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Fashions and Hairstyles of your youth....

posted 7 years ago by MissMargoChanning (6630)
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Your responses will obviously give us an idea of your age.
I am just curious. What were some of the fashions or hairstyles that you loved as a teen?

I absolutely loved my white GoGo Boots with the zipper down the back, and like Winnie on The Wonder Years, I wore them with fish net stockings. That was the BEST thing! I had so many different colors! My favorite fishnets were the black or the dark blue. We were allowed to wear them with our school uniforms.... Blue and Black Plaid Jumpers. For those who are British, that isn't a sweater. It's a dress over a shirt/blouse.
Back to the GoGo Boots...... I begged the folks for so long. They were all the rage. I finally got them with my babysitting money, even though the folks thought they were not practical in Wisconsin winters. They thought I was wasting my money. Same with the fish nets!
Sad for me.... they had pretty much gone out of fashion several months after I finally got them. I still LOVED THOSE BOOTS!

Hairstyle? I loved my long shag! Kind of like the way David Cassidy wore his hair on the Partridge Family. It looked great on this girl!

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

LOL! fun stuff!!!
I do remember Adam and the Ants! 80's!!!!! I absolutely LOVED that guy!!!!

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

I am not as unforgiving of that MULLET as so many seem to be.
I can admit that it looks bad now. Don't most hairdos and fashions look awful when you are checking out those YEAR BOOKS????
We simply have to chalk it up to a sign of the times.

By the way, I never was into that show with Don Johnson. What was that? I can't remember that. He had those pastel suits with the rolled up sleeves. My cousin liked it. She told me that it was like music videos. I can remember seeing it, but I will have to check out the name.
I KNOW that I saw that show!

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Thank You! I Knew that Miami had something to do with that show. I am so embarrassed because that was some HOT show! I remember that now.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77377) 7 years ago

Mullet wins
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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

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[–] Drmccormack (743) 7 years ago

A few weeks ago, I was at a party where a man had an honest to goodness, 1984-85 super long mullet! It was absolutely fascinating. It was stunning. He also had a Metallica concert T-shirt. I totally admired his commitment to the style. Imagine going 30+ years maintaining that look. I wanted to talk with him so badly. I could tell there was zero irony. Mystery!

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

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[–] Drmccormack (743) 7 years ago

I'm just wondering how he got away with it?!? I mean, work, school, girlfriend, friends? Like, how did he get through all these years without someone making him cut it? But, I have to say, honestly, I admire that. He seemed super shyish and I'm not making fun of him but how??? I remember at college one of the secretaries had one of Marie Antoinette type of hairdos from the sixties. Same question.

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[–] kspkap (13555) 7 years ago

Hot Pants with lace up to the knee sandals. Had a devil of a time keeping those things up! The sandals of course...

Also, the Mini dress where you didn’t dare lean over even a little bit! You had to bend your knees to get a drink from the water fountain. And going up the escalator in a department store was rather difficult. Thank goodness we didn’t wear floss (thongs) for panties back then. The guys at work wouldn’t have got any work done! It was bad enough when the braless years hit. Women were wearing LACE tops.

I was in my late twenties and had two kids, but I was fortunate because I had held my youthful looks and could get away with that type of dressing. It was the GoGo era. After I turned 30 I started dressing more conservatively.

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Oh, kspkap!
I do not remember the lace up knee sandalds. I have seen something like that in magazines. I never wore any. However....
HOT PANTS were the THING in the late sixties/early 70's.
I remember my stepmom and I cleaning out the attic one day in the summer of 1969. We found a box of my older stepsister's clothes. There were SHORT SHORTS!!!! I took a few! SUDDENLY, they were HOT PANTS!
Everything Old Really IS New Again!

I LOVED mini skirts. I do recall bending straight when you bent. LOL!

I started dressing more conservatively around 1975. I joined the Army then. We were all trying to prove that the WACS weren't bimbos. We also wanted to prove that women were capable in combat. It took a while, but the Army finally got there!

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

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[–] kspkap (13555) 7 years ago

@dewey

I just wouldn’t give up my wild ways even after having two kids. I worked nights in an electronics company and wowwee did that solder hurt when it hit the legs! Also, now that I think about it, the techs were always walking in front of our tables as we sat working on tables with no privacy barrier in front. Very difficult to be lady like in a mini skirt for hours.

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

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[–] kspkap (13555) 7 years ago

What can I say? All I can think about is cute little Yoda and how he would look in those see through boxers! I can’t hep it....

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Most girls did love the mini skirt. Being a guy, that always did get your undivided attention! LOL!

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

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[–] kspkap (13555) 7 years ago

They were called Gladiator sandals. I hated them and only wore them a few times. In order to keep them up they had to be laced so darn tight. This of course hurt and left marks on the legs.

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

OUCH! No thanks!

[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

I'm 40 and live in Beverly Hills.

When I was a kid, growing up in Missouri, I had a real mullet. Short everywhere except the back, where at its very longest it grew to my waist. My hair was curly, though, so it turned into nice big spirals back there. Looked pretty good.

However, it all started with an even more nostalgic vibe. When I was about 10 or 11, I grew out an old "rat tail" in the back. Wasn't too long after that when I let that become a mullet.

I cut my hair a lot shorter before my freshman year of high school, and then after that year I cut it completely short, the way I have it now.

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

The mullet wasn't that bad. The problem is that it over stayed it's welcome. I actually thought it looked great with curly hair!

I remember the short hair with the long tails in the back. Our son had that in the 80's.

[–] Utpe (658) 7 years ago

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

" I guess it must've had something to do with pressure from my friends, so I decided to play follow-the-leader."

Didn't we all do that when we were young????

We actually do eventually outgrow what is supposedly IN.
Styles come and go.
I have found my own style. I like being understated with just a certain amount of today's flair.

[–] csweetleaf2 (3669) 7 years ago

I remember growing up in the 80's and early 90's I adored women with big long poofy hair and remember being sad when that hairstyle became no more, I didn't like the short hair that reigned supreme in the late 90's/early 2000's, I do admit I did love the shoulder pads on coats along with the Billy Cosby style sweaters that were popular in the 80's and the first half of the 90's.

I'm born in 1980, I also remember a lot of females wore denim shorts overtights back in the early/mid 90's although it appears to be more in style again today than it was several years ago.

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

"I'm born in 1980, I also remember a lot of females wore denim shorts overtights back in the early/mid 90's although it appears to be more in style again today than it was several years ago."

As I said, csweetleaf..... everything old is new again.... at one time or another. [smile]

[–] mplo (2356) 7 years ago

"Everything old is new again" is very true, MissMargoChanning. That includes movies, as well.

"West Side Story" is that kind of a movie, for me.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

I sported young DiCaprio hairstyle when I was a teen. Then cometh Keanu Reeves in glorious Speed. It changed my hairstyle, foreverrrr...

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Oh my! You were definitely a 90's teen!

[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

I keep it simple.Cutting my hair very short,nothing fancy.

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

"I keep it simple.Cutting my hair very short,nothing fancy."

What about when you were in your teenage years? Were there different fashions you liked back then?

[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

No...not even i was younger.