To ask about the awful jewellry I keep seeing these bright young things wearing?

[MrsOverTheRoad]

I'm 45 and out of touch admittedly but I keep seeing teens and early 20s young women, wearing the terrible crystal jewellry that was about in the 90s!

I'm old now aren't I?

If this is "back" then that's it...it's so frigging UGLY!

Back when I was hip and all that, I wore original 60s jewellry...so that's all they're doing isn't it??

Wearing the stuff I wore when I was young!

Just checking...what are your teens and young women dds wearing?

Blimey, I had no idea I was desperate on-trend!

I have a sea-glass pendant, a silver thumb ring, and I'm awaiting delivery of a crescent moon necklace.

My latent 90s girl is rearing her head, clearly.

no-ones had an original idea since 1975.

All fashion is throwback.

The "New Look" of the post war years was inspired by the victorian crinoline. The high waitsed big bosomed styles of the 70's were inspired by the edwardian era which had itself been inspired by the Napoleonic/Georgian fashions. The 60's straight up and down were inspired by the twenties looks and they themselves inspired the late 80's/early 90's and are now coming around again.....nothing is original!

havent read most of the thread but seen Lemon mention Aliexpress and thought I'd post recent buys from there

first pic is a crystal chocker

Pyong Good point but the 60s were at least a very new take on an old look. I vividly remember people stopping in the street to stare. You couldn't just have got out your 1920s dress and worn it whereas I'm wearing some 80s trousers today and literally all I've had to do is shorten them to ankle length and cuff them. It takes 'homage' to a whole new level.

Actually on reflection, maybe you could have just chopped a foot or two off that 20s dress? It doesn't explain the way people stopped in their tracks to stare though. I've not seen any clothing worth staring at for a long, long time.

lemonsalad said = They also have their own buyer protection scheme (no personal experience with this).

I do, it works pretty well,. you get an email when the protection is running out. if goods dont come, you get your money back. No money goes to seller till you affirm it is what you bought, the quality of and matches the desciption

@MrsOverTheRoad im also in Oz

Doesn't matter what other people wear unless something truly offensive like racist slogan t shirts

I wear a lot of 40's and 50's they suit my body shape, I don't look good in styles that you need to be straight up and down for.
Decided when I was still a teenager to dress for my body type and things that I liked, stopped paying attention to fashion.
Still have my 90's doc martens and my daughter now borrows them. Am planning on wearing what I like and not worrying about whether it's in or out

Sorry posted too soon,
Until I am to old to choose or care

It doesn't explain the way people stopped in their tracks to stare though.

I think it was because the 60's was so different from the generation before in a way that clothes/music etc hadnt been since the 20's. Both had significantly shorter hemlines than the previous one. The 20's mid calf length was quite a shock after the complete cover up of all the previous styles of dressing, same with the mini skirt in the 60's. Then you had all the bright colours and new fabrics that had never been available before. Women especially who had been used to dowdy fabrics in utilitarian styles from the war followed by more luxurious but still very formal clothes in the 50's were bound to think that the new styles were show stoppers!

Ginburee I had to think for a moment when your were posting about your "DM's" I was thinking "oh was she upset to have given all her mum's clothes away and she'd wear them now !!!!" I had to read it twice!!

Almost as cringey as the chokers that are back in fashion just why??!!

Wait till they start using Grolsch lager tops as earrings again!

...or was that just me and my strange group of friends in the 80s?

Does anyone rlse remember putting crisp packets under the grill to make earrings or brooches in the 80s? Or was that just me?

Young people have always wanted to shock. My father, who was born in 1918, said he cast off his vest after seeing Clark Gable topless in It Happened One Night in 1934. He had a short back and sides too. And yet the world still turns

Here it is for my 16 year old dad

I'd love to see young people wear more shocking clothes. It's been boring these last 10 years or so, watching daughters dressing like their mothers (and I don't blame the mothers for that - it's up to young people to break away and find their own style). If this is a sign that they're starting to kick over the traces again then good.

Lovelyness I really adored chokers worn with high frill edged collars (the Edwardian look) in the 80s or was it the early nineties?

I haven't even seen these at all!

At least those ugly AF frilly cold shoulder tops are gone, thank god. They did look awful.

Had a bit of crystal related jewellery in the 90s. I teamed it with waistcoats and those "body" (leotard looking things) tops. It was of its time & in my defence I was late teens / early 20s.

My experience is the sort of goth look being popular again & 25-30 year olds with 70s shirts, cordoroys, itchy wool jumpers & handle-bar moustaches / full beards - I mean the freak is that about? Don't they realise that this is what 40+ year olds parents were wearing in 70s so is deeply uncool; especially when combined with the phrase 'artisan bread & olives'??