Question of the Day - Friday, May 16th, 2025

[casportpony]

Today's question is from @Sally PB:

What are some fashion trends from days gone by that make you laugh when you see pictures of them now? Hair, clothing, make up; furniture, interior/exterior color schemes, etc.

Everything from the 70s, especially appliances, clothing, & makeup.

 

[muddy75]

Today's question is from @Sally PB:

Everything from the 70s, especially appliances, clothing, & makeup.

I have to agree almost everything about the 70’s

 

[Gill-b]

Definitely the hairstyles in posed family group photographs with from the late 70's and the whole of the 80's.

 

[ShrekDawg]

80s hair bands lmao

 

[fowltemptress]

I don't know about laughter, but there's certainly a sense of "all is not right with humanity" every time I see pictures of women back in the 80s and 90s wearing big ol' shoulder pads or poofy sleeves. Oy.

Speaking of old fashions, both my grandmom and great grandmother used to enter swimsuit contests back when they were teenagers. For my great grandmother, this would have been in the 1920s, and for my grandmother it was the 1940s. Back when I was a little kid I found their contest photos, and those photos were the first time it really dawned on me that progress and fashion and all that wasn't some steady march always in one direction. The swimsuits from the 1920s were as skimpy as anything you'd expect from the more modern times - teeny little bikinis that left little to the imagination (but still managed to cover the butt, because people still had some sense of decorum!). But the pictures of my grandmother in the 1940s were entirely different. Everyone was in one pieces, with strategically placed ruffles or other accents to add more modesty. It's so neat to me that little things like fashion can illustrate cultural shifts like that.

 

[tripletfeb]

I agree, 80's styles. And the hair pouf. My sister's would get so mad if you touched their pouf

 

[azurbanclucker]

80s hair bands lmao

 

[ShrekDawg]

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Lmaooo

 

[azurbanclucker]

Pretty sure aqua net went under because the girls in my HS all changed their style in the 90's

 

[5Australorpasaures]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/69/17/13/6917135a7045a733b834a9911e9011cb.jpg

They were the target of many a disparaging remark, especially when accessorized with the white belt and shoes.