@wolfgang59 saidSo two years younger than me
The clues in the name!
Are you talking about Margate???
That's a bit of a sub-culture isn't it?
Margate 🤮 Ramsgate Wolfgang Ramsgate
I remember fashions changing almost yearly, when I was sporting my earrings I was also wearing yellow loons and red topper shoes. One of my favourite summers.
@kevcvs57 saidI remember getting platforms with swirly colour in the leather with hooped socks and bags, but then suddenly half way through my teens it had to be drain pipes and at some point the hair got cut off and everything previous was rejected. Fashion is powerful. Being that bit younger though I think that was major change in 1976 which was more than just the yearly changes.
So two years younger than me
Margate 🤮 Ramsgate Wolfgang Ramsgate
I remember fashions changing almost yearly, when I was sporting my earrings I was also wearing yellow loons and red topper shoes. One of my favourite summers.
@petewxyz saidWell I don’t know about Doctors and hospital workers Pete I’m sure they’ll be under a much stricter dress code than I was. I do remember the plaster thing though.
It's true that in second and definitely third year at school kids were getting gold sleepers so 72/73. Gang of lads in the year above wore denims and bags, feathered hair and pierced ears so probably had them for a while.
But, in mainstream culture it was not an accepted look. If you worked on a hospital ward or probably serving in a shop, I think it would have been a no. ...[text shortened]... ving detail (it was a reaction to seeing a hole in the ear lobe with nothing in it - Edit: 1984ish).
As for the clan thing I felt the debate was frivolous enough to break ranks 😊 I’m not saying it was celebrated in mainstream culture and in fact it was frowned upon but it was an accepted part of youth culture and having the mainstream frown at you was kinda the point. Even my older brothers thought I looked like a jerk but then they felt the same way about my Levi sta prest trousers and DMs but the feeling was mutual.
I think their must be about a decade between us if I’m reading this right.
@petewxyz saidStrangest shoes I ever wore had ridiculously high sort of rubber and cork heel and soles. I think it was an Elton John thing they were expensive and I hated them, I only wore them once or twice and only in Margate 🤮
I remember getting platforms with swirly colour in the leather with hooped socks and bags, but then suddenly half way through my teens it had to be drain pipes and at some point the hair got cut off and everything previous was rejected. Fashion is powerful. Being that bit younger though I think that was major change in 1976 which was more than just the yearly changes.
But yes fashion can take you to some strange places if you let it. The classics remain though.
@kevcvs57 saidIf 57 is your DOB just four years. Cheap plastic platforms and hoopy socks was at a young age. I remember the school trying to make a rule about not turning up with them saying they would result in broken ankles and falling downstairs. The dangers of platforms - a warning.
Well I don’t know about Doctors and hospital workers Pete I’m sure they’ll be under a much stricter dress code than I was. I do remember the plaster thing though.
As for the clan thing I felt the debate was frivolous enough to break ranks 😊 I’m not saying it was celebrated in mainstream culture and in fact it was frowned upon but it was an accepted part of youth culture an ...[text shortened]... the feeling was mutual.
I think their must be about a decade between us if I’m reading this right.
@petewxyz saidYeah and when a ‘pen fight’ breaks out you need to be fast on your feet, 😊 platforms are not practical everyday wear. Monkey boots were a good choice for school, cheap, black and shiny.
If 57 is your DOB just four years. Cheap plastic platforms and hoopy socks was at a young age. I remember the school trying to make a rule about not turning up with them saying they would result in broken ankles and falling downstairs. The dangers of platforms - a warning.
Four years is not much now but in teenage years it’s half a lifetime. Also there are / were regional variations in fashion I remember platforms being a thing but not ‘hoopy socks’..
@neilarini saidIts meandered off the original track for sure but not dramatically. Breasts also go in and out of fashion, just keep your fingers crossed that them Elton John stacks never make a comeback.
It's not unusual for a thread to go off topic.
This particular thread began with topless women deemed offensive to fully clothed men flaunting their 70's fashions in our faces. Put them back in the wardrobe where they belong fellas!
@kevcvs57 saidDocs retailed at £29.99 as per Alexi Sayle song. Hooped socks were standard kit with bags.
Yeah and when a ‘pen fight’ breaks out you need to be fast on your feet, 😊 platforms are not practical everyday wear. Monkey boots were a good choice for school, cheap, black and shiny.
Four years is not much now but in teenage years it’s half a lifetime. Also there are / were regional variations in fashion I remember platforms being a thing but not ‘hoopy socks’..
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@neilarini said'What was your teenage dress sense like?' might be a better headline. I can see this might disappoint if you were looking for a thread about breasts. We did bypass @WOLFE63 when he raised pierced nipples a few pages ago. A friend recently told me a tragic story of accompanying her friend to the GP because it was time to admit that her nipples had got badly infected after a teenage attempt at self piercing. 'Teenage fashion tragedies?'
It's not unusual for a thread to go off topic.
This particular thread began with topless women deemed offensive to fully clothed men flaunting their 70's fashions in our faces. Put them back in the wardrobe where they belong fellas!
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@petewxyz saidNo tragedies here. I wore football shirts and tracksuits and 30 years later I still am.
'What was your teenage dress sense like?' might be a better headline. I can see this might disappoint if you were looking for a thread about breasts. We did bypass @WOLFE63 when he raised pierced nipples a few pages ago. A friend recently told me a tragic story of accompanying her friend to the GP because it was time to admit that her nipples had got badly infected after a teenage attempt at self piercing. 'Teenage fashion tragedies?'
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