Collars up…

It all started the other day when I saw this kid at my church with his collar turned up. I laughed and said, “Wow, I remember the days when that was really cool.” My friend Robert said to me that they do it all the time at school now. “Prep” has returned to the school yard. That really made laugh. “No way,” I said. But there is a return to some of the more “prep” trends of the 80s. Thankfully, the belly shirts are passe, and girls who should never have worn them in the first place will be thankfully covered.

I was at the store the other day and was browsing t-shirts. Now, I wasn’t especially looking for a t-shirt, just curious what was out there. What I found was that the 80s are coming back, sorta. I saw the Dukes of Hazzard, Back to the Future, Nintendo, Masters of the Universe and even the Care Bears. I had to laugh at the obvious attempt to recreate the same exact designs that I remember seeing years ago. There were so many fashions in the 80s that crack me up now… Remember some of these?

Cross Colours clothes
stonewashed denim
checkerboard clothing (flannel shirts and pants, etc.)
Esprit clothes
New Kids on the Block
Ocean Pacific clothes
Vision Street Wear
pastel colors
RUN DMC Adidas suits
tie-dye/hippie fashion
wearing too much jewelry
Flashdance
green scrubs
Fido Dido t-shirts
Hypercolor shirts
Spuds Mackenzie t-shirts
British flag t-shirts
Gecko t-shirts
“Frankie Says Relax” t-shirts
ID# shirts
Jimmy Z shirts
shirts with collars turned up
shirts with long flaps in the back side
Izod shirts
Vuarnet shirts
Ron Jon Surf Shop shirts
t-shirts tied at one side
shirts with sleeves ripped off
shirts with French writing on them (i.e. L’Universitie de Paris)
Panama Jack shirts
Coca Cola shirts
Gotcha shirts
horizontally striped shirts
button-down Oxford shirts (especially in pink)
argyle sweater vests
monogrammed sweaters
off the shoulder ripped up sweats
Members Only jackets
big winter coats with sleeves that unzipped
denim jackets with lots of pins, patches or buttons
CB brand jackets
Michael Jackson jackets – red, vinyl with lots of pockets
leather coats with fringes
jams
skidz
legwarmers
Bugle Boy pants
military fatigue pants
parachute pants
leather pants
corduroy pants
Rubgy/Rugger pants
two tone denim pants (black in back, gray in front)
Levi’s with the white patch on back pocket
Gitano jeans
Jordache jeans
Guess jeans
Sassoon jeans
Chic jeans
Zena jeans
Z. Cavaricci acid-washed jeans
acid washed jeans
ripped jeans
stone washed jeans
bleached jeans
pleated jeans
jeans with paint splatters
French-cuffed jeans (often worn with short socks and deck shoes)
pegged jeans
spiked jeans
jeans with high heels
tight jeans with zippers on bottom of legs
loose jeans safety pinned at the bottom
Vans tennis shoes
sebago shoes
deck shoes
boat shoes
high-top sneakers
Converse sneakers
Roos sneakers
Zips sneakers
Pumas sneakers
Pony sneakers
L.A. Gear sneakers
British Knights sneakers
double mismatching socks
slouch socks
dress socks with sneakers
lace socks worn with high heels
big thick scrunchy socks worn over tight pants
velcro sneakers
jelly shoes
Jazz shoes
mismatched Chuck Taylor high top shoes
unlaced Adidas hightops with the tongue hanging out
moon boots
fat shoelaces
bandanas
bandanas tied around knee area
headbands
banana clips
roach clips with feathers worn in hair
caps with the short bill flipped up in front
Panama Jack hats
charm necklaces
candy necklaces
Charmkins (jewelry that are also toys)
thin gold chains
plastic charm necklaces
Stopwatches as accessory
narrow [leather] ties
long metal earrings
big earrings
spiked belts, wristbands, arm bands,etc.
telephone cord belts
skinny belts
magnetic belts
chain belts
brass/silver nickname belt buckles
bullet belts
Michael Jackson mirrored glasses
Back to the Future glasses (Pizza Hut promotion)
polariod sunglasses
Glacier glasses
Zany Zappers
Swatch watches
pop swatches
Takara Transformer Robot watches
slap bracelets
friendship bracelets
bangle bracelets
jelly bracelets
leather bracelets with spikes
gloves up to the elbows and full of holes
Michael Jackson glove
Freezy Freakies gloves
Lee Press-On Nails
Jordache purses
Sportsac purses
Adidas bags
Esprit bags
pop-beads
friendship pins