For fun which trends did you have at school

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I was thinking last night about all the different trends we had at school and how they are nothing compared to today's (iPhones pandora bracelets etc). To start off a few that I can remeber from my school days , naf co 54 coats ( nasty and cheap looking but cost a fortune) every other person in the school que had one.
Plastic dummies worn as necklaces (weird one that)
bleached fringes so ugly but we thought we looked great.
Light up trainers
all of which got banned after a while .

AND
Early Madonna days....lacy fingerless gloves and scarfs around head with frosted pink lipstick

Moon boots.

very tight skirts with splits, a lethal combination on steep coach steps. You could almost hear the senior mistress giggle she dolled out the safety pins - it was a mixed school

omg i forgot about nafco54 jackets until now. they were chav.

kickers. i like kickers on kids but the high heeled loafers they did were just wrong!

dready (sic) branded sweatshirts. also stussy

body shop products for their right on ness

a particular brand on nail varnish i can't remember but you could buy it in a gazillion different colours (you couldnt buy blue 17 nail polish in them days). they were called star something maybe.

doc martens

doc martens with rasta coloured laces

band t shirts

those god awful 'hair wrap' thing -where you pay someone to wrap embroidery thread around someof your hair and proudly wear it unitl it fall outs.

other items made from embroidery thread inc friendship bands etc

ellesse trainers

nike air max

converse all stars and levis but that wasn;t a trend it was a default look

school with no uniform can you tell ;-)

Doctor Marten boots

Tie dye clothes

Hair wrap

Shell suits (shudders!)

Levis

Mood rings

Doctor Marten boots

Tie dye clothes

Hair wrap

Shell suits (shudders!)

Levis

Mood rings

I'm sure there's more...

at primary school
-beer bottle tops on shoes (as in Bros) never did that one as was of the opinion it looked bloody stupid even back then lol!

• collecting Garbage Pail kid stickers (great sticker collections with gross people on, stuff like Snotting Sarah, Rotting Richard etc (not sure if those two were ever actually characters but you get the drift!

later on (high school)

• luminous t-shirts that changed colour when you got warmer, can't remember what they were called! Hyper something or other?

• dummies on a chain necklace (thought they looked bloody daft so never did them either lol)

-oh and shell suits were the height of cool, and I myself had a lovely fetching purple and pink one and thought it was great! (CRINGE)

Suede pixie boots
Crimped fringe loads of hair spray
Old smelly overcoats bought in charity shops
Baggy tarten trousers (think they came from'Chelsea Girl')tucked into afore mentioned pixie boots
A4 folders covered with cut up NMEs then laminated
Workmans lunch bags (from army and navy)as school bag
Taking your school skirt up so it was even smaller and tighter
Taking your weekend 'Lois' jeans in so they were even tighter
Fishnet tights
Eyeliner
Yardley'Lace' perfume
Harrington jackets(never had one but much desired)

oo yh lucy - crimped hair how could i forget

I think I'm a bit younger than most of these posts but here goes:

Primary school (1990-6)

Pogs
Take That and Boyzone
Spice Girls... resulting in...
Crimped hair!

Secondary school (1996-2001)

Shag bands
Puffa jackets
Kickers
Multi-coloured nail varnish (each finger different)
Wearing school shirt tucked in at front but back hanging out over bum
Tie right way round but only 3 stripes long
Ellesse trainers
Adidas 3 stripe tracksuit bottoms (my mum had to ban me from wearing them to the school disco)
Yo-yos - our school had an afterschool club every night of the week
Garage music - Craig David, Artful Dodger, etc
Putting your hair up in a tight ponytail then having two little thin straight bits hanging down framing the face at the front (note, could just be an Essex trend)

JobCarHouse- am also from Essex and had my hair exactly like that. I remember some girls dying the front bits of their hair a different colour (normally blonde or pink)

Cricket jumpers worn very baggy and you had to have the cuffs over your hands with your fingers folded holding them in place.

Mini kilts with white tights

suncottage, how had I forgotten crickets jumpers!!?? had to be worn with chinos too!

hypercolour shirts
rolling your school socks down
slap bands
Speedbump fringes
anything fluro
fido dido clothings
jelly sandles
undercuts and tracks for the boys hair
reebok pump trainers
ying and yang signs written on your school bag

jobcarhousenobaby I must be around the same age as you as we had all those trends too can't beleive I forgot about them , I had the scraped back hair with two bits hanging down for ages and I used to wear addidas three stripe with a crop top ala sporty spice .

leggins
laces in bright colours and un matching!
pixie boots
cat suits
jump suits
socks rolled down

Wig wam coats, perms, drainpipe jeans and kicker boots, canvas jeans in bright colours. Ecru tights, moccasin shoes, bob haircuts, layered feather cuts. Tight mohair jumpers.Tight, tight levi jeans.

Omg, Mood rings! Tie-dyed clothes here too and doc martens. Lava lamps. Joss sticks.

Nottingham circa 77-84 it was:

Harrington jackets with your name on the back.

Army surplus bags that had been written all over and had badges sewn on with places you'd been to.

Suede pixie boots and granny shoes

Stripy socks with toes

Dummy necklaces and button badges

Leather edge to edge jackets (in ox blood or blue)

Jelly sandals which you swapped with your mate

Rollerball lipgloss

Avon Honeysuckle perfume in a hard push-up stick.

In Primary 7, the boys were wearing farah staypress trousers and pringle jumpers - v odd.

Aw gawd, must have been '82 or so, puppy jumpers

This spans about 10yrs of fads
Fimo clay badges
Pringle jumpers
yo-yo's
desert boots
coca cola mini footballs
Wearing your tie with the thick bit tucked in with a small bit of the thin end on show (frayed)
Tip-ex on your tie
chicken scratches (rubbing away the top surface of your skin to make a scab)
hypercolour tshirts
hoodies
benneton sweatshirts
loafers
Doc Martins
checked shirts
paisley shirts
tight stone wash jeans
buying long school socks and then pushing them down so that they bunched
Bermuda shorts
Naff Naff

Putting your hair in a top knot and making sure that the top bit of your hair was pushed forward and hairsprayed

General hairspraying of quiffs which spent ages to get right

Bodyshop dewbury perfume
white musk