I have recently sewn a jacket I’m very happy with, and the final touch was to put in some shoulder pads. My mum remarked on them, and we pondered when the true glory days of SPs were - Mum thought the 40s, I of course reckoned the 80s. It made me recall that more shoulder pad-related halcyon time, in my intermediate school in California in the 80s…
Does anyone remember any particular fashion weirdness from their pre-adolescence??
Love this. My 80s fashion biz mostly involved discreet safety pins round the back of my trouser bottoms to make them 'pegs' - the baggy then tight at the ankle style favoured by New Romantics et al. But then at some point around the age of 14 I decided that tucking my jeans into my tube socks into my Rucanors (80s Converse equivalent) made me look the very spitting image of Born in the USA era Bruce. I only did that for an afternoon, as my Mum's snorts of laughter helped me rethink.
Paisley hammer pants 🤦♀️