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.

Early years of secondary school:

Sportswear
Checked shirts
Combat trousers
Lime green and orange
Adidas everything especially poppers
Kappa
Fila
Chunky gold jewellery
Kickers or Pod shoes
Black bootcut trousers
Bootcut jeans
Layering strappy vest tops
Strappy dresses with a t shirt underneath
Bomber jackets
Naf Naf jackets

However I aspired to be 'alternative' which meant cord flares that dragged along the ground
Velvet blazer
DM boots
Loads of jewellery
Ben Sherman shirts
Beaded belts
Scarves

Sixth form:

Still with the bootcut jeans
Really high heeled boots
Playboy t shirts (bleugh)
Miniskirts or smart jeans with bustiers and strappy sandals for nights out
Denim miniskirts
Low cut tops and push up bras
Morgan
Kookai
Pilot
My more 'alternative' friends were in wide legged jeans, hoodies with holes in the sleeves for their thumbs, plastic bracelets, ironic t-shirts, loads of badges etc. at that point

Levi’s 501 jeans
Adidas Equipment Jumpers
Kickers both clothes and shoes
Champion jumper
Thomas Burberry
Polo Ralph Lauren
Gold jewellery from Elizabeth Duke, Argos that made us look like total chavs with our sovereigns and tbar necklaces with 3 rings on every hand
Pedal Pushes

Love this thread !

Feet - kickers shoes / platform loafers / Nike air max
Top - Benetton jumpers / Adidas jumpers / Adidas tracky tops / kappa thin rain jacket / brightly coloured denim jackets usually Benetton / Levi’s ribbed t shirt tops

Nickelson bomber jackets

Naff naff clothing

Bottoms - bright coloured Benetton jeans / Levi’s jeans / rich girls had Versace fruit print jeans

Bags - shellys cross body bags / Benetton duffle bags

Hair - lots of girls with the crispy hairspray flick up fringe and perm / dead middle shed and straightened hair on ironing board

School disco outfits - shiny stretch babydoll dresses like posh spice / baby spice etc

Demi wave perms and hair back combed out at the sides set with adorn hair spray and huge tubs of blue or pink setting gel from Boots.
Shades and toners hair colours from clairol.
Brooches - inspired by Last Christmas.
Red pixie boots. Following on from Tucker boots. ( I didn't have Tucker boots.....mine had a heel and flat was the way to go ...Im over it now just.
Geminesse, Jontue, Puresilk or Jovan musk oil perfume.
Twilight teaser lipstick or red lipstick covered over with white highlighter to get the same effect .
M&S blusher make up palettes ( they were before their time with the highlighter and blusher kits)
Kitten baskets.
Button earrings.
Beads worn long and knotted.
I'm from the North East so Geordie Jeans from a store in Sunderland were a must . I loved my 10inch bottoms with a butterfly stitched on the bum pockets.
Bat wing jumpers.
Cream woolly tights.
I feel quite nostalgic .

Helly Hanson jackets, Shelley shoes, dolly shoes, Morgan bags, kookai, Jane Norman clothes, Jane Norman bags as your PE kit, Tammy girl for strapless bras, bay trading for clothes, internationale for cheap clothes, au natural for incense cones,

I was just talking about all these shops to my friends the other night.

Skorts

Vests over t-shirts.
Fishtail or pencil skirts
Drainpipe jeans (with no lycra!!!)
Overdyed jeans.
Fishnet tights.

And heather shimmer lippy with blue eyeliner.

Baby G watches 😂

The sweatershop jumpers

Benetton, I loved them!
Sweater shop (as mentioned above)

Does anybody remember Unicco bags?! Omfg everyone had them 1994-1995, they were worn to the side and they were like big square satchels and they were everything back then!! they were only £10 from The State of Independence which is now called Internacionale!! Oh the memories...scrunchie bobles were all the rage back then too, and lots of them worn at the same time!!!

Remember the shop What Everyone Wants?! It was like today’s Primary except people were embarrassed to be seen going in there, or was that just coz I was a cool teen back then?! my daughter is 17 and has never been embarrassed about Primark!

Secondary school in the 80s...

Suede pixie boots
Leg warmers
Paint-splash patterned fabrics
String vests in one colour worn over a t-shirt of another colour
Ra-ra skirts
Donkey jackets
Stonewashed tapered jeans
Backcombed hair
Loads of thin metal bangles worn at the same time
Frankie Says Relax t-shirt
Blue lipstick, blue under-eye liner, electric blue mascara
Impulse body spray, Blase or Chique perfume
Big plastic round spectacles
The Lady Di haircut

I used to love shopping at Chelsea Girl and 'Clockhouse' at C&A

I loved Kylie in the MacKays shop

I forgot one - longline pastel mohair jumpers with a wide belt round them!

Faders jeans with embroidery on back
Cheesecloth shirts
Luminous striped socks
Harrington jackets
Crombies
Monkey Boots
Baseball Zipper Cardigan
Tartan Scarves (Bay City Rollers)

@Ladybirdbookworm I remember the Geordie Jeans shop on Blandford St. Its a bed shop now.

Ah wish ah was wearin' Geordie Jeans

I word Shellsuits

Peasant / boho / Phool - flowing Indian cotton muslin dresses from a shop called Shree in Dublin. They had paisley and floral patterns. Worn with Jesus sandals or black cotton Mary Janes.
www.etsy.com/market/phool_dress
Like these ^^.
the prices !!
@Giggorata, maybe the same style?

Tiered skirts, hippie/gypsy style, and the general New Romantic look.

Donkey jackets.
Bangles, multicoloured strings of beads, leather necklace with ceramic and silver beads.
Duffle coats.
East or maybe West German Army surplus parkas.
Docs.
Adidas runners.
Canvas satchels worn across the body, preferably emblazoned with peace symbols and ban the bomb type slogans.
Leg warmers.
Embossed leather bags.

Some ska gear and then early punk.

I went to secondary school in the late 70s/early 80s in Dublin.

Converse
Fiorucci
Benetton
And Hobbs which were only in south molton st
Anais Anais perfume or YSL Paris

Early secondary: palladium shoes (never had them; Katherine Dodd did and she always looked amazing); hideously-patterned leggings; black t-shirt; probably a waistcoat (I had a red one from the Body Shop- anyone else remember the Body Shop selling clothes?); velvet jacket or army surplus shirt. Sometimes a floppy hat.

Mid-secondary: Day- bootcut jeans; belt with large silver flower; body; silk scarf made to look like a choker; heeled leather boots.

Sixth-form: 501s; "ironic" t-shirts with children's tv characters on or an hilarious pun like "Johnson's Babe Power"; Adidas gazelles.

Marvellous times.

CK1
Kickers shoes
Adidas everything
As much eyeliner as you can get away with
Straight hair
Knee high boots with a denim shirt and leggings
Bouncer style bomber jackets
Spaghetti strap vest tops

I was not trendy and had none of these things.
I also had no friends

Pink baskets from Flip
Anything from Kensington Market
Twilight Teaser lipstick
Boxer boots like JoBoxers used to wear. If you are of this age I will have put the Doing the Boxer Beat earworm in your head for the day

Paisley shirts - short lived fashion but I had two and was so chuffed 😂

Hair tied tightly in a ponytail with two skinny straight tendrils pulled out on either side of head for a weird fringe.

Body suits

White vest tops with checked shirts over the top

Long flowing flowery skirts with the skinny ties with metal ends on them that got boiling hot when sun bathing teamed with DM boots.

Colourful plastic butterfly clips

Umbro she'll suits - loved mine

Green jeans - again adored mine - I was in college then though

Juniors. Pixie boots, ra ra skirt
Early secondary - Gabicci jumper, tie bow blouse, Gallini sweater. I remember a non uniform day at school seeing a long row of girls from the year above all wearing a Gallini sweater. So a different uniform
Mid secondary - lots of black and white
Late secondary- goths