What was your favorite piece of clothing from the 1980's?

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Anonymous wrote:My red wool cardigan with navy blue ribbon down w/apples down each side wear button holes and button were 6th-7th grade. I used to wear it with white turtle neck with apples and my matching Bermuda bag, wide whale navy cords.

Totally worshiped the Preppy Handbook.

A few of my monogram sweaters too!

You are my person. I had that same look but also with little white, monogrammed collared shirts to go under the sweaters, to interchange with the animal-motif turtlenecks. Pink wide-wales. Seasonal Bermuda bag covers, with my favorite one being Christmas - hunter green with vines of red strawberries and my monogram (natch) in the center. This was my middle school look - once I hit high school, it was all about the layered polos and Bennetton rugbies.

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Anonymous wrote:The ultimate outfit: black stirrup pants with a brightly colored Venezia sweater from The Limited.

I CANNOT believe we wore stirrup pants.

Oh, actually I loved that over-sized sweater from The Limited -- it was like a shaker knit, right? I think mine was bright green. That was a great look and super comfy -- that is now actually pretty much back again. I think it pilled a lot though.
I had a drop shoulder cabled slightly oversized sweater from Liz Claiborne in a neutral tone and I just saw one EXACTLY like it for sale someplace trendy. I'm wearing it in my 1987 or 1988 school photo with a lot of brown/bronze/green eye shadow and my sun-in hair.

PS How did The Limited fold and Express survive? I remember Express as originally being the down-market Limited, but it somehow got kind of expensive.

Yes, another I left off my long list- stirrup pants!

We called em “puddin pants”

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This is something only local VA/MD/DC people would remember - Sunshine House long-sleeved t-shirts from the beach (Bethany, Rehoboth, OC). They were SO COVETED and I was just bursting with pride when I finally got one.

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Not clothing but jelly sandals

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Penny loafers

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My red wool cardigan with navy blue ribbon down w/apples down each side wear button holes and button were 6th-7th grade. I used to wear it with white turtle neck with apples and my matching Bermuda bag, wide whale navy cords.

Totally worshiped the Preppy Handbook.

A few of my monogram sweaters too!

You are my person. I had that same look but also with little white, monogrammed collared shirts to go under the sweaters, to interchange with the animal-motif turtlenecks. Pink wide-wales. Seasonal Bermuda bag covers, with my favorite one being Christmas - hunter green with vines of red strawberries and my monogram (natch) in the center. This was my middle school look - once I hit high school, it was all about the layered polos and Bennetton rugbies.

I’m pp. I had Kelly green wide wales that I wore with my hot pink sweater in middle school. I wore the Limited Firenze v-neck sweater backwards in HS.

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Googled Forenza sweater. Yep, I had two of those and they looked very rad with the acid wash jeans and black cotton miniskirt I bought to go with them.

Coke rugby shirt - check. Benetton T-shirt with letters from various languages all over it. Chunky OceanPacific knit v-neck sweater with Easter egg bright colors randomly woven throughout. British royal coat of arms Swatch watch. Real gold chain I just had to have. Blasting Rush's "Subdivisions" on my silver plastic Panasonic Boombox ("Be cool or be cast out!"). Black lace Madonna gloves that I never found the right occasion to wear, lol.

Once went to a dress-like-Boy-George party wearing a dead elderly cousin's hand-me-down herringbone wool topcoat, a red plaid flannel buttondown tunic, black stirrup pants and tiny braids.

RIP my Forenza sweaters. I'll never forget how you made me feel! Per Columbus Dispatch - one of the best-selling sweaters in U.S. retail history - over 3 million sold at $29 each.

Thanks for the memories.

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I had a panasonic boom box too!

I would sing and dance to Jessie's Girl in the back yard with my best friend.

We had pom poms and would make up cheers playing "cheerleader" and talk about boys.

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I just saw an IG Reel showing how to do an 80s roll on your jeans. I hope this isn’t coming back.

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This is my favorite DCUM thread ever. Thanks OP! It's bringing back all sorts of memories.

What about those banana hair clips that were hinged? My hair is so fine that I could never get it to stay in but I coveted that look. Apparently it's back?

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Also remembering those jelly bracelets in bright colors. I would wear like 20 of them on each arm.

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Anonymous wrote:Lanz flannel nightgown

https://www.vermontcountrystore.com/lanz-vintage-floral-flannel-nightgown/product/75670

Gawd, yes -- these were ubiquitous at my college, worn backwards, often with pearls and Bean slippers. Years later, when my daughter was born, my roommate sent a Lanz toddler gown as a gift.

I'm dying to know where you went and what year. I really don't remember that as a thing for college students! Maybe you were early 80s, back in the gunnesax day? I had floral VS cotton PJs to take to college -- they had a little lace trim at the neck -- those were really popular.

Take a guess!

Thanks for starting this thread, OP -- reminds me of DCUM from days of yore, when it was fun!

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Anonymous wrote:I just saw an IG Reel showing how to do an 80s roll on your jeans. I hope this isn’t coming back.

Pegging?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just saw an IG Reel showing how to do an 80s roll on your jeans. I hope this isn’t coming back.

Pegging?

Don’t google that

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My Duran Duran Rio concert tee shirt.

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Anonymous wrote:I suppose this means I really should get rid of some of the things people have mentioned that are still hanging around? I still have the rattiest of rugby shirts…

Soon...