Are you a child of the 80s? Prove it!

I totally forgot something else...

You thought you were cool because you emulated Debbie Gibson and Tiffany. You even wore big earrings and wore your hair like them. You got excited when their new tape came out because now you could play it on your WALKMAN.

[irishpipes]

huge hair sprayed with about half a can of Aqua Net - those bangs weren't moving

"the claw"

Back then my hair wouldn't do that and I was devastated. I also was incapable of wearing a banana clip. Now I am so thankful because there are no incriminating pictures. (Except for those in my neon outfit. )

ETA: I went to Europe when I was 15, and in Switzerland, Swatches were only about $5 so I bought 4 or 5 (and wore them at the same time!!)

[tinydancer]

Originally posted by emleepc
High top Reeboks (with the 2 velcro straps at the top)

I still have my pink ones! I swear they are the most comfortable shoes I have ever had.

[irishpipes]

Originally posted by Rudey
You were all 7 years old in the 80s and watched a couple cartoons and a tv show or two like the A-Team.

Stop sending out these chainmails and constantly talking about the 80s like you were snorting coke in the China Club.

-Rudey

Rudey, Rudey, Rudey, why are you so angry?

We're just having a little fun here. And by the way, I was 7 in 1976, but no, I have never snorted coke at the China Club, or anywhere else. That's why I can remember the 80s.

ETA: One of my favorite movies from the 80s is "Rudy" but it isn't about you.

[valkyrie]

Hey everybody, THE 80s SUCKED. KTHXBI.

[33girl]

Roommate (or cat) posting?

Originally posted by valkyrie
Right now I'm really digging "Rock Steady" by the Whispers. What else is good?

[PsychTau2]

Those "clown suit" outfits (don't know what else they were called) that was made of a very floral print, all one piece, and had bands at the sleeves and at the ankles of the legs, but then was baggy everywhere else. Looked like a clown suit. Wear em' with flats and you were dressed up for school. (That might have been late 80's/very early 90's though).

Pogo Ball. LOVED IT!!

Guess? jeans

heymickeyyoursofineyoursofineyoublowmymindHEYMICKE Y!



PsychTau

Ok step back here we go:

white / blue swish nikes- had them

red and white reeoboks

checkered white two tone blue slip on vans

la gear

dittos, jordache vanderbilts, chem de fers sasson and calcin klien jeans

rain bow sweaters and shirts ditto stripped shirts off the shoulder flashdance sweatshirts

LEG WARMERS!!!!!!!!!!!

layered scrunch socks

purple nylon velro rip open clutch purses with hawaiin print and wallets
purple and white unicorn nylon barrel purses

Oakley and rayban sun galsses

feather roach clips to use in yoru hair

GREEN TRAPPER KEEPERS
pee chee folders with names of bands on them

OPs and Lightening bolt clothes

VALLEY GIRLS

flock of seagals men at work the clash cheap trick reo forgienr journey rush kansas AWESOME bands like that


jellied shoes

pac man donkey kong ms pac man centepede and sat mornings at video arcades

definitely sat morning cartoons

arcylic nails that they formed and made with a pc of adhesive paper ----no tips

MTV and actual videos

bonne bell lip smackers

hair banana clips

[LightBulb]

Collecting and trading stickers (regulars, shinies, sparklies, fuzzies, oilies) - especially cool were those huge cat's head stickers from the skating rink

Skating parties for birthdays and for bringing soup labels to school

"Straight up now tell me, do you really wanna love me forever? Oh oh oh! Or am I caught in a hit and run?"

Darkwing Duck! Let's - get - DANGEROUS!

My Little Pet Shop

Those three words:
THE BABYSITTERS CLUB

[trojangal]

Hmmm...how about adding:

Eddie Money

Couldn't get enough of watching Family Ties or the Facts of Life

Saturday Morning cartoons...

Atari games, and Intellivison cartridges...

Galaga and Centipede

Roller skating

Jelly shoes, bracelets

Twist-a-bead necklaces

Remember the "bubble" dresses?

Miami Vice and the Don Johnson look

the A-Team

Hulk Hogan and the original WWF guys

It cost a quarter to mail a letter

Lionel Richie, Chicago, every hair band ever,

Break dancing and the moonwalk

Jr. high "proms"

Apple IIc computers and Commodore computers


5 1/2 inch disks for the above computers!

If you owned a CD, it was an investment, not music!

[ms_gwyn]

ok I really need my fellow preppies to represent!

also don't forget our wonderful members only jackets

The Transformers (the originals)

Qberk and Tempest

[KatieKate1244]

The ORIGNINAL My Little Ponies and Care Bears. I still have 30 ponies left, and I can't give them up.

That, and everything had a "splattered paint" effect. I remember this one dress I have (I actually think I wore it to my Kindergarten graduation) that was acid washed denim with paint splatters.

That, and tons of cheesy pre-teen books that all deal with the outcast kid suddenly understood by the rest of her school while remaining with her outcast friends. I swear I read about 10 books that all had that theme.

[lifesaver]

Paul Revere by the Beastie Boys...

The cool thing to do was the 'tight roll' of the jeans. Ya folded them over and rolled your jeans up.

I wanted to be Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future. I thought he was so cool.

[irishpipes]

This thread is smurfy!

My mom had a Plymouth station wagon. It was dark green with wood panels.

A good slumber party was one where the hosting household had a VCR - and it was Beta, not VHS.

I had and still have a series of "latin freestyle" records such as:
-Johnny "O"
-Sweet Sensation
-Cover Girls
-Giggles
-TKA
-Stevie B
-Coro
-Latin Rascals
-Cynthia
-Judy Torres
-Safire

Just to name a few.....

In regards to sneakers:
-I had a pair of lottos and the Princess Reeboks in many colors.

Favorite Cartoons:
-Thunder Cats
-Smurfs
-GI Joe
-Transformers
-Voltron
-Healthcliff
-CareBears
-Rainbow Brite and Friends

Favorite Toy: CABBAGE PATCH EVERYTHING....MY MOM GAVE XAXIER FRANCES LOTS OF $$$$