What clothing did you wear in your youth or adulthood that you wouldn't be seen in today? Mine is

[debm55]

hip huggers bellbottoms, What was I thinking.

[brush]

1. Mine is close. Student/cheap sailor bellbottoms from Army/Navy store.

[debm55]

51. Army/Navy store for jackets, here.

[XorXor]

2. I think I'm in the younger side of things here on DU, so these may not be well known

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But there was a couple years when I wore JNCO jeans in middle school. Just ridiculous things that should NOT have existed

[debm55]

4. can you describe what they were? Thanks

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[XorXor]

104. Here's a picture

[drray23]

5. it used to be the thing for skateboarders in the late 90's

There is a popular guy on YouTube who is into wearing jnco and skateboarding ( Air Dolphin)

[debm55]

8. Thanks

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[XorXor]

105. Woah... Someone still wears those?

OMG!! I hope they are not coming back into style.

[hlthe2b]

6. Had to look them up, but as I thought they are extreme wide-legged jeans like the below

So, not that unlike bell bottoms, frankly.

That said, I'll take any type of loose pants over the skin-tight options in recent years (even if you are a size 2).

[gay texan]

17. Cute top! N/t

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Ha ha heh! I too, was going to say the Bellbottoms, but my nephew loved them, so I gave

them all to him! Fashion still continues for some things, but for a different generation! So, the moral of the story is check w/ your nieces and nephews, other youngsters in your family, you may be pleasantly surprised!

[Ocelot II]

7. Just about my whole wardrobe.

I especially recall a very tight pair of hip-hugging bell-bottoms with wide yellow and blue vertical stripes (late '60s), and a few mini-skirts that were very mini - you had to be really careful how you sat down or bent over (you learned that you shouldn't bend over at all), and some hideous peasant blouses. In the '70s everything was polyester, so you were shiny and sweaty all the time. Fast forward to the '80s and shoulder pads and big hair. I didn't like shoulder pads; some tops made you look like a linebacker, but if you took them out the garment didn't hang right. And leggings with leg-warmers, even if you weren't a dancer. Ugh.

[debm55]

11. I agree with them all. Before we were allowed to were slacks or jeans to school , I wore granny

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dresses to keep my legs warm, especially on the bus.

[debm55]

9. Did any have a mullet? Or guys with perms?

[consider_this]

10. halter tops

[debm55]

52. No more. That was once upon a dream in a land far,far away

[Harker]

12. When I was a kid I loved my Monkees shirt.

In orange.

[debm55]

53. My favorite T-shirt was a yellow one with two turtles screwing. Wore in college.

[livetohike]

13. Halter tops and hip hugger bell bottoms. Where did

my midriff go?

[debm55]

54. Like mine--in a land far away.

[livetohike]

83. LOL n/t

[Cartoonist]

14. Jewelry

I wore a peace necklace. I still support peace, but I never wear jewelry. Not even a watch.

[debm55]

55. Never wore a watch except for the years I taught. I used to make seed bead jewelry on a loom.

[Glorfindel]

15. Platform shoes. I had several pairs, one with wooden soles and heels.

I'd fall off of them nowadays.

[debm55]

56. Me too, then you didn;t have to hem your pants or slacks.

[ProfessorGAC]

68. That Was Mine

Those and pleated baggies.
Even as a kid, I wasn't a jeans & tee-shirt guy.
Through most of HS & early college I was a glitter boy.
I had probably 7 or 8 pairs of those types of shoes.

[debm55]

87. Professor, I would have never taken you for a glitter boy. How did you walk in them?

[Kath2]

79. I loved platform shoes.

I don't know how I danced and partied with them on but I did.

[Archae]

16. Corduroy pants.

I didn't have any jeans until after I was out of my parents' house.

Nowadays, I only wear jeans.

[debm55]

57. Yes, they made that strange sound.

[Ferrets are Cool]

18. Striped bell bottom pants

[debm55]

58. Oh my.

[highplainsdem]

19. I liked hip hugger bellbottoms and would wear them today if they were fashionable again for Boomers.

But I gave up on wearing bikinis a while back.

Last one I bought was emerald green with gold chains, and I liked the way I looked in it (I was about 40 then) but never wore it after noticing that some of the young women at the local health club's pool apparently had breast implants that were really obvious with their swimsuits. I decided I could survive without swimming there.

Breast implants weren't considered necessary when I was young. If you look at old video from the '60s, '70s and even the '80s, you don't notice many young women with breast implants.

Anyway, I never wore the bikini, and years later when one of my pretty nieces was rummaging through my closet, she asked me if she could have it, and I told her she was welcome to it.

[debm55]

59. Didn't wear a bikini until I went to college.

[Kath2]

89. Tight ribbed black turtleneck sweater and bell bottom jeans.

With a large peace symbol necklace or beads. I loved it.

[debm55]

90. Sounds similar to my style.

[Kath2]

97. We were the cool girls.

Never forget that

[highplainsdem]

93. Or a bodysuit. Or a gauzy peasant blouse.

[debm55]

95. Memories--first love trying to get the "turtleneck" off. He didn't know you had to unsnap at the

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crotch since it was a bodysuit.

[Kath2]

96. LOL.

Very cool. Memories. Love it.

[Kath2]

101. I had the peasant blouse, for sure.

I graduated high school in 1976 and I loved everything about the hippie fashion.

[redstatebluegirl]

20. Bell bottoms and halter tops.

[debm55]

60. Right on.

[gay texan]

21. Hoo boy....

When they used to fit me, Dr. Scholls exercise sandals. (Used to wear a friends all the time when i was a kid, naturaly mom and dad freaked the hell out as boys were not supposed to wear them. Sucks, i thought they were fun and cute)

Corduroy pants. Totally hated them.

Brown slacks, hated them.

[Ocelot II]

25. Corduroy!

When you walked the pants would go vwwwp vwwwp vwwwp.

[gay texan]

26. Yes! N/t

[ironflange]

44. We used to call them Voomies

[debm55]

61. gay texan, agree with you on the cords. Hated them

[TlalocW]

22. Nothing

I am either totally without any fashion sense or completely convinced that I made everything look good.

[debm55]

62. That's funny.

[northoftheborder]

23. Polyester bell-bottom pants with large white and yellow daisy print and---

—-vivid blue background worn with bright yellow tank top. 70’s

Big shoulder pads on the ‘90’s

[debm55]

63. I used to cut the shoulder pads out. After frequent washing they would slide down and it looked

like you had four breasts.

[catrose]

24. Hot pants. You're welcome.

[Polly Hennessey]

29. Me, too with the hot pants. What were we thinking.

[brer cat]

37. Me too, and I was a young professional. I'm surprised I wasn't fired.

[catrose]

43. I dunno, but my mother bought me my first pair

The same mother who sent me to Catholic schools. I still haven’t figured that out.

[debm55]

64. I had hot pants that were silk screened at the factory with scenes of Woodstock.

[malthaussen]

110. As a young male during the era of hot pants, I thank you.

They had such a brief vogue (cough). I am richer for the experience.

-- Mal

[ohtransplant]

27. Leisure Suits!

Power blue was my favorite!

[debm55]

65. If you were a guy, you had to wear your shirt opened three bottons and some chains.

[madamesilverspurs]

28. Gogo boots.

'Nuff sed.


.

[debm55]

66. Oh I remember Gogo boots. From experience, they should not be worn in the snow.

[Chakaconcarne]

30. parachute pants, acid-washed anything

[Shermann]

34. +1 to parachute pants

Those were a fad for only a few years in the late 80's as I recall

Really gaudy shoelaces were a thing around the same time.

[debm55]

67. My jeans I just bought has a DRY Clean Only label on it. Who the hell dry cleans jeans.

[Mr.Bill]

31. Cub Scout and Boy Scout uniforms.

[debm55]

69. And the old Girl Scout uniforms. There was a week in March, when all scouts had to wear their

uniforms to school.

[Kath2]

32. Really wide and frayed bell bottom jeans.

I still wear them occasionally.

[debm55]

70. Mine were always so long, they would rip at the bottoms. That's when you cut them and made into a

skirt.

[Kath2]

77. Very cool.

Mine always dragged the ground and got really frayed on the heel end. And I usually wore sandals when I was not going barefoot.

[bamagal62]

33. Preppy pappagallo sundresses.

[debm55]

72. Sundresses, disliked them.

[GP6971]

35. Plaid Suits. n/t

[debm55]

73. The small plaid is okay, but it was the loud plaid that was laughable.

[DelMar dem]

36. Hot pants here too.

I cannot believe I went out in public wearing them.

[Niagara]

38. Short shorts, cropped tops and pegged jeans.

In the 90's, the majority of us use to peg the bottom of our classic jeans. We didn't have choices in jeans with flares, bootcut, bellbottoms and skinny cut jeans.







Also today, I wouldn't wear classic jeans.

[debm55]

74. I remember that.

[justaprogressive]

39. I had most of it in one special pair of fluorescent orange Hip-Hugger, Bell-Bottom, Wide Strip

corduroy pants that would only stay up with a 3 inch belt!

Heck I wasn't even playing out yet!

[debm55]

75. Did you actually wear them?

[justaprogressive]

117. Proudly

with a blue/purple or green top I looked fabulous

[Backseat Driver]

40. Beat up fringed suede jacket w/shawl-style lapels.

I still own it, but sure wouldn't wear it!

I hated the dirdle skirts and A-line cordoroy ones with the wide belts w/big buckles. Never had that thin trim waistline or long torso and the bulky fabrics made me look even worse with the wide belts. If there were loops, I wasn't allowed to go beltless. Never owned jeans until I married and left home. No love for sphaghetti-strapped tops or dresses either due to the need to support ample "girls"; only now, retired and at home, do I venture to go braless under a tank or racerback top; not obese but definitely not a bikini proportioned body.

Love the fall sweaters, sweatshirts and tunic length long-sleeved tops over leggings. Love me some classic turtlenecks.

[debm55]

76. I had the fringed vest and jacked. It was not made of suede(too expensive) but a suede like fabric.

I thought I was cool.

[broiles]

41. Bikini!

[debm55]

78. Gone are my bikini days.

[Xavier Breath]

42. Easter Sunday, 1976, I was wearing a brand new

powder blue leisure suit over a wide-color navy blue shirt. To church, of course. What a thing to inflict on a nine-year-old.

[debm55]

80. I don't mean to laugh, but just be glad it wasn't a lavender colored suit with a purple shirt. I did

did see those. Did you shirt have wide labels?

[Xavier Breath]

98. That I don't recall

but I did neglect to mention that I rounded out that get-up with a brown pair of hush puppies. Ugh. I probably looked like a young Herb Tarlek from WKRP in Cincinnati.

[debm55]

99. That's funny. My brother wore the lavender suit with purple shirt to Easter services.

[Xavier Breath]

100. My parents divorced that fall

but that Easter suit was still the worst thing to happen to me that year

[Trailrider1951]

45. Mini skirts

Midi skirts and boots are more my style today. Also those ladies office work blouses with the tie attached that were popular in the '80's.

[debm55]

82. Even when mini skirts were in style, I wore midi, and goucho pants and granny dresses.

[ironflange]

46. Blue jeans with big wide cuffs at the bottom

Good luck getting caught in the rain with those on.

[debm55]

86. And the snow.

[surrealAmerican]

47. tube tops

They never did work for me, but I tried.

[debm55]

92. I tried too. Had nothing for them to hold on to. So I gave up

[Dulcinea]

115. I never wore them.

I'm too flat chested. It was embarrassing to have nothing to keep a tube top up.

[TexasBushwhacker]

48. That would be it for me as well

I had one pair that had a 4" zipper!

[ailsagirl]

49. Yes-- bellbottoms

[debm55]

94. Do you remember the Palazzo pants? When you put your legs close together it looked you were wearing

a long dress?

[ailsagirl]

102. I really liked those--made me feel slinky

😎

[debm55]

50. Jean skirts made from a pair of jeans. I know it is good for recycling but they were butt ugly.

Speaking of jeans, what about the "farmer jeans" that had the bib in the front and jean "suspenders"? They were a pain to take off when you had to use the bathroom.

[Elessar Zappa]

71. In high school,

I wore black heavy metal t-shirts, black pants and a wallet with a long chain. I still like metal but I’d never dress like that now unless I’m going to a concert lol.

[debm55]

85. Do you still have any of those?

[Elessar Zappa]

88. I still have a Black Sabbath shirt.

I’m too fat for it now though lol.

[Different Drummer]

81. Leisure suits.

Although, to be honest, I really liked them in the 70s.

[debm55]

84. Did you keep the top three bottons of your shirt undone?

[Different Drummer]

91. Sure did!

[Kali]

103. oh I would totally wear those

but probably not the halter top.

[Emile]

106. Clip on tie.

[debm55]

111. HAHAHA I remember those.

[Dulcinea]

107. Candie's slide shoes.

I begged & pleaded for them in 8th grade. I got a pair, but they were so uncomfortable I ended up giving them away. I'd post a picture, but I haven't figured out how to do that. (Can anyone help?)

Also, permed 1980s hair. Never again! I've had a simple bob with bangs for years, ever since the 90s when straight hairstyles came back into fashion. My hair should serve ME, not the other way around. If it involves more than a hair dryer & a round brush, it's too much work.

[debm55]

112. I had a perm that left my hair sticky. I had to get it all cut off. The only perm I liked was the

spiral perm. It didn't last long and it was very expensive.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

108. This is embarassing. (potential coffee in the keyboard warning)

Yes bell bottoms but were yours black velour? Did you wear them with a matching black velour sweatshirt? I did. I wore them when my unit was to convoy in civies to a planned exercise in New York State. My CO called me Zorro.

[debm55]

114. Oh my.----

[malthaussen]

109. "Mini skirts and maxi skirts and Afro hair dos..."

(from "Nassau's Gone Funky" ).

Maybe the window-pane plaid pants I liked in the very early '70s. But my clothing hasn't changed much over the years. T-shirts and jeans seem to be perennial.

In more formal gear, the lapels on suit jackets have shrunk, shirt collars have also become more demure, and ties less wide. Overall, much less fabric is used than once was. The pastels of the Seventies have given way to more dark and sober colors, but I don't wear such things anymore. In fact, I don't even own such things anymore.

-- Mal

[debm55]

113. Yes those plaids were hideous.

[Mad_Dem_X]

116. Neon orange sweatshirt...with matching socks

Why, yes, I did grow up in the 80's.