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Classroom Fads
By: Thitpualso Date: September 7, 2018, 12:55 pm
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Everybody’s known them. Some are part of the general popular
culture. Some are insular.
When I was in the 6th grade (age 11) poodle socks were the big
thing. These were inexpensive socks with popcorn-like bumps on
the legs. They came in bags of six pairs and each bag had a
variety of colors. Girls would scrunch the socks around their
ankles to form the bumps into swirl patterns. With the solid
shoes we wore for school and a circle skirt, the swirled poodle
socks down around the ankles made a great fashion statement.
Then there came a wrinkle. Because the socks came in so many
different colors and were so inexpensive, it became the fashion
to wear one color sock on your left foot and a different color
on your right foot. This wasn’t arbitrary. If you were wearing
a pink blouse and a brown skirt one foot would have a pink sock
and the other would have a brown sock. Fashion was properly
co-ordinated in the 6th grade mind.
To my father this was anathema. In his eyes, wearing two
different color socks shouted to the world that your parents
were too poor to provide a matching pair. I was forbidden to do
this but there were ways around Dad. With Mom’s permission I’d
put the odd sock in my book bag and change n the way to school.
What kind of fads were present in your school?
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Re: Classroom Fads
By: Model Date: September 7, 2018, 2:51 pm
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Speaking of socks, I came of age in the Wigwam era. Wigwam (and
it had to be the Wigwam brand, a knock off brand would not do)
were really thick socks that came up to your knees when fully
extended, but they were not worn like that. The were worn
scrunched down so they were about a quarter way up your calf and
very bulky. And it was tres chic to wear two or three pairs at
the same time, in different colors. Man, it was so hideous.
But that was the 80's...
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Re: Classroom Fads
By: Kimberami Date: September 7, 2018, 3:21 pm
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Very tightly rolled jean legs. Funnily enough, I saw rolled
jeans when I dropped DD off for schools this morning.
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Re: Classroom Fads
By: jpcher Date: September 7, 2018, 4:16 pm
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[quote author=Thitpualso link=topic=663.msg13269#msg13269
date=1536342902]
Then there came a wrinkle. Because the socks came in so many
different colors and were so inexpensive, it became the fashion
to wear one color sock on your left foot and a different color
on your right foot. This wasn’t arbitrary. If you were wearing
a pink blouse and a brown skirt one foot would have a pink sock
and the other would have a brown sock. Fashion was properly
co-ordinated in the 6th grade mind.
[/quote]
This is too funny because the fad is back, and has been back for
a while. When my DD#1 was in Junior High (early '00's) and
started doing her own laundry I asked if I needed to help her
sort her socks. She asked "Why?" I said "because you're wearing
two different colors." She said "I know. I do it on purpose." I
told her that she was weird. She laughed and said "I know! It's
fun being weird!"
Flash forward about 15 years. My DD#2's BFbob (28yrs old) was
walking around the house shoeless. I looked at his feet and (in
awe) said "OH MY GOODNESS! You do it too!" He said "What?" I
said "Your socks!" He said "Oh, the different colors? I learned
that from your daughter. It's kinda fun!"
I was never the cool kid in school. My mother wouldn't buy me
cool/fad stuff. So when I got a job (Jr. in HS) and started
buying my own things I immediately went to the platform shoes.
You know the 3-inch platforms with the 6 inch heels? I remember
watching other girls walking around school wearing them and
wished my mother would allow me to be as cool as them.
I wore them for maybe 3-4 times, trying to strut my stuff like
"Hey, look at me, I'm finally one of the cool ones." Yeah,
didn't work. Clomping around without knowing how to walk on
those things was so way-not cool.
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Re: Classroom Fads
By: lacoloratura Date: September 7, 2018, 5:41 pm
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When I was in about 4th grade, it was friendship pins - safety
pins loaded up with seed beads. The color patterns were supposed
to have meanings, but I don't think anyone I knew ever bothered
about that. We'd just use colors we liked, and wear the beaded
pins on our tennis shoes, pinned around the first lace at the
toe.
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Re: Classroom Fads
By: Rose Red Date: September 7, 2018, 6:47 pm
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Leg warmers inspired by Flashdance. But the silly thing was the
girls wore them over jeans.
Hair barrettes threaded with ribbons inspired by Olivia Newton
John in Xanadu which was cute.
I never did any fads though since we couldn't afford trendy
things. Looking back at many fads, that may have been a good
thing!
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Re: Classroom Fads
By: shadowfox79 Date: September 8, 2018, 3:44 am
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I can remember when the big thing was to wear flesh-toned tights
with knee socks over the top, carefully pushed down into
specifically-sized wrinkles around your ankles.
My dad went hairless every time he saw it. "Pull your socks up!"
No.
And it was always funny to watch the boys wince when, to their
minds anyway, they saw a girl reach down and hoick her skin up.
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Re: Classroom Fads
By: Contrarian Date: September 8, 2018, 6:51 am
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I’ve never been able to match socks more than once or twice a
year in my life. It just can’t be done.
When I was maybe 12 the girls would all safety pin the seams of
their jeans at the calf, creating “skinny jeans” when they
didn’t exist. And there were these plastic rings (bracelets)
you could get maybe 5 of them for something like three dollars.
Everyone had at least five on each arm of different colours and
sometimes we would put one part of the circle through another
circle and kind of bend them out so they were attached to each
other and wear them like that.
My eldest sister and her friends went through a satin pants and
jacket phase. My sister couldn’t get a satin jacket.
I was too young to remember it but I’ve seen the pictures. I’m
so glad that hasn’t come back although some of the work out
leggings I see young women wear do look similar.
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Re: Classroom Fads
By: Thitpualso Date: September 8, 2018, 10:42 am
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Socks seem to be a big focus in classroom fads. Back in the
1950s it was hard for parents to understand. Today, all you
have to say is that you’re honoring Dobb
At the same time we wore the poodle socks it was considered very
classy to have a pair of fuzzy dice tied to the strap of your
purse.
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Re: Classroom Fads
By: Miss Understood Date: September 8, 2018, 11:28 am
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[quote author=Rose Red link=topic=663.msg13293#msg13293
date=1536364070]
Leg warmers inspired by Flashdance. But the silly thing was the
girls wore them over jeans.
Hair barrettes threaded with ribbons inspired by Olivia Newton
John in Xanadu which was cute.
I never did any fads though since we couldn't afford trendy
things. Looking back at many fads, that may have been a good
thing!
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I was just about to post about the ribbon barrettes! I wondered
if anyone else remembered those. There was a girl in my year
who made them; I think she made a fortune that year.
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