# Worst fashion trend? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904 "2014-08-29T19:22:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/41 "2014-08-31T00:59:09Z")
I night clubbed mid 80s in an Adam Ant look. Yep, incl the lipstick stripes on the cheeks. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/42 "2014-08-31T01:15:04Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Pics or it didn’t happen. Thankfully for you. 😃 In my defense, I was a 5-year-old girl and not yet choosing my own clothes. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/43 "2014-08-31T02:08:35Z")
To my everlasting shame, as a child, I loved my dickie. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/44 "2014-08-31T02:28:18Z")
I know this isn’t the thread for happy fashion memories but I loved my rope petticoat. I loved it so much, I’d wear it as a skirt. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/45 "2014-08-31T02:35:09Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Cavariccis. > > At least I never wore parachute pants. Sadly, I owned a couple pairs of parachute pants. It was my one and only foray into contemporary fashion. It was, of course, a complete disaster. Afterwards, I’ve followed a regimen similar to **Gatopescado** , and I don’t feel like I’ve missed anything. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/46 "2014-08-31T02:45:19Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > To my everlasting shame, as a child, I loved my dickie. Didn’t start loving mine until adolescence.😃 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/47 "2014-08-31T02:51:54Z")
Is a body suit the same thing as a body stocking? :dubious: The first girl I ever undressed had on a white one, and the mere thought of undoing those snaps still turns me on! :o Before I had any kind of fashion sense, I actually let my old man take me shopping at Sears. He bought me two polyester leisure suits and a couple for himself. (Mine were at least in colors I had seen before.) I wore them out in good order and started wearing blue jeans and cotton shirts again. Why the world ever decided polyester was a good fabric, I’ll never know. I hate it. I’ll wear synthetic fabrics only when there’s no alternative. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/48 "2014-08-31T02:56:56Z")
What’s wrong with corduroy? 😕 I had a couple of corduroy sports jackets (tan and dark blue, narrow wale) back in the '80s, and I would still wear them today if I could. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/49 "2014-08-31T03:10:29Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > What’s wrong with corduroy? 😕 I had a couple of corduroy sports jackets (tan and dark blue, narrow wale) back in the '80s, and I would still wear them today if I could. I don’t get the hate either. It’s winter here (almost spring, yay!) and I have a cream cord jacket that’s been worn almost daily since the end of June. I love it and it looks fine, although it’s a little large for me now that I’ve lost some weight. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/50 "2014-08-31T04:01:48Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > When I was in junior high in the early 60s, there were several: trenchcoats, for some reason, were briefly popular. These things go in cycles; khaki trenchcoats were cool when I was a senior in high school in 1986. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/51 "2014-08-31T04:08:02Z")
Seems I’m the only one still wearing a Devo hat. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/52 "2014-08-31T05:20:20Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > These things go in cycles; khaki trenchcoats were cool when I was a senior in high school in 1986. Khaki trenchcoats have been popular for the last 100 years and will continue to be so well into the future. It’s a classic design and a status symbol (certainly on anyone over 18). ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/53 "2014-09-02T15:46:54Z")
Do you guys remember Spike on Degrassi Junior High? I totally had hair like that, just not as high. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/54 "2014-09-02T16:22:13Z")
So many fashion crimes committed while growing up in the 80s, but I still can’t figure out why [pegged jeans](http://poorlittlerichwhitemexican.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/jeans-ankle-rolled.jpg) were so popular. It looked so incredibly stupid, and yet you were a total lame-o if you didn’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/55 "2014-09-02T16:42:09Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Seems I’m the only one still wearing a Devo hat. You need to whip that habit. Whip it good. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/56 "2014-09-02T17:40:20Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > What’s wrong with corduroy? 😕 I had a couple of corduroy sports jackets (tan and dark blue, narrow wale) back in the '80s, and I would still wear them today if I could. Corduroy jackets are okay but corduroy pants are embarassing. There’s a reason Ninja’s don’t wear corduroy. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/57 "2014-09-02T17:41:49Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > So many fashion crimes committed while growing up in the 80s, but I still can’t figure out why [pegged jeans](http://poorlittlerichwhitemexican.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/jeans-ankle-rolled.jpg) were so popular. It looked so incredibly stupid, and yet you were a total lame-o if you didn’t do it. Because fashion has to be silly enough that it’s not something you’d just do to look good. It has to be something goofy you do to look fashionable! ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/58 "2014-09-02T17:44:48Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Seems I’m the only one still wearing a Devo hat. That’s an Energy Dome. > **[Energy dome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_dome)** > > An energy dome is a hat often worn by the American new wave band Devo as part of the members' stage outfits. The dome was first worn during the band's Freedom of Choice campaign of 1980. It reappeared in the 1982, 1988, and 1990 tours, as well as most performances since 1997. The domes were custom made for the band from vacuum formed plastic, in a distinctive round, ziggurat shape, and are occasionally—and incorrectly—referred to as "power domes" or "flowerpots". The shape is also reminiscent of ... ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/59 "2014-09-02T17:50:50Z")
I had a mullet. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904/60 "2014-09-02T20:24:56Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Corduroys when I was a kid in the 70’s. Corduroy is WAY older than the seventies. I was going to say that I have never followed any particular fad, but there was one. I don’t know how widespread it was, but when I was in junior high there was a fad for wearing fatigue jackets and having everyone write things on it. My parents wouldn’t pay for anything they thought was a fad (I grew up with the sheep speech), but Dad had an old fatigue jacket that was just sitting in a trunk and they kind of approved of someone getting use out of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fashion-trend/696904.md?page=4)