Hideous clothes that you always remember (teenage)

[recklessruby]

It s getting cold and I was looking through coats online when I found this monstrousity.
Last week I was agreeing with parents who called their teenagers ridiculous for refusing to wear a coat in bitter cold weather.
Now I so sympathise having remembered my mother buying me this horror in year 9.
It was long wine coloured and sectioned like picture.
I was a skinny kid and looked like a long and very cold earthworm.
This thing came off as soon as I approached the school gates and stayed in my bag till hometime (shoved in my locker).
So aibu to ask you to share coat or other clothing shame teen memories and to ask parents of teen dc to consult them before buying clothes of shame?
Here it is

The Campri ski jacket (late 80’s), everyone had one usually in hideous neon colours. Mine was red, green and black. I also owned a lightweight summer version.

Here’s some more, can’t find a pic of one exactly like mine

Op one of the mums at school wears a coat like this. It's in a pale colour though and looks like she's wearing her duvet.

Honestly? Ive seen a lot worse than that coat.

Spliffy jackets 🤣🤣

Oh God that is migraine inducing. My coat was mid 80s (and apparently still being made).

Naff co 54

It would have to be the mid 80s luminous yellow shirt and matching socks...

@loutypips that s a real mum type coat . I was a 14 year old goth. My dm was always trying to get me to wear colour.

Similar to you OP. Instead of the wildly fashionable, but totally impractical black leather biker jacket I wanted, my Mum bought me a huge, black 'ski coat' for school from C&A, with a badge that said 'polar patrol'. I hated that coat so much! I used to shove it in a bag as soon as left the house and leave it in my locker all day until it was time to go home. I preferred to freeze rather than wear that coat!

Those t-shirts that used to change colour depending on where you were hot/sweaty...she'll suits!

Shell!

@VioletCharlotte I wanted a black biker jacket too but got stuck with an earthworm coat. Lol at Polar Patrol. I can imagine your shame.

I remember going bowling wearing a black bra with a sheer purple top over it

80s jumpsuit. I thought I looked like Ace from Dr Who.

My Mum used to buy these velvet skirt with matching waistcoat numbers for both of us to wear for parties. Now they were dire.

Leg warmers. Thought I looked the biz ... wearing them with a skirt and jumper .

Oh. And Laura bloody Ashley needlecord dresses in every flipping colour.

I wore stuff like this, and seem to remember liking them:

Shell suits. I just googled to find a picture and they are now classed all over the Internet as fancy dress.

Skirt Trousers, Dungarees, Culottes, Combat pants!

My DM used to inflict denim dungarees and ribbed polo necks in vile colours on me. Just what an overweight teenager needed to diminish her self esteem further!

Mega wide leg jeans that acted like sails and constantly trailed in puddles and caught on your shoes. The more ragged, tattered and unkempt your hems, the cooler you were

I remember as a child having a long dress with Holly Hobby or similar on the front. It was cream with a brown frill along the bottom and long brown sleeves. I also remember wearing a home knitted poncho I think It was bright yellow.

Ooooh, I love that 70s maxi dress and the embroidered suede coat. I want them.

Reversable jumper with so called cute pics on.. My lovely long blonde hair was cut like a boy because apparently nits were going round in what us now year 7. My school coat had massive collars. School jumper was small I was medium.. I swear I was put in ugly clothes with an ugly boy hair cut and blue fucking suede shoes so no boy would ever come near it.. It bloody worked.