy them for 2 dollars on any street corner.

-the "reverse" denim look (the color of if you wore your jeans inside out). The black version of these were the win. Regular black jeans were no longer acceptable after this.

-black suede timbs

-flat twists were somewhat popular. My mother hated doing them cause she said "everyone wore them, do something different" (she was a hairdresser). Microbraids were in too.

-bandana/triangle tops

-headbands with bandana fabric attached (someone tell me they know what I'm talkin about)

-denim skorts. Need I say more?

-ankle-length skirts with splits on both sides

-i think k_s mentioned the matchy-matchy style: I was all over this. Old Navy actually had some street cred and made this easy-they always had cool socks to match shirts. I remember this pink striped long sleeved shirt that had matching socks. The trick was finding a way to make sure the socks were noticed.

-racing-car-style jackets (with huge obnoxious logos and brands like Tide, Frosted Flakes, etc on them). There were also these shitty leather jackets that had "extasy" written on them. Hated them.

-jansports with all those little zipper pull strings (the more you had, the cooler you were. You were not to buy them, you had to jack them from someone else's jansport. I always got got. I think the trick was to burn the edges with a lighter so unknotting them were harder. Actually, this was more a junior high thing, but I remember it in HS too)

-victoria secret's pear glace was one of THE scents to wear. It was the love spell of yesteryear-everyone wore it and you knew the smell instantly. Others included Cool Water, Perry Ellis 360, CK1, I wanna say Burberry, tommy girl. And remember Calgon body spray? Our locker room always smelled like this!

-ankle socks with the colored cotton ball on the back (though it was just as ok to not have the cotton ball)

-acrylic tips in french manicure style, but in the color of whatever your outfit was. White one day, lavender the next. It was always on.

I could go on and on. Damn those were good times.

I was in high school from 00-04, but many of the same styles were around:

I totally remember the polos...I had imitation ones from old navy!
Northfaces were not as huge in Florida, but track like jackets were.
The Old Navy flip flops were huge, and they still are!
I remember some wearing some ugly sweater tank tops..I don't know what I was thinking! lol!

Hypercolor! That's what they were called. I remember girls with one color on their butts and another on the rest of their clothes after sitting in class for an hour...classy! My sister's senior class t-shirt included a phrase in hypercolor, but the only problem is that it was mispelled!!

At my school, no would would be caught dead with a Jansport backpack...we all had Eastpak!

1996-2000:

Doc Martin's

Addidas

Phat laces for addidas was a trend that came later

phat jeans/pants made by kikwear and caffeen

knowing what "phat" really meant before it going all over the media

skinny neck ties

sauconys

fleeces for jackets, with the half zip in the front

button down shirts with only one or two buttons closed and the sleves half way rolled up

those hemp rope necklace things with various semi-precisous gems attached

boxer briefs became popular as the male version of the sports bra

layers! people would have four or five different shirts on at a time. All from the same store, otherwise it didn't match.

that's about all I can remember

oh my goodness i remember almost all of that except using prewrap to keep stray hairs in place.

-it was either sperry's, doc martins, birkenstocks, or wallabe's were the shoe of choice
-rainbow sandals were THE summer flip flop staple
-north face or columbia fleece jackets
-EVERYONE had an ll bean bookbag... the classic 2 pocket not the newer one that they sell as a college bookbag
-layering started to get popular again
-every girl either wore love spell or dream angels heavenly
-mismatching clothes but keeping within the same color started getting big my senior year
-ballet flats, skinny jeans, and button downs... oh my that was huge
-the hairstyle for all 4 years really was long, layered, and having side bangs (http://www.hrbangs.com/jessica-alba-side-bangs.jpg)


that's all i can remember really.

This was my timeframe too. Bolded were HUGE with us. I also remember:

- Layering different colored socks to match the outfit
- The side-ponytail
- Colored rubber bands on braces (more middle school)
- Cheerleading shoes with the different color discs to match your outfit
- Swatch watches. The more the better - especially wearing your boyfriend's
- Shoulder pads
- Pastel floral dresses. Preferably with shoulder pads.
- Blue eyeshadow
- Benetton
- JCrew barn jackets. (I miss mine now and would wear it still.)
- Poofy sleeved prom dresses. All my prom dresses had poofy sleeves.
- Anything teal.
- Add-a-beads and twist-a-beads (might have been more middle school too)

(Great thread! All the mid-90s stuff takes me back to college! Especially Umbros. I recently went through all my old pics, and I think I'm wearing Umbros in half of them.)

I remember these well! Almost forgot about the layered socks...do you remember that people would layer different colors but switch them up on each foot, ie. red over white sock on right foot and white over red sock on left foot!?

As for Umbros, I thought they were appropriate attire for any situation. Umbros and a letter shirt were my daily uniform!

1995-1999

I really don't remember too much what the fashion was. I feel like fashion in the late 90s wasn't all that distinctive...at least not the way it was in the 80s or even early 90s.

I do remember:

- Hemp necklaces
- Platform strappy shoes
- Dark, matte lipstick
- Plaid (during my first year of HS)
- Shirts with thick horizontal stripes...it seems that my friends and me are wearing this type of shirt in a ton of photos I have from HS
- Converse sneakers

I completely forgot about those! Those were really popular my freshman/sophomore year in college. I remember double knotting all of my strings because there was always a drunk fraternity guy at every social who loved to pull the string on the girls' tops......

I don't know what they were called but the girls at my high school loved wearing those tight ass black club pants to school. God bless whoever started that trend.

02-06

Nike Shox were blowing up. Every basketball team in the area had them, though by about my junior year our basketball team managed to throw that trend due to them being really uncomfortable, tearing up easily, and injury prone.

LiveStrong bands.

Pink was starting to come around for the straight guy.

Trucker Hats - utterly horrible.

Capri Pants for girls.

Shag hairstyles

No socks, or no show socks

guys started shaving their legs (not sure if this one didn't start earlier)

hoodies

Those are the ones I can really remember, I'm sure I'm leaving some things out.

?????

We're from the same years. I don't know any guys who shave their legs... :confused:

its quite possible an isolated southern thing? im not really sure, most guys i now started shaving their legs in high, and most guys i know still do

Iiiiiiiiiiiiinteresting...Well, you learn something new everyday!

Most of the guys that shaved their legs in my HS were athletes. Were other guys doing it too?

No Southern man I know shaves their legs. I would LAUGH at them if they did. I expect my Southern men to require less grooming than myself.

What a fun thread!

91-95

Big hair wasn't completely out yet.
Cowboy boot shoes (like regular cowboy boots but ankle-height)
Birkenstocks year-round (just add socks when it's cold)
Umbro shorts
Patagonia fleece pullovers
scrunchies
rugby shirts
Doc Martens
floral dresses
turtlenecks under oversized sweatshirts
lumberjack boots (but with thinner soles)
jeans tended to have high waists *shudder*

:)

YES.

Was perping in style back then too ktbug?

I'm from the deep south too and the only guys i ever remember shaving their legs were swimmers and sometimes the soccer players.. other than that no other guys i knew did that.

http://www.bodyconcept.com/family/crunk.jpg

Another favorite mod :D

Oh. Snap.

I'm feeling you on this. It's depressing. Ditto for the time when Jordache jeans showed up at Walmart....now I think they're trying to "upscale" them again but I don't know how successful it's been. My Jordaches had a metal plate on the back left pocket and I would always forget and scratch my hand when I put it in there.

I was in HS from 1992-1996:

Doc Martens/Skechers boots
Overalls
Turtlenecks
Adidas anything, I wore a hooded windbreaker with my Samba sneakers
Levis jeans, especially those bought already worn/torn
Floral dresses with shoulderpads
Umbro shorts and t-shirts
Brine shorts and t-shirts
Co-ed Naked shirts
Bodysuits, I owned a purple one with a mock-neck
Hypercolor t-shirt, which I wore with my Levis and Sambas
Crochet vests
Barrettes
Cardigans
Penny loafers, with a penny inside
Flannel button-down shirts, I always borrowed my Dad's

And...does anyone remember Starter jackets?!

OMG live-in has one of these (Charlotte Hornets, LOL) and he wears it when it's cold out and we take out the dog. It's a complete riot to see him in this purple and teal Starter jacket!

So can anyone else tell me what was happening in American high schools all of TWO YEARS ago? Because like, who can remember all that stuff, you know?

Benzgirl, we must have been in the same era and area because this would have been my list as well.

I would add some of the incoming new wave stuff like:

mini skirts in denim
pegged jeans -or so tight legged there were zippers up the legs
Fiorucci designer stuff
Guess Jeans
Van Eli flats in all colors
converse high tops (mine were purple)
and to go out at night - anything shiny or lacy (as Madonna-esque as we dared!!)

I obviously stand corrected, and considering that just about to anyone i went to high school played at least one sport, that's quite possible.

I wanted this to be more of a throwback thread where people who graduated c/o 1925-1995 (a noncoincidental cutoff point :p) shared their fashions.

It's almost there!

We're all biased. :)

Since I graduated from high school in 2007, I'm still waiting for that Aha! moment when I realize that everything I wore in high school was terrible. Then again...I was the one borrowing my mother's 1970's relic frye campus boots, minnetonka moccasins, and lacoste polos, so I may not have looked that bad.

Still, those popped collars, trucker hats, and the mini-skirts-and-uggs look were pretty terrible. And don't even get me started on this "scenester" look that erupted sometime during mid-2005...

Then again, Crocs did become mainstream during my sophomore year of high school. Ugh.

Ohhhh yes. Those socks were sometimes the most important part of the whole ensemble. Sometimes I wonder how I fit into my shoes!

FWIW...It's the Bobbie Brooks Licensing, not the original Bobbie Brooks that we wore in the early 70s.

LOL! FTW. Didn't we just retread all the 80s stuff in an 80s thread a few months ago? (although Benz, the crinkle fabric memory made me lol)

Oh, I KNOW my stuff isn't "retro". I know there's still going to be some time before I reach the "what was I thinking!?" point.

I just thought it was a fun thread and wanted to play :)



HAHA! I had a Starter jacket! I had a Dallas Cowboys one cause our school mascot was the Cowboys too!

Forget starter jackets-what about mighty duck starter jackets? Why were those ok??

Live-in was a fan of them for a while too and had a jacket - I saw it when his mom was getting ready for a garage sale. Then I began the cycle of merciless mockery. The poor guy can't get away with anything when I'm around.