Things that were questionably 'fashionable'

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Inspired by the loo brush thread I'll start with this

Avocado bathroom suits.

Were?

How about socks and sandals (so called 'sliders')?

^Shellsuits in the late 80s.*

Oh yes, this. They were hideous but I had two. They were always in the most unflattering garish colours. I had one in splatters of yellow, pink and turquoise. Not surprising that they haven't ever made a comeback!

Also weird - pink and blue rinsed hair, sported by nearly every woman over 65 when I was a child in the 80s.

My elder sister's long, Afghan coat. I loved that goat and never even minded the string smell of goat when they got wet.

Those ruched blinds that trapped dust and dirt.

I still love batwing jumpers

Me too @RickOShay. I’d be happy if all my jumpers were batwing and off the shoulder

Chiffon Shirts anyone?
I remember having a black chiffon shirt with red roses on which I wore with red jeans, my best friend had a red chiffon shirt with black roses and black jeans.
We thought we were so cool, we must've looked ridiculous!

I also remember wearing babydoll nighties from the nightwear section at BHS as daywear, usually with knee high socks and also squeezing myself into Barbie and Polly Pocket t-shirts from the kids section.

Floating candles sitting in a bowl of water with those glass pebble things in. And if you didn't change the water often enough, it went all scummy.

Bubble lamps. Same problem with the scummy water.

Ponchos.

Dungarees, but you wore the top part hanging down.

Inflatable chairs.

A jacket that ended no lower than your bottom rib. Because who needs their abdomen to be warm?

And yeah, those long and hugely flared jeans that soaked up entire puddles on rainy days so that you'd have lovely, cold, wet ankles as you trailed round the shops.

UGG boots. You could always tell if someone wearing uggs was coming up behind you because you could just hear SCUFF SCUFF SCUFF SCUFF as there's something about those boots that means you can't lift your feet properly.

Mermaids.

@SephrinaX

These belts over your top!

Deidre in Corrie always had that look😊

@MarjorytheTrashHeap

^Shellsuits in the late 80s.*

Oh yes, this. They were hideous but I had two. They were always in the most unflattering garish colours. I had one in splatters of yellow, pink and turquoise. Not surprising that they haven't ever made a comeback!

Also weird - pink and blue rinsed hair, sported by nearly every woman over 65 when I was a child in the 80s.

Shell suits were everywhere weren't they!!

I never had one. Now I could claim it was because I so with it I recognised they were in fact horrible but the reality is, I had a overwhelming fear of it melting into my skin.

As you do!!

As an 80,s teenager loads,perms everyone had one male and female,Ra Ra skirts,puff ball skirts ,peddle pushers , sovereign rings ,jelly shoes and bags ,loads more .

Vile wide legged jeans. Flapping in the wind, soaking up the rain and very unflattering. Now they are in the shops again. Nobody who wore them first time round will wear them.

Coffee. Christ, it's just a drink, there's even a thread going over pages right now , well I like, this, well I like that. To be defined by a bloody drink.

Platform trainers. The stupidest fashion item ever. Nearly sprained my ankle...

Long gypsy skirts I'd forgotten them! 2004/5 they were everywhere, but you had to be ultra skinny because you needed to wear them with the smallest, tiniest vest

God..chiffon shirts...with a vest/camisole underneath...I loved those.

Slugbrows and fishlips. Makes all women look like female impersonators. Passing soon, hopefully.

strappy dresses with t-shirts underneath..they were everywhere for a while