biggest fashion trends from HS

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Hey now, I feel like the fashions have changed alot since I graduated, and that was just 7 years ago!

However, girls who graduated like, since I've been out of undergrad (2006 -now), not so much. They haven't even gotten to the point of "omg what was I thinking?" yet!

We're all biased.

[GammaPhi88]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

However, girls who graduated like, since I've been out of undergrad (2006 -now), not so much. They haven't even gotten to the point of "omg what was I thinking?" yet!

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.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

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?

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)

[srmom]

I'm with you Army Wife. Here are the fashions from the late 70s...
The disco era was moving into Punk Rock. Talk about a juxtaposition!

Went from Afros/Dorothy Hammil cuts to Feathered bangs (I wore the afro for two years, then tried the feathered bangs that didn't work with curly hair).
Calvin Klein, Jordache and Brittania Jeans – very tight. Sometimes they zipped at the ankles
Painter Pants (reincarnated later as Cargo Pants)
Blue Jean overalls
Jumpsuits
Shiny tops with wide lapels (Qiana knit)
Wrap Dresses (particularly Diane Von Furstenburg)
Gunne Sax Dresses
Gauchos with Dingo Boots (I recall this was reincarnated too)
“Bow” Blouses and Cowl-neck sweaters
Annie Hall-style dresses with big shoulder pads
Bomber Jackets, Down Jackets/Vests
Tall Platforms Cork Shoes, Candies Heels, Dr. Scholl’s
Top Siders and Rugby Shirts on the preppy-types
Crinkled Cloth (my mother always tried to iron out the wrinkles)
Very Big Hoop Earrings and Mood Rings
Pom Pom socks and Tube Socks
Lots of makeup and overly plucked eyebrows
Bonne Bell Lipsmackers in 7-up flavor

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!!)

[nate2512]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

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

Originally Posted by sthrnsweetie007

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.

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.

[tld221]

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

[agzg]

Originally Posted by tld221

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.

[violetpretty]

Video about the Starter Jacket Trend

[DaemonSeid]

Oh Jeez.....and yet another thread....LOL

84 -88

- designer jeans (Calvin Kleins, Sergio Valentes, Gloria Vanderbilt and don't get any knockoffs you got talked about)

- Lee's and Levi's flavored jeans

- BVD shirts to match

- Westwind windbreakers (Pull over jackets that had a zipper on left shoulder, you were ULTRA cool if you had a leather one)

- stopwatch - funny thing was at least in our school the ones that really wore them that needed them were those of us on the track team. We had to stop wearing them because people would deliberately set alarms to go off during class because 'they had to be somewhere)

- Georgetown colored patent leather high top Nikes

- Reebok classic came out around 84

- I mentioned Starter jackets in another thread

- Puff Leather jackets

- Preppy kids had Bennetton (sp?) Bags

- If you were really high end...Guess jeans

- Does anyone remember the Eemanuelle Khan glasses that had the 'snakeskin' design the ran across the bridge of the glasses?

- What about the Gazelle glasses? You had to have the right 'head' to wear them!

- Stonewashed jeans and jumpers anyone?

- Diadora sneakers

- The predecessor to Timberlands - Dominoes

- and of course suede Pumas

[agzg]

Suede Pumas are still cool and don't let anyone tell you differently!

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

Suede Pumas are still cool and don't let anyone tell you differently!

Also canvas Converses and if you can find them... Jack Purcells

[DrPhil]

I have 2 pairs of suede Pumas. And 2 pairs of leather Pumas.

[cuteASAbug]

1999-2002

parachute/UFO pants
Timberland boots
Abercrombie & Fitch
The North Face butt packs were the thing for a hot minute
anything with Asian characters on it
using a tiny Louis Vuitton or Coach purse as your schoolbag- just put pens and keys in it and carry your notes in a binder in your hands (guilty)
wifebeaters
the ubiquitous Tiffany & Co. bracelet
Rocket dog platform flip flops

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by cuteASAbug

parachute/UFO pants

...the hayle??? I remember those in elementary school, but I would have dropped out of school if I saw those in high school

ETA: OK, maybe we're talking about different things. I'm thinking Hammer pants when I see that. I hope it's something different LOL

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by cuteASAbug

1999-2002

parachute/UFO pants

Who was wearing parachute pants in 1999????

They were played out even then....


Ok....slang words anyone?

"Dope"

"Ice"

"Fresh...."

all variants of "Cool"

I am looking for a skit Mad TV did back in the day that broke down the word "Cool"