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.”
2.
“Flared, low-rise jeans.”
3.
“Shoulder pads.”
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.”
5.
“Perms or ‘permanent’ waves. They were so awful.”
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.”
7.
“Oversized shirts where the shoulder seam was on your bicep.”
8.
“Polyester pant suits and leisure suits.”
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.”
10.
“Mullets.”
11.
“Leg warmers.”
12.
“Bright sport jackets with wide lapels. I cringe whenever I see a show about the ‘70s.”
13.
“Farrah Fawcett feathered hair (looks great on her, though).”
14.
“Crimped hair.”
15.
“Neon colored everything.”
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.”
17.
“Acid-washed high-rise jeans with a puffy tummy area.”
18.
“The preppy style, especially the polo shirts with the collars flipped up.”
19.
“Uggs with a mini skirt. The trend I most participated in, guilty as charged.”
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.”
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.”
22.
“The Dorothy Hamill haircut, on women or men.”
23.
And finally, “Heroin chic.”
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