What is a fashion trend that you are glad is no longer around? Mine is granny dresses. What is yours?

[debm55]

[marble falls]

1. Jumpsuits/leisure suits.

[debm55]

3. Oh yes, Leisure suits, Thank you marble falls.

[Diamond_Dog]

37. Made out of polyester!

[marble falls]

42. The worst!

[debm55]

45. You got that right, marble falls.

[pansypoo53219]

48. not gone. oompah had a delux one when he hosted SNL. that horror can't hide from me.

[Tanuki]

2. Shoulder pads

[debm55]

4. Haha, Thank you, Tanuki, I used to cut mine out ,

[applegrove]

29. Yes. I have a swimmers build for a woman. My shoulders

are already broad. I must have looked like a football player when shoulder pads were in in the 1980s.

[debm55]

32. Thank you applegrove. I hated them. I never understood why they were so popular.

[mwmisses4289]

5. Platform shoes.

Other "fashion" trends i hope to see get buried and forgotten are stilettos and super pointed toe shoes.

[debm55]

6. Thank you very much much, mwmisses4289 for sharing with us, I agree with the stilettos and pointed toe shoes

[Ritabert]

7. Mini-skirts and bell bottoms.

[debm55]

11. Thank you very much much for sharing with us. Ritabert. Miniskirts and bell bottoms ,I wore in my youth, but I am glad

They disappeared.

[Tetrachloride]

27. Hold on there. Bell bottoms are in the very shop that I am in.

[Ritabert]

30. I've seen them around but I never liked them.

[marble falls]

43. I still love bell bottons.

[vapor2]

53. Me too, hated bell bottoms

[debm55]

62. Agree, vapor2,

[hlthe2b]

8. All mentions of the clothes of my youth. How about the "now": skin-tight jeans over

far-too ample (thank you, Brazilian butt lifts or pre-GLP-1 drugs) derrieres. Given I have had the "natural" version, i.e., the far too ample derriere since teen years there was nothing I ran from faster (yes, really) than tight pants, but then there was Kim (Kardashian) and her "butt fixation". To see what i was cruelly mocked for in my teens all of a sudden be a part of a celeb fashion display was just too mind-bending.

sigh...

[debm55]

9. Thank you very much, hlthe2b. I agree. about the skinny jeans and I might add leggings.that some should not wear,I am

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very sorry to what happened to you in your teens. People , especially teens , can be so mean.

[hlthe2b]

10. Yup... Mean teen peers are there to make you stronger, I guess

[marble falls]

44. I saw a photo of a dude in the tightest jeans possible, they looked like they were spandex ...

... someone commented below: "better watch out, if you fart you'll break your ankles!"

[debm55]

46. -----------

[3catwoman3]

57. I do not get the whole big butt thing.

That the last part of me I want to be any bigger.

[debm55]

59. HAHHAHAHHA. me too.

[MenloParque]

12. Sweatpants with "Juicy" written on the butt!

[debm55]

15. Oh yes, I remember them. Not a good look. Thank you very much,MenioParque.

[surfered]

13. Bell bottoms and yes, I had a pair or two.

[debm55]

60. Great! I knew you would, surfered. I think we all did.

[Aristus]

14. The hairstyle I call the high-and-tight ponytail.

I don’t know if there’s an official name for it. But guys would get the hair on the sides of their heads buzzed down to the skin, leaving only a strip on top. That hair would then be gathered in the back into a short ponytail.

Ugliest goddamned hairstyle I’ve ever seen. I can’t believe guys wanted to look like that. It was worse than the mullet.

[debm55]

18. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH. I remember that. Thank you Aristus. I remember that------ugly.

[3catwoman3]

61. We follow English Premier League soccer. One of the players for the Manchester City...

...team, a Norwegian by the name of Erling Haaland, has one of the plug ugliest hair styles ever. It's a long pony tail version of what you described. I don't like watching Man City games because I can't stand to look at him.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrhdtPapW1pPGYAS8dXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3BpdnM-?p=erling+haaland&fr2=piv-web&type=E210US1641

[Ilsa]

64. There is a women's ponytail style where the sides

are sleek and pulled close to the head. But the top from front to back is teased up several inches. I don't think the big pouf on the center of the head is flattering on any face shape.

[PJMcK]

16. Sideburns

They always look dorky.

[debm55]

19. Thank you PJMcK. yes they were dorky, Same with the mutton chops. Glad thay are gone.

[justaprogressive]

17. Hip-huggers

looked great on the svelte, but god-awful on a 40-something with a paunch!

[debm55]

20. HAHAHAHAH. Thank you justaprogressive. I have to admit I wore them in high school.

[justaprogressive]

21. shh

(me too) my favorite were low-cut dayglo-orange heavy corduroy bells.

[debm55]

23. HAHAHAHAHHAHA. That's when I had the shape to wear them.

[Polly Hennessey]

22. Bow-Tie blouses and long puffy sleeves and cap sleeves.

Note to Deb: I adored my mini skirts and bell bottoms.

[debm55]

24. HAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you Polly Hennessey. I liked my regular Levi's jeans.

[debm55]

25. Earth shoes

[The Blue Flower]

26. Teased hair and bell bottoms

nt

[viva la]

28. Sags!

I never want to see random strangers' cracks!

[debm55]

34. HAHAHAHAHA. I agree with you 100%. Thank you , viva la.

[3catwoman3]

58. I don't particularly want to see the in people I know, either.

[danieljsf]

31. Unnecessary Zippers

The 80s trend of putting zippers on clothes in places that didn't need them or to reveal extra cloth or mesh underneath.

[debm55]

35. I hated zippers even as a kid. Not the style for me either.

[no_hypocrisy]

33. Hip-hugger jeans when I was a teen and

Those awful cutesy dresses when I was in elementary school.

[debm55]

36. Thank you very much, no_hypocrisy. Cutsey dresses with the small white socks and mary janes shoes. In the winter,.

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tights.

[Diamond_Dog]

38. Mullet haircuts for guys and huge teased lacquered hair for women.

I still have big hair but I don’t tease it or spray it, Lol

[debm55]

39. Yep. I didn't tease my hair, but I had a woman's mullet.

[MIButterfly]

40. Feathered and layered hair on men.

And it was all over the place in the 80s. It seemed like all the male band members had their hair styled that way. I hated it. Whose idea was it to give men Farrah Fawcett hairdos?

It felt like a national nightmare to me. Of course, now I know what a REAL national nightmare is!

[debm55]

41. Yes, the glam rock bands I remember that period. And I totally agree with your second statemen. Thank you MIButterfly.

[CanonRay]

47. Nehru jackets

[debm55]

50. Hahahhahahhhhaha, You are so right. Thank you CanonRay.

[pansypoo53219]

49. tevas + birkenstocks. ugly. but i prefer to be barefoot.

[debm55]

52. Thank you pansypoo53419 and birkenstocks are way expensive and they are ugly.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

51. Hip-hugger jeans!

My hips have disappeared somewhere under extra padding. No longer the bony 'flying buttresses' of my youth. LOL!!! (Time.... it's a bitch, ain't it?)

[debm55]

54. HAHAAHAHAHHA. sure is.I am the same. Thank you for posting some_of_us_are_sane.

[Onthefly]

55. Qiana shirts: nylon that was to imitate silk

The fabric was not breathable.

[debm55]

56. I remember that, Onthefly. I don't hear about the fabric any more. Thank you very much.

[duckworth969]

63. Bell bottoms

[chowmama]

65. Linebacker shoulder pads

That dent for several inches when the wearer has a shoulder strap bag.

The one I wish would go is skintight leggings with a shorty top. This has one of two effects - either you look like you have an ass the size of North Dakota or you look like you have chicken legs. There is no third choice.