What is the most ridiculous thing you have worn and in which decade?

[TheDuchessOfNorksBride]

I'm torn between the orange poncho c1975 or the 'snow-washed' denim jacket c1984.

Probably the latter as that was my choice, the former was chosen by some evil hag my mother.

In the seventies-Bright green polyester trouser suit (my mum was responsible for this horror).

In the eighties-too many crimes against style to list all but remember-mint green striped pedal pushers worn with matching stiletos and 'blouson' jacket,
frilly 'New Romantic' style shirt with velvet three quarter length trousers,
puffball skirt with black Doc Martin's shoes.

a snood in the 80s

Puffball skirt

My animal jumpers combined with a pineapple updo (think Pebbles from the Flintstones) plus the ubiqitous puffball skirt circa 1987.

What was I thinking? .

Oh yes, a snood and fingerless gloves .

Orange teamed with a purple coat in my case.

In the mid 1980's I had a knitted skirt and jumper in the pattern of a persian rug coloured bright yellow and electric blue I wore it with bright yellow tights and electric blue pixi boots ..

sadly there is photographic evidence of this with my spiral perm on the shelf in my M&D's family room.

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I'd forgotten about the electric blue boot thing. Oh dear, it's all coming back now.

Batwing jumper anyone?

OOOH I had a hideous jumper with scotish terriers on with little tartan bows attached,..... now that is bad!

OOhh I made my granny knit me a batwing jumper - had totally forgotten about them!

in my teens i used to wear flowery M&S skirts with "bovva" boots.

at the time i thought i looked sooo cool.

looking back i looked like i had robbed a tramp

In the early 90's I had a rather stunning multi coloured fluoro long sweater that I wore with black stirrup pants. Nice. Then there are the woollen multi green cullottes (sp?) in the 80s that my mother used to make me wear. I was so happy when the puppy chewed a hole in them...... but alas mother had them fixed. Then there were the dresses with the massive square lace collars and drop waists.

I have too many bad clothes memories from my childhood, I'm now a very tailored and simple or jeans & shirt wearer.

BrownSuga it is funny to think about Stirrup pants they were banned along with leggings at our school in 1986 because they clung to the flesh too much.

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1980s - about fifteen or sixteen?

Huge man's coat from Oxfam, gold pyjama top also from a chairty shop, weird green and yellow checked cullottes, and a wooly hat and Doc Martens.

I mean why? How 'individual' does a 15 y-o need to be?

A pair of these in baby blue, with hotpants. (I was skinny back then.)

I was on my way to a rave sometime in the nineties. I LOVED those boots.

Ooh and circa 1990, I went through a stage of wearing a tail coat. I can't remember why.

Oh actually I've just remembered a black velvet hotpant sort of all in one thing I bought once, when I was old enough to know better. God that was ridiculous.

[swoons at tailcoat]

I was a 'Rockabilly'.

My interpretation of this was to buy a bright yellow stretch ankle length pencil skirt. Baggy yellow shirt.

And I dyed a pair of teddy boy shoes yellow to complete the ensemble.

THE SHAME

Owning up to Hot Pants - can remember two pairs - one of which was orange - must have been late70's (so possibly out of fashion!!!!)and my excuse is I was very young

You all look absurd.

I never owned a shirt with a big v-shape of tiny pleats down the front, no, not me. Nor a pair of black jacquard trousers. Certainly not, no.

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One of my proudest possessions about 13 or 14 was a second-hand soft leather riding jacket. I wore it day and night . Teamed with deliberately mis-matched socks (black with pink or red and blue).

I can do the mis-match sock thing now without even trying .