Clothing mistakes.

[radhead]

Have you ever made a fashion or clothing "mistake?" Worn something that you wished you hadn't.

I was reading the memoir book 'Cherry' and the author describes a time when she went out on her bicycle around the neighborhood without a shirt. She wasn't sure if she was too old to be doing so, and by the time she got home she was overwhelmed with embarrassment.

Have you ever had an experience where you wore something in public, and it was too late to change after realizing it was not your ideal outfit for the moment.

 

[JPPT1974]

Oh yeah, many, many times indeed!
I nearly had jeans torn in half!
At my high school!!

 

[spdnet75]

I had the entire crotch of a pair of Jeans Shorts blow out in Middle School.

I ended up wrapping a flannel T-shirt around my waste for the rest of the day.

 

[radhead]

Funny, but those sound more like mishaps than mistakes.

 

[Oblivious]

No, not really. I mean, there's things I look back at and think "I wore that?" but at the moment I wore it, no, I didn't think it was a mistake.

Hopefully that makes sense.

 

[WannaWitness]

What about this: I recall one day when I was about 10, I had a top on with horizontal stripes and pants with vertical stripes! I don't recall whether or not I actually went anywhere that day.

 

[silentpoet]

What about this: I recall one day when I was about 10, I had a top on with horizontal stripes and pants with vertical stripes!

Does it matter if the stripes match?

 

[WannaWitness]

Does it matter if the stripes match?

Well, I was just a kid!

Hey, we're talking mid '80s --- "mismatched" seemed to be the norm!

 

[sf49erfan]

In college I had a pair of yellow jeans. I have no idea what wore with them!

 

[Amélie Unbound]

This thread gives me painful flashbacks. I can't even count how many times I was called a "freak" because of the way I was dressed when I was a kid.

It was partly my parents' fault, and partly my fault.

My mom was vehemently opposed to girls wearing jeans, so jeans were out of the question for me. And my dad was a bit of a miser, who believed that buying brand new clothes was wasting money when you could instead shop at thrift stores. And back in the 80's, thrift stores didn't seem to have the variety that today's thrift stores have.

And I was a quiet, introverted kid who didn't pay much attention to fashion anyway. I always had my nose in a book. So most of the time I didn't even notice what other people were wearing, or how what I was wearing differed from what they were wearing. Not until others pointed it out, anyway.

I think the worst thing I ever wore was a dress that looked like an old-fashioned, traditional German costume. It laced up the front and had a long skirt. It was cute, but it was a costume, not a dress meant to be worn to school. The worst thing was, I was 13 and in junior high when I wore it. I remember one of the cool girls said, "I like your dress," and then laughed, and it was a couple years later before I even realized she was being sarcastic.

I wish my parents had homeschooled me. I understand that they had different ideas and standards than most parents, but to impose those standards upon me and then send me to regular public school where I would stick out like a sore thumb wasn't very kind.

 

[3kidsmom]

Oh, where to even begin with the horrors of the 80's! Leg warmers, prarie skirts, rugby shirts, headbands!!!!! What were we thinking?!

 

[bill'swife]

I remember when I was in grade school...very young...and jumpsuits were in style. ( a one piece outfit )...anyway, when I went to the bathroom, I had undone the top part and sat on the commode not knowing my armsleeve had fallen in!!! You can imagine my horror when I stood up :o Luckily it was during a class and it wasn't crowded or anything and the nurses office was right across the hall. she picked out some clothes they had in the lost-n-found box to wear home. I was a walker so I got to go home early.That never happened again.

 

[JPPT1974]

Oh, where to even begin with the horrors of the 80's! Leg warmers, prarie skirts, rugby shirts, headbands!!!!! What were we thinking?!

Reminds me of the Jane Fonda and Olivia Newton John song "Let's Get Physical!"

 

[TheDag]

Have you ever made a fashion or clothing "mistake?" Worn something that you wished you hadn't.

Have you ever had an experience where you wore something in public, and it was too late to change after realizing it was not your ideal outfit for the moment.

I think if you look at my screen name you can figure it out!

Oh, where to even begin with the horrors of the 80's! Leg warmers, prarie skirts, rugby shirts, headbands!!!!! What were we thinking?!

I think the answer to that is that we wearn't thinking!

 

[radhead]

I think if you look at my screen name you can figure it out!

Sorry. Not a clue. What/who is "The Dag."

 

[silentpoet]

If I got all the parts covered I need to cover then I consider it a fashion success.

 

[JPPT1974]

If I got all the parts covered I need to cover then I consider it a fashion success.

Ain't that the truth my friend!

 

[TheDag]

Sorry. Not a clue. What/who is "The Dag."

well here in Oz if you are a dag in terms of fashion means you ain't got any fashion sense whatsoever

 

[JPPT1974]

Yeah thanks for explaining Oz to me!