People that "pop" their collars on their polo shirts

[diamondsnake]

Does this annoy anyone else?

[ryan8472]

Yes. :lol:


And this fad about guys wearing girls pants. :eek:

[diamondsnake]

Yes. :lol:


And this fad about guys wearing girls pants. :eek:
Men's fashion is getting too girly... even for me! And I watch soap operas for crying out loud!

[estranged4life]

fashionable as Stevie Nicks is male...Trends come, and trends go and yet they always suck excessive amounts of crusty zit covered ass.

[ryan8472]

fashionable as Stevie Nicks is male...Trends come, and trends go and yet they always suck excessive amounts of crusty zit covered ass.
That's just foul. :lol:

You hit the nail on the head tho. Fads suck, plain & simple.

[darklinensuit]

I didn't realize guys still did that. I thought that was twenty years ago.
And I havent seen or heard of the women's pants thing.
I do remember the boxers as shorts fad of fifteen years ago.

- Jake

[GypsySorcerer]

I hate that too.

When I was in middle school the cool thing was to wear your jeans backwards. :rolleyes:

[ryan8472]

My GOD yes. HATE. HATE HATE HATE. You'd think it'd be uncomfortable.
I've tried doing it before, but I look like a vampire. Maybe I dont do it right. :laugh:

[diamondsnake]

I'm glad to know I am not alone.

I have ended friendships over this "pop the collar" jazz. Quite frankly, I don't want to be seen with people that pop their collar!

[diamondsnake]

I hate that too.

When I was in middle school the cool thing was to wear your jeans backwards. :rolleyes:
Huh? That is a new one!

[ryan8472]

That's the FIRST THING I think of when I see people pop their collars. Then, of course, I think about how stupid they look. Laaaame.

It's worse when people wear, like, 3 polo shirts. All with popped collars. Gah!

I'm chatty tonight.
People like that deserve whatever **** they recieve about wearing so many shirts. :cool:

Nothing wrong with being chatty.

[diamondsnake]

I was at the mall the other day and the guy at the frozen yogurt shop had his TCBY uniform on with the collar popped!

[xdreamsunwindx]

I used to do that when I went to a school where you had to wear collared shirts. At first, I'd tuck the collar underneath the shirt, like, roll it under. I'd get yelled at for it, then I'd pull the collar up as high as humanly possible just to spite them. I mainly did it to piss people off.

[diamondsnake]

I've tried doing it before, but I look like a vampire. Maybe I dont do it right. :laugh:
I always look like a vampire. I didn't even dress up for Halloween this year and just because I was wearing a black shirt people just assumed I was a vampire! I guess that is what I get for not going out in the sun!

[darklinensuit]

I hate that too.

When I was in middle school the cool thing was to wear your jeans backwards. :rolleyes:

Why the hell would a person prefer to unzip his ass.
(Pause) Don't answer. :distress:

- Jake

[DrummerDeanna]

Ah the popped collar - yet another fashion trend that did not need to make a comeback...there was this dude working here who used to do that - he's since moved on - and I no longer have to look at his stupid collared shirts.

---And yes, there was a horrid trend of wearing pants backwards - I never liked that one- wasn't it started by that horrid little rap duo Cris/Cros or something??

Then there was the whole one side of the overalls un done :rolleyes:

Um - four different colored pairs of socks...with high tops and weird taper-folded jeans :p

[skcin]

I was JUST going to post about the horror that was folded jeans, Deanna. :rolleyes: What were we thinking? Did you pin them, or just tuck & fold?

[hayley]

I realized awhile back that what was intense dislike for Napoleon Dynamite became complete, all-encompassing hatred because of the audience at the theater when I saw it. I go to a movie theater that is in a more upscale suburb, and the entire theater was filled with smarmy little teenage ****s with their collars popped. *stab*

I just think it looks so smarmy and ridiculous. It's like they're aspiring to be James Spader in Pretty in Pink or something. It's laaaaaame.

Hee. Kriss Kross and backwards pants. I missed the bus (uhhh), I missed the bus, and that is somethin' I will nevah evah do again. My brother's favorite album at the time.

[SuzeQuze]

I realized awhile back that what was intense dislike for Napoleon Dynamite became complete, all-encompassing hatred because of the audience at the theater when I saw it. I go to a movie theater that is in a more upscale suburb, and the entire theater was filled with smarmy little teenage ****s with their collars popped. *stab*

I just think it looks so smarmy and ridiculous. It's like they're aspiring to be James Spader in Pretty in Pink or something. It's laaaaaame.

Hee. Kriss Kross and backwards pants. I missed the bus (uhhh), I missed the bus, and that is somethin' I will nevah evah do again. My brother's favorite album at the time.

:laugh: I think there's another evah in there. I used to work for Sears in the juniors' department and we got music videos every month to play there and that song was on one. Damn it would stick in my head! I didn't think anyone else knew that song!

My brother always wore his collars up, in junior high. That was a long time ago. He was a punk and he liked it that way. I think his 7th grade pic is him in a pink shirt with the collar up, a mullet, and a smirk. Exactly as it should have been in 1986!

[SuzeQuze]

I was JUST going to post about the horror that was folded jeans, Deanna. :rolleyes: What were we thinking? Did you pin them, or just tuck & fold?

My calves are so thin I always had to pin my pants or they wouldn't stay pegged. I forgot about the multiple socks. :eek: You had to have high tops too. WTF were we thinking? Blech.

Oh yeah, and we'd wear them with those long ass shirts with... shoulder pads! Oh the horror.

[DrummerDeanna]

I was JUST going to post about the horror that was folded jeans, Deanna. :rolleyes: What were we thinking? Did you pin them, or just tuck & fold?


Well I was a little behind - I didn't even do the folds until the trend was nearly on the way out -and no, I never pinned them - I was a purist - just the fold lol...

If I were wearing pants right now I'd totally try and do it lol-just for nostalgia sake - I wouldn't keep them that way - but I'm wearing a skirt....:p

[golden braid]

I was JUST going to post about the horror that was folded jeans, Deanna. :rolleyes: What were we thinking? Did you pin them, or just tuck & fold?
I used to love to peg my jeans. I was so good at it I didn't need to pin them. They would just stay that way all day.

As for the original topic, I don't really like to turn up my collar but I do every once in awhile if I'm outside for a long time and I'm trying to keep the sun off my neck.

[darklinensuit]

Another one I remember from the late '80s is women pushing their white socks down to their ankles. Not pulled up or rolled down like in the 70s, but pushed down to look semi-slovenly. I always thought it looked dumb.

- Jake

[WildInTheWind]

My little brother (he's 16) pops his collar on his polo shirts (preferable the pink ones...of course!) and it drives me insane! I always tell him to fix his shirt, like it's like that on accident. That pisses him off. It just looks so stupid.

[dissention]

Nah. More power to 'em. Polo shirts are ass, anyway. :laugh:

[dissention]

And I watch soap operas for crying out loud!

Dude, you are the gayest queen I have ever met in my life. :laugh:

[dudden22]

I didn't realize guys still did that. I thought that was twenty years ago.

- Jake

I still have guys that buy white, tapered, Levi 501s at the clothing store I work at. One man said he likes his old ones better and his girlfriend suggested he cut them off and make them shorts.

What is the world coming to. :distress: :distress:

[dissention]

I still have guys that buy white, tapered, Levi 501s at the clothing store I work at. One man said he likes his old ones better and his girlfriend suggested he cut them off and make them shorts.

What is the world coming to. :distress: :distress:

*wipes vomit from upper lip*

His girlfriend probably wears acid-washed Jordache jeans to complement him.

[skcin]

*wipes vomit from upper lip*

His girlfriend probably wears acid-washed Jordache jeans to complement him.


Whoa! Hold up :mad: ! Jordache are meant to be worn with their natural dark rinse. Leave the acid to Lee, please.

[diamondsnake]

Dude, you are the gayest queen I have ever met in my life. :laugh:

Hey, I'm not the one who wear leather pants 7 days a week! :laugh:

[dudden22]

*wipes vomit from upper lip*

His girlfriend probably wears acid-washed Jordache jeans to complement him.

She did have some very big and interesting porch bangs to compliment her very tight spiral perm.

[The Tower]

Dude, you are the gayest queen I have ever met in my life. :laugh:
Close- verrrry close.... but, he runs a close second to {drum roll please}

Hello gorgeous (http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?p=289813#post289813)

[amber]

She did have some very big and interesting porch bangs to compliment her very tight spiral perm.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
I hope it was highlighted, too.

[amber]

Close- verrrry close.... but, he runs a close second to {drum roll please}

Hello gorgeous (http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?p=289813#post289813)
:lol: :lol: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Can you feel the love, towie?

[The Tower]

:lol: :lol: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Can you feel the love, towie?
OY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What was he thinking????? Ann Miller is not a gay icon??? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Yeah, all those jocks at the sports bar get into to fist fights over who's cooler- Ann Miller, June Allyson, or Judy Garland. That's the ticket. More like Richard Simmons, Peter Allen and Rip Taylor getting into a slapfest with nails scratching and purses flying.....

[dudden22]

:lol: :lol: :lol:
I hope it was highlighted, too.

:lol: Actually it was.

[dissention]

Close- verrrry close.... but, he runs a close second to {drum roll please}

Hello gorgeous (http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?p=289813#post289813)

Tap tap tap!

[amber]

OY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What was he thinking????? Ann Miller is not a gay icon??? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Yeah, all those jocks at the sports bar get into to fist fights over who's cooler- Ann Miller, June Allyson, or Judy Garland. That's the ticket. More like Richard Simmons, Peter Allen and Rip Taylor getting into a slapfest with nails scratching and purses flying.....
:lol: :lol: :lol:
The fact that he had all three in his sig, was almost too much. It's like he was making fun of having gay icons, at that point, it was so many. :lol:

[Josh2003]

Meh...it depends on what I'm wearing. Certain shirts, I'll pop the collar...others I won't. Guess it also depends on what kind of mood I'm in.

[irishgrl]

3 pages of bad fashion trends, and I still dont know what a "popped" collar is...is it just a collar that you keep up? Ive never heard that expression 'popped collar'
interesting...

[irishgrl]

http://www.yaleherald.com/graphics/38/69/img2298.jpg
The Popped Collar. ::shudder:: Thanks, Google!

It was HUGE in my school at the beginning of last year, but it seemed to have died out by the end of it.

aside from the not-quite-dressed air it gives a person, it also lends one a somewhat geekish appearance does it not? not the most attractive of looks, Ill concur!

[xdreamsunwindx]

http://www.yaleherald.com/graphics/38/69/img2298.jpg
The Popped Collar. ::shudder:: Thanks, Google!

It was HUGE in my school at the beginning of last year, but it seemed to have died out by the end of it.

This is my personal favorite:

http://www.missouri.edu/~saeqm2/popped_collar3.jpg

[cues up Miami Vice theme]

[AliceLover]

This is my personal favorite:

http://www.missouri.edu/~saeqm2/popped_collar3.jpg

[cues up Miami Vice theme]

I go to a private highschool so if you flip the collar you get beaten with a ruler by a mean old nun. :lol:

[GardenStateGirlie]

I hate it -- especially on a guy with a ton of chest hair popping out :shocked:

[dissention]

I hate it -- especially on a guy with a ton of chest hair popping out :shocked:

*shudder* What a lovely visual. Polyester pants would complete the look.

[dissention]

http://www.yaleherald.com/graphics/38/69/img2298.jpg
The Popped Collar. ::shudder:: Thanks, Google!


Why on Earth do kids gel their hair like that? Do they not realize that it makes them look ridiculous? When I am Supreme Dictator, hair gel will be banished and anyone who is caught with it will get their hands beaten with bamboo rods.

[amber]

Why on Earth do kids gel their hair like that? Do they not realize that it makes them look ridiculous? When I am Supreme Dictator, hair gel will be banished and anyone who is caught with it will get their hands beaten with bamboo rods.
But how will gay men sport that cute, semi spikey, semi caesar front, messy but artful, do? You can't take that away from them!!! maybe...texturizer?

[EnchantedSLN]

My calves are so thin I always had to pin my pants or they wouldn't stay pegged.

Ok, does anybody have a visual for this pegged jeans thing? I'm curious!

Oh yeah, and we'd wear them with those long ass shirts

This reminds me of those plastic rings people wore to knot their shirts up at the bottom. I predict those will be back in like 2 years :eek:

[skcin]

Ok, does anybody have a visual for this pegged jeans thing? I'm curious!

I don't, but I'll try to explain. Back in the olden days (the late 80's :o ) it was not cool to have wide leg pants. Either you bought them tapered tight all the way down the leg or you pegged/folded/pinned them tight. You fold the hem of your jeans over to make them tight on your ankle. Then you start to roll them up. 2 or 3 rolls should do it. Sometimes they stay, other times you need to safety pin them. Absurd, I know. We looked like a bunch of assholes. :rolleyes:



This reminds me of those plastic rings people wore to knot their shirts up at the bottom. I predict those will be back in like 2 years :eek:


ACCKK! You take that back! Next thing you know you'll be predicting the return of stirrup pants!

[golden braid]

Ok, does anybody have a visual for this pegged jeans thing? I'm curious!
:lol: Oh my god! I feel so old now. Pegging jeans was the thing to do back in the 80's. Here's a picture (it's not great but you sorta get the idea.)

http://www.trekshare.com/members/kate/images/tjimage29171.jpg

[amber]

I don't, but I'll try to explain. Back in the olden days (the late 80's :o ) it was not cool to have wide leg pants. Either you bought them tapered tight all the way down the leg or you pegged/folded/pinned them tight. You fold the hem of your jeans over to make them tight on your ankle. Then you start to roll them up. 2 or 3 rolls should do it. Sometimes they stay, other times you need to safety pin them. Absurd, I know. We looked like a bunch of assholes. :rolleyes:






ACCKK! You take that back! Next thing you know you'll be predicting the return of stirrup pants!
did you notice that boys often pinned theirs, while girls usually had "the roll"? You know, statistically more likely. It was better to just buy the guess jeans that were super, super tight on the bottom and had zippers.

[amber]

:lol: Oh my god! I feel so old now. Pegging jeans was the thing to do back in the 80's. Here's a picture (it's not great but you sorta get the idea.)

http://www.trekshare.com/members/kate/images/tjimage29171.jpg
:lol: :lol: :lol:
there it is, in all it's heinous glory...

[dissention]

But how will gay men sport that cute, semi spikey, semi caesar front, messy but artful, do? You can't take that away from them!!! maybe...texturizer?

WAX. Everyone should use it instead of that heinous gel, which I will take away from everyone when I am Supreme Dictator. :laugh: It doesn't cost much more and doesn't make your hair all nasty.

The day gel is banished from the public is the day that I stomp my bloody feet with joy and wail like a ninth-grade Bay City Rollers groupie.

[dissention]

:lol: Oh my god! I feel so old now. Pegging jeans was the thing to do back in the 80's. Here's a picture (it's not great but you sorta get the idea.)

http://www.trekshare.com/members/kate/images/tjimage29171.jpg

Love the yellow and red striped socks.

[SuzeQuze]

I don't, but I'll try to explain. Back in the olden days (the late 80's :o ) it was not cool to have wide leg pants. Either you bought them tapered tight all the way down the leg or you pegged/folded/pinned them tight. You fold the hem of your jeans over to make them tight on your ankle. Then you start to roll them up. 2 or 3 rolls should do it. Sometimes they stay, other times you need to safety pin them. Absurd, I know. We looked like a bunch of assholes. :rolleyes:

ACCKK! You take that back! Next thing you know you'll be predicting the return of stirrup pants!

:hurl: Stirrup pants were just not flattering. :distress: Paula, you described the peg thing well, also, picture the high top sneakers with big scrunched up socks that connect the top of the sneaker to the bottom of the pegged jeans, maybe with a little of your shins showing. Oh what a look that was. :rolleyes: We used to wear these long knit shirts over them. Or, in my case, a Whitesnake t-shirt or something like that. :thumbsup: Oh yeah, and in the early 80's it was pointy shoes with little socks that had lace trim, another fantastic look. Oh we had tons of 'em. :lol:

[skcin]

:hurl: Stirrup pants were just not flattering. :distress: Paula, you described the peg thing well, also, picture the high top sneakers with big scrunched up socks that connect the top of the sneaker to the bottom of the pegged jeans, maybe with a little of your shins showing. Oh what a look that was. :rolleyes: We used to wear these long knit shirts over them. Or, in my case, a Whitesnake t-shirt or something like that. :thumbsup: Oh yeah, and in the early 80's it was pointy shoes with little socks that had lace trim, another fantastic look. Oh we had tons of 'em. :lol:


Yeah, I had a Whitesnake Tshirt too. And Bon Jovi. And Metallica. And Megadeth. The list goes on & on. Ditto on the hightop sneakers too. :o

[dissention]

Yeah, I had a Whitesnake Tshirt too. And Bon Jovi. And Metallica. And Megadeth. The list goes on & on. Ditto on the hightop sneakers too. :o

You should have seen my collection of swatches. :eek:

[EnchantedSLN]

I don't, but I'll try to explain. Back in the olden days (the late 80's :o ) it was not cool to have wide leg pants. Either you bought them tapered tight all the way down the leg or you pegged/folded/pinned them tight. You fold the hem of your jeans over to make them tight on your ankle. Then you start to roll them up. 2 or 3 rolls should do it. Sometimes they stay, other times you need to safety pin them. Absurd, I know. We looked like a bunch of assholes.

:lol: Oh my god! I feel so old now. Pegging jeans was the thing to do back in the 80's. Here's a picture (it's not great but you sorta get the idea.)

http://www.trekshare.com/members/kate/images/tjimage29171.jpg

Oh, so it's just folding them up. See, "pegged jeans" sounded more complicated somehow :laugh:. Thankfully I missed the boat on all this stuff. I was probably too busy with slap bracelets and L.A. Gear.

Aaahhh, not stirrup pants!

[amber]

Oh, so it's just folding them up. See, "pegged jeans" sounded more complicated somehow :laugh:. Thankfully I missed the boat on all this stuff. I was probably too busy with slap bracelets and L.A. Gear.

Aaahhh, not stirrup pants!
No, you have to fold them over, and then roll them, so they are at maximum tightness. :woohoo: like, uh, sheet corners or something. It actually was complicated to keep them rolled.

[SuzeQuze]

You should have seen my collection of swatches. :eek:

Huge fake silver cross earings. Black rubber bracelets. Thank you, Madonna. Mesh and lace shirts, oh the parents loved those. :lol: One pink stretchy mini skirt. They had to be tight :lol: Jeans were so tight too. Too much black eye liner. Oh it's all gotten foggy! :laugh:

[ontheEdgeof17]

Huge fake silver cross earings. Black rubber bracelets. Thank you, Madonna. Mesh and lace shirts, oh the parents loved those. :lol: One pink stretchy mini skirt. They had to be tight :lol: Jeans were so tight too. Too much black eye liner. Oh it's all gotten foggy! :laugh:

I still dress like that. Is that wrong? :rolleyes:

[dissention]

Oh, so it's just folding them up. See, "pegged jeans" sounded more complicated somehow :laugh:. Thankfully I missed the boat on all this stuff. I was probably too busy with slap bracelets and L.A. Gear.

Aaahhh, not stirrup pants!

Did you have the LA Gear sneakers that lit up when you walked?

I did. :shocked:

[SuzeQuze]

Oh, so it's just folding them up. See, "pegged jeans" sounded more complicated somehow :laugh:. Thankfully I missed the boat on all this stuff. I was probably too busy with slap bracelets and L.A. Gear.

Aaahhh, not stirrup pants!

Yeah, you just fold the bottom over parallel to your leg so they are tight against it and then roll them up. I always had to pin mine. :rolleyes: My neighbor accross the street, a boy, was so OCD about his pants he would re-roll them multiple times a day. :eek:

[SuzeQuze]

I still dress like that. Is that wrong? :rolleyes:

:lol: If it makes you happy, that's what counts. That pink "muscle-shirt" Stand Back hoodie kind of looked 80s retro to me. :eek: I wish they made that one in a baby doll.

[EnchantedSLN]

Did you have the LA Gear sneakers that lit up when you walked?

I did. :shocked:

TWO pairs :o. They were my next favorite thing after my jelly shoes.

[The Tower]

Howzabout a blonde mullet with jazz shoes, a bolo tie and a red satin smoking jacket???

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b95/killahboot/blondemullet.jpg
Ahhh... 1989 was a good year!!!!

[amber]

Howzabout a blonde mullet with jazz shoes, a bolo tie and a red satin smoking jacket???

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b95/killahboot/blondemullet.jpg
Ahhh... 1989 was a good year!!!!
Is..that...you???

[dissention]

Howzabout a blonde mullet with jazz shoes, a bolo tie and a red satin smoking jacket???

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b95/killahboot/blondemullet.jpg
Ahhh... 1989 was a good year!!!!

:eek:

Oh my ****ing gawd.
Oh my ****ing gawd.
Oh my ****ing gawd.

Thank the stars I wasn't even 12 when the 80s ended.

And you told me you didn't have the balls earlier today...pfft!

[dissention]

TWO pairs :o. They were my next favorite thing after my jelly shoes.

:laugh:

I loved my LA Gear shoes, but nothing was more precious to me than my He-Man pajamas.

[GardenStateGirlie]

Did you have the LA Gear sneakers that lit up when you walked?

I did. :shocked:

I did too :o I did peg my jeans when I was little. I also had those stupid little plastic pieces of crap that you'd put on the side of your shirt and tie your shirt through. God, the pictures I have from the 80s :distress: I hope that's an era of dress that never gets revived.

[GardenStateGirlie]

:laugh:

I loved my LA Gear shoes, but nothing was more precious to me than my He-Man pajamas.

I had a blue superwoman shirt and short pj set. She would have kicked He-Mans ass :cool:

Oh, and I was SIDE PONYTAIL'D all the time :o Too bad my scanner doesn't work.

[GardenStateGirlie]

Howzabout a blonde mullet with jazz shoes, a bolo tie and a red satin smoking jacket???

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b95/killahboot/blondemullet.jpg
Ahhh... 1989 was a good year!!!!

Holy. ****. :eek:

[dissention]

I had a blue superwoman shirt and short pj set. She would have kicked He-Mans ass :cool:

Jem could have kicked He-Man's ass, babe. :laugh:

Oh, and I was SIDE PONYTAIL'D all the time :o Too bad my scanner doesn't work.

:laugh: I had a *gulp* tail for a summer. No comment.

[GardenStateGirlie]

Jem could have kicked He-Man's ass, babe. :laugh:

:laugh: I had a *gulp* tail for a summer. No comment.

Maybe i'm the only one who noticed but wasn't Jem waaaay too big in doll form? I had (and still do somewhere) a Jem barbie doll. Her shoes fit Ken :eek:

HAHA. So you weren't always this cool then, eh? :lol:

[mylittledemon]

Howzabout a blonde mullet with jazz shoes, a bolo tie and a red satin smoking jacket???

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b95/killahboot/blondemullet.jpg
Ahhh... 1989 was a good year!!!!


ROFL...I havent laughed so hard in weeks! Thanks for the laugh.

[xdreamsunwindx]

Huge fake silver cross earings. Black rubber bracelets. Thank you, Madonna. Mesh and lace shirts, oh the parents loved those. :lol: One pink stretchy mini skirt. They had to be tight :lol: Jeans were so tight too. Too much black eye liner. Oh it's all gotten foggy! :laugh:

That's kinda how I dress now. I'm dead serious, too. I'm so un-scene!

[The Tower]

Is..that...you???
Yes. Can you believe it??? Heh.

:eek:

Oh my ****ing gawd.
Oh my ****ing gawd.
Oh my ****ing gawd.

Thank the stars I wasn't even 12 when the 80s ended.

And you told me you didn't have the balls earlier today...pfft!
Well, shocking the f*ck out of you made my day!!! C'mon the late 80's were fun.

Holy. ****. :eek:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

[amber]

Yes. Can you believe it??? Heh.


Well, shocking the f*ck out of you made my day!!! C'mon the late 80's were fun.


:lol: :lol: :lol:
Your beautiful poofy feathers are very masterful. :nod: Obviously, a cool guy. That guy you're with is veeeeery feminine, though. :shrug:

[Josh2003]

Jem could have kicked He-Man's ass, babe. :laugh:



:laugh: I had a *gulp* tail for a summer. No comment.


Oh wow...I think all the kids in elementary school with tails were the "bad" kids!

[GypsySorcerer]

Oh, and I was SIDE PONYTAIL'D all the time :o Too bad my scanner doesn't work.

I wore a side ponytail about every damn day. :lol: I loved Ocean Pacific too. :woohoo:

[Wild_Heart03]

Did you have the LA Gear sneakers that lit up when you walked?

I did. :shocked:

Oh. My. God. :shocked:

I had those, wore them with my Bugle Boys and my slap bracelet.... thought I was the envy of the school. What the hell was I on? :distress:

[skcin]

Tower,

I love you. :nod:

Love,
Paula

[The Tower]

Your beautiful poofy feathers are very masterful. :nod:
That college-era hairdo segued into an early twenties spiral perm ala Kenny G. And no, I am not kidding. And NO, I will not be posting those pictures. :laugh: :laugh:

Obviously, a cool guy. That guy you're with is veeeeery feminine, though. :shrug:
Hello, dude- that's a chick......

Tower,

I love you. :nod:

Love,
Paula
:o :xoxo: :xoxo:

[skcin]

It just hit me - you look just like Adam Curry from MTV in that pic! :thumbsup:

And you may as well post the Kenny G. pics - you can't turn back now. I vow to dig up some scary ones of me from the 80's & post them soon so you won't be alone. :xoxo:

[SomeKindaMother]

Well Tower, I think you look *good* in that pic! Eighties consideration, of course. I imagine at the time, you were *the* hippest. You have a drop dead smile!

[GypsySorcerer]

Well Tower, I think you look *good* in that pic! Eighties consideration, of course. I imagine at the time, you were *the* hippest. You have a drop dead smile!

He does look cute! :) Towie, you knew how to sport the mullet! :]

[The Tower]

It just hit me - you look just like Adam Curry from MTV in that pic! :thumbsup:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Oy.... Adam Curry. I guess you're right, now that I look at it.

And you may as well post the Kenny G. pics - you can't turn back now. I vow to dig up some scary ones of me from the 80's & post them soon so you won't be alone. :xoxo:
If your pictures are scarier than mine, I might consider it. The worst of the lot that I have is my drivers license picture that just happened to be the day after I got my perm and my hair is HUGE- it takes up the whole frame of the picture. Not like that scary Phil Spector picture, but close... :eek:

Well Tower, I think you look *good* in that pic! Eighties consideration, of course. I imagine at the time, you were *the* hippest. You have a drop dead smile!
Thanks! Although, I was more of a freaky type of person back then, rather than a hipster. All the "hip" people in the late 80's were either eclectic REM types or hair band rocker guys.

He does look cute! :) Towie, you knew how to sport the mullet! :]
You know- at the time, I didn't even realize that my hair was a mullet. Now that I look at that picture, all I can think of is David Spade from Joe Dirt.

[skcin]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Oy.... Adam Curry. I guess you're right, now that I look at it.


If your pictures are scarier than mine, I might consider it. The worst of the lot that I have is my drivers license picture that just happened to be the day after I got my perm and my hair is HUGE- it takes up the whole frame of the picture. Not like that scary Phil Spector picture, but close... :eek:



It's a deal! :nod:

[amber]

Hello, dude- that's a chick......


:o :xoxo: :xoxo:
Hello, dude - that was a joke.... :xoxo:

[Miss Vicky]

:wavey:

I admit it, I was once guilty of the overalls with one side down thing and the boxers as shorts craze... but I was in elementary school and MY MOM MADE ME DO IT. I swear.

The popped collars thing looks really stupid. The girls pants on guys... not cool either. Some friend of a friend of mine came in to my work the other day to apply for a job and he was wearing girls' low rise pants... and you could see his pubes!!! Eewwwww :eek:

[SomeKindaMother]

:wavey:

I admit it, I was once guilty of the overalls with one side down thing and the boxers as shorts craze... but I was in elementary school and MY MOM MADE ME DO IT. I swear.

The popped collars thing looks really stupid. The girls pants on guys... not cool either. Some friend of a friend of mine came in to my work the other day to apply for a job and he was wearing girls' low rise pants... and you could see his pubes!!! Eewwwww :eek:

Ewww is right! I wasn't aware that there even was a 'guys wearing girls pants' craze going on. (I live in a small town.) :laugh: But if they are going to play the game, then they should use the appropriate products that go along with it. (like nair for intimate areas....)

I did see a girl riding a bike the other day with pants *literally* half way down her rear. It was not attractive.

Kelly :)

[catinthedark]

Like, oh my Gawd! This whole thread has just given me a major flashback to highschool. :eek: Every single one of the fine fashion trends mentioned above were part of my life. I was in high school from 1983-1987. Need I say more?

The couple I didn't see mentioned.... neon shirts??? My favourite was my sort of pinkish-orange one, worn of course with a long, stright black skirt. And paisley!! I had the coolest paisley shirt - it literally hung nearly to my knees, and looked oh, so cool with a pair of stirrup pants or that same long, straight black skirt. And of course, my Madonna perm, parted on the side and covering one eye, and as many rubber black bracelets as I could physically get on my arms.

Holy crap. :o

[skcin]

Well, Towie, you asked for it. Now a deal's a deal - bust out the Kenny G. pics!

Ah, the late 80's & early 90's. What a terrifying time for the world of fashion, hair & makeup. Gather 'round, kids, to be entertained, frightened, sickened all at the same time. Feel free to ridicule, that's what I'm here for!

1989. Please note the way-cool denim/animal print leather jacket, the perfect hair, blue eyeshadow, braces,Monsters of Rock Tshirt & Metallica ticket in hand.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/skcin/paula/jacket.jpg

[skcin]

Exhibit B: 1991 Guns & Roses/Metallica show. At size 7, I thought I was fat. Note that despite the hair being pulled into a ponytail, the poof remains. Best friend's brother in the hot cutoffs.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/skcin/paula/concert.jpg

[catinthedark]

Well, Towie, you asked for it. Now a deal's a deal - bust out the Kenny G. pics!

Ah, the late 80's & early 90's. What a terrifying time for the world of fashion, hair & makeup. Gather 'round, kids, to be entertained, frightened, sickened all at the same time. Feel free to ridicule, that's what I'm here for!

1989. Please note the way-cool denim/animal print leather jacket, the perfect hair, blue eyeshadow, braces,Monsters of Rock Tshirt & Metallica ticket in hand.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/skcin/paula/jacket.jpg

Oh. My. God. Paula - you would have been my idol!!! THE perfect hair!! And you forgot to mention your way cool earrings. What a look.

What the hell WERE we all thinking. By the way, I had a pink jean jacket. The epitome of cool. :cool: Uh, or not.

[skcin]

I cropped at much as I could but I couldn't get my friend out of the pic. God fogive me for posting this. Junior prom, 1992. Dates wore white tuxes. Oh, the horror.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/skcin/paula/prom.jpg

[skcin]

Oh. My. God. Paula - you would have been my idol!!! THE perfect hair!! And you forgot to mention your way cool earrings. What a look.

What the hell WERE we all thinking. By the way, I had a pink jean jacket. The epitome of cool. :cool: Uh, or not.


ACK! You're right - that earring is a snake by the way. I was so f*cking cool...

[skcin]

Last but certainly not least. Diss, please look away now. All I'm gonna say is gold lame`. And eyebrows. 1991, maybe?

My work is done here. Goodnight.


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/skcin/paula/gold.jpg

[diamondsnake]

Oh My God!!!! Some of this stuff needs to go in the bad fashion hall of fame! LOL

[gypsywillow]

i love the darkness too

~get your hands off of my woman motherf*cker!!~

[gypsywillow]

hahaah, that is priceless and FABULOUS. I absolutely LOVE the hair! Stevie would be proud!

[NaiveMelody23]

My GOD yes. HATE. HATE HATE HATE. You'd think it'd be uncomfortable.


I wore girl pants once(scary image, i tell you) and their really comfterable

[skcin]

Bumping this thread in case I haven't given everyone here their laugh of the day.

And to repeat my request - Towie, let's see the Kenny G. pics! Mine must be bad enough to get you to postyours!

Anyone else care to share the horrors of their youth? :wavey:

[mylittledemon]

Bumping this thread in case I haven't given everyone here their laugh of the day.

And to repeat my request - Towie, let's see the Kenny G. pics! Mine must be bad enough to get you to postyours!

Anyone else care to share the horrors of their youth? :wavey:

I grew up in Texas in the mid 80s...so I dont remember too many horrors, nothing that I'm too embarrassed of anyway. I remember HyperColor shirts, those stupid slap bracelets, Nike Jordans with the pumps, and shaving symbols into your hair was "cool." I remember my friend Robbie had the Batman symbol shaved into the back of his hair. Weird.

[mylittledemon]

OOhh! I just remembered the TIGHT ROLL!!! ROFL. Anyone remember that? It's where you fold the hem of your pants leg at the bottom over, and then roll it up 2 or 3 times so it's tight? Wow....HIDEOUS.

[skcin]

^ HA! We just had a long discussion about this earlier in the thread! Heinous! Why did we do that?

[SuzeQuze]

^ HA! We just had a long discussion about this earlier in the thread! Heinous! Why did we do that?

Right. I got some pics from my Dad this weekend of me rocking the mullet. :shocked: :lol: There are so many great hair pics in those albums. :laugh:

[skcin]

^ Come on, Suze, I showed you mine, now show me yours! Don't leave me & The Tower out here by ourselves!

Mullet! Mullet! Mullet!

[amber]

^ Come on, Suze, I showed you mine, now show me yours! Don't leave me & The Tower out here by ourselves!

Mullet! Mullet! Mullet!
well, my name isn't suze, but I believe we've had this little contest before. Gold lame? check. girlmullet? check. You beat me in the time period, though, by 90-91, everyone was growing their bangs out. And if they weren't? :distress: :laugh:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/antisnark/mullletlove88.jpg

[SuzeQuze]

^ Come on, Suze, I showed you mine, now show me yours! Don't leave me & The Tower out here by ourselves!

Mullet! Mullet! Mullet!

Oh it's coming, I'll scan it in later tonite if I get a chance. I even hated it then but I got this awful haircut and to make it "cool" next time I just went for the full on mullet. The sides of my hair were cut right over my ears. I had the "boy mullet". :lol:

[The Tower]

Bumping this thread in case I haven't given everyone here their laugh of the day.

And to repeat my request - Towie, let's see the Kenny G. pics! Mine must be bad enough to get you to postyours!
Holy ****, Paula- your pictures are hideously, wonderfully awful! The whole era was just outta control. The hair and the clothes and the bad metal bands and all of it..... OY!!!!!!

I will see if I can dig out some of the Kenny G pics... They are bad. :eek:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Exhibit B: 1991 Guns & Roses/Metallica show. At size 7, I thought I was fat. Note that despite the hair being pulled into a ponytail, the poof remains. Best friend's brother in the hot cutoffs.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/skcin/paula/concert.jpg

Paula, you look like an extra from the Hooters video :laugh: :xoxo:

[skcin]

well, my name isn't suze, but I believe we've had this little contest before. Gold lame? check. girlmullet? check. You beat me in the time period, though, by 90-91, everyone was growing their bangs out. And if they weren't? :distress: :laugh:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/antisnark/mullletlove88.jpg


No fair! It's not my fault! For the record, everyone at my high school still had big hair when we graduated. I retired my poof in approx. 1994. :D

[SuzeQuze]

well, my name isn't suze, but I believe we've had this little contest before. Gold lame? check. girlmullet? check. You beat me in the time period, though, by 90-91, everyone was growing their bangs out. And if they weren't? :distress: :laugh:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/antisnark/mullletlove88.jpg

Its actually hard to tell that is a mullet, cute pic!

[SuzeQuze]

Remember, this was 1984! :laugh:

[The Tower]

Well, here's pre blonde mullet from 1987.....


http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b95/killahboot/scary.jpg


And, as promised- the only "Kenny G" picture I could find right now. Please note, the brown spotty things are discolored spots from my drivers license picture, NOT scary moles/growths/etc.....


Wait for it.......
























































:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b95/killahboot/reallyscary.jpg

:laugh: :laugh: What was I thinking?!!?!?

[GardenStateGirlie]

Remember, this was 1984! :laugh:

:shocked: Suze, that's YOU??

[GardenStateGirlie]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b95/killahboot/reallyscary.jpg

:laugh: :laugh: What was I thinking?!!?!?

Is that your mug shot? :laugh:

[GypsySorcerer]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b95/killahboot/reallyscary.jpg



:] :lol: I think I love you.

[SuzeQuze]

:shocked: Suze, that's YOU??

Yes, at the awkward age of 13. :lol: Me on left, brother on right, just to clarify. Both sporting mullets. Wahoo!

[GardenStateGirlie]

Yes, at the awkward age of 13. :lol: Me on left, brother on right, just to clarify. Both sporting mullets. Wahoo!

There are many people that still look the same -- even when they age. You? do not look the same at all.

The mullet is fabulous though ;)

[skcin]

Thanks, Towie! :nod: Love it! And not only do I like your mullet, Suze, that seafoam green sweater is hawt!

[SuzeQuze]

Thanks, Towie! :nod: Love it! And not only do I like your mullet, Suze, that seafoam green sweater is hawt!

:lol: It was probably velour too. I think Towie has given my a run for my money though. ;)

[skcin]

^ Ah, yes, velour. Even hotter! :nod:

[The Tower]

:lol: It was probably velour too. I think Towie has given my a run for my money though. ;)
In that picture, you look like the chick from The Facts of Life that was in love with Jo Polnaczek. That little Italian paisan... anyone know who I'm talking about???

Is that your mug shot? :laugh:
Actually, my mug shot would be my passport photo. In my infinite wisdom I though black and white would look better.... Oy, another bad photography decision :laugh:

:] :lol: I think I love you.
Believe or not- I have ones worse than that one...

And not only do I like your mullet, Suze, that seafoam green sweater is hawt!
You are outta control, woman. Seafoam green?!?!? Yikes. :laugh:

[amber]

Towie, I don't understand your hair. First it's all blond and perfectly poof feathered, and then it's a kinky black fro? What the heck? :confused:

[The Tower]

Towie, I don't understand your hair. First it's all blond and perfectly poof feathered, and then it's a kinky black fro? What the heck? :confused:

A History of The Tower's Hair 101

In the early mid-80's, I started growing my hair out into a mullet. It was mousy brown.

When I graduated from high school, the mullet was looong and unkempt and I had used sun-in stuff to make it this nasty bronzy color (not a good idea).

In my most recent picture post, the first picture with that long mullet was the beginning of my freshman year of college.

The blond poof feathered thing was just after that- that picture was from one of my college jazz choir performances.

When I left college, I cut my mullet hair to a conservative cut to get a decent job and went back to the natural mousy brown. I let my hair grow out longer and longer and then decided to spiral perm it (I also cellophaned it this cheezy red wine color :laugh: ). That's the Kenny G picture.

During Bush the Senior's horrible reign, my car broke down and I asked my boss at the time if he would approve a payroll advance loan to fix it. He said sure, but I would have to cut my hair off. I was pissed, but I did it. After I got laid off for that job, I kept it in an early 90's gay cut ala Morrissey.

Once I got a new job, I started growing out my hair again. I let my hair grow out really, really long and left it straight this time around (a good choice, finally...). I posted a picture of me with longish hair from one of my performances in the late 90's in another thread.

At a certain point (I think in 2000 ??), I got sick of my long hair (it was about to the middle of my back) and cut it all off. Since then, I have had a variety of short styles. When I started going gray from the stress of my last job, I stopped dying it. It is now in its 60% silver gray state that you saw in Vegas.

[amber]

A History of The Tower's Hair 101

In the early mid-80's, I started growing my hair out into a mullet. It was mousy brown.

When I graduated from high school, the mullet was looong and unkempt and I had used sun-in stuff to make it this nasty bronzy color (not a good idea).

In my most recent picture post, the first picture with that long mullet was the beginning of my freshman year of college.

The blond poof feathered thing was just after that- that picture was from one of my college jazz choir performances.

When I left college, I cut my mullet hair to a conservative cut to get a decent job and went back to the natural mousy brown. I let my hair grow out longer and longer and then decided to spiral perm it (I also cellophaned it this cheezy red wine color :laugh: ). That's the Kenny G picture.

During Bush the Senior's horrible reign, my car broke down and I asked my boss at the time if he would approve a payroll advance loan to fix it. He said sure, but I would have to cut my hair off. I was pissed, but I did it. After I got laid off for that job, I kept it in an early 90's gay cut ala Morrissey.

Once I got a new job, I started growing out my hair again. I let my hair grow out really, really long and left it straight this time around (a good choice, finally...). I posted a picture of me with longish hair from one of my performances in the late 90's in another thread.

At a certain point (I think in 2000 ??), I got sick of my long hair (it was about to the middle of my back) and cut it all off. Since then, I have had a variety of short styles. When I started going gray from the stress of my last job, I stopped dying it. It is now in its 60% silver gray state that you saw in Vegas.

Okay, that makes more sense now. I was loathe to believe you got a perm, but it did turn out to be the explanation for that crafty 'fro. I couldn't see that it was red, I thought it was really dark. Speaking of fros...Can you dig it?
http://buckinghamnicks.net/sn/images/SNIcksMFS02tn.jpg