Has there ever been a worse fashion phase then the THONG?

Question

What old photos have you seen of yourself wearing something that makes you wonder what you were thinking of to wear such a thing - let alone pay good money for it?

Answer 1

Well the thong is truly the worst I think but also the Dickie...do you remember that? It was a turtleneck like thing that went under you shirt and looked like you were wearing a turteneck but you weren't! It was really scatchy, moved around and was uncomfortable. That was really bad! LOL! I can't believe I wore the dumb thing!! LOL!  

Answer 2

Everyone's pretty much identified horrible fashion trends.

I'd just like to say thanks to those who mentioned shell suits. I didn't have  clue what you were talking about, so I Googled the image. I never knew the name but I'll never forget the look. I think I wanted one (gag!) but never got around to buying one (yay!).

Answer 3

Charlies Angels cat-suits in the 70s and Anneka Rice jump-suits in the 80s. Arrrrgh!  Guilty on both counts.

Answer 4

I've worn some very strange things and had some even stranger hairdos but at least they were comfortable. . .

Answer 5

The Leisure Suit for men in the 70's was a real treat.  Stretch polyester material in any color with contrasting piping outlining the collar, etc.  I think my husband and his friends threw theirs on a bonfire before this style disappeared.  As for thongs, I can only paraphrase 'thanks, but no thanks" to  " thongs, but no thongs!"

Answer 6

Thongs are underwear and that's what they should remain.  They were never a fashion item just a practical item to avoid vpl and should never ever be on show - especially not on the beach!

Answer 7

There have been even worse!

Answer 8

here in oz we've been wearing thongs for 50 years, male, female ,little kids ,every body!! i believe they are called flip flops in some countries.

the worst fashion would have to be culottes,NOBODY looked good in them,they looked like the skirt got stuck in ur bum.

Answer 9

I think it was the 80's and I had huge shoulder pads in my 2 piece skirted suit.  I looked like a football player.  Yucky!

I haven't tried wearing a thong.  Those days are long past.

Answer 10

some brilliant answers!

for me I think the Rara skirt and a very dodgey  sailor suit!

I was a child in the 70's and a teenager in the 80's so i went through them all.

On my 15th birthday I wore big ugly deidre glasses, red plastic belt and necklace and a grey jumpsuit with high heels! what was i thinking?

at 6th form i used to wear odd lumious socks with leggings and oversized shirts.  man oh man!!!  I even had permed hair (when my hair is naturally curly anyway!!)

Answer 11

Never, ever tried a thong. But I remember some things from high school that I am glad there are no pictures of.  

Answer 12

Pants hanging down below the butt.  I don't get that and I don't get the thong.  Both look very uncomfortable to me.

Answer 13

the worst fashion phase, in my opinion is the young,(and not so young)boys wearing thier pants 6 sizes too big and below thier butts so it looks like they have a load of p**p and have to hold up thier pants when they walk.  What the h**l is that??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 14

How about the puffball skirt, batwing tops and ra-ra skirts. Anything cheesecloth. Hotpants..

Not that I've ever worn any of them.

Answer 15

I have a picture of myself in a beehive hairdo.( I remember teasing my hair trying to get it as tall as I could.) Then, I have on a full skirt with layers of stiff petticoats to get the skirt to stand out. A white lacey blouse. White anklets. And, white patent leather strapped heels!! What was I thinking??!!

Answer 16

That "crack w***e"(yes, that's what the fashion magazines call it) blacker than black eye makeup the girls are wearing now.  

Answer 17

What about stiletto heels and platform soled shoes, all designed

to give you wonky knees as a pensioner ( how I suffer lol)

Hot pants and white plastic boots must come a close second

in the cringe worthy stakes.  And remember those beehive hairstyles

a full 10inches high, took you half an hour to backcomb your hair.

Those were the days!!!

  

Answer 18

I'm no woman, and at first they look nice on a nice butt but when I think about it, I know a chicks crack gets as sweaty and smelly as mine so it's nasty to have something bunched up your butt like that.

Answer 19

platform shoes in 70's everybody was inches taller lol.

Answer 20

Yes, polyester pants!!  I just paid $55 for a pair of Minnetonka leather thongs and $35 for another, so I guess they are pretty fashionable to me!!!

Now, if you wanna get kinda personal the very worst and closest thing I ever wore to a thong is a sanitary pad belt!!!  Now, that was a trip!!!!

Answer 21

leggings

tank tops

boob tubes, to name a few

the list of fashion crimes is long and dishonourable....

Answer 22

The Nehru Jacket. I have a picture of myself in a Green Nehru Jacket  and have spent my life trying to destroy all copies of that photograph so I would not be blackmailed. I was thinking at the time "Wow, I want to look like a groovey hippy." "Man, I really look like a rebel, a free thinker, one of a kind . . " (I think maybe everyone I saw was wearing one, go figure).

Hm . mm, if I had a picture of me in a thong that could be worse.

Yipes, I just googled Nehru Jacket and they are still selling them. Please, Please, don't let them come back into fashion. By the way, no offense, you personally look marvelous in a Nehru Jacket.

Answer 23

Not for the lasses. They make the cheeks look like two big melons.

Worst for me was flared pants. floral shirts and long hair. Fortunately,I only changed from the 50's early 60's style when flares were on the way out,so didn't have to be embarrassed too long

Answer 24

Thongs to me were the flip flops of my time and era and I wore them on my feet with the straps through the big and middle toe.

I'm not sure the thongs of today would be the most comfortable thing.

A melvin/snuggie or coming out of the bathroom dragging the toilet paper behind your behind was irritation enough.lol.

DeeJay.

Answer 25

Yes definitely, mini skirts on fat legs, hot pants on fat legs, topless dresses in the sixties, shell suits, boot type trainers in the eighties, hideous, leg warmers, rolled down socks, skirts over jeans/leggings, puffa jackets, doc martins with dresses, oh my god I could go on for ever!

Answer 26

Thongs are pretty bad, so are humongous football player shoulder pads, also tube and tank tops. Guys wearing their pants so low, it shows their butts. These have actually been outlawed by some school systems. Platform shoes, and jeans, and t-shirts with holes and rips in them.    Fortunately, I never wore that stuff, but my kids went through a phase we called the "grubstake special''.

LL&F

Answer 27

Viva le thong, I love them and my butt is not like 2 melons.lol.

For me it was "Crimplene" men and women wore it, we must have been mad.

Answer 28

Oh the velvet collared  long jackets  of the teddy boy era,,,   string ties.  winkle picker shoes which changed to big thick suede boppers.   Girls wore the long flared skirts with lots of petticoats.    

Answer 29

Someone told me it was hard to wear a thong

along with their depends, ha ha ha ha do you know if that is true.

Answer 30

I don't even know how to fold my daughters when they come out of the dryer ! !  They look like sling shots ! !  I think spandex was the worst era for me ! !