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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.