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.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

66. I had to laugh at your statement. You seem to celebrate the disappearance ...

... of miniskirts, bell bottoms, and your youth.

There are parts of my youth that I'm glad have disappeared, even if not quite forgotten.

[debm55]

67. I didn't like them and I am glad they are gone. thank you JustABozoOnTheBus. I didn't like them but I wore them

[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

[debm55]

68. Thank you very much, duckworth969 Agree

[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.

[debm55]

69. HAHAHHAHAHHAAHHHAHA. That is funny, Thank you very much for sharing , chowmama.