What was the fad, fads when you were in your teens.

[Aunt Bea]

We were all black and blue when these things first appeared.

 

[Pappy]

Some other fads in school were:
Yoyos, pea shooters, squirt guns, jack knives, marbles and saving popsicle wrappers for gifts.

 

[Butterfly]

I remember starched crinolines and poodle skirts, bobby socks and saddle shoes, and going steady rings that you wore on a chain around your neck. I graduated HS in 1963, so I was a bit behind a lot of the folks above.

 

[Furryanimal]

Flared jeans and flowery shirts.

Had those and platform shoes.

 

[Ken N Tx]

Penny loafers and saddle shoes..

 

[Ronni]

What a great walk down memory lane!!

Hot pants, mini skirts (I'm an Aussie though I live in the US) and Australia was famous for the shortest minis in the world!!) bell bottoms, A line dresses. Go-go boots (always worn with mini skirts or hot pants of course!) love beads, Twiggy makeup, capris, culottes. Babydoll clothing and shift dresses. Pantsuits. Psychedelic tie die shirts.

Mary Quant, Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy were both fashion icons! Pop Art jewelry. Carnaby Street and the Mod fashions. Haight-Ashbury and the hippie style.

Because my parents were a bit strict, when I'd go out to party on the weekend, I'd leave the house in a pantsuit looking reasonably modest, but my gogo boots were hidden underneath the pants of my suit and in my bag was my crazy jewelry and my makeup that transformed me into a twiggy lookalike. By the time I arrived at my destination the pants were long gone leaving me with a micro mini (the top to the pantsuit ... the fashion back then was to cut the pantsuit top long) that just covered my butt and my boots that hugged my legs, and my chunky pop art jewelry jangling and my twiggy eyes all big with the lashes drawn on to my lower lid!! I thought I looked great!!!

 

[squatting dog]

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Love that picture hollydolly... it seems like large coke cans were the "go to" to get big hair (picture is not me)... love beads, platform shoes, bell bottoms and halter top, the A-line and Yardley makeup thanks to Twiggy. If I remember right I cherished a necklace shaped like a bell that tinkled, and a purse with fringe. The Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, War, Jesus Christ Superstar, Janis Joplin, Kenny Rogers just to name a few were playing on the radio.

seeing this reminded me of a picture I've got of my wife around that time.

 

[CindyLouWho]

Disco, Feathered hair, Mood rings, Roller skating.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I had forgotten about mood rings!

I remember the adult craze of attending ceramic painting classes at just about every church basement in the country, it makes me a little sad when I see so many of those projects sitting on the shelves of the local thrift shops or on eBay.

 

[Ken N Tx]

I had forgotten about mood rings!

I remember the adult craze of attending ceramic painting classes at just about every church basement in the country, it makes me a little sad when I see so many of those projects sitting on the shelves of the local thrift shops or on eBay.

What about Tupperware parties??

 

[Gary O']

Converse Chuck Taylor allstars

Had to have ‘em


Hefted many a bale of hay to get ‘em

I think the need stemmed from not getting Red Ball Jets back in the ‘50s

Kids could actually run faster and jump higher with Red Ball Jets
At least that was my excuse

And they’d always show off that red ball….bastards

Red Sharpies weren’t invented yet, otherwise my tennis shoes woulda had red balls too


Oh, and mini skirts

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Begat many a teen fantasy

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WOOF!