I not only had the plain old Toughskins blue jeans; I also had some red-white-and-blue plaid pants, kinda like the ones on the 2nd (boys) pic. Of course, mine were the girls' version, because Mom would NEVER let me shop in the boy's section!
C'mon, that stuff is awesome! Those patterned flares are super cool. I agree, only if you are a tall, skinny, flat-chested, insanely confident, willowy adolescent. But there are a few of those left in North America, right? :-)
OK, I had an outfit EXACTLY like that girl on the left. And my younger brother could have posed for that toughskins leisure-suit-for-boys pic. I love Mr. Casual Boy with hooked thumbs relaxing in his plaid bells.
OK: my jeans were hip hugger, black, white & brown (vertical) striped bells. AND MY DAD HAD A MATCHING PAIR!
mnmom-Clearly there was a huge difference in how "cool" was defined where you grew up and where I grew up. If any kid wore those kind of clothes to schools I went to then they could expect a beating or a severe mocking.
Really? Man, our town musta just been been hip because even the tough guys dressed this way! Maybe I come from MetroSexual, IL and didn't even know it!
Nobody but catalogue models actually wore this crap. I remember. I wanted this outfit because it was the epitome of cool, but I had to wear plain old jeans and a t-shirt like everyone else
I would so wear that outfit in the lower right hand corner of the boys advertisement (dguzman- yes! boy's clothese are it), but I'd mix it up with some navy yo-yo's.
I hope they came with volume knobs.
ReplyDeleteThe guys would get beaten up. The girls would have been merely mocked mercilessly until they broke down crying.
ReplyDeleteIt was a kinder, gentler time.
Oh but you're wrong - the COOL KIDS wore that stuff. I think I had the pink pants with a long "Maude-style" crocheted vest over them.
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ReplyDeleteLOL. You are so right Dr. Monkey and D. Debil just made me snort with a mouthful of oatmeal.
What a crowd!
MNMom is still the best dressed today!
OMG! My brother had that tan suit!
ReplyDelete"Wide-legged trousers" are supposed to be in this fall. But I haven't seen any patterns like that.
ReplyDeleteI not only had the plain old Toughskins blue jeans; I also had some red-white-and-blue plaid pants, kinda like the ones on the 2nd (boys) pic. Of course, mine were the girls' version, because Mom would NEVER let me shop in the boy's section!
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ReplyDeleteC'mon, that stuff is awesome! Those patterned flares are super cool. I agree, only if you are a tall, skinny, flat-chested, insanely confident, willowy adolescent. But there are a few of those left in North America, right? :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing any of us survived that.
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ReplyDeleteOK, I had an outfit EXACTLY like that girl on the left. And my younger brother could have posed for that toughskins leisure-suit-for-boys pic. I love Mr. Casual Boy with hooked thumbs relaxing in his plaid bells.
ReplyDeleteOK: my jeans were hip hugger, black, white & brown (vertical) striped bells. AND MY DAD HAD A MATCHING PAIR!
I missed out on those girls' Toughskins. They are hot! Is it too late, do you think?
ReplyDeleteMNMom, you are KILLING me! Okay,I just wiped off my monitor. I can just visualize that crocheted vest. I had one, too, in the most awful colors.
ReplyDeleteWhat MnMom said - and I'll bet we both worked that look, too!
ReplyDeletemnmom-Clearly there was a huge difference in how "cool" was defined where you grew up and where I grew up. If any kid wore those kind of clothes to schools I went to then they could expect a beating or a severe mocking.
ReplyDeleteReally? Man, our town musta just been been hip because even the tough guys dressed this way! Maybe I come from MetroSexual, IL and didn't even know it!
ReplyDeleteegads...I remember my son fighting me against wearing his "mini" leisure suit - just like daddy's!!!!
ReplyDeleteI am truly surprised that I survived that decade.
ReplyDeletethe plaid, oh gawd, THE PLAID!!!!
ReplyDeleteNobody but catalogue models actually wore this crap. I remember. I wanted this outfit because it was the epitome of cool, but I had to wear plain old jeans and a t-shirt like everyone else
ReplyDeleteWow, that makes me feel like an elitist, as I was prancing about in crap like this every day. And I had a crochet vest too!
ReplyDeleteIs it just the camera angle, or are those little girls walking on stilts?
ReplyDeleteaaaggggghhhhhh!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI wish I still had some of mine, they'd be so cool now.
ReplyDeleteI love me some toughskins I wore mine in the husky size!
ReplyDeleteI would so wear that outfit in the lower right hand corner of the boys advertisement (dguzman- yes! boy's clothese are it), but I'd mix it up with some navy yo-yo's.
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