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What teens of the 80s and 90s found attractive..

posted 15 years ago by branenj001
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I watched the series when I was really young and was 12 when Schools Out came out, so I was a bit young to be in the know about what was considered hot back then LOL but now when I watch it, I get a good chuckle. I am always thinking "umm...reeeeeally Joey? you would pick Liz and her partial shaved head and dirty sweats and cut off shirt to take to the dance over Caitlin who is very pretty and at least FRIENDLY and dressed to the nines for the event? and Wheels was considered hot? Well, I guess when we're talking about one of the twins saying that it doesn't really count LOL but still. Then we had girls fighting over Snake even in highschool when his hair was shorter and much lighter and he wore tight jean shorts and ridiculous shirts and had a bit of a bubble butt going on LOL. It's just weird what was considered attractive back then. Everyone wore such weird clothes and had such weird hair. Some of them were not really what I would consider unnatractive but because of the clothes they wore or the way they wore their hair it made them look chunky and frumpy.

[–] jayhn1111 15 years ago

I went to high school in that time period and I felt like I was watching my own high school and kids I'd see at my own school. So for me it all looked real normal and I could relate to it all. But all that aside, I felt the same way about Joey picking Liz. I thought that was a little ridiculous. I think Caitlin being a year younger had a lot to do with him snubbing her at that point. As far as snake or wheels being attractive, I really can't answer that. I guess it all depends on when you grew up. I could never relate to the way kids dress now and all the eminem wannabes and the baggy pants with their butt crack showing. It just depends on what time period you went to high school

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[–] StaunchWoman 13 years ago

Everyone wore such weird clothes and had such weird hair.

Are you also the type to visit a foreign country and say the same thing? Different times, different influences, different styles.

We've met before, haven't we?

[–] StaunchWoman 13 years ago

Joey went for Liz because she looked like she 'did it'.

We've met before, haven't we?

[–] apfmh_LP 13 years ago

LOL true.

other than that, when i was younger (like 12, which was in 2002 btw) i thought wheels (in the first couple of seasons) was cute.

and caitlin over liz, definitely. but i love caitlin <3 liz is attractive too though, but yeah i agree with whoever said, at the time it was the age thing too, even in new degrassi there seems to be (johnny/ali) this thing about dating people a year younger than you. at least until the older years!

[–] dakky68 12 years ago

As a young teen when this came out, my friends thought Wheels was pretty hot. I can't really remember liking any of the guys, though - maybe Clutch, I guess. However as an adult I think Snake is 'a bit of alright'! I also notice that Clode is attractive (minus the ponytail, round glasses and puffy shirts). I've always thought Lucy was attractive, but watching it as an adult I would have to say Voula was probably the prettiest girl (unless I am forgetting someone...).

[–] marchug 9 years ago

I personally lived Liz when I watched DJH while growing up. Her "partially shaved head" is called a Chelsea cut. She was part of the skinhead/punk culture. Just because her and others aren't like you doesn't mean they are not considerd hot by other people. Watch This Is England and see many more girls with a similar style and haircut. Open your mind a little.

[–] selenedm999 8 years ago

I'm the same age as the kids on the show were at the time (graduated high school in 1993, but I took five years to finish high school, which wasn't uncommon with the streaming system at the time).

Liz was very pretty, despite the silly haircut.

I hung out with the punks and "alternative" kids (very few Goths at the time) at my high school. Yes, they wore the cutoffs over longjohns, or army-surplus shorts, Doc Martens, and punk t-shirts. I knew several girls with the Chelsea cut, or Mohawks, or shaved around the ears, or what have you.

What was cool about the show is that they were slightly better-looking, but they looked like real high school students, not models like you have on TV now.

And yes, that's how we dressed in the early 1990s.