There was a different name for them.
We called them "knickers" which made my visiting English cousins hoot with laughter when I told them my mom wouldn't buy me any.
I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.
Giles ,'Beneath You'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Aims - Apr 15, 2005 2:59:36 pm PDT #6140 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Atropa - Apr 15, 2005 2:59:54 pm PDT #6141 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
In the 80s, I wore oversize men's dress shirts (black, white, or pink) over black leggings or a black mini skirt and tights. With granny boots. Or I wore a suit jacket over a tank top, with leggings or a mini skirt. Or vintage prom dresses with a black tailcoat worn over them.
§ ita § - Apr 15, 2005 3:02:16 pm PDT #6142 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The high fashion was deliberately over the top, even if the watered down versions that real people wore were not.
Was that any moreso in the 80s than other decades? No one really wears much of that crap.
which made my visiting English cousins hoot with laughter when I told them my mom wouldn't buy me any
How did they feel about the times you wore no pants? I bet they thought Americans were all pervy.
amych - Apr 15, 2005 3:03:49 pm PDT #6143 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
And black boots. I've never owned so many black boots as back then.
Did you have the ones that sort of scrunched down around the ankles?
amych - Apr 15, 2005 3:05:15 pm PDT #6144 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Welcome home, Plei and Pleilet!
Burrell - Apr 15, 2005 3:11:19 pm PDT #6145 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Was that any moreso in the 80s than other decades? No one really wears much of that crap.
Hmmm. Good question. But did I mention FLOCK OF SEAGULLS guy?!?
Did you have the ones that sort of scrunched down around the ankles?
Er, no.
Susan W. - Apr 15, 2005 3:11:51 pm PDT #6146 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Layered button up shirts, one worn like a jacket.
I'd forgotten that look! And I seem to remember loving it, back in the day.
I always took the shoulder bads out of my clothes, since I'm broad-shouldered, and I ignored color trends if the color wasn't flattering to me. (I think 1987 was the Year of Peach, which I avoided like the plague.) But other than that I was a slavish follower of all the trends, at least in the watered-down form that made it to Birmingham.
amych - Apr 15, 2005 3:14:20 pm PDT #6147 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
sarameg - Apr 15, 2005 3:17:21 pm PDT #6148 of 10001
FLOCK OF SEAGULLS guy?!?
I think I missed that atrocity. Example?
I had these suede boots, in a beigy fawn color that were folded over at the ankles. Not like the ebay ones.
ETA: Aw, a plei-let in the plei-house!
§ ita § - Apr 15, 2005 3:22:56 pm PDT #6149 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.