All my friends have one ….. (lighthearted)

[MistressoftheDarkSide]

Inspired by another thread, and being laid up on day 10 of a chesty virus which has put me on my arse, but feeling marginally better so…..

I’m in my 50s so completely out of the parenting / teen trend loop, but the thread about North Face coats took me right back to when I was about 14 and my Holy Grail was a pair of flat black patent ballet pumps with a bow…..

Oh how I begged and pleaded. My DM (rest her soul) was a stickler for rules and sensible footwear, and when we couldn’t get the right sort of sensible shoes one term she even took me to an “old lady” shoe shop for the most hideous pair of clunky T bar shoes I had ever seen…. Obviously very character building….. 🤣🙄

I remember my Step Dad came to pick me up from school when I was pursuing the patent pumps, and he gleefully reported he hadn’t seen anyone else wearing them so I was denied again…..

If memory serves my Nana saved the day in the end, causing minor friction, but I wore those shoes until they fell apart…..

So, back in the day, what was the thing that you absolutely had to have to win street cred among your peers?

Oh I also would have loved some Dr Martens, never got those so I'm making up for it now 😂

I got the ballet shoes with a bow. Not for school though. They were going out wearing only. I loved them but they did fall off my feet quite a lot and had zero grips so we're very slippy.

What I really wanted but never got was a pair of tight satin trousers. Any colour would have done. I just loved the shinyness. They were the absolute height of fashion in our village. 😂

I always felt a bit hard done by because I never got them but reflecting now I had the ballet shoes, the frilly shirts, the batwing jumpers and pixie boots. I think my jealousy regarding the satins was a bit misplaced.

Kickers and a Nafnaf jacket. I had neither because we were poor.

Oh! And in primary school I longed for black patent leather t bar shoes like "everybody else" had. Never got them, mother didn't approve...

@MistyRock , the cornish pasty lookalikes were called Nature Treks IIRC.
The polyveldts were slightly less quirky looking but also not pretty

Bet you wish you had some

Oh yes, I can completely relate.
I too was a child of the 70s and had one of everything. I now have loads of clothes. I have an eBay addiction and buy pretty stuff just to own it and look at it. I may even stroke it on occasion. I'm that sad.

Skater boy vans
.....heads of to listen to some avril lavigne

Schott jackets and Jane Norman carrier bags as a school bag 🤣🤣 I had both but my god those jackets were bloody awful.

They are so vile. I just don't know how anyone could see them in a, shop and think, i'll have those!

I grew up in the 80s but I didn't have lots of stuff. One of four, hand me downs and obviously new stuff too. I also grew up feeling unattractive so now I buy lots of pretty dresses, ditsy floral, girly colours and lots and lots of make up. Regardless if I wear it all or not, it makes me incredibly happy just to own it. 😊

Reading this thread brings back memories! It was Nike Air trainers when I was at school and I never got those and never got any girly patent shoes when i was younger either as my feet were too wide....sensible shoes only! To be fair not many did have the trendy things and I have my mum to thank that as an adult I have good feet from wearing sensible shoes😅
Other things I longed for was a yoyo when sprite, coca cola yoyos were a thing, a troll, my little ponies and barbie dolls i never got these either. I was over the moon when I got a knock off my little pony from my nan.

I had burgundy suede pixie boots, wore them to death!

Berghaus jacket, Morgan bag, Shelley boots or shoes, Jane Norman bag as your pe kit bag.

Chevignon trainers and a long viscose Ghost dress

When I first started secondary school in 1980 it was a black Harrington jacket, everyone had them. I eventually got one.

Suede pixie boots, I had a gorgeous pair of navy ones.

Mid-80s. Anything Benetton. I had a rugby shirt and a couple of sweatshirts, and the duffle bags were essential.

Oh how could I have forgotten the satin trousers (as worn by the Nolans) ...? I wanted those badly at about 10 years old ...even at my skinniest I would have had to be shoe horned into those ...😳I had very little self awareness.

YY to the suede pixie boots. We were poor but I managed to acquire a burgundy pair for £6 from East Lane market.
Oh I loved those boots.

@Jojoanna , my mum was a Clarks aficionado but what I wanted more than anything was high heels from Freeman Hardy Willis. Specifically these white kitten heel-ish ones with cutouts that a friend had. I think they were pretty popular - does anyone know the ones I mean?

I'm one of the older members here and in the mid-late 60s we all aspired to owning what is known as a 'western jacket' - even M&S stock their own version now which isn't bad. Levis was the best with the little red tag on the front pocket and if it was bleached a paler blue, so it didn't look new that was even better. We couldn't afford such things.

I looked at the M&S version and part of me still wants one.

@MistyRock , they were new, and advertised on tv, so despite being ugly, we wanted them, and they were comfortable.

Omg the Papilloten! Had forgotten about them.

I wanted LA Gear runnerboots circa 1993 but got some own brand runners instead.

Matchstick trainers or bk’s
pods for school
these were the shoes to have in our school

I googled crystal tips, oh my! That reminds me of every YouTube vid I see of " how to get wavy hair" or "beach curls" ...

mine was skousers! That’s right! Skirt worn over a pair of trousers!!!!!

Every single one of my friends had them and I desperately wanted them. My mum said they were ridiculous and I wasn’t allowed.

She wasn’t wrong 😂