Comments on: Elementary School Fads That Rocked The World!

By: Kevindust

Kevindust — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:02:24 +0000

Roots sweatshirts, marbles, converse all-stars, home-made woven bracelets made by the girls, tapered leg pants held together with pins, Hot Wheels (I still buy these but Mustangs and Ford musclecars only), GI Joe, Transformers and M.A.S.K. (80′s versions)

By: Ognir

Ognir — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:25:27 +0000

I saw some kids wearing checkered deck shoes last summer. I guess those are back in style.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:16:45 +0000

Speeding through my forties, I can so relate to all these fads. Jeff is right. At the time, it was Duncan yo-yo’s or GTFO! The only fad I haven’t seen mentioned here (and probably shouldn’t be) was Kalso Earth shoes. For some reason, those ugly-azz things really took off in my small town, southern jr. high school. There we were…in our helmet shaped hair-cuts, wide leg jeans (or Liberty Bells, for the terminally cool) and Earth shoes. It really was a ‘sunshine day’ back then.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:37:15 +0000

The girl’s must have sneakers here in suburban Baltimore in the late 70s/early 80s were Tretorns. We also wore OP shorts, deck shoes with the laces tied in spirals, and Forenza shaker knit sweaters backwards with the V-neck in the back. God we were stupid girls. And yes, totally doused in Love’s Baby Soft with our Dr Pepper Lip Smackers glossing our lips.

By: -- Steve

-- Steve — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:09:41 +0000

Remember when Spencer Gifts opened in the mall? I had to have everything in the store – blacklights, posters, those candles with the twisted shaped on the sides, the strobe light, the “dirty” cards (tame by today’s standards) – a must stop at every visit to the mall in the 70′s