What weird trend do you remember?

amother

Crimson ↓

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 4:39 am

amother Olive wrote:

Oversized. Shirts from the men’s department
Shabbos shoes with platforms
Trapper keepers
I’m dating myself big time

Did you also graduate in 99?

Delia’s plastic skirt was so in when I was in high school.
And those black platform slides that hurt but everyone had

On a different note, that bathroom trend of raised sponge painting the walls was super weird.

amother

↑ Crimson

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 4:41 am

amother Powderblue wrote:

Cap sleeves

bubble skirts

American shoes

What are American shoes?

yersp

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 5:11 am

Silly Bandz!!!!
I remember buying them for my kids, was a once and done trend. It went out as soon as it came in.
In my day (I sound old, I know) it was napkins collection and stickers in an album and fancy stationary to trade also in an album

Queen Of Hearts ↓

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 5:32 am

amother Peach wrote:

Chinese slippers from the dollar store! We had them in like every color.

Biz skirts….

Yeah we used them in the showers at camp. C'v to step on those floors barefoot.

amother

Fuchsia

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 5:41 am

SuperWify wrote:

Ooh I loved them. My sitter told me the reason why it was rare was because she died and they stopped making them. Don’t know if that was true 🤔

Nope, she's still alive.

↑ dankbar ↓

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 5:46 am

When I was like 10, I refused every style shoe offered in store, because I want the shoes everyone in my class was wearing....mom couldnt figure out which ones they were, according my description....until I saw it in a diff store...."These are the ones" turns out they were the American shoes everyone was wearing, purchased thru Medicaid, with a prescription from dr for orthepedic shoes......

Clumsy....ugly....

In my preschool class pic, I see the straightless American lace shoes, were the standard.

↑ dankbar ↓

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 5:48 am

My aunt had a mirrored bathroom. Whenever I went for shabbos, I also found it super weird. Didnt know it was trending, thought it was just her

amother

Calendula

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 5:55 am

Tamigachis
Had to take care of it so it wouldn't die.

cbg ↓

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 5:57 am

Doll head tissue holder
https://www.ebay.com/itm/39482.....D_BwE
In the 70s everyone had them
Freaky

A cat clock that the tail moved

↑ cbg

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 6:00 am

Also chinese shoes
Very thin canvas shoe with flowers embroidered on the front and it had a stap
This was the original Chinese slippers
Years before the colorful beaded open back ones

https://www.amazon.com/Shoes-W.....psc=1

Last edited by cbg on Sun, Oct 29 2023, 6:02 am; edited 1 time in total

↑ SuperWify ↓

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 6:01 am

amother Fuchsia wrote:

Nope, she's still alive.

Ha lol. Wonder why they were so hard to find then…

amother

Poppy ↓

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 6:10 am

Sweater vests over collared shirts
Fuzzy mock chanel suits for shabbos when I was in 5th grade
Naot slippers

My grandmother had lamps with huge lampshades and the whole living room was peach with peach carpeting

amother

↑ Poppy

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 6:12 am

White keds from Payless with curly rainbow laces and I wld be thrilled if it came with the beads lol

amother

Nasturtium ↓

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 6:14 am

I still love lisa frank stuff Smile

the colors are electrifying

amother

Glitter

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 6:27 am

Matching dickies under suits for young girls.
I was 9 at my brothers bar Mitzva and we had very fancy velvet suits with a matching dicky you buttons inside.

amother

Copper

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 6:30 am

amother Poppy wrote:

Sweater vests over collared shirts

Princess Kate just wore this style! So preppy! Brings back memories lol!

amother

Orange

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 6:36 am

I saw someone mentioned winter shorts. I live OOT and the latest styles are not so common here, but last week, I saw a little boy wearing a suit with shorts and tights underneath. He was from one of the few stylish families here. Is that the new style?

I think it's crazy and looks ridiculous. Just because something is in style, doesn't mean everyone should forget about good taste and just follow blindly. Shouldn't we first think is the style is actually cringeworthy when it's not the latest trend?

amother

Emerald ↓

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 6:46 am

amother Blush wrote:

I laugh at how big glasses are in now. I remember when slim small glasses were in and I would look at pictures of myself when big glasses were in and think how old fashioned it looked. And now it's back in style and small glasses are odd Compress

I always used to wonder how they could look through them. The lenses were practically bigger than the eyes.