What way did you dress when you where young, was it trendy or maybe a style from a sub-culture,
Or did you just wear anything?
Fashion in your youth..: What way did... - Anxiety and Depre...
Fashion in your youth..
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I enjoy wearing the jean or indian suits very colourful when I was younger. But now it is combat trousers black very comfortable
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It's more about comfort when you get older?
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Yes something you don't have to iron all time and easy to wear !
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I agree.
hypercat54• in reply to
Yes that's what I wear now! Also elasticated trousers. 
Love the shoes lol I was a hippy in the 60”s , flower power and all that, oh happy days 👍
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Wow! That must have been a great time. 😊
Yeah and me
T-shirts and colorful print skirts…very dead head and comfortable. Subculture. We were in the country. In the city all black. Until I got a job in fashion retail. Then I trendy but always with a black mini.
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Was there a type of music attatched to how you dressed?
Blueruth• in reply to
More like music and location. I was in northern NH. There was a large dead/ski counter culture. There was no MTV at school and we came from all over. Dead, the cure, new order, Bowie, prince, animals, talking heads….
Authentic 70s fashion as I was a teenager then. I was always up with the latest fashions, flares, bell sleeves, tank tops , platform soled shoes, long Laura Ashley dresses. I was lucky that my brother's fiancee used to buy new clothes frequently and passed her 'old' ones onto me. I also made my own trousers so I could get the flares as wide as possible. In the late 70s straight legged black cord trousers were in fashion so I had those.
I embraced all the different hairstyles too.
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I remember seeing people dressed like that when i was a kid. I thought the flares looked silly.
MadBunny• in reply to
With hindsight yes I suppose they did. But we thought we looked fantastic!
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Well we all thought we did 😅
MadBunny• in reply to
Here you are 🤣
Pink jacket green flares and bright green socks !Really 🤔
Sitting on a cannon? Where was this picture taken?
Leicester I think. Outside some museum. Not 100% sure as it's over 45 yrs old.
Back in '67 I had just become a teenager and was holiday with my family in Wales. I suddenly saw these 2 guys wearing flares, cowbells and very long hair. I remember staring at them fascinated and asked my mum who they were.
She took one look stuck her nose in the air and said in a disgusted tone 'They are hippies'. From that moment on I was a hippy and my mum hated it.
I bought a bell ( not quite a cow bell though ) . The sound drove my mum mad when I wore it . She eventually hung it in the budgie's cage 🤣
Brilliant! Wish I had thought of that one
Budgie was a great band from the 70s! 😎
I think my husband's got a couple of their records 😁
I love them!!
I must have a listen . Always good to extend my musical knowledge 🤗
I hope you enjoy them!
First time I went to NYC on my own was early 80s. Pink leggings captivated me right away. I guess a reaction to flares. Today flared leggings are the thing! It is all cyclical.
Ha ha yes I well remember the dodgy afro type perms
I had one!
Haha.... one thing I didn't wear was bread shoes! Those are so funny.
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I remember moving to London back in '72. I was walking down Oxford Street when I saw a big pair of scruffy men's shoes. Empty but with a sign on saying 'Gone for lunch back soon'. I thought it was the funniest thing ever.
I was a young teenager in the late 60's/early 70's and was a hippy. I wore a kaftan (bright orange with sequins) and brightly patterned clothes along with flared jeans. My mother hate it lol.
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Another Hippy lol
But you probably looked great. 😊
hypercat54• in reply to
Ha ha I doubt it! I do remember though buying this wonderful bright yellow satin jacket when I was 16. It cost me a weeks wages. Of course true to form my mum hated it and said with contempt it will always be dirty.
I felt like a million dollars in it and wore it until it fell apart!
I remember the first thing I bought with my wages was a pair of navy patent ,sling back platform shoes decorated with a red and yellow square on each one . Like you , I wore them til they fell apart.
Oh they sound wonderful. Glad you enjoyed them so much.
I am a shoe size 8 (UK size) and until the late/70's early 80's it was virtually impossible to find fashionable shoes. I had to make do with ones for older women.
Then suddenly they started doing them. Well as you can imagine I developed a shoe fetish so went out and bought every one I could - silver ones, coloured ones, glitzy ones, the whole range. I still love shoes to this day!
I'm not surprised. It must have been great to be able to get some after all that time 🤗
Empire dresses in the early sixties. Villager dresses in the late sixties. Moved to San Francisco after graduation. Straight dresser for work and hippy on the weekends. Head scarves to make sure I was recognized as one and added fringe to my bell bottoms. Platforms…still wear occasionally. Early seventies…hot pants and high heels. Mid seventies….Big hair….I was a hairdresser….Nik Nik blouses, Farrah Fawcett and huge shoulder pads. High maintenance. Dropped hairdressing for office work. Tailored look after I flattened out my hair and jeans, jeans jeans . Now, it’s all about comfort. Whew! And pantyhose should be against the law.
Omg. Hot pants! I had a pair of mustard yellow ones 😁
Hot pants yeeeeaaaaaaayyy
They were a bit of a pain if you needed the toilet quickly🤣🤗
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The very pattern! Found a pic online. I used to make that style of blouse, too.
Hot pants
Wow brilliant. Thanks for that 😃😘 x
I remember when panty hose ( we called them tights here ) first appeared . My mum was so relieved as she hated stockings. I tried make my own, literally stitching stockings to a pair of panties ! Not good 🤣
Yeah, we’d do anything to be “in style”. It should have worked, though, right. I mean, why not? Lol
I've just remembered another awful fashion. In the early 70s grey tights were fashionable. But we would wear them with knee length white socks over them. It had to be grey with white. No other combo😁I think it started in school as it was against school uniform rules so we wore them to annoy the teachers.
I think that would look cool. You were rebellious and still are. Lol I can imagine…a sea of grey and white. I loved white knee socks, never thought of them over tights, though. We wore dresses with tiny flowers all over them. Boring. Not rebellious.
It was not a good look. Of course, the teachers would tell us to take the socks off, then as soon as we could we'd put them back on again 🤣 Yes I'm still a rebel at heart.
Remember mini skirts? I had good legs so wore them as short as I could get away with. I had a wonderful white pvc mini skirt and had lots of adventures in it! Memories.....
Oh, yeah….mini skirts! Cool. White pvc skirts. Very “mod”. With black and white checked tops . A pair of pvc white boots, too? The US fashion was very influenced by the UK. Yes, lots of fond memories.
I had black lace up shiny pvc boots .
I always wanted some of those but never got any.
They were given to me by my brother's fiancee- she was always buying new clothes and I was lucky to get things while they were still in fashion.
My dad wouldn't let me wear miniskirts. At school we used to roll the top of our skirts over and over to shorten them. It resulted in a large bulge round the middle , but we didn't care about that as long as the skirt was short. Ridiculous really 🤣
I well remember schoolgirls doing that at my school. My parents never forbid anything but my mum did nag me which I ignored anyway. My dad never said a word.
My dad was strict , but not in a nasty way. Makeup was not allowed either, but if course I sneaked it out of the house.Being the only girl I think they were just being over protective. Mum had this saying that ' girls bring trouble home and you're not going to '. Took me ages before I realised what she meant lol .
Oh I remember stockings very well. I had to wear them for secondary school as tights weren't available until the mid 60's. I hated stockings and I always seemed to bust one of the pegs. I was so happy when tights came out. I have never worn stockings since - ever!
I might be the only person here that wore leather pants, big tongue converse sneakers and a jean jacket with a band patch on the back.
That was my early teen and pre teen years .. then I went through a rap phase in the 90’s and it was all baggy and colourful stuff. Lots of Fila and Phat Farm.
I now own 5 pair of sweat pants and one pair of jeans, nothing beats comfort clothing.
Oh that’s really made me laugh! Absolutely hilarious! I was lucky enough to enjoy spending my youth in the punk era. So my dress sense to many would be frowned upon! It was my own choice of clothing which was very varied. Sadly people are quick to judge and often don’t see the person that you are beneath it all! I had the best fun and followed the music scene of that era with gigs. I still to this day love punk music! Still going to gigs when I can. Big hugs and love ❤️😘xx
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I was into ska but loved punk too so I get what you mean.. I go to gigs if I can too.
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I love ska too! Been to a few ska nights in Glasgow and they’ve been amazing! I’ve seen The Selector a couple of times. That vibe is just fantastic! It instantly gets you going! I feel we were blessed to have been part of such a special period of music. Such raw talent! There was such a crossover between ska and punk especially with The Clash. They loved reggae and ska and incorporated into their own unique sound. I still go to see Stiff Little Fingers every St Patrick’s night in the Barrowlands in Glasgow. Over the years I saw most of the punk bands that were going about. Mainly in Tiffany’s or the Apollo and some small local venues. Crazy happy times! 😍🎶❤️😘xx
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I saw Madness a few weeks ago, Slf, The Selector and The Undertones all played on the sane bill a couple of weeks ago but I couldn't make it.
I hear the Barrowlands is a great place, would like to see Big Country there I think it would be fantastic.
Yes, we where definitely blessed. 😊
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Awww that sounds fantastic! It’s great when you manage to get some decent bands on the same bill! The Barrowlands is an incredible venue. If you ever get the chance it’s well worth a visit! I saw Big Country and the Skids At Kelvingrove Bandstand in Glasgow a few years back and they were amazing! They had the place bouncing! 😍🎶❤️😘xx
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I'll def have to go. Our equivalent is the Ulster Hall, small and good sound.
Is Glasgow good for a weekend?
I drove through it a couple of weeks ago the traffic was awful.. 😊
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Glasgow is great for a weekend. Just depends on what you like to do. ❤️😘xx
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Have wee drinkie, well see the sites too 😉
MadBunny• in reply to
I'm lucky I live between London and Cambridge, so am spoilt for choice. We used to have a small venue - the Corn exchange- in my town where I saw a few good bands, but since it re opened they only have tribute bands. Unfortunately due to my RA, going to gigs is limited . I only go if I can sit down. Which just isn't the same 🙄
MadBunny• in reply to
Selector. Pauline Black- what a legend!
Hmm i don't know i wore modestly in my middle school and high school years i loved long sleeved shirts and i loved wearing colorful hijabs ☺️
I loved the old shellsuit trackies in my young teens 🙈 wouldn't dare in these days but isnt it funny how they are all coming back into fashion one by one,
Ive started buying makes i used to wear years ago now as they come back, just a shame we didn't buy 2 of each back in the day 😂😂😬😞 i would be rich now selling them all on,
FILA , Pierre Cardin, Sergio Teshini, Converse, New balance, ect,
I especially remember the flares coming back in, in the 90s over here, we used to cut up so far up the leg and ask our parents to sow a piece of Paisley triangle material in its wider gap, i had 22" bottoms myself but wouldn't be seen dead in them now 🙈🙈🙈🏅🏅
I remember putting the inserts in my jeans back in the early 70s. And once I fell off my bike and got holes in the knees of my favourite trousers. So I just sewed some large green patches on them!
Can I just say a very big THANK YOU for starting this thread. Such fun, and has brought back many happy memories for us all. It's been great to share our experiences , and has really cheered me up 🤗
Guess jeans. Benneton, keds.. Slouchy socks..
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