What Clothes were considered cool when you were in school?

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I remember people wearing Addias Trainers and they were trendy and popular.

Ra-ra skirts. I never had one because a) I was tiny and couldn't get one to fit and b) I wasn't one of the in crowd.

Adidas Stan smith's
Adidas all stars
Baby blue/pink denim jackets
Rockport boots
Baby pink/blue timberland boots
Bear USA white jackets
Denim skirts
Combat trousers / parachute pants
Hipster bootleg jeans
Long sleeve net tops with vest underneath
Anything from River Island

Never ever wear a backpack with both shoulder straps!!

Guess the decade...

Kappa trousers with poppers down the sides, those inflatable messenger bags and Platform shoes.

Benetton duffle bags
Naf Naf
Global Hypercolour t-shirts
Reebok Pump

Fake burberry
Fishnets

Pod shoes - those sort of black platform ones with big moulded soles. Probably fashionable again now.

Kickers shoes
Baby G watches.

I was uncool so never had such things. I used to yearn for a pair of Kickers with a super high heel.

Think I'm about the same age as you Invisimamma! Most girls in my class aspired to own a Juicy Couture tracksuit.

Naf Naf jumper.

Then a couple of years later, Kickers shoes

Poppers, bubble bags, platform shoes, velvet headbands with name written on in neon pen, boot cut jeans with faded knees, belts with long strands dangling down like a cat o nine tails 🤣

Crombies.
Loons.
Penny rounds.

I'm a lot older than the rest of you.

Plastic jelly baskets for school ( I wish I still had mine, I bloody loved it) ra-ra skirts, butterfly clips, neon socks to match your neon top, pinafore dresses. White heels with black tights 🙈

Not so much cool as we were mini sloanes

Velvet head bands
Scarves - silk
Pie crust collar
Collar up
Blazer
Loafers

Benetton Rugby shirts
Benetton duffle bags
Ra ra skirts
Converse boots
Really tight jeans (501s you’d shrunk yourself in the bath we’re the optimum)
Baseball jackets
Big old overcoats
DMs

I saw a teenager in Tesco recently, dressed exactly as I did in 6th form, 30 years ago. She looked much better than I ever did.

Naf naf t shirts & coats
Sock shop
Sweater shop jumpers
Benetton jumpers
Baby blue or pink Head sports bags
Levi's
Kickers
Shoes from Dolcis

OMG. I've just found a site with jelly baskets and beaded coin purses.😍 I'm in retro heaven and I'm so ordering one for our beach holiday in June. Oh the memories!

Clear or coloured semi-transparent plastic coats
Pedal-pushers
Jumper dresses (before leggings became popular to wear with!)

Pod shoes were v. v. fashionable at my school in the 80's.

Platform shoes
cheesecloth blouses
Big denim skirts
REALLY flared jeans
Jeans / trousers with HUGE waistbands (like, 4 buttons deep)
Crocheted ponchos
REALLY wide tie knots and shirts with BIG collars

Doc Martens, brogues, Ben Sherman shirts and two tone tonic suits if you were a mod/skinhead. Desert boots, flares, tie-dye t-shirts, donkey jackets, university or rugby club scarves if you were not.

Kickers, Pod or Rockports on your feet
Kookai, Jane Norman and Morgan De Toi
Sprayway waterproof coat
Sweater Shop
Kappa trackies
Spliffy
Anything from JJD or JB Sports
I was not one of the 'in' kids...mosher all the way!

Morgan
Kookai
Bay Trading Co

Hipster bootcuts
Crop tops
Chokers
Contrast piping, esp in lime green and day-Glo orange
Slip dresses over t shirts
Platforms
Record bags
Kickers
Glitter smeared down cheekbones

Not clothing but Impulse O2

Adidas popper trousers
Buffalo shoes
Massive denim flare trousers that used to drag in puddles and would then be soaked and feel all horrible for hours

@leccybill must be a similar age to me!

La gear trainers with the 3 colour laces
Fila trainers in really bright colours
Naf naf
Benneton duffle bags
Global hyper colour T-shirt's
Umbro shorts (?!)

Kickers

I was The Least Cool Child ever (really - it was all handknits and homegrown apples at home) but when shoe shopping for new school shoes in 1996 I pointed some Kickers out to my mother, who said "oh now they do look hard-wearing" and promptly bought me a pair.

I was cool for three whole days on my return to school. Even Shelley Alcock was impressed by them when she saw they were real Kickers as opposed to her fakes