The inexplicable fashion fads of my childhood

I came across a Yahoo article the other day with trends from my child hood it provided me with a good laugh and a "Hey...I had that!" There were 16 trends on the list, and I only managed 7 of them...I must have been deprived as a child :) J/K!




Scrunchies: Hair elastics may be more mature, but matching your scrunchie to your outfit was the way to go as a kid. We used to literally collect them.

-I had many scrunchies for the long hair I had as a child. I do remember buying most of the at my favorite store Limited Too!



Slap Bracelets: Teachers went crazy from all the disruptive cracking sounds as kids took their bracelets on and off during class, and thus slap bracelets were banned. Boo!

-I remember having these in like 2nd and 3rd grade...I remember them banning them at school, because kids were getting hurt from slapping other kids hard with them.



Stick on Earrings: Before my mom would let me get my ears pierced, I favored these sparkly stickers.

-I think this is where my love for stickers may have come from :)



Jelly Shoes: Available in a rainbow of colors, these made your feet sweat and get blisters, but they sure were fun! High-end designers like Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs still continue to harp on the nostalgia factor of these shoes each summer.

- I remember having some fun jelly shoes from Target as a kid...great for the summertime (Not so much MN winters!) :)



Hypercolor tees: These tees changed colors when you got warm or sweat.

- I remember it not working really well especially after you washed it.



Friendship Bracelets: I would spend all my free time during summer making these and often trading with a pal.

- I remember having a business where we set up a table in the front yard to sell the bracelets we made. We would go to Wal Mart and buy the floss to make our bracelets and all the extra thread we had, we would wrap around the little plastic cards and put them in the floss box (We were so cool!)



Banana Clips: This was the coolest way to pull your hair back in the '80s. And then they disappeared.

- Once again having long hair as a child these were frequently used to pull my hair back off of my face.

Other trends included...
-Charm necklaces
-T-shirt clips
-Jelly bracelets
-Debbie Gibson hats
-Mood rings
-Zinka (Neon facepaint sunscreen)
-Splatter paint
-Chokers
-Baby backpacks


http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/the-inexplicable-fashion-fads-of-our-childhoods-2022417