What in the world was I thinking?

[CrimsonTide4]

TTT

I am at work dying as I reread this thread. . .

[Dionysus]

When I was in middle school, I was into the "thug" look, but didn't know exactly how to pull off the look.

I was into the flannel shirts, baggy and sagging jeans, big gold jewelry, one braid on each side of my head with pony tail in the back, etc. Around christmas time, I would wear this oversized red flannel shirt with GREEN baggy jeans, a 5$ gold chain with a gold troll charm hanging from it, and black reebok running shoes a size or two larger. Another one of my favorite outfits was ALL PURPLE, purple hair pieces, purple shirt, purple pants, purple socks, purple shoes. I thought I was the bomb.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by Dionysus
Another one of my favorite outfits was ALL PURPLE, purple hair pieces, purple shirt, purple pants, purple socks, purple shoes. I thought I was the bomb.

You sound like an anorexic Barney. LOL

No comment on your THUG WEAR just a lot of laughter.

[#1 Leading Lady]

My sister was in going to beauty school at the time and here it is....

FIRE ENGINE RED HAIR...what was suppose to be red streaks turned into a head full of FIRE ENGINE RED HAIR ( had to wear this for a few weeks to a month..)

The fix to the FIRE ENGINE RED turned PEACH then I just went black.

I had the Salt N Pepa asymetrical style then I had the nerve to "enhance" it my using black gel on the sides ***visual please** coming the sides down and then inserting lines to the back to look like had lines on the side....HORRID MESS***

*Shoes...Black Patent Leather b.k.a. Imitation Stacy Adams and then we got these big Ribbons shoe laces to put in them...NOT CUTE.

Ugly sweater...if there was a ugly sweater best to believe my mom was going to pick it for me in grade school...just grade school.

Make up Mishap....My mom was a Mary Kay Rep and she always did the shows and made up people....**visual** I decided to make myself up (in 7th Grade) with blush, eye shadow, fire red lipstick, mascara, scary mary eyeliner and the whole nine yards...needless to say I went to Private School looking like Rainbow Bright....HORRID HORRID mess.... I think the teacher made me go wash my face.

[Honeykiss1974]

1. I had a pair of HAMMER PANTS too! *lol* They were navy blue with white polka dots.

2. What are Hammer pants without the BLACK PATENT LEATHER SHOES! Yep, with the wide ribbon laces too.

3. Hairwise, I wanted to be Janet (during the "Control" video era). I would braide my hair at night and put this mixture of Pink Oil and Wave Neavou in order to get the crimpy waves

4. Since I though I was Janet *lol* I also wore the hoop earring with a key dangling from one of them!

5. Door knocker earrings - including the ones with your zodiac sign on them.

6. Trying to cut my own bangs! They usually were so short that they looked like baby hair gone astray!!

7. Acid wash jeans or jeans with big 'ol bleach spots on them. With the hole at the knee of course

[Rain Man]

I am only posting this b/c I recall all the fun you had with the pompadour-mullet thing, it was time for a "Return of the Mullet" type post.

Believe it or not, most of my fashion goofs were in high school; in college my casual wear was primarily Polo, Tommy, Guess, and Nautica--and the whole outfit had to be of that one designer, so to that regard, I fit in pretty well.

But in high school, hmm, lemme see...

I wore some weird colors, like a dusty rose button down shirt with dusty rose pants, a black tie and a cardigan sweater.

I wore suits, dress shirts and pants, and ties a LOT in high school.
My freshman year in high school, we were performing for a Christmas concert, and I had a turquoise blue button down shirt, matching pants, and a dark green and black bow tie.

My first day of school my freshman year (1987) was a bright yellow button down shirt, beige pants, deep brown dress loafers and a navy blue Marty McFly vest jacket.

I also wore (sophomore year) a cream double breasted jacket with a baby blue and white striped shirt, a cream tie w/green speckles on it and light green slacks or with royal blue pants with "jazzy" Oxfords. Note: if I wore the royal blue pants I had a matching royal blue tie with a white shirt with royal blue stripes.

Or a gray and black striped shirt with a pencil-thin tie that 80s metal bands would wear with black slack and a slightly-oversized black blazer.

Hairwise it was either a TWA or a low cut or somewhere in between. Essentially I would let the low cut grow into a TWA and then have it cut and start over again. I had a box ONCE during the fall of '89 (junior year) and I HATED it. I had a slope once during the summer of '90 and never again. My first perm was on November 27, 1990 and I was never the same again, needless to say.

I did have some college clothing oopses, however, such as...

-My sophomore year I bought a deep brown 60s-esque suit (three button w/thin lapels) with a thin diagonal-striped brown and gold tie which I wore with my trademark black Oxfords. Folk said it looked like a "civil rights" suit or that I looked like Mr. Mooney from "The Lucy Show". Strangely I wore it up until about 2000 thereafter I retired it.

I also wore another "civil-rights" suit; forest green with a thin turquoise blue and black diagonal-striped tie with my Oxfords. I wore that at a Delta anniversary ball at OU in '93.

What about the double breasted teen suits with the really short jackets that were all the rage back in '89-92(?). I had a gray double breasted one I wore to a '94 Delta Ball and have a pic of and a black one which was actually single breasted but had multiple buttons like it was double breasted. I often wore it with as if it was a tuxedo with tux shirts, black bow tie and cummerbund to quite a few Black Greek balls/gals. I retired it only b/c my ex-wife HATED it and demanded that I get rid of it.

Oh, and I love (and still do) airline pilot and naval officer jackets. At one dance I wore a airline captain jacket with a white shirt, red tie, khakis, and pennyloafers. At another I wore a black Navy Ensign jacket (double breasted with a gold stripe on the lower sleeve) with a white shirt, black tie, white pants and white shirt with a skipper cap to set it off.

I still wear the jacket at weddings with black slacks, a very fancy white dress shirt and black vest. The women shower me w/compliments on the jacket.

Anyhow, more later, maybe...

[CrimsonTide4]

RM, your fashion skills are downright intriguing.

[Gina1201]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
RM, your fashion skills are downright intriguing.

Intriguing, nice word to use. And to think we all thought it was just the mullet.

[Rain Man]

Here is one that blows the rest outta the water:

In 1993 I wore a lavender silk suit with a black tuxedo shirt and either a lavender tuxedo-style bow tie OR a black silk tie with thin white swirls on it. I have a portrait pics of me in this that the girl I'm dating insists that I give her one of b/c she says she LOVES the pic.

I was gonna wear it to a First Fridays in 1999, but my brother talked me out of it, saying that I looked like an 80s R&B/rock star.

Except for the portrait and a Tom Joyner Old School Costume contest in 2001, it has never been worn and has since been retired.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by Rain Man
Here is one that blows the rest outta the water:

In 1993 I wore a lavender silk suit with a black tuxedo shirt and either a lavender tuxedo-style bow tie OR a black silk tie with thin white swirls on it. I have a portrait pics of me in this that the girl I'm dating insists that I give her one of b/c she says she LOVES the pic.

I was gonna wear it to a First Fridays in 1999, but my brother talked me out of it, saying that I looked like an 80s R&B/rock star.

Except for the portrait and a Tom Joyner Old School Costume contest in 2001, it has never been worn and has since been retired.

You said you was gonna post this pic? Okay because I need to see this. It sounds like an INTRIGUING MESS!!!

[Rain Man]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
You said you was gonna post this pic? Okay because I need to see this. It sounds like an INTRIGUING MESS!!!

Unfortunately, b/c I do not own a scanner and because the stores won't let me scan copyrighted photos (c. 1993 United Studios), I might have to mail them to someone to scan and post. Any volunteers?

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by Rain Man
Unfortunately, b/c I do not own a scanner and because the stores won't let me scan copyrighted photos (c. 1993 United Studios), I might have to mail them to someone to scan and post. Any volunteers?

Don't you have at least ONE friend locally who can scan the pic for you? If not, don't worry about it. What about some of the other aforementioned outfits?

[lovelyivy84]

Originally posted by Gina1201
Intriguing, nice word to use. And to think we all thought it was just the mullet.

Umm, noooo we didn't.

RM- you wore a tie to schol? In high school? Every day?

If that wasn't private school, you must have gotten your azz kicked REGULARLY.

As to the other outfit I have no words. Please do not post a pic. PLEASE.

[NOWorNEVER]

My faux pas:

-up until 10th grade I used sponge rollers at night. In the morning I'd always have a permanent imprint in my hair

-I was a cheerleader from middle school to high school so I wore my cheerleading shoes with everything. They came with colored inserts, so I just changed them to match my outfits

-I too used black eyeliner as lip liner AND I used it in conjunction with clear high-shine lipgloss

-kross kolors

-HUGE red-rimmed glasses. I looked like Sally Jesse Raphael.

-My mother made me wear dickies too. One time I was sooooo hot in school but I couldn't take off my cardigan b/c I had that stupid illusion of a turtleneck on.

-a more recent faux pas, about 2 years ago my friend and I went to a step show at NC Central. I used to always wear this wig that was in the shape of a bob because I hated doing my hair. I wore the wig to the concert and the MC (a dj from a radio station) made a joke about bobs and wigs being out of style. Even though we were up in the balcony, I felt he was talking directly to me. My friend did too. Dammit, all eyes were on me. I wanted to sink down in my chair and disappear. When we got back, I threw the wig away.

[Honeykiss1974]

Originally posted by NOWorNEVER


-HUGE red-rimmed glass. I looked like Sally Jesse Raphael.

Too funny! I wore a pair of "Sally Jesse Raphael" 's too.

Thank goodness for contact lenses!