Recently, people over 40 shared the fashion trends from their youth that they really regret following, and they had so much to say. Here are some of the top comments:
1.“Overly tweezed eyebrows. I loved the ’90s, but so many of my sisters never got their full brows back.”
—SizzleanQueen
“I used to have a housemate who’d completely obliterated her eyebrows. It was always so weird seeing her in the morning before she’d drawn them back on.”
—Striking_Meringue328
2.“Flared, low-rise jeans.”
—Alternative-Dig-2066
“I don’t mind flares. Hate low rise with a passion.”
—brandi_theratgirl
3.“Shoulder pads.”
—ThreeDogs2963
“They’re dangerous too. My aunt had a suit jacket with huge shoulder pads. She picked it up from the dry cleaners and wore it over a sleeveless top to church the next day. About halfway through the service, she started to feel an intense burning sensation on her shoulders. The shoulder pads absorbed the dry cleaning fluid and caused severe blistering on her skin!”
—tiffy68
4.“The huge, sometimes starched/sometimes floppy bow-neck blouses that were supposed to be the female equivalent of shirt-and-tie with women’s business suits.”
—SiteVivid9331
“Called, unironically, the pussy bow.”
—Olivia_Bitsui
5.“Perms or ‘permanent’ waves. They were so awful.”
—luisapet
“The smell of fresh perms, too, absolutely noxious.”
—Salt-N-Vinegar-Lover
6.“Around 2003-04, everyone was wearing bootcut jeans, and they would be too long. They would get all worn and frayed on the ends, particularly around the heel. I couldn’t stand it then, and I can’t now.”
—MNPS1603
7.“Oversized shirts where the shoulder seam was on your bicep.”
—robotlasagna
“I recently found an old shirt I’d used to protect something in a box. It was a Guess shirt I used to wear to clubs. I put it on and it was ridiculously large. And still smelled like cigarettes.”
—airckarc
8.“Polyester pant suits and leisure suits.”
—loriwilley
9.“OMG, the rat tails! A kid in my high school had one that was outrageously long, and it ripped out when he tripped on it.”
—StrangersWithAndi
10.“Mullets.”
—Justthefacts6969
11.“Leg warmers.”
—ladynocaps2
12.“Bright sport jackets with wide lapels. I cringe whenever I see a show about the ‘70s.”
—Stock_Block2130
13.“Farrah Fawcett feathered hair (looks great on her, though).”
—Any_West_926
14.“Crimped hair.”
—Jackrabbits4ever
15.“Neon colored everything.”
—stigbugly
16.“In the early ’90s, it was popular for women to wear a ‘wind suit.’ This was a baggy nylon warm-up style jacket and pants made up of different bright colors.”
—bde75
17.“Acid-washed high-rise jeans with a puffy tummy area.”
—Medical_Listen_4470
18.“The preppy style, especially the polo shirts with the collars flipped up.”
—Wifflemeyer
19.“Uggs with a mini skirt. The trend I most participated in, guilty as charged.”
—Zestyclose-Beyond780
20.“I don’t remember what they called them, gauchos? Wide leg ‘pants’ that come to mid-calf. That and what we called capris, which were mid-calf, too. I see things called capri pants now, and they seem to be just above the ankle. Those are fine. It’s the ‘clam-digger’ length I hate.”
—skwirlmeat
21.“Socks with lace-trimmed ankle cuffs worn with high-heeled pumps. Madonna could barely pull off the look, but the 20-something girls at the mall looked like 6-year-olds wearing Mommy’s shoes.”
—SonicPiano
22.“The Dorothy Hamill haircut, on women or men.”
—shouldiknowthat
“I got that haircut when I was 10 or so. My head was the same shape as a toadstool. So glad when it grew out. But at least I was cured of misguided celebrity emulation at a young age.”
—2PlasticLobsters
23.And finally, “Heroin chic.”
—vodeodeo55
“How on earth was that ever okay?”
—gatinjesok
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