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nytropy@reddit

This wasn’t a thing where I lived but I do love those pants! And socks. And the colour scheme. Would wear.

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Cool-Group-9471@reddit

Was into minor frill tops but never knickers. Remember Bay City Rollers

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It was at the time. I just bought the first season on dvd to share with my teen son. It does not hold up very well. They also don’t have the original beginning with the song “my life” by Billy Joel. It was super disappointing to not have the capsule voiceover of what the show is about to that song for the intro.

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no_talent_ass_clown@reddit

Very Tootsie

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ElectronicCellist429@reddit

Yuck

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no_talent_ass_clown@reddit

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RMW91-@reddit

We called them knickers, and I fell prey to this disaster as well!

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GramPam68@reddit (OP)

Thank you! Knickers! Yes! I couldn’t remember the word and it was making me crazy.

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zsreport@reddit

The picture you used for this post made me think of Rivals, which came out on Hulu last year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSQhpZX6PBk

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jaxiepie7@reddit

Knickerbockers was the full name.

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Equivalent-Coat-7354@reddit

Culottes for the revolutionaries in the sub!

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im_busy_right_now@reddit

Culottes didn’t have cuffs. We called them gauchos. I loved them so much. This is so embarrassing.

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beerandmastiffs@reddit

I had a denim pair with bright lime green stitching and I thought I was the shit when I wore them😂

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LevelPerception4@reddit

I remember wearing gauchos in the late 70s as a separate trend from knickers in the early 80s, which I didn’t own. In 4th grade, I was all about those tiered miniskirts with the matching sweatshirt. Mine were blue and white striped.

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Individual_Note_8756@reddit

Yes! You are correct!!

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deformo@reddit

Raise the tri-color, homme!

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Equivalent-Coat-7354@reddit

"Liberté, égalité, fraternité!”

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SerentityM3ow@reddit

If I looked as good as the women in this photo I would still be dressing like that lol

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cowboygwe@reddit

Give Adam Ant his clothes back!!

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RMW91-@reddit

He can have them and heavy eyeliner too

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Three3Jane@reddit

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Spear_Ritual@reddit

He was such a sexy bitch. Love the face paint!

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Traditional_Fan_2655@reddit

Loved his music. It felt so risque as kids. Was there a song he wrote that wasn't about sex? I don't recall one.

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W0gg0@reddit

Goody Two Shoes had subtle innuendos follow.

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Double_Dimension9948@reddit

You don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do?

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MoonageDayscream@reddit

Must be something inside.

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EdgeCityRed@reddit

Room At The Top? It was after his heyday, though.

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my_lucid_nightmare@reddit

Los Rancheros.

Antmusic

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Random0s2oh@reddit

Yessssssss!

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Fudubaders@reddit

This whole outfit is on display in the theatrical costume part of the V&A in London. It's tiny!

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elvis_dead_twin@reddit

Definitely a dandy highwayman

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U_feel_Me@reddit

So tired of easy fashion!

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ER_Support_Plant17@reddit

Wait does he not drink not smoke?

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Surroundedbygoalies@reddit

What DOES he do?

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Poohu812many@reddit

Subtle innuendos follow...

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0ubliette@reddit

Must be something inside…

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cmcrich@reddit

He might now. This is him a few years ago (maybe more than a few).

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Longjumping-Roll-874@reddit

My first concert!!!

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MoonageDayscream@reddit

Would have been mine as well but I had just seen Duran Duran. I was splashed by water off his body after he dunked himself in a plexi tank on stage. Definitely a core memory.

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franzibruni1000@reddit

Puss ‘n Boots!

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Glittering_Estate_72@reddit

Girly mags equivalent. Desperate, but not serious.

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Three3Jane@reddit

STAND AND DELIVER

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Helpful_Librarian_87@reddit

I craved those boots.

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Ok-Rock2345@reddit

I'll take his Kings of the Wild Frontier jacket...

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Cyphermoon699@reddit

I loved that look on boys! 😍

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sumthymelater@reddit

I was just thinking I could use more Adam Ant inspired fashion in my life...

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Double_Dimension9948@reddit

I saw INXS open for Adam Ant in 1982 🤪

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cowboygwe@reddit

Hahaha

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numberjhonny5ive@reddit

Aren’t you just a goody two shoes.

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MrsDoylesTeabags@reddit

Ridicule is nothing to be scared of

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Prior_Two1814@reddit

I stripped for him so he stripped for me.

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Cougar8372@reddit

Stand and Deliver!

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wordnerdette@reddit

My fondest wish in grade 6 was to own knickers. My mom wouldn’t do it, but I managed to get my dad to the mall and he caved. I also had one of those frilly shirts on for my grade 7 photo.

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procrastinatorsuprem@reddit

We called them gauchos.

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RMW91-@reddit

We had gauchos, too - but those were a more flow-y leg, knickers had tight ends like the ones in the pic

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pipeuptopipedown@reddit

News flash, those are back. Maybe not quite the same shape as the 1980s version, but I see loose, skirt-like, more or less knee-length pants all over the place these days. (I'm not in the US though)

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RoguePlanet2@reddit

Loved mine!! Even got a perm at my mother's hair salon.....and my hair is naturally curly if I don't blow it dry 🫣 That could've been me on the left with the blouse on the right 🤭

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ChumbawumbaFan01@reddit

I grew up in south Dallas and we called them knickerbockers.

This was when men dressed in booty shorts and crop jerseys and girls dressed like the British were coming.

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alr12345678@reddit

I have some wool tweed ones. They were sharp!

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Tinawebmom@reddit

I'm not insane!!!!

I literally just had to explain to my son (34) when I asked for a pair of knickers and he handed me chonies!

I thought I was crazy!

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RMW91-@reddit

You are not insane!

Well, you might be, I don’t know you personally, because why were you asking for knickers in this century

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Tinawebmom@reddit

I wear them still (ok I buy pants that go mid calf and they shrink to just below my knees. Knickers!!)

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Brave-Spring2091@reddit

my knickers were fuschia pink corduroy and I had a floral, quilted jacket I wore with them. I thought it was a stunning outfit in 9th grade 🤣

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Kind_Pea1576@reddit

Me too! I had a purple velvet pair with gold trim and a matching vest! I cringe when I picture my NYE outfit….1981 I think….

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RMW91-@reddit

I had pink velvet with matching suspenders! 🫣

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rpfields1@reddit

OMG, I loved this look and the whole New Romantic thing back then. So glad there were no smart phones and cameras back then.

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kckitty71@reddit

I spent 4th grade wearing knickers that my mother made me. I liked to wear them with my penny loafers and monogrammed sweaters.

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LolaAucoin@reddit

I had two pairs. One were red and one were black and they were both corduroy.

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TinkerMelle@reddit

My mom made mine too. They were black velvet.

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RMW91-@reddit

We probably looked alike, and I’m both sad and thankful that I don’t have pics!

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MishmoshMishmosh@reddit

I had a pair of knickers too.

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JinxyMagee@reddit

Such a rough look. I can’t even blame my mom. I begged for them. All my knickers were corduroy or velvet. There was also a velvet bolero thrown into the mix that matched my neck bow. I was also sporting bangs.

My dad would call me Little Lord Fauntleroy. He wasn’t wrong.

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Front-Newspaper-1847@reddit

I wanted a pair so badly! My mom, whose fashion taste is not notable, would not allow it.

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Fun_Independent_7529@reddit

Me too, me too. All the cool girls had them, and it was middle school, so not going with the trends was death.

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RMW91-@reddit

Your mom made a wise choice IMO

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snarkmeister99@reddit

9 yr old me had a fabulous pair of burgundy corduroy knickers. That whole late 70s/early 80s era was just fucking tragic for fashion.

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No_Couth_1177@reddit

I wore mine several times a week!

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scarybottom@reddit

IDK- I was still a kid, and my grandma made me the knickers. I thought it was cute. I would never be caught dead once I hit Jr High, but elementary school me thought it was cute.

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Friendly-Channel-480@reddit

It’s the whole look that’s so frightening. The knickers aren’t so bad…

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Ok_Ordinary6694@reddit

Really stick the landing on the second syllable if you absolutely must utter it.

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RVAblues@reddit

I never understood why women in the 1980s spent 4 years dressing like they were in the 1880s. Weirdest damn thing.

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Jebgogh@reddit

It was either that or huge bright print blazers with shoulder pads large enough to escape rain and leggings.

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Snarkan_sas@reddit

I loved my big bright flowery blazers!

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Historical-Gap-7084@reddit

Those came a couple years later, if my memory serves.

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HectorsMascara@reddit

It's like Little House on the Prairie: The New Wave.

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RoguePlanet2@reddit

Just commented this, never thought about it before- such a bizarre contrast! But then the eighties did have insane music variety.

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Silly-Mountain-6702@reddit

this week on, "THE REAGANS"

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Accurate_Quote_7109@reddit

I had that book!!!🤣🤣🤣

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brezhnervouz@reddit

Love it 😂

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stuck_behind_a_truck@reddit

Don’t forget the 70s and our Holly Hobby era as children

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babygotbooksandback@reddit

Yes! The ugly Prarie blouses and Prairie skirts. So ruffle-y!

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varlassan@reddit

Ah, the New Romantic era of the early 80s. It was glam rock meets the Romantic era. The 80s were a fun time. The New Romantic era did give rise to some great music though, especially in England - Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Depeche Mode, Human League etc.

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psych0genic@reddit

You can dance if you want to..

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HumidMind@reddit

we can leave your friends behind...

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Dontgochasewaterfall@reddit

I kinda like it still tbh.

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doveinabottle@reddit

Totally. Would wear.

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RandomSplitter@reddit

They look like they are about to humiliate Charlie Murphy and his boys in a game of basketball before serving them pancakes.

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kristenevol@reddit

God I miss 2000s Chappelle.

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kristenevol@reddit

Jesus I had the blouse in the right. It reminded me of Adam Ant in the “Goody Two Shoes” video.

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No_usernames_left_25@reddit

How I think women who escape Mormon cults would dress.

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gatorgopher@reddit

I loved my knickerbockers! It felt almost like a fever dream until I watched Firefly Lane a few weeks ago and Sarah Chalke's character had them on. I sqwee'd out loud!

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Middle_Low_2825@reddit

If you can get laid in that, you can get laid in anything.

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Bordyable@reddit

I did too. We called them coolots

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psych0genic@reddit

It’s all very renaissance fair

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CerebralHawks@reddit

Worst? This is hot, except the pants should be longer. Either way. Hot.

There's something to be said about classic styles!

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RecentAd7186@reddit

I dig it

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MissMarchpane@reddit

I kind of love it; very 1890s cycling or 1920s general sportswear. Then again, I dress like it's 1878 and I'm a vampire every day, so maybe don't go by me. 😆

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gigi-mondo@reddit

1 is serving. It's the color-blocking and the obi belt doing it for me

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justadair@reddit

I suddenly feel the urge to do the Safety Dance.

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pocketdare@reddit

It's okay. You can dance if you want to...

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Ima-Derpi@reddit

You can leave the world behind..

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Timmy12er@reddit

Because your friends don't dance

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Ok-Rock2345@reddit

And if they don't dance, they're no friends of mine.

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WearyPassenger@reddit

We can dance

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Alltheprettydresses@reddit

You can leave your cares behind...

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jsamuraij@reddit

Can I leave my friends behind?

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TMCze@reddit

…yup. In a Big Country no less….😉

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No-Extension-101@reddit

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Rise_Delicious@reddit

I suddenly feel the urge to laugh hysterically. Every generation has something regrettable fashion-wise, though.

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crypticwoman@reddit

This is just before GenX hit the scene. Fortunately, we nailed the landing on stage, stole the show, and never cringed!

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justadair@reddit

No doubt about it. Think I didn't wear Jnco jeans? Hell yeah, I did. And carried at least 22 stolen lighters at all times doing so!

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valencia_merble@reddit

Knickers and prairie blouse. Also see prairie skirt with ruffle at the bottom.

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Stay-Thirsty@reddit

I want to see The Pirates of Penzance

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Cool_Dark_Place@reddit

Hey, we got "The Pirate Movie" in '82... and that's pretty damn close!

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ZestySest@reddit

That was the funniest movie 12 year old me had ever seen.

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pocketdare@reddit

It's fine. After all, you can dance if you want to...

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jsamuraij@reddit

Can I leave my friends behind?

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nocomputer_wetbrain@reddit

Alright now Kimmy, lookatmoi!

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Pinchaser71@reddit

I remember the boat shoes and rolling the the pants at the ankles. I do not remember modern pantaloons🤣

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AriadneThread@reddit

That style was...about 5 years later. At least in my podunk town.

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annbrut@reddit

The style No biggie Embrace it

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Many_Seaworthiness22@reddit

Oh FUCK! And I thought the younger gens now dress very poorly.. this is vile

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425565@reddit

Little House on the Prarie meets Duran Duran.

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Poirotico@reddit

I’m ready for “80’s Faire” and weekend 80’s reenactments.

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Secret_Account07@reddit

This is hideous

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Jaydamic@reddit

Purple pirates

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SwimmingAnxiety3441@reddit

Did you take the morning train?

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slouchenheimer@reddit

I got a fever, and the only cure for it is more triangles.

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kooshballcalculator@reddit

Omg core memory of 7th grade unlocked: a pair of an odd shade of blue corduroy knickers and ruffled blue and white shirt. I looked ridiculous. Wtf were we thinking?

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MissTibbz@reddit

Mine were corduroy too but grey! I loved them so much.

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Waratail@reddit

Corduroy and mauve. They were actually awesome. And I had a mauve boat-neck knight top to go with them.

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MissTibbz@reddit

Omg! I wore my grey ones with a cream-coloured knit top!

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NorseGlas@reddit

🤣 one of my aunts from the south looked like that back in the day.

I was actually just looking through old albums the other day and commenting on how ridiculous the frills/ruffles on her shirts were….. however I did not see those pants and have no memory of that part at all… those pants are speshul!!!

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sparklypinkstuff@reddit

I wore them and I’d wear them again! 😂

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cricket_bacon@reddit

I wore them and I’d wear them again!

Respect!

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JackandLucy13@reddit

Yeah, they were comfortable. Then there was a summer or two when everything was neon and all the girls wore those jelly-shoe things.

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Photobuff42@reddit

Jelly shoes are trending now. Available on Amazon.com

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pipeuptopipedown@reddit

They've been back for a while now, I've laughed at several overpriced "designer" versions of jelly shoes in stores at various times in recent memory.

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Noexit@reddit

Best summer ever.

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A_radke@reddit

Yeah, I really don't get the embarrassment in the rest of the comments, this is a GREAT look. I'm an "elder" millenial ('86) and a bit of a fashion nerd. This has actual shape and drape, the fabrics look to have some heft, plus the jewel tones 😍 I'd love to see the youths in this rather than trying to resurrect the fast fashion garbage of my teens/twenties.

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citygirldc@reddit

Bring back knickers! I can’t think of any other fad that died so definitive a death. They have never come back in any form. Culottes returned in the gauchos of the early 2000s, but knickers have not been seen outside historical costuming.

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Meeshil@reddit

I read this as hysterical costuming

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RoguePlanet2@reddit

That too!! 😄 Worth it, loved them.

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melt11@reddit

Don’t forget the huge glasses

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OtherThumbs@reddit

The size of hubcaps, made of plastic.

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Pyrrhichighflyer1@reddit

I did this too. How utterly embarrassing.

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beachluvr13@reddit

My mom rocked this look like no other down to the hair

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Key_Door6957@reddit

It's the intergalactic space pirates look, and it's great!

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Remarkable_Step_6177@reddit

Must be a millennial thing because this is dope. At least, the left outfit does work. The right one went a bit too far back.

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Alibellygreenguts@reddit

Knickerbockers. My mum made me a matching knickerbocker and waistcoat. Plus I had the argyle socks. Very trendy for it’s time but bloody disgusting to look back at 😂😂

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wetwater@reddit

I would have been young enough that I do not remember this style at all, though I don't deny it existed. I do, however, vividly remember leg warmers.

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ArtisticDegree3915@reddit

I am beyond glad that I'm too young to have remembered that walking around.

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Xo-Mo@reddit

That fashion sense was worn by Mel in Doctor Who...

the first thing that came to my mind...

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thinkinting@reddit

jerry: can you wear a my shirt to the tonight show?

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budsis@reddit

Oh jeez..me too. That was my junior year in a nutshell. When I wasn't trying to impress some stoner friends in straight legs, a concert shirt with my boyfriends unbuttoned flannel over it. I just bought a pair of loose-ish linen pants with a waistline very reminiscent of Z. Cavariccis...with the blouse pegged legs...that is a different time but a look I never thought I would revisit again. Don't you all just live how Gen A and Z are eating up our old styles and making them their own? Makes me feel a bit old but I am thrilled to see it. Say what you will about them but they have a bit of the fire we had.

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NukeouT@reddit

Did people really like the opper half of this ba k then proceeded was it also panned as 1700s wear back then?

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Chatelaine5@reddit

We called them pedal-pushers (knickers are worn under everything else in my part of the world 😄). I had a pink check tweed pair for Xmas 1981 and thought I was the absolute peak of fashion. They were everywhere that year!

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GenericNameUsed@reddit

It's better than the super low rise jeans and trucker hats

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RugsbandShrugmyer@reddit

I fuckin felt the Dallas vibes BEFORE opening the thread

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featherblackjack@reddit

You don't look dumb, you look epic and I love it.

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mettiusfufettius@reddit

She some kind of space pirate?

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ApocalypticTomato@reddit

I kinda love it and I want those outfits

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LoPie_in_the_Wild@reddit

Holy crap, culottes!

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mrsisaak@reddit

We called them gauchos. I was so mad when my Mom donated them at a church rummage sale and I saw my church friend wearing MY GAUCHOS!

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beer_me_babe@reddit

OMFG I had a couple pair of these in like 4th or 5th grade!

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Scotsburd@reddit

I had the outfit on the right...

Tammy Girl, 1982. Good times.

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DankDinosaur@reddit

Hilarious reading comments about people wearing 'Knickers'. Do they not realise outside America that Knickers are ladies underwear?

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kalimdore@reddit

Pants and knickers are underwear in British English. Pants being the common term and knickers a bit fancier. So on the daily we hear Americans talking about wearing underwear as trousers!

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Excellent_Place_8890@reddit

Looking back in retrospect I don’t think bugle boy got enough credit. Did they not start the cargo pants trend that really didn’t blow up til the 2000s.

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Fudubaders@reddit

At least they have pockets.

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Federal_Fisherman104@reddit

Look at bit like short MC Hammer pants...

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smellsogood2@reddit

Oh god I forgot about those! And those shirts! The humanity.

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Pristine_Main_1224@reddit

Knickers, or knickerbockers. 7YO me had a denim pair and a velveteen pair. In my defense my mother picked out my clothes back then!

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Excellent_Place_8890@reddit

Trying to break dance has a white kid in parachute pants. Those tiny zippers would tear your damn knees up.

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Curious_Associate904@reddit

80s clothing was a major contributing factor to petrol station fires. There's statistics behind this and it's kinda hilarious and tragic at the same time.

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Ok_Researcher_9796@reddit

Glad I was too little to remember this crap. Lol.

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CristabelYYC@reddit

I made a blouse with ruffles, similar to the one on the right, but they were swooped wider in the middle over my shoulders. I added spray starch for extra drama.

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brawnburgundy@reddit

The toy solider look.

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plzkysibegu@reddit

For your next venture may I recommend pantaloons?

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obaananana@reddit

lock like some midevil shit

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ljinbs@reddit

Definitely those ruffled blouses

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September1962@reddit

OMG! I had several ruffly blouses. Some even had a ribbon that tied around the neck!

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SouthMtn68@reddit

"Fashion" is for lemmings. It's revenge taken on easily impressionable women (mostly). But "style" is classic and will never come back to make you cringe. Take time learn today difference.

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9149790@reddit

I had the blouse on the right.

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MyraBradley@reddit

I went to a Duran Duran concert in an outfit very much like these

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Doxy4Me@reddit

My eyes are burning.

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wanderingdev@reddit

i am thrilled to say i have no memory of ever seeing this in person and definitely not participating. the fact that we were living in semi-rural kentucky in 1982 and too poor to follow clothes trends probably helped with that. lol

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throwingwater14@reddit

My mom (boomer) had a plaid shirt that was a cross between those two blouses. I always hated it, but dad liked it so mom wore it. It was ugly.

The pants thing was not a thing to my memory.

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EdgeCityRed@reddit

Those ruffly shirts! Ugh!

In my defense, it was sixth grade and I didn't know any better.

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Retinoid634@reddit

Oh yes.

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tragicsandwichblogs@reddit

I never had the knickers, but the puffy ruffled sleeves? Yes, I did.

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Trix_Are_4_90Kids@reddit

It's hideous, but you couldn't tell us we didn't look good! 🤣🤣

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Sexycoed1972@reddit

It's like you could ship from JC Penney's straight to the Starship Enterprise.

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gl2w6re@reddit

I had one of those damn ruffle shirts!

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Sad_Gain_2372@reddit

Princess Stephanie of Monaco on the left?

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LCoCo-loco@reddit

The slippery slope that lead to Mc Hammer….

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WokSmith@reddit

It may very well look absolutely tragic to our eyes, but it's probably a matter of time before someone starts wearing this... "attire" again.

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Glam-Star-Revival@reddit

I’d totally wear this bicycling if it weren’t for the colors

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Pedals17@reddit

Remember the seasons when Blair Warner went from the Brooke Shields of Eastland to this shit? Thank God 1986 course corrected hee!

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False-Society-7567@reddit

I wore this combo to high school.

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TripleBobRoss@reddit

This is the kind of outfit that you wear to play a late night game of basketball and then eat some delicious pancakes.

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emilyyancey@reddit

BLOUSES!!

Nice reference btw

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Historical-Gap-7084@reddit

I had a top very similar to the one on the right. Got my picture taken in it when I was 12, complete with my oh-so-fashionable Sophia Loren glasses that looked way cooler on Linda Carter than they did on my dorky pre-teen self.

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emilyyancey@reddit

Holy crap I haven’t thought about or used the word in YEARS, possibly decades, but as soon as I saw your pic I yelled “culottes!” Thanks for the unlocked memory!

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SoupsOnBoys@reddit

Who needs birth control?

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UllrGoesSurfing@reddit

80s girls were the hottest. I'll die on this hill.

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greatstonedrake@reddit

I have a white one that's kind of got a pirate bread lol

Bring up for about a year my favorite outfit was camel hair of pair of pants like this and a jade green shirt like this.

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Sparkle8022@reddit

Of all the 80s fashions that have come back, I still have yet to see those blouses again.

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Radiant-Maple@reddit

And this is a particularly heinous example of that trend! 🤢 If those models look that bad, how did we look!

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SBG214@reddit

Yes! Gauchos!!! And tights! And flats! And THOSE BLOUSES!

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RedPepperFlak3z@reddit

I love all of it hahaha

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Budgiejen@reddit

How very bi.

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Significant_Ruin4870@reddit

That may be the only sartorial bullet from that era I managed to dodge. But will plead guilty to being all in on painters pants.

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MoonageDayscream@reddit

I had overdyed ones from The Gap that I loved too much.

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Comfortable-Cry8413@reddit

I’m living!! Yes work bitches Work

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Hamiltoncorgi@reddit

I don't remember anyone dressing like his in Portland, OR. Seems we missed out on this trend.

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Cougar8372@reddit

lol senior year in HS LOL

c/o '83!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Inspector_Jacket1999@reddit

I’m going to go with Jcno jeans and bucket hats.

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Inspector_Jacket1999@reddit

Wouldn’t that be a Boomer era? Unless you were what? 6

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Sumeriandawn@reddit

It made sense at that time

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yardini@reddit

Bro I would wear that today

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GenX50PlusF@reddit

What’s old is new?

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yardini@reddit

If west the pants + stockings. Maybe not the blouses though!

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GenX50PlusF@reddit

I feel like post pandemic 2022 till now has been giving “if you’re going to be seen in public, *be SEEN in public” vibes with the retro 30-40 years ago fashion merchandise online and in stores where you can try this shit on in a dressing room and perhaps have a salesperson from outside the dressing room door asking how you feel about this outfit you just tried on. And you might ask them to get you another top, bottom, or both in this size to see if you like the outfit better when it’s slightly more comfortable because it fits better.

Today, I predominantly order my not sixth grade but still interested in “looking my best” clothes online at however old I am, try them on in the privacy of my own home, look in the mirror, model them for my spouse, and if I like them and they fit, I keep them and hopefully wear them. If not, I repackage them and return them by taking the package 📦 to the USPS, UPS or FedEx and get a refund or the same item in a larger or smaller size or a refund. 🙏

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yardini@reddit

Pre covid I had a cute (to me) style (and an in-office job) and fun coworkers so I always had a decent outfit on. Now I work from home and my previous style is looking a little dated, so it’s been tough to find the “new” me. I guess for me, this decade is going a little more somber style-wise, so for now I’m wearing mostly dark band tshirts with wide-leg dark pants, a bright narrow cardigan, and coordinating colorful shoes.

Like you, I usually buy online but also sometimes thrift. My splurges are usually shoes or boots.

Not having to leave the house for work means I am almost always in comfy clothes during the day. Definitely not a recipe for feeling cute!

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GenX50PlusF@reddit

You need occasions to leave the house for that. Or more people at your house than usual. A special occasion besides day to day mundane puttering inside your home.

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yardini@reddit

I’ve been trying a bit more lately, at least when I leave the house! All my coworkers work from home too so we are all in hoodies and mom buns on our work calls.

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GenX50PlusF@reddit

I guess that’s why I prefer a minimal commute to do business in person. Those work at home Zooms or whatever always make me a little more self conscious than I would like.

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Correct_Roll_3005@reddit

Make it stop!!

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Advocateforthedevil4@reddit

It’ll come back don’t worry.

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JustAnOkDogMom@reddit

I had that short haircut and felt so sophisticated in my prairie blouse and knickers. I remember target tried bringing back those shirts a few years ago.

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rokujoayame731@reddit

Not the pseudo-Edwardian treatment.😂😂😂 I remember those big ass Bertha collars that were on everything. My mom loved them, I felt like a baby because the collar looked like a damn bib. Your office dress is boring, add a Bertha collar. Your romper is old, slap a Bettha cover on it. Nothing says design conflict like a huge Bertha collar.

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MaybeUNeedAPoo@reddit

Embarrassed

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SkeptiCallie@reddit

Oh, that explains Drew Barrymore's wardrobe.

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Affectionate_Cost_88@reddit

I was wearing one of those ruffled blouses in my 7th or 8th grade class picture. Ah memories.

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MonkeyKingCoffee@reddit

We had a few of these new-wave renaissance girls in high school. I crushed so freakin' hard on these girls. But alas, I was a nerd back then, too.

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piesRsquare@reddit

GAAAAHHHHH!!!

Please WARN us before you post scary stuff like that!

I'm so glad I was only 10 when this trend was in. Sure I wore knickers, but I was a kid...!

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Other_Profession8948@reddit

sasftey daaance

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BigRefrigerator9783@reddit

I was in the 3rd grade in 1982, but my mom made me wear them 😂

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Overall_Lobster823@reddit

Did we call those gaucho pants?
I never had any, but my senior photo was the turquoise version of the silly top on the right.

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yarn_slinger@reddit

Gauchos have wide legs, no cuffs

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GenX50PlusF@reddit

I’m still not sure if gauchos and culottes are the same thing (and if not, what’s the difference?) and I’ve never thought to look it up until this memory got unlocked.

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GenX50PlusF@reddit

I think of what these models are wearing as what they were calling knickers (as outerwear, not Victorian and Edwardian era underwear for ladies) not culottes which were basically knee length bell bottoms and more 78-79 for me in second grade. With a tight-fitting shirt and maybe even Dynakids boots which I felt super cool in even if a hater called me out that I “got them from Kmart.”

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Lawyermama70@reddit

Omg my sister made me lean in the "1900s newsboy" look with the stupid knickers, a little cap and everything 😆😆

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TheNolaCatLady@reddit

Ewwwwww! I was in 4th grade, so luckily I was not parading around like that.

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CircadianRhythmSect@reddit

Straight off the starship, Littlehouse

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my_lucid_nightmare@reddit

Everyone on the thread is saying Adam and the Ants, but since this is Dallas early 80s should it not be Berlin?

They take my breath away.

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AMGRN@reddit

Knickers!!!

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saktii23@reddit

No way, I love this look. I totally rocked it in the 5th grade.

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412_15101@reddit

I was in 5th grade 81-82. Didn’t Rick these at all. Guess it helped I was short so they were just floods for me 🤣

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KitschyCatOwens@reddit

Thankfully when I was this stylish, I was 7 or 8 and my teenage sister was to blame.

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whatevertoad@reddit

I'm just grateful I was in elementary school when this was a trend. I can't imagine an adult wearing this.

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DowagerSpy1920@reddit

Ashamed to say I felt very grown up in mine. There’s a picture of me wearing a pair of burgundy satin ones at Christmas, and I’m holding a massive champagne glass to my lips.

Just normal 12 year old stuff, right?

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GenX50PlusF@reddit

It was the culottes I felt grown up in. Not the knickers. But that’s just me. Or is it? lol

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PerfectLie2980@reddit

My sister owned the plaid shirt (or its knock off) and happened to have a similar haircut to that model too. Only hers was edgier.

My sister had the coolest style back then.

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Myfreakinglyfe@reddit

I’m going through my mom’s house as I’m selling it soon. I found this EXACT pattern in her sewing room last week. These were for me. They were awful!!!

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sanctimoniousmods_FU@reddit

Mick Jagger and David Bowie?

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FeralSweater@reddit

I absolutely wore that those blouses, but I’m pretty sure I paired them with purple velvety jeans.

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scornedandhangry@reddit

Yesss, I loved the ruffled prairie type blouses. I wore those a lot.

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HopefulTrick3846@reddit

With the buttons down the side…

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TowelFine6933@reddit

I think "fashion designers" must think: *"What's the most ridiculous thing I can get them to wear?"

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upjumpthebougie@reddit

I miss my maroon plaid puffy blouse. 😭 I never liked the culottes, though.

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lysistrata3000@reddit

I had the ruffled shirts, but I never wore the knickers.

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Particular-Loan5123@reddit

There was the swatch watch, and some kind of swapping clothing for women, but never this; I was in Dallas

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leechard@reddit

Is that Michael Keaton on the left?

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Particular-Loan5123@reddit

I also grew up in Dallas around that time, and no one dressed liked this.

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Notso-powerful-enemy@reddit

I love the blouses, They were adorbs.

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Super_Reading2048@reddit

I recognize that helmet head perm with more in the back! I get hives just thinking about my bad perm!

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minnesotaupnorth@reddit

🎶Freeze Frame🎶

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thisgirlnamedbree@reddit

Luckily, my mom never bought me outfits like those. She was a fashionista and knew I'd look ridiculous. 😅

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The_Twig_Snapper@reddit

So fuckin got

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398409columbia@reddit

🤣🤣🤣

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Englishbirdy@reddit

I mean, me too, but these patterns don’t look the best version of it.

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CoolHandMike@reddit

I turned 7 in '82... but having been born in '75 places me squarely in GenX, right? I am confused.

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TangerineInitial9382@reddit

I had almost that exact same plaid blouse with two sets of ruffles. I wore it for picture day in both 3rd AND 4th grade.

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StinkieBritches@reddit

I wish they’d come back.

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SouxsieBanshee@reddit

God I wanted knickers so bad when I was a kid but I’m short so they were wayyyy too long on me 😂

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Feeling_Sleep_1706@reddit

How did they manage to make women so thin and beautiful look so bad? It really is breathtaking

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tacotweezday@reddit

Shakespeare gettin hot right now

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FionaGoodeEnough@reddit

I’m into it.

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webelos8@reddit

So 80s, and so awful lol

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edelweiss198988@reddit

I can’t lie, I wanted a velvet pair so badly. Who did I think I was? Little lord Fauntleroy

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Judgy-Introvert@reddit

I remember those god awful shirts, but I don’t recall anyone wearing those knickers.

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GenX50PlusF@reddit

I never knew those pieces came in their sizes!

As a sixth grader, I was dying to be out of the “children’s department” and into the “junior department.”

But I had no idea whether high school girls were wearing this let alone Cagney and Lacey, lol.

I would cross the bridge of later 80s fashion when I came to it in high school. But this was super stylish in 1982 for a sixth grader. We’re talking serious badassery. Even if it did come from Little Folks Shop. Looks a little weird on grown women in retrospect tbh.

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Judgy-Introvert@reddit

I remember those god awful shirts, but I don’t recall anyone wearing knicker style bottoms.

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ContessaChaos@reddit

People, these are not culottes. They are knickers. You could fit five people in one culottes leg.

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Shirabatyona32@reddit

In the movie Annie, Annie wore them and I had to have a pair,my grandma made them for me

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free-toe-pie@reddit

I was born in 82. I never once saw a family member wearing these pants around 1982. Many women were wearing shirts like those in the pics. Those were popular in my baby pics. But those pants? I don’t think they were that popular.

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Judgy-Introvert@reddit

I was born in 70. The shirts I remember but I don’t recall the pants at all.

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kellymig@reddit

I graduated high school in 84 and had a pair. Loved them!

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SolarPunkWitch2000@reddit

Give the Gen Alpha kids time, and they'll bring this back unironically. Or the Zoomers, ironically.

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She_Wolf_0915@reddit

Yeah we called them knickerbockers

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scarier-derriere@reddit

The colors are v nice tho

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wakattawakaranai@reddit

never in all the genx have I ever been so glad to have been 7 years old at the time. the outrageous home-sewn easter dresses my sibs were subjected to were still less hideous than this. I'm so sorry for your lots OP.

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Significant_Ruin4870@reddit

Oh, heavens. My grandmother used to make me little dresses. I remember (from about1970) a loud brown plaid with a little white Alice collar, and similar ones in pastels for Easter. They were so freaking short.

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wakattawakaranai@reddit

I have photos somewhere of pinafores made with flowery cotton with ribbon trim in matching colors. No one has ever looked good in floral plus ribbon, but double-ew on PLAID.

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beargirlreads@reddit

My mom bought a sewing pattern for knickers for me and I had several homemade pairs. Some in corduroy.😆

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surgerygeek@reddit

Yes! My mom made me purple corduroy ones with a MATCHING VEST 🔥

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Individual_Note_8756@reddit

I had purple corduroy ones too!! I absolutely LOVED them!!

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Live-Cat9553@reddit

Same!! My mom made me two outfits, knickers, blouse and a vest. I miss my mom. 🙁

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beargirlreads@reddit

I’m so sorry for your loss❤️

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Live-Cat9553@reddit

Thanks. And thank you for triggering a lovely memory.

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cacecil1@reddit

I remember in Kindergarten I had a pair of dark blue corduroy knickers with a Smurf on the back pocket.

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katekohli@reddit

Navy blue corduroys knickers were part uniform for girls at National Music Camp. Still have my tin button i.d. with a rubber-stamp kitten that I wore on my hip with a backwards red v-neck cashmere button-down sweater.

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procrastinatorsuprem@reddit

What catalog is this from? I swear I remember this.

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zanne54@reddit

This is why I got a paper route as a tween, so I could buy my own clothes instead of wearing crap my mom thought was “cute”.

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Spring-Available@reddit

I did my first commercial for Gold Digger jeans and wore knickers in the ad.

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katekohli@reddit

Girls had to wear navy blue corduroy knickers at National Music Camp.

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Cthecurious1@reddit

Nope then. Nope 4ever

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brezhnervouz@reddit

Same. So glad I was listening to the Cure and thus avoided anything to do with ruffles lol

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Cthecurious1@reddit

Think I remember my Mom telling me how flattering pedal pushers were. Was like Yuck. Stop trying to make fetch happen

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brezhnervouz@reddit

Yeah, that would pretty much put the death knell on them lol

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StarbuckWoolf@reddit

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Traditional_Fan_2655@reddit

Oh no. Where did you get my picture?

I swore I tossed them all. Did you get it from my sister? That looks like her, too!

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SJB3717@reddit

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crystalwood87@reddit

Omg! My grandma made me and my sisters some of those ruffled blouses.

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lacontrolfreak@reddit

I feel like we all had them for back to school that one year and ditched them by the spring for parachute pants or harem pants.

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RenegadeDoughnut@reddit

My friend had a pair with a matching waistcoat and I was so jealous

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JustHereforNachos@reddit

I love culottes and have missed them ever since. Ngl, I’d rock this look again.

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buddymoobs@reddit

I think I have PTSD from that.

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Finstatler@reddit

I like it. It;s looks so Star-Treky: The Next Generation.

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slasherbobasher@reddit

Pics or it didn’t happen. :)

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AzU2lover@reddit

Those damn shirts. I hate to iron and I really hated it as a teen.

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ElectronicCellist429@reddit

Very Dior or YSL

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Responsible-Oven5087@reddit

I loved these okay!🤣🤣🤣🤣I actually think about them occasionally and wonder why they haven’t come back!!

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crypticwoman@reddit

It is time for them to come back. I'd live to wear this general look, this time.

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lola705@reddit

Gauchos is what we called them

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ForsakenSecond6410@reddit

I miss color! Everything today is black, brown, grey or beige.

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TiniestJ@reddit

Always felt soooo cool when I wore my puffed sleeves and knickerbockers! 😻

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Palocles@reddit

Wow, I love it!

It looks absurd and I’d never wear it but it looks amazing!

I bet the timeline where this is mainstream is a utopia.

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skot77@reddit

I hear this song looking at this picture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYDzEPQcWq8&t=7s

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mengel6345@reddit

The prairie look!

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boringlesbian@reddit

I loved my tweed knickers with the matching blazer. I wore them with my saddle loafers and tights.

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beargirlreads@reddit

Lovely! I bet I wished I had a matching vest!

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Accomplished_Map7752@reddit

This was an embarrassing trend.🤣

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Nikademus1969@reddit

Barb!

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Klonopina_Colada@reddit

I swear I had the outfit on the right.

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brinkbam@reddit

Oh wow this is a look I hadn't seen before lol

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LangdonAlg3r@reddit

I was going to say which one? There are so many there to choose from.

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Sea_Ganache620@reddit

Pleats and puffs and pleats and puffs and pleats and puffs!

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blackbird24601@reddit

mg. my mom forced me here. vomiting 🤮

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Magog14@reddit

Idk. It still looks cool to me.

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Sally4464@reddit

I LOVED my knickers and ruffled blouses. ❤️

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saudade_sleep_repeat@reddit

you and me both, sally. you and me both.

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kellymig@reddit

I had a whole pale grey ensemble. My whole family contributed and bought me one nice outfit for Christmas. I thought I was just it!! 🤣

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blonde-bandit@reddit

My generation had gauchos and I definitely wore them with my skater shoes and a Hollister t-shirt

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mukwah@reddit

I recall a few girls wearing these in my grade 4 class.

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CyndiIsOnReddit@reddit

Yep this was definitely my sixth grade look only with the pointy ballet flats.

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Subject-Olive-5279@reddit

I feel like the outfit on the right is one my mom was making me for my 14th birthday. But the knickers were black velvet and the blouse was plaid taffeta. She died before she finished it. I wish I still had the material.

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Numerous-Lack6754@reddit

Everything from the waist down is fucking awesome

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EC_Stanton_1848@reddit

What were we thinking!?!?

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UraTargetMarket@reddit

Lol. For whatever reason, I wore a pair of these in burgundy velvet for hero (???) day in high school in 1989-1990ish. I was trying to go as Oscar Wilde.

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yojpea@reddit

Nope, I didn't do it, but those ruffled shirts and shoulder pads, yes indeed, guilty. 🤣

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Curious-Cranberry-27@reddit

Did they sell these in stores or did you have to make them?

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pagette44@reddit

OMG 6th grade for me. That's when I learned about long legs and short torso 😂

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CySnark@reddit

Little House on the Prarie meets Battlestar Galactica

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ApplianceHealer@reddit

Was gonna say Dynasty, but very space-age also.

The Shoulder Pad Renaissance!

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Quiet_Scientist6767@reddit

Same.

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Unique-Sock3366@reddit

We looked fabulous! Totally bitchin’! 😎

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No_Builder7010@reddit

Yeah, those are knickers (culottes are wide legged, almost like a skirt) and I LOVED them! Pretty sure I had the exact outfit of the girl on the right!

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Photobuff42@reddit

I had a blouse like the purple one.

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valencia_merble@reddit

Knickers and prairie blouse. Also see prairie skirt with ruffle at the bottom.

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incignita@reddit

Culottes. Even the word is horrible.

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Strong_Mulberry789@reddit

Even as an 80s kid I was horrified at the fashion...I think being born in the 70s I was used to the boho vibe and this 80s stuff was like an acid trip to me ...the 90s was a relief.

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Jaded_Houseplant@reddit

In general, my absolute least favourite decade for fashion is the 80s. Mostly misses.

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Fastgirl600@reddit

I love gauchos in the 70s

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NotAtAllExciting@reddit

Too poor. Maybe wasn’t so bad after all. /s

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ogbuji@reddit

Same here. I wanted knickers so badly.

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Creepy-Caramel7569@reddit

Shoulder pads had a good run.

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Candlemom@reddit

NOT KNICKERS. I’ll have nightmares of these and stirrup pants tonight

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Relevant-Package-928@reddit

Those outfits are begging for twist-a-bead necklaces.

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MichiganGeezer@reddit

Those shirts looked terrible on every woman who tried them. My sister had one for about five minutes before dressing herself in normal people clothes again.

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Obvious_Ring_326@reddit

Hell yeah knickers. I had teal knickers with the purple plaid blouse but for kids. Those blouses were weird af and stuck around for awhile.

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Irishpanda1971@reddit

Doctor Who - Rejected Companion Designs

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Mommy-Dearest15@reddit

I loved it at the time. Now, not so much, lol.

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Wise-Novel-1595@reddit

Lmao, I was way too young to even know that trend was a thing. God awful

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LJ1968@reddit

I went down the knickers hole, unfortunately.

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RebelElderberry1878@reddit

ngl, kind of grateful I was 4 at the time

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Doggers1968@reddit

Oh those square front shirts were everything! 🤣🤣

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ms_sardonicus@reddit

This look was HUGE. Came in handy when you had to play out a scene in Hamlet for Lit Class.

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TwistedMemories@reddit

Thank god I’m a guy and didn’t wear that shit. There were plenty of girls that did, but I didn’t date any of them.

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Vox_Mortem@reddit

It's all very New Romantic.

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happycj@reddit

Umm. Which part? Because they are all terrible. The culottes, the ruffly blouses, and the haircuts.

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brezhnervouz@reddit

That was the haircut you got whether you wanted it or not, the 'Lady Di' 😬

I hated it and couldn't wait to get home and dunk my head in the sink lol

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Tealightzone@reddit

Are these pants a rebellion against bell bottoms?

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Wide_Breadfruit_2217@reddit

I remember this exact picture. Might have been a sewing pattern

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cardamomgrrl@reddit

I was the 13-year-old spitting image of that chick on the right.

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gypsy_teacher@reddit

OMG my sister had the outfit and the haircut on the right, for reals.

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DearindaHeadlights@reddit

The lady on the left is my 8th grade yearbook pick, only my blouse was maroon instead of plum. Same hair, all the tucks and ruffles.

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Temporary_Second3290@reddit

Talk about a flashback

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ArcadianDelSol@reddit

That looks like "off duty" clothes from an episode of Star Trek The Next Generation.

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MowgeeCrone@reddit

You will have to tear my 70s Prairie pieces from deep within my soul. I never loosened my embrace on 70s fashions. Granted, Ive have more than one person ask if I'm going somewhere 'themed', but I don't give a rats arse. I love decorating this body in any way I see fit.

Give me bellbottoms that can hide small children!

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besee2000@reddit

Ohhh so all of it. I’m sorry.

Not the top, not the bottoms… all of it

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LimeGreenTangerine97@reddit

NEW ROMANTIC. 🥰 I will still rock a vampire blouse

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SERVEDwellButNoTips@reddit

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MrsJ_Lee@reddit

I wore that outfit to homecoming in 82

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PastorNTraining@reddit

Yes the trendy “I’m in a fundamentalist latter-day Saints cult” or “sister wife realness.”

Was this really a thing? It’s like the mad Hatter a party you get an invite and you have the perfect look.

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No_Budget7828@reddit

Lol that was a tough year for all of us. But boy I sure had great hair 😃

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atomic_chippie@reddit

Hey now, I resembled that outfit on the right. In my senior photo. With my spiral perm.

curtsy

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Not-a-Kitten@reddit

Damn those are gorgeous outfits! Perms, feathered hair. Yes please!!

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GoLightLady@reddit

I miss my plaid ruffle shirt. That quality can’t be found anymore :(

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Annoyed256@reddit

I had a blouse very similar to the one on the right. Wore it for my senior picture :-)

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alianna68@reddit

Oh my god! Me too!! I’d completely forgotten but that photo brings back vivid memories.

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casade7gatos@reddit

I liked the prairie blouses in theory, but never wore mine. It was fuchsia with a ditsy tan floral and a bow at the neck. My relationship to starchy, ruffly, lacy, or silky clothing is sort of a princess and the pea situation.

No knickers (heh. In the American sense), but I did have a striped culottes and vest set I thought was pretty snazzy.

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yourmumschesthare@reddit

I actually love this! It should stay in the 80's for sure, but i still love the aesthetic

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603Genx@reddit

Nope, never dressed like this. There was no way you were getting me into anything other than my Jordache's!

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muddybunnyhugger@reddit

Omg adults wore this? Lmao as a kid who wore knickers (sort of unwillingly?) I don't recall seeing adults in these. Plus the photo looks like a pattern for homemade clothes. I spent soooooo much time looking at patterns as a preteen. In the Singer store.

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TMCze@reddit

Remember Dittos? They had knickers and Jeans in pastel and jewel tone colors :)

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esp735@reddit

My sister as 10. this is exactly what she looked like.

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BLKDragon007@reddit

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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BrashPop@reddit

Straight up love this style.

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Zestyclose-Type-5037@reddit

This isn't as bad as I remember it.

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Mrs_Pants_Can_Dance@reddit

Umm I'mma need to see them pics, tho!

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hannibalsmommy@reddit

I had a pair of purple corduroy knickers. I'd wear them with white knee-high socks. I loved those knickers.

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MsSpastica@reddit

I had culottes and the same type shirt with rainbow stripes and I think some tinsel in it. Yeah.

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Immediate-Agency6101@reddit

my mom rocked the eff outta those pants

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Holly_Hobbie@reddit

I had pretty much the entire outfit on the right!

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Amethyst-M2025@reddit

I remember having culottes but only because my mother bought them for me. I would not have bought anything other than jeans for myself if given the money.

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RKOouttanywhere@reddit

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BingoSpong@reddit

They looked dumb back then! 🤣

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Persistent_Earworm@reddit

Ha, me too. I wish I had a photo. I had olive green corduroy knickers that I wore with a violet-green-cream floral print Gunne Sax blouse.

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littleHelp2006@reddit

OMG yes. And everything had ruffles. Glad that's long over

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Automatic-Term-3997@reddit

Pics or I call bullshite! 😂😂😂

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BeRealzzz@reddit

Don’t forget how dumb leg warmers were.

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spacefaceclosetomine@reddit

I think you misspelled fabulous.

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Left_Guess@reddit

Haha! We all had those in HS, like we were all dancers or something..

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WaitingitOut000@reddit

That was me in Grade 5, blouse and all!

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riccardo421@reddit

I miss those days. The girls looked cute as hell.

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Sundayx1@reddit

Yes… I remember this.. not exactly this outfit posted… some were good… I liked culottes and shoulder pads… until I didn’t… it was a fun look at the time depending on how it was styled…

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spacefaceclosetomine@reddit

I love it right now. In 1983 in 3rd grade I had cream colored corduroy knickers that I wore with a frilly plaid shirt, turquoise dangly earrings and tall brown boots, been chasing that feeling ever since.

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Alltheprettydresses@reddit

My school didn't allow shorts, so mom sent me to school in culottes and knickers. From the misses petite section. 🤦🏾‍♀️

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Splat_gram@reddit

Yes! I didn’t know better- brain was not fully formed.

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IllogicalPenguin-142@reddit

Navy blue corduroy knickers were the uniform for female staff at Interlochen Arts Camp in the ‘90s. May still be. Maybe it’s because of the time I spent there, but I kind of find knickers sexy.

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Left_Guess@reddit

Culottes?

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Consistent_Profile47@reddit

I’d wear this look today.

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Iron_Chic@reddit

This shit is making a comeback. The blouses are at least.

Also, I am seeing women wearing suit jackets with shoulder pads lately.

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mom2ajs5@reddit

I had purple ones that I wore with my ET shirt! Or maybe sweater? I wish I had pictures. I was 10.

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dm21120@reddit

Pic or it doesn’t count 🙃😂

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pywacket@reddit

I would still wear the knickers if velvet and black. Back when I had a plaid pair I wore with a touring cap. Tragic, yet wonderful.

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PermanentAtmosphere@reddit

I wore knickers like this back in elementary school and thought I was the shit when I wore them. Lol, hideous.

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blankdreamer@reddit

Seinfield voice: But I don’t want to be a pirate

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LowMobile7242@reddit

Didn't have the knickers but I had that purple checked blouse with ruffles, minus the bow

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frazzledglispa@reddit

The blouses remind me of Diane Chambers, and Sheena Easton before Prince got a hold of her.

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spargel_gesicht@reddit

I LOVED my yellow small-wale corduroy knickers with little rosebuds. LOVED THEM. Wore them until I couldn’t fit them anymore.

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allisonpoe@reddit

You did what?

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smnytx@reddit

I think I had the top on the right

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ApprehensiveCream571@reddit

My pre-teen self lived for knickers!

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Subject-Ad-8055@reddit

What are you talking about these two look better than most of the kids walking around today and their pajamas

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TheTrueGoatMom@reddit

My cousin wore this style, I was 5 years younger and thought she looked silly. "Why do you look like MA on Little House on the Prairie?" Then she handed them down to my sister and I. We both refused to wear them!

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cgiuls1223@reddit

i somehow skipped this THANK GOD

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Habibti143@reddit

Pre-Madonna big hair look. The 70s gasping its last breath.

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GladClassic4764@reddit

Still better than parachute pants…

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Harley_Mom@reddit

Omg i remember them, I didn't wear them.

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Plane-Fan9006@reddit

S-A-F-E-T-Y.....safetyyyyyy DANCE!!!

You can dance if you wannu

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