Name some fads that have long since been forgotten

When I was young we used to buy several pairs of Converse Chuck Taylors in different colors then we'd wear one color on one foot and a different color on the other.

 

VANS

Bellbottoms (oh, wait. they came back!)

Pet Rock

The Internet - oops, sorry.

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Parachute pants; checkered Vans (the shoes, that is); rolling up your jeans (making them "cuffed");

The Jeffs must be thinking on the same wavelength this morning. You just beat me to the "Submit Now" button.
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[This message has been edited by TraJ (edited October 03, 2000).]

 

those skinny little ties. (see any Rick Springfield vid)

what were those things that chicks wore on their legs? The girl in Flashdance made them popular...

Not sure this is really a fad but, does anyone remember Intellivision? I know the old Atari has become sorta sheek lately but I had Intellivision...I seem to remember it being pretty cool...


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Shoes with colorful changable inserts on the side.

The Brady Bunch "guy's" hairstyle.

New Kids on the Block -- oh wait, they are back, with new names.

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Mood Rings

Pooka (sp?) Shell Necklaces

Polyester Clothes (Leisure Suits, Shirts, Pants, etc.)

Let see .... what else do I still have in my wardrobe?

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Sweatshirts with the neck and sleeve holes cut a la "Flashdance."

Neon everything

Stirrup pants with leg warmers and flat little Capezio shoes. (I seem to remember the eighties as the decade during which no one wore socks).

Shirts with asian calligraphy on them

Asymmetrical haircuts.

Oh, and how about the fun early nineties -- flannel shirts anyone?

Wait, even better, shiny MC Hammer pants...please Hammer, don't wear 'em!

 

um. heat shirts? um.. wherever your body warm or cold the shirts come up different colors

teenage mutant ninja turtles.


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Jams
Spiky hair
"Pac Man Fever" and that whole Atari album
Temporary crazy hair colors
RayBans
Friendship pins
Skater haircuts
Members Only jackets
Jelly shoes
Wearing your plastic comb in your back pocket
Care Bears

(yes, I am guilty of half of these!!!)

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Roos tennis shoes with the pockets in them. Was that a fad or was I the only one who thought they were so damn cool?

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I think you were the only one Juan.



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Have you all gone crazy?!?!
Dont you guys remember POGS!
Pogs were the greatest thing in the world for a while there

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No... I had a pair. They rocked.

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Man, PSJ just starts the best threads...

Breakdancing

Anyone remember that 'slime' stuff that you would throw and stick to walls (or lockers?)?

I also noticed that nobody tucked in their shirts until I entered high school, not sure if that counts as a fad...

Kaepa tennies with two sets of laces...why would anyone want to tie their shoes twice?


[This message has been edited by TheFreak (edited October 03, 2000).]

 

As mentioned....

-Comb in back pocket/bloody knuckles
-Vans (damn, I loved those)Black & white on top w/ red,blue,white checkers on sides
-Parachute pants - had em'



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YoYo's, geez its time for another comeback

these stupid scooter things

Decent Finn* posts

Happy pants

Miami Vice white suits

Poison

Cargo stuff

HP's Temper

Super Sippers

Sneakers with Velco straps on them

Popeye

Puffy jackets (and Puff the magic dragon)

Spice Girls

Stone Wash Denim

Classy Dream Teams

Male Perms

Knight Rider

Oilers

The Nets winning

Mrs Jeff




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Anybody remember muscle shirts? Anybody remember how only guys that were really overweight or had no muscles ever wore 'em?

Umm... how about all the girls during the 80's dressing like sluts? You know... outfits all had to have fishnet somewhere on them or lace... with about 80 bangles on your arm and 4 pounds of Punk makeup? (Thanks Madonna!)

Guys that looked like girls (not that there's anything wrong with that). But it seemed popular back in the day. Thanks Boy George and Flock of Seagulls. hehe.

Friendship bracelets... those stupid strings of yarn wrapped around your wrist. As if anybody knew who your friend was.

I'll give you credit if you ever played "Strings"... and no, not in the band.

How about playing pencil break? Man were we stupid children or what?

Along similar lines... how about playing thumps? I think I now have arthritis. Haha!

Rubik's Cube had its offshoots like... Pyramid... or Snake... bizarre.

How about the Don Johnson look guys? Come on... nasty 2-3 day stubble on your face, with a neon shirt, covered by a white jacket with the sleeves pulled up. Oh yeah, baby.

Beat boxing (go Fat Boys!)


George Michael and Boy George left many a young man... well... a young woman. *shrug*

Anybody with me on Michael Jackson jackets?! Man, then the fights would start about "Man, that ain't real... you got that from Weiner's... it's vinyl... Pookie's got the only real one in the entire school... his is leather".

Jheri Curl Juice. That stuff oughta be used as motor oil substitute.

High top fades. Dudes walkin' around lookin' like they had giant cylinders balanced on their heads. Thank you Kid 'N Play.

Somebody already said "break dancing"... moonwalk, centipede, windmill, and 15 years later... a bad back.

How about Hammer pants that made you look like you had elephantine nuts? Thank you MC Hammer!

How about the gangsta look when you wore about 40 gold (?) chains. And one of them always had be the size of a damn logging chain; you could use it to tow a car. You left mom's house lookin' cute, but turned into a ghetto pimp daddy as soon as you donned the chains.

The fad now where you wear pants baggy enough to hide 2 midgets and a WNBA player inside them. And they're so long, they basically end up sweeping the floor when they walk. Can I rent one of you guys 'cause I hate sweepin'.

How about stealing Mercedes emblems of Benz's and wearing them around your neck? Truly sad.

I still laugh when I see people paying that much money for Tommy Hilfiger clothes. *snicker*

Superman Underoos.

Garbage Pail Kids trading cards.

How about taking pure sodium or potassium and dropping it into water-bearing vessels such as oooooh... toilets and then running before the violent reaction between the volatile substance and water took place? Oh wait... that was just me. Nevermind.

Oh hell... I just found the following link... entertain yourselves:

http://www.i80s.com/80s_fads/fads1.html

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[This message has been edited by Dr of Dunk (edited October 03, 2000).]

 

-Acid washed jeans
-Bugle boy
-Light up shoes
-Red Pleather Michael Jackson Jacket with zippers and studded glove
-Mullett hair styles...ha ha ha
-Friendship bracelets
-be st
fri ends lockets
-clocks as necklaces
-VW logos as necklaces
Pony shoes
-what were those feathers with the aligator clips...remember
-roller skating at a roller rink (skates with 4 wheels)
-BMX bikes (diamondback and the other one with a weasel for a logo)
-did anyone say JAMZ?
-No laces in the Adidas
-thousands of those cheap flourescent plastic bracelets
-boat shoes (with the white soles) and no socks
-rat tails. God remember those


Ill remember more some other time




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