What weird trend do you remember?

amother

↑ Tangerine ↓

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 9:44 pm

baked ziti wrote:

Remember when the simchas had a cantaloupe slice with a maraschino cherry at each place? Or a poached pear in strawberry sauce if it was really fancy.

I remember grapefruit halves with little paper umbrella toothpicks

amother

↑ Nasturtium ↓

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 9:53 pm

amother Tangerine wrote:

I remember grapefruit halves with little paper umbrella toothpicks

I wish we can go back to those simpler times!
I really truly do.

↑ GLUE ↓

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 9:58 pm

amother Nasturtium wrote:

I wish we can go back to those simpler times!
I really truly do.

Were they simpler or were we just a bunch of kids so life seamed simpler?

amother

↑ Valerian ↓

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 10:04 pm

The 30 seconds that the reverse French manicure was in: clear nails with colored edge. It just looked like you had dirt or paint under your nails.

amother

Papayawhip

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 10:30 pm

Crosshatch a mango half with the peel still on then invert the skin so the mango has cubes all over it. Most elegant desert!

↑ baked ziti ↓

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 10:31 pm

Remember the old screen savers where you have txt bouncing around on the screen at the speed of your choice? Or the annoying paper clip at the corner of the screen on Microsoft word?

rgr

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 10:34 pm

writinggirl wrote:

Who remembers wearing suits as a child?

Coat dress (suit jacket came down to mid thigh)

amother

Iris

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 10:43 pm

baked ziti wrote:

Slouch socks
Kosel rings with your name
These plastic choker thingies
Chokers in general
"Cupcake/wedge/mushroom/bowl " haircut
Puffy floral smocked dresses with petticoats.
Itchy wool shabbos skirts
Sailor outfits
The flower shaped soap collections that were responsible for that clothing rose-scented bathroom.
Bath pearls that dissolved in the bath
Heavy wool plaid blankets for the stroller. Toasty warm!
The Similac diaper bags with bears on them. I was so jealous of my classmates who used them as trip bags. Their mothers were young and still having babies

Omg! The similac bags!!
I was so jealous too lol!

boysrus

Sun, Oct 29 2023, 11:53 pm

amother Cantaloupe wrote:

Washing dishes!!!
We were human dishwashers! My kids think I was abused!

so... I still do that... not everyone has a dishwasher! Wink

amother

↑ Poinsettia

Mon, Oct 30 2023, 2:37 am

baked ziti wrote:

Remember the old screen savers where you have txt bouncing around on the screen at the speed of your choice? Or the annoying paper clip at the corner of the screen on Microsoft word?

Picking the background too. Soooo cool. Also my phone ringer on my Nokia.

↑ Queen Of Hearts

Mon, Oct 30 2023, 2:38 am

baked ziti wrote:

Remember the old screen savers where you have txt bouncing around on the screen at the speed of your choice? Or the annoying paper clip at the corner of the screen on Microsoft word?

What about the pipes twisting in all directions. It had me mesmerized.

amother

Oldlace

Mon, Oct 30 2023, 2:49 am

dankbar wrote:

What about cabbage patch dolls with a whole lettuce patch baby hospital?

I went to that in midtown Manhattan - there were vibrating cabbage patches "giving birth" to the dolls, and adoption booths for people who bought them!

amother

↑ Viola ↓

Mon, Oct 30 2023, 3:32 am

Quote:

Does anyone remember black sheer stockings.
And off-black stockings

These are back in!!

Quote:

Coat dress (suit jacket came down to mid thigh)

And these!!

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What about the pipes twisting in all directions. It had me mesmerized

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Haha yes!!
Omg hilarious!!

amother

Pewter

Mon, Oct 30 2023, 3:03 pm

Book covers ( the stretchy or paper kind)
Hello kitty supply box ( with the lock)
United colors of Benetton t shirts

↑ GLUE ↓

Mon, Oct 30 2023, 3:53 pm

amother Pewter wrote:

Book covers ( the stretchy or paper kind)
Hello kitty supply box ( with the lock)
United colors of Benetton t shirts

What ever happened to book covers?
I remember the schools driving people crazy to get your books covered, now what kid knows what book covers are?

Hello kitty supply boxes with and with out locks are still in

amother

↑ Olive ↓

Mon, Oct 30 2023, 4:00 pm

Hey who remembers wearing a gold lamé sweater under a navy suit with gold buttons

amother

Acacia

Mon, Oct 30 2023, 4:13 pm

amother Hawthorn wrote:

And the mimeograph machine 🤦‍♀️

And the ditto machine! Our fingers used to get all inked up from the ditto pages

amother

Ballota

Mon, Oct 30 2023, 4:31 pm

Ralph Lauren

Lacoste

Tights/Socks with hole designs

White blouses with puffy sleeves, wearing white blouses under sweaters, jumpers etc.

Uggs that looked like sweater socks

Gothic style clothes/Ed hardy

Twerps (ok not a trend, but I miss those!)