what fashion trend did you fall victim to and now regret?
janwinterbridejoy
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i grew up in a section of queens that was very italian back then so GULP LOL i was a guidette with big hair and a tacchini suit. lol i was dating someone with a transam lol so i tried to fit the part. but then i saw my first gothic girl on the b58 bus and it was all over went home and burned all my ghot pink lol an dtraded it in for black velvet lol. This all was happening in the years of 1985 lol im will be 32
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I became a die hard preppy just as I was entering junior high. I had been watching the Facts of Life and reading the Girls of Canby Hall and I wanted to go to Prep School and I started my first day of Junior High in a plaid kilt, oxford cloth shirt, sweater vest, knee socks and penny loafers. My classmates here in Brentwood thought I had gotten on the wrong bus and I was supposed to be in Catholic school.
I embraced that fashion which just so happens to be considered classic and I can show you pics from 10-15 years ago and I am not ashamed of my clothes or hairstyles because they are pretty similar to what I wear now. I love the fact that I still wear my dad's shetland wool cable knit Brooks Brothers sweater from the late 60's. I LOVE it
Oh yeah, my college roommate and I lived by the Official Preppy Handbook!!
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I got soooo caught up in the 'thug' stage!
I used to wear really baggy pants with those tight tight ponytails what pulled my eyes back. Always had boots on with the tongue flapping and oversized sweatshirts.
I was like that for about 3 years during hs.
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In high school I bought all of my clothes at the thrift store. All I ever wore were beat up old bell bottom corduroys, flannel shirts, band t-shirts, combat boots and converse sneakers in every color. I also dyed my hair every 10 days or so. I've had it green, blue, purple, red, black, etc. I also used to give myself crazy haircuts.
At the time, I didn't think I was taking part in any kind of 'fad', but looking back there were a whole lot of us misunderstood teens dressing in similar fashion...
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I was a guidette with capezios, cavaricchi's, big hair (gotta love Aqua Net ) a ring on every finger and an arm full of gold bracelets!
janwinterbridejoy
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i think i single handedly destroyed the ozone layer with all the aqua net i used lol. The giant purple can was my favorite. dont you remember when you went to clubs and you would see all these girls in the bathroom whipping out these mega big cans of hairspray in there bags lol. i was one of them.
june262004
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AHHH behold the power of aqua net
It had to be aqua net pink for me LOL
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Remember leggings in the late 80's. I used to wear them with the slouch socks and sneakers. (Remember Reeboks?) I have to admit I wasn't that into the big hair. People used to make fun of me for that; everyone thought I was too conservative at the time!!
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StayandJohn
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Fell victim to the guidette faze....
then the thug faze....huge doorknocker earrings, huge rings and thick cuban link chains with Santa Barbara medalions or crosses, sneakers, eastlands, timbs, baggy jeans, tight shirts, tight pony tails, RED lipstick
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Posted by KathleenG
Remember leggings in the late 80's. I used to wear them with the slouch socks and sneakers. (Remember Reeboks?) I have to admit I wasn't that into the big hair. People used to make fun of me for that; everyone thought I was too conservative at the time!!
I remember Hot pink Spandex I had them, And slouch socks and I would wear two colors like left leg would be white on top and pink on bottom then Pink on top and white on bottom LOL..
I had hot doggers and cavarichis (sp) tool
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Fell victim to the guidette faze....
then the thug faze....huge doorknocker earrings, huge rings and thick cuban link chains with Santa Barbara medalions or crosses, sneakers, eastlands, timbs, baggy jeans, tight shirts, tight pony tails, RED lipstick
I did this in middle School and the very begining of high school. BAGGY Jeans
janwinterbridejoy
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june what are hotdoggers?
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Fell victim to the guidette faze....
me too! then the heavy metal stage..ripped jeans, bleached jeans, black rubber bracelets, huge earrings, 2 cans of aqua net on the huge spiked hair per week.......
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Hot Doggers are like Sergio tacchini Only they were Neon Colors. I wonder if I can find a picture of me wearing it.
janwinterbridejoy
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i had black rubber bracelets. i have to find pictures of my guidette hair
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Posted by mlp924
I was a guidette with capezios, cavaricchi's, big hair (gotta love Aqua Net ) a ring on every finger and an arm full of gold bracelets!
Ditto!!!
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I wore Mc Hammer pants and work boots my first year of HS. My parents to this day swear I am the reason my HS got a uniform.
janwinterbridejoy
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when i turned gothic my mom got so sick of telling the people at work that the pic of me wasnt at a halloween party that she started telling them i was at one. my dad god rest his soul was always telling his friends that asked why i was always wearing black that at least i black matches with everything lol
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Posted by janwinterbridejoy
i grew up in a section of queens that was very italian back then so GULP LOL i was a guidette with big hair and a tacchini suit. lol i was dating someone with a transam lol so i tried to fit the part. but then i saw my first gothic girl on the b58 bus and it was all over went home and burned all my ghot pink lol an dtraded it in for black velvet lol. This all was happening in the years of 1985 lol im will be 32
I'm 33, Italian, grew up in Yonkers, border of da Bronx .. I went through the EXACT same 'Guidette' phase you did .. Guidette all the way! Dated boys that were guidos mostly, the cars to drive were Camaros/Z-28's , Monte Carlos or Cadillac Eldorodos.. Lots of bright colors, leggings and loooooong fingernails. My hair was huge (I cringe w hen I look at old pics), lots of eyeliner and gold necklaces/rings/bracelets.
And of course, your b'friend gave you an ANKLE BRACLET when you were steady, that you didn't wear around your ankle of course (you wore it attached to another chain as necklace!)!! And diamond double-name plates, everyone had those!
FH did not grow up NY .. he has no idea what I'm talking about when I tell him about my guidette days.. he's a Michigan boy
