Drove past the local college this morning and saw several kids walking to class with one of their overall straps unhooked

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Economy_Upstairs_465@reddit

Of ALL the looks to come back. Time to drag out the jncos!

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Economy_Upstairs_465@reddit

You too can comfortably house a family of 4 in your left leg alone!!

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JustHereForCookies17@reddit

We duct-taped booze to our legs under our JNCOs to sneak it into concerts.

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JustHereForCookies17@reddit

My momma always told me I was more than just a pretty face, lol! If you're in the DC area, I'll hit you with a bit more nostalgia: the concerts were HFStivals!

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mineau1@reddit

I had a friend w ferrets that were all up in his jncos and pipeleg jeans!!!

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serenitychick@reddit

I’m throwing a nineties themed party next year and found out you can still buy them online.

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Grand_Orange_2546@reddit

Teva sandals online too. Maybe those were regional, but everyone wore Teva.

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Jasmirris@reddit

I wore Teva and still do. They aren't as comfy but they hold up so well.

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Grand_Orange_2546@reddit

If they could compete in price with the George brand sandals, Id still wear them. With the weird tan lines on my feet.

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Economy_Upstairs_465@reddit

I will search my random 90s collection. If I find a pair I'll dm you!!

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ThisLucidKate@reddit

Saw a kid at the airport a couple weeks ago in the biggest pair I ever did see. I couldn’t stop staring. 🫢

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Old23s@reddit

For real, go to eBay and search Jncos.

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Or just go straight to the [source. ](https://jnco.com/?tw_source=google&tw_adid=447434821399&tw_campaign=10511631989&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwoPOwBhAeEiwAJuXRh2TbUvsxHCtQlKl6J1Iw481Mwp-1BAjAB5Skyy6N9hv9N9Mrn__E0RoChacQAvD_BwE)

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poofyhairguy@reddit

3DFX Voodoo graphics cards are pumping in price too the 1990s are back (glad I kept my Voodoo 2)

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Zorgsmom@reddit

My brother will be so pleased, he loved those things.

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firemouth55@reddit

I tried really hard to wear overalls… I had my mom buy me a pain. As soon as I was at school I just felt so uncomfortable.

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walkabout16@reddit

I remember my middle school trying to mandate that you had to wear both straps clasped. Same school banned Bart Simpson clothing. Policy did not last long.

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BoonScepter@reddit

Same, supposedly it was a gang thing. We had a lot of clothing policies because of gangs. No sports teams, no Dickies, and so on.

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Zorgsmom@reddit

Schools waste so much time on dumb shit like this. As long as the kids aren't exposing themselves or hurting anyone, they just need to chill TF out.

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drksolrsing@reddit

My 8th grade earth science teacher DID NOT appreciate my [Hooters Hunting Club ](https://images.app.goo.gl/b1iTWAqqtcav1FJ86) shirt.

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B_Reele@reddit

Happened to me too at school. So uncool!

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rebelangel@reddit

I remember in 3rd grade, my school announced that Simpsons t-shirts were banned. I think it was 5th grade when they said you couldn’t have one overall strap undone.

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gwinnsolent@reddit

My girlfriend is a college professor. She told me that college kids are dressing like our parents did in the 90s. Met him for lunch the other day, and I can tell you for sure it’s true. Half the kids were wearing Jeffrey Dahmer glasses.

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Rob_Bligidy@reddit

I’m wearing bib overalls right now.

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jessbrid@reddit

I distinctly remember doing this in 5th grade and someone made fun of me lol but honestly my strap was just broken

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chucktaylornews3@reddit

You pulled up to the college around 7 or 8?

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davenocchio@reddit

The bugs and taz shirt will resurface!!!!

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capthazelwoodsflask@reddit

Just as long as they're dressed like Kriss Kross on the shirt

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Sighlina@reddit

What up Kriss!!!

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IndianaFartJockey@reddit

So, I was thinking they said "Warm it up Kriss" and I was googling it to be sure. Maybe I misremembered or never knew in the first place. What a shock to find that one of them died in 2013.

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itsmestanard@reddit

With the front of them on the front of the shirt, and the backs of them....on the back of the shirt!

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mineau1@reddit

Fuck...you just nailed it!

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Pluckypato@reddit

I had the lowrider version of those two 😂

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davenocchio@reddit

I had the rastafarian version

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GrumpyKaeKae@reddit

I had a rare Pepe Le Pew one.

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Yzma_Kitt@reddit

Betty Boop and Mickey Mouse too!

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Jelly_Bin@reddit

Omg. The kids wear Nickelodeon stuff. That's their Bugs, Betty, etc. 🤦😭😅

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LazarusDark@reddit

Ah, yes, my entire 6th-8th grade wardrobe...

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Cutthechitchata-hole@reddit

I had many of both

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redditcreditcardz@reddit

Finally!! My moment has come!!

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thelaineybelle@reddit

![gif](giphy|ycP0sPUS6dzEc)

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KU7CAD@reddit

Can't wait till the kids start burning their boyfriends mansions down.

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thelaineybelle@reddit

https://youtu.be/QhWiB5JyOsk?si=RSuZy8_BhBHA_Vg7 Omg it's 30 years this summer! Lisa burned the house down!

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fuzzypatters@reddit

It was three days before OJ committed his murders. I remember them both being on the same episode of SportsCenter.

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Opening_Success@reddit

Andre Rison must feel short changed as his story got supplanted pretty fast.

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mkconzor@reddit

Omg I was seated at a table with an 8 year old wearing essentially this hat this past weekend

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Narstification@reddit

![gif](giphy|RKulUAujCSWCk)

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cryinginabucket@reddit

Ohhhhh!!!!....on the T.L.C. Tip.

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kingeryck@reddit

Man, the early 90s were wild.

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Nevergreeen@reddit

But did they have their backpacks over one shoulder or 2?

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aahymsaa@reddit (OP)

Ooh, good question. I’ll have to drive by again and gather more data.

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Zorgsmom@reddit

You're going to end up on a watch list slow rolling past schools, lol!

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aahymsaa@reddit (OP)

lol, they are often crossing the road from dorms to campus on one of my usual routes…promise I’m not a creeper!

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taleofbenji@reddit

Kids these days do something similar with zip-up hoodies. They will pull one side down to expose one shoulder. It looks WEIRD AF to an old timer. :-) But I get it when I see old pictures like this.

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al_m1101@reddit

I have a core memory of all these kids in middle school wearing their overalls like that, along with neon plastic pacifier necklaces. Good god, the pacifier craze. 1991 was strange, y'all. And then came the slap bracelets...

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HotJavaColdBrew@reddit

Floral patterns are coming back as well. I can't wait for lowrise jeans to be back in style.

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Oldassrollerskater@reddit

I’m 46 and I wore my rainbow shorteralls with one down today. I stopped giving a fuck a few years ago.

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MrsEmilyN@reddit

My favorite outfit was gray overall shorts with a flowered bodysuit under. One strap undone, of course.

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ThisLucidKate@reddit

YES the floral bodysuit!!! I used to wear a black babydoll tee under my olive green overalls. Black choker, Doc Martens…

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DragonfruitIll5261@reddit

Xennial stolen valor

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Miserable-Lawyer-233@reddit

Yeah there’s always a 30 year cycle in fashion.

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SmashBrosUnite@reddit

Hello 91

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austex99@reddit

That’s how you know they’re cool. Did they also have their backpacks on only one shoulder? Two-shoulder things are for NERDS.

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MamboSun76@reddit

Now if only I hadn’t grown outwardly and upwardly since my younger years I’d be sporting the OG threads.

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Complex-Sherbert-718@reddit

I remember that being against our school’s dress code

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aahymsaa@reddit (OP)

I don’t remember if a loose overall strap was against the dress code, but wearing stuff backwards like Kriss Kross was. https://preview.redd.it/w6r0pw0ydpuc1.jpeg?width=575&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3fb0e120ccfb2bc83332a72d5f0708811e5748fa

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JustHereForCookies17@reddit

I wonder if having their pants on backwards is why they missed the bus.

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Complex-Sherbert-718@reddit

Yeah we had that too, but the guys started wearing their clothes inside out instead & whoever made the rules decided that backwards was better than inside out. That was a weird year…

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rebelangel@reddit

Same. We were told it was a “gang thing”.

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aahymsaa@reddit (OP)

Or was always either a “gang thing” or satanic panic.

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YayGilly@reddit

I loved this when I was a teen, but looking now, I think it looks pretty ridiculous.

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callalind@reddit

Yep, also seeing this. Like, kids, can we not repeat this one?

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B_Reele@reddit

I had a pair of Union Bay green corduroy overalls. But my favorite were my pair of black Levi’s overalls with gold threading. I miss them.

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HabibCoriatArielC@reddit

Es que eran realmente bonitos!

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BananaMuffinNinja@reddit

So I gotta say, I loved this look when I was a kid. I actually just taught my 6 year old to do this a few days ago. But the belt with the overalls is a hard no for me.

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Stonk_Lord86@reddit

What’s old is new again. The cycle never stops.

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seahawk1977@reddit

I feel like it's no longer a cycle at all. With historical information available at our fingertips, and corporations focusing hard on nostalgia, pop culture will eventually compress into a knot. Everything will exist all at once.

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leicanthrope@reddit

I can absolutely see JNCO [pluderhosen](https://i.imgur.com/6TnqIQH.jpeg) being a thing.

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Stonk_Lord86@reddit

Actually preferable. Maybe everyone won’t look the exact same at the same time.

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seahawk1977@reddit

Oh, I'd be all for that. I'd love to see people dress from their favorite time period all the time, and have it be NORMAL.

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Stranded-In-435@reddit

I'm seeing the grunge band tees and short, bleached hair again. Weird.

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elementalguitars@reddit

What people really look like with one strap of their overalls unbuckled… https://preview.redd.it/ydkg8nsdvquc1.png?width=735&format=png&auto=webp&s=01fba5474775849447024b50489dd595ec73356c

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Feline-Landline0@reddit

We did it everybody, we got all the way around the circle!

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joeyfashoey@reddit

Show the back with that heavy metal clasp clicking you in the butt as you walk

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14thLizardQueen@reddit

I remember when a girl undid my strap for me so I wouldn't be dorky. I miss you 1st grade friend who moved and I never saw you again. I really needed you.

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Beemo-Noir@reddit

I’m all for it, bring the 90’s back.

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OrbitalRunner@reddit

To be fair, it’s tough to remember to attach both sides when you’re in a hurry.

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Lady-Kokomo@reddit

This fashion statement was banned at my school for safety. There was a rumor that a guy in our schools district was running super fast and his overall strap got caught in a door. He was flung back into the door super hard and died. I totally believed it.

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epidemicsaints@reddit

It's all fun and games until you see how fucking dumb it looks from the back on somebody else.

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JPMoney81@reddit

Yeah Kelly Kapowski would look good in just about anything!

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FlashyBasket5238@reddit

Not this though

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poofyhairguy@reddit

![gif](giphy|65zUoOU09HL3uUKokQ|downsized)

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beachbummeddd@reddit

🙏

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aahymsaa@reddit (OP)

You know, I don’t even remember what I did with the loose strap! Did I just let it dangle and swing freely? Just picturing it in my mind looks so dumb!

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RandomTunes@reddit

Clasp goes in back pocket

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LegoFootPain@reddit

They definitely have rapping grandmas.

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denim_cowboy@reddit

What a horrifying resurgence !

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Geekboxing@reddit

I'm reading this with my flannel shirt tied around my waist, lol.

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Carbonfaceprint@reddit

The scene in my town is pretty wild. Super androgynous vibes with oversized vintage earth tone fits. They can do what they want but I think is a real ugly look.

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TheHexadex@reddit

prob thought they were cool too :p

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mundoid@reddit

One of these things is not like the others. One of these things is not the same.

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Cultural_Till1615@reddit

Why did we do this? Why?!?

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jenacious@reddit

Still better than high waters

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kingeryck@reddit

Everything's coming up Milhouse!

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Jairoglyphics1@reddit

It’s only cool if you wear your shirt backwards .

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smartypants333@reddit

My 8 and 9 year old girls both left the house this morning dressed like Kelly Kapowski!

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Yzma_Kitt@reddit

My 11 year old left looking like Blossom sans big hat with giant flower. Lol. She was telling me about how this style is some blah blah blah-core not Blossom whatever. "Like kid, go forth and rock the style but do not mis-cite the old magic to me witch. I was there when it was written." Lol.

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DontStepOnMyManHood@reddit

They want our movies, shows, songs and fashion. Next will be our jobs.

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mineau1@reddit

But did any of them have the skidz overalls??

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capthazelwoodsflask@reddit

Please don't tell them about those

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mineau1@reddit

Ha! I see so many kids wearing pajamas to school, skidz were like jammies w style!!!

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lunalore79@reddit

Why must the youths keep repeating the fashion sins of the past 😭 Side note, the first time I wore my brand new Guess Jeans overalls in middle school, I forgot to unfasten one of the straps, and everyone called me Farmer Girl. Let's just say I never forgot again lol

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Stormy261@reddit

I was at the store the other day picking up some stuff for my mom. I saw baby doll dresses and corset tops. Man did that send me down a trip on Memory Lane.

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SuperbBison2867@reddit

Look at that future Oscar-winner Chris rock smacker!

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Bonbonnibles@reddit

Coolest kid on campus.

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danceswithsockson@reddit

Okay, I never really got into these as a kid, but where the hell does the other strap go? If it just hangs it’ll bang or catch everything.

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Fat-little-hobbitses@reddit

I felt so cool when I wore my overalls like this as a kid

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scantron3000@reddit

When my daughter asked for her first pair of overalls, she was 7, and I showed her how back when I was a kid, people wore them like this, with only one strap. She was all in ever since and refuses to wear both straps. Sorry guys, it was my fault.

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Cmdr_Jiynx@reddit

Aging is seeing fashions from your youth come back into style. Growing old is seeing it happen more than once.

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YorkiesandSneakers@reddit

I knew inherently that I wasn’t cool enough to do the one strap thing.

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MooglePomCollector@reddit

I tried to wear this style to school and my white as a ghost teacher told me I was signaling I was in a gang if I did that. That same school told me I could wear an anklet because prostitutes wore them to signal if they were available for sex. 8 years old was traumatic.

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solomons-marbles@reddit

Yup, I work with grad students and saw a girl wearing hers like that a couple of weeks ago. I laughed a

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AwkwardFactor84@reddit

Who remembers the backward overalls?

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carlitospig@reddit

Ha, this is me in 2024 because I broke one of the clippy things and I’ve been too lazy to replace it. Also I never stopped wearing them and I’m pretty sure it made me look like a weirdo this whole time and I DONT CARE. They’re comfy.

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tedsmitts@reddit

My partner and I (Xennial and a Gen X) were in a brewery and one of the treacherous Youths that was our server was wearing overalls. We took to calling him "overalls" over the course of the meal, and I guess he heard because by the time he brought us our receipt in an old Nancy Drew book, he had the most hangdog expression ever. We tipped well.

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Ambitious-Peen-69@reddit

I lived in overalls in the mid 90s and now again. I'm so happy to have them and my cords back.

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Got_no_pants@reddit

LOVED this look.

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linecookdaddy@reddit

Oh God it's back

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ScandalNavian42@reddit

I mean, I never stopped wearing my overalls like this

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headcanonball@reddit

Can't wait for the resurgence of IOU sweaters and z. Cavariccis.

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Alfphe99@reddit

My wife gave me shit that I still have my baggy pants from the early 00's. Who's laughing now, I can bring that shit out and trick the kids into thinking I'm one of them. Even got my giant black boots to go with them.

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_its_a_SWEATER_@reddit

Yup. It’s back.

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Octowuss1@reddit

I just got some Tommy overall shorts, and I can’t wait to wear them

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onepostandbye@reddit

I wore pants with suspenders that hung down permanently and I was the coolest fool in school

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onepostandbye@reddit

Rebecca! Your romper is falling down!

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cryptolipto@reddit

What in tarnation is going on in fashion these days

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BeachyMagic@reddit

I have finally lived long enough to see stuff I used to wear come back in fashion. I don’t know how to feel about this. LoL.

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scottyd035ntknow@reddit

My 15 year old is collecting CDs and has an Aiwa CD stereo. It's all coming back...

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Notwastingtimeiswear@reddit

YAAAAAAAS. Am I alone in having loved this one?

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RooIsHome@reddit

Ka-Pow

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AmbitiousAd9320@reddit

loved the jean shortalls for all the access they gave to the chubby moist parts

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CreamyGoodnss@reddit

The perfect blend of function and aesthetics

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aahymsaa@reddit (OP)

Bro.

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JadieRose@reddit

I tried this look one time and my mom absolutely freaked out

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uhWHAThamburglur@reddit

I am consistently shocked that Zoomers chose the worst of 90s fashion to bring back. Not that I remember a lot of good 90s fashion to begin.

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ItsMoreOfAComment@reddit

Time is a flat circle.

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BasicWhiteHoodrat@reddit

Girbaud overalls?!?

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DerGroteMandrenke@reddit

Nihil novi sub sole, everything old is new again. All it takes is a kid with a few thousand TikTok followers seeing an old picture and deciding it looks cool enough to try.

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aahymsaa@reddit (OP)

I guess Will Smith and Kelly Kapowski were our TikTok back in the day.

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Danny-Wah@reddit

Yes!! This was the look!!

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lemystereduchipot@reddit

I don't think I've worn overalls since I was like 6, so the late 80s

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ZurEnArrh58@reddit

There's another way to wear them? 😂

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KU7CAD@reddit

Yeah, with the whole bib folded down but with the straps still on both sides.

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Many_Distribution_21@reddit

Kapowski owns that look.

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satanicpanic6@reddit

I hated that trend then, and I hate it now.

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BrotherCorvid@reddit

My stepkid was doing this the other day and it gave me bad flashbacks lol

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Green_Xero@reddit

Got an ad for this https://preview.redd.it/0hj4wtkt0puc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b305455c278c50d5367346b027f23d77efd8e7f this morning and laughed so hard I almost choked.

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