What in the world was I thinking?

[AKAtude]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Remember say in the late 80s, I know i was still in junior high wearing colored socks? No not just one pair either. I remember wearing like 3 pairs of socks just so that the MAJOR colors in my outfit were represented!! WTH was I thinking.

Picture it: RED, BLUE and BLACK shirt with some denim shorts, RED, BLUE and BLACK socks (that's 3 pairs of socks) with your Lottos, Nikes, Fila, Slip 'n' Slides , Adidas, whatever.

Now, I did the same thing!

[Steeltrap]

I've had my share of fashion and beauty faux pas over the years:

Poofed-out sleeves on my dresses, a la Joan Collins in Dynasty. I had several of these dresses.
Dying my natural hair orange. I was mistaken for Cheryl Miller from the back when I was 18.
Weird makeup colors, such as aquamarine eye shadow and light pink lipstick. My skin color is on the light tan side, but there was no way I should have worn Estee Lauder All-Day Cinema Pink.
Polyester pants in the late 1970s, when I was in junior high school. Yup, the double-knit kind.
Socks with clear jelly shoes.
Oogly glasses.
And yes, a "jheri curl." But my sister, the cosmetologist, made sure that I NEVER had dripping activator.

[MsOnyx]

The two that come to mind are:

5th grade class pictures. I wore a blue shirt Tshirt. The problem was that it had an iron on that said 100% perfect. Why would I were that for school pix? I get on my mother for "letting" me were that. I know I didn't listen when she told me not to.

HS Graduation. I had on a very pretty white dress. Nice right. OK, I screwed up the outfit with a BIG A$$ greeg belt and a big dookie (remember that word) gold rope chain.

Back then I knew I was the woman.
Now, when I look at those pix, I wonder what in the world was I thinking

[nikki25]

I am seriously having flashbacks over here. You all are making me think of some events from my childhood. The good thing is that I can't remember much about my gear with the exception of pictures that are present to remind me. I had too much happening in many of them. Some things you just blot out of your mind!

[toocute]

Lots of salt and pepa and oaktown fans up in here!!! ya'll are taking me back and making me laugh while having a busted day at work. I'm ROFL. Thanks.

[Ideal08]

This is some funny isht in here, LMAO!!!

Ok, I used to not only sport leg warmers, but I also sported leotards. Did anyone else used to wear these? I wore (oh lawd, LMAO) jeans tapered at the angle, cable knit sweater, matching leg warmers, and WHITE jazz shoes!! I swear, I don't know why my mama let me pick out some of the stuff that I did. Why she even let me get those shoes? OOOOHHHH!! ROTFLMAO!!! LMAO!! I got them for a DANCE class, and kept wearing them!! ROTFLMAO!!

Biker shorts: Ok, when I was younger, I was SKINNY. I had turquoise (that was my FAVORITE color, I still kinda like it, lol) biker shorts with a white stripe down the side. My father told me not to get them. They weren't tight. I got cracked on BIG TIME. Only wore those once, lol.

Black lipliner: I use this today. I don't think anyone knows, cuz you can't see it. I use it to darken my lipstick a little. Now, the actual line that you can see, I never did that mess. I ALWAYS thought chicks looked like some hot mess like that. What I REALLY hated though, was girls who would use it and only have vaseline on their lips. WTF?

Posner: Cheap @$$ Black people make up. Bad, bad, bad. I used to wear this purple-ish color when I was in 9th grade. I don't even really know what to say about that now, lol. But I look at pics from back in the day, hot mess, I'm tellin you.

Hair: Oh my goodness, I could write a book. Jheri Curl. Bad idea, but who's tellin' Mommy no? After the curl, to rebel against her, I just stopped doin' my hair. I couldn't explain that to people at school (7th grade) I just simply got cracked on, ALL YEAR. People still have the yearbooks. I'm like, please don't bring that up, lol. I looked like a crack fiend. and I'm NOT playin, lol.

Colored socks. OH!! Me and CT4 were the QUEENS of matching our socks. And we would mismatch them!! LMAO!! Like on the left foot, we'd put the blue sock on first, then the yellow sock. And on the right foot, we'd put the yellow on first, then the blue. Hot mess, in deed!!!

Dickies: I dont' know who invented this ignorant mess. My mother used to make me wear them. BUT, my sweaters would stretch out along the neck line, and you could see it was a Dickie. Now, I saw them selling SETS on the shopping network a few weeks ago. I said, damn, they STILL makin' those??? Just wear a real turtleneck.

Knickers: I know I'm not the only one who wore these. My mother made me, lol, and I HATED them. Picture it: Brown corduroy (sp?) vest, brown corduroy (that is a funny word, lol) knickers with belt-like thingies at the knee, yellow silky poofy arm shirt, yellow knee socks or tights, and I can't remember the shoes. I cried every time they would lay this out for me to wear. No, I wasn't allowed to pick out my own clothes. This was in elementary.

Accessories: I had a pair of earrings for EVERY outfit I owned, all different colors, so I could match. I was MISS Claire's Boutique!! Me and CT4 would go to the mall and spend all our money (10 whole dollars, lol) in there on STUPID stuff, LMAO: NKOTB buttons, key chains, nail polish, and most importantly, EARRINGS. I don't wear colored earrings at all now, unless they are black. What about the BIG belts that buckled in the back? LMAO!! Or the jelly bracelets that we collected?! Could wear them up and down your arm. We made jump ropes out of them, too.

What about the Gazelle glasses? I didn't wear that mess, but my sister used to ROCK them!! LMAO!!

Polka dots... Kwame got us started on that crazy mess. Lookin' STR8 jacked, lol.

man, I could go on and on, LOL

[Ideal08]

Originally posted by MsOnyx
HS Graduation. I had on a very pretty white dress. Nice right. OK, I screwed up the outfit with a BIG A$$ greeg belt and a big dookie (remember that word) gold rope chain.

LMAO!

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by Ideal08
Dickies: I dont' know who invented this ignorant mess. My mother used to make me wear them. BUT, my sweaters would stretch out along the neck line, and you could see it was a Dickie. Now, I saw them selling SETS on the shopping network a few weeks ago. I said, damn, they STILL makin' those??? Just wear a real turtleneck.

OOOOOOO my momma made me wear them thangs. I used to hate them. The only one I liked was my white one because I wore it with this deep turquoise, white and burgundy striped sweater, white leggings, and burgundy slip ons and Jermaine told Denise that he liked me in that outfit and I was . I know why too because while skinny I was still oh so bootylicious.

[AKA2D '91]

wet'n wild lipstick #?

I forgot the number my friends and I would always buy. Talk about some cheap stuff. That chit would make my lips burn.

Originally posted by Ideal08
This is some funny isht in here, LMAO!!!

Ok, I used to not only sport leg warmers, but I also sported leotards.

Posner: Cheap @$$ Black people make up. Bad, bad, bad. I used to wear this purple-ish color when I was in 9th grade. I don't even really know what to say about that now, lol. But I look at pics from back in the day, hot mess, I'm tellin you.

Knickers: I know I'm not the only one who wore these. My mother made me, lol, and I HATED them. Picture it: Brown corduroy (sp?) vest, brown corduroy (that is a funny word, lol) knickers with belt-like thingies at the knee, yellow silky poofy arm shirt, yellow knee socks or tights, and I can't remember the shoes. I cried every time they would lay this out for me to wear. No, I wasn't allowed to pick out my own clothes. This was in elementary.

Accessories: I had a pair of earrings for EVERY outfit I owned, all different colors, so I could match. I was MISS Claire's Boutique!! Or the jelly bracelets that we collected?! Could wear them up and down your arm. We made jump ropes out of them, too.

Polka dots... Kwame got us started on that crazy mess. Lookin' STR8 jacked, lol.

man, I could go on and on, LOL

I'm laughing so hard over here Why can I relate? Let me tell about my leotards. Remember the S n P video "Everybody Get Up?" Well if you don't S n P had tore up jeans with leotards underneath. Why did I let those videos influence my junior high years?

Posner-----I did that too. I had that cheap a$$ fuschia lipstick.

Knickers-------Awwww Lawwwwdddd----I had a pair of green ones and burgundy corduroy ones along with the knee socks.
I know I had more than two pair, but I think I have a mental block due to the corduroy abuse.

My friends and I would trade jelly bracelets.

Don't laugh but I also rocked the Buster Browns faithfully. I cried when my mom bought me some brown suede Buster Browns. I wasn't allowed to pick my clothes either. I didn't have any name brand tennis shoes until 6th grade because I was rocking the Buster Browns in every doggone style imaginable every day of my life

In the winter you better believe I had turtlenecks, corduroy pants, and BUSTER BROWNS. Not everyday, but dang it seemed like it.

[Sugar_N_Spice]

Unfortunately, I have to admit I wore the following:

*Colored slouch socks, a la CT4's post (except that i would wear "Red-White-Blue" on one leg, and "White-Blue-Red" on the other leg!!)
*White slouch socks, but I would wear like 3 pairs, thinking that would make my skinny legs look thicker...
*Biker shorts, w/ the Bright a$$ neon pink stripe on the side (I also had the ones w/ the green stripe--NO--this has nothing to do w/ AKA--I didn't even know what it was way back then!! LOL, but it is a coincidence in retrospect, huh?!)
*Those "silk-like" flower print sundresses--I wore them with plain black biker shorts (the ones that had the lace in the ends)
*Cross Colours (Remember those?!)
*Holey Jeans (in High School)
*Plaid skirts w/ ankle boots (the ones w/ the "wood-looking" heel) (this--and everything else below--was in Junior High)
*Shorts that go down past your knees, in colors like neon orange and bright yellow
*Keds--in every color of the rainbow (Need I say more)
*Guess Overalls (also in bright colors--I guess bright colors was my thing back in the day...)

That's all I can think of for now, although I'm sure I am missing a bunch...

[skeeliteful]

Okay...my fashion mistakes...

1. the cross color shorts in every color you could think of

2. remember when jodeci and tlc came out and everybody was wearing combat boots? okay...imagine those WITH the cross color shorts

3. i had the stacked salt and pepa hair. my hairdresser cut my hair like that by mistake (YES SHE DID!) and i had to live like that for the rest of the 7th grade.

4. yes...wet'n wild lipstick AND black lip liner brings back horrid memories

5. HAMMER PANTS.....i'll leave that to your imagination

6. i got on my mother's nerves until i got me a pair of patent leather shoes like Oaktown 357....i had to have 'em

7. and personally, weave is not my thing... BUT, for my debutante ball...my mom was so excited and she wanted her baby girl to look diva. i wanted a simple hair style. BUT NOOOOO! mom's saw a picture of a spiral curled ponytail with pin curls around it that looked really cute in the picture. hair dresser got carried away and....i had a hard time keeping my head straight that night. it was cute then....but i look at it now and i'm like.....did i do that (in my best urkel impression)

[Sugar_N_Spice]

Originally posted by AKA2D '91
wet'n wild lipstick #?

I forgot the number my friends and I would always buy. Talk about some cheap stuff. That chit would make my lips burn.

LMAO!!!! You made me remember my make-up mishaps...

*I used to wear Black Liquid Eyeliner when I was in the 10th grade!!! It was cute and all, but not on a 15 year-old, going to school I looked like I was ready for Halloween in April!!!

*I also used to wear colored mascara (my favorite was electric blue)...

*To much of my dismay, I also used to wear "doo-doo" colored (really dark brown) lipstick (like Foxy Brown wears now)...I call it "doo-doo" colored b/c my Mom told me one time that I "looked like I had smeared S#%t on my lips"!!!

Never Again...

[PrettyPetite]

I did most of the things that everyone here has done.....

Here are some additional things that made me say, "Oh NO I DIDN'T!!!"


***Junior and Senior Year of High School, I had that haircut where the front of your hair was cut short, and the back was long. Looking back, that was an ugly hairstyle. If I didn't get my hair done over the weekend, I used to have to wear the front straight, since I wasn't trying to have my hair look like I curled it myself.

***Overalls, with one strap unbuckled. That was NOT cute.

***Wearing my clothes baggy, and backwards, a la Kriss Kross. Oh Hell No I didn't.

***Bright colored suede Etonics. WTF??? I had them in almost every color (red, green, orange, black, white...etc etc) to match my cross colours stuff

***Wearing like 30 bangles on one arm. That looked so bad. Can't believe I did it.

That's all I can think of now....

[lil_sunshine]

I definitely have to make out the list...

1. I used to wear leg warmers
2. I used to wear them damn Hammer pants and thought I was cool
3. I owned a Cross Colours shirt that was XXL and it said "MO BIG" on the front with huge green letters (I thought I was cool when I had it b/c I was the only one with it in my HS, until I found out that one of my female neighbors had the same shirt)
4. I wore my overalls with one strap hanging
5. In JHS, I had a pair of jeans with the knees cut out
6. I had those nasty @$$ patent leather shoes
7. I own a pair of Fila sneakers that I only wear when I empty the garbage or do laundry (I have since thrown them thangs away!!!)
8. Wearing foundation that was too light for my face and I had acne
9. Using toothpaste to try to get rid of the damn acne [I'm glad I stopped with the quickness (remember that??) b/c it burned like hell!! )

That's all I can think of for now.