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    So You Think You Can Dance? 80's Fashions Are Like, Awesome

    To Do: Send Us Your Most Awesome/Embarrassing 80s-Era Photos
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    Image of queenieinmanhattan queenieinmanhattan
    06/02/09

    In reply to So You Think You Can Dance? 80's Fashions Are Like, Awesome
    Lucyjae, I had the SAME VEST. You gots style. :-)
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    Image of Madlenka Madlenka
    06/01/09

    In reply to So You Think You Can Dance? 80's Fashions Are Like, Awesome
    I don't believe anyone's posted this here yet (I looked through the comments and didn't see, but it's wholly possible I missed it)--nobody does 80's nostalgia like Robin Sparkles:

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    Image of SunburnedCounsel SunburnedCounsel
    06/01/09

    @Madlenka: But it's actually the 1990's. Because the 80's didn't come to Canada until 1992.
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    Image of hellosunshine hellosunshine
    06/01/09

    In reply to So You Think You Can Dance? 80's Fashions Are Like, Awesome
    Mafalda, were the tiny floral dresses and Suri haircut standard-issue for wee ones near the border when we were bitty? Because until I noticed the brown eyes, I was shocked to see that someone sent in a picture of me.


    Also, I'm dying over here. I should know not to look at these at work!

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    Image of Mafalda para Presidente Mafalda para Presidente
    06/01/09

    @hellosunshine: Maybe it was some sort of secret toddler dresscode for kids in and near Texas. You know, so no one would feel left out of the embarrassment/cuteness!
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    Image of hortense hortense
    06/01/09

    In reply to So You Think You Can Dance? 80's Fashions Are Like, Awesome
    Katie, I will back you up- I had those same damn glasses in 1989.
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    Image of Ascendo_tuum Ascendo_tuum
    06/01/09

    In reply to So You Think You Can Dance? 80's Fashions Are Like, Awesome
    I am laughing my ass off! I wish I had some of my 80's pics on the computer.


    My mom still has framed a school picture of me with the laser background. My hair is so big that it is cut off by the edge of the photo.


    I also have one of my best friend and I before our first concert (Def Leppard) and I am wearing a black shirt with some kind of netting in place of sleeves/midriff. Good times.

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    Image of cocoesq cocoesq
    06/01/09

    In reply to So You Think You Can Dance? 80's Fashions Are Like, Awesome
    Ha! Logged back on to Jezebel after months away and have to ask: Is that a maxi pad sticking out of the purple leotard?
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    Image of heykoukla heykoukla
    06/01/09

    @cocoesq: I spotted that too. Let's just all pretend we didn't see it...
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    Image of Dodai Dodai
    06/01/09

    @cocoesq: i'm pretty sure it's the cotton "crotch" of those panty hose.
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    Image of Mafalda para Presidente Mafalda para Presidente
    06/01/09

    In reply to So You Think You Can Dance? 80's Fashions Are Like, Awesome
    Katie, I think yours is my favorite picture in the world!
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    Image of Mrs. Stephen Fry Mrs. Stephen Fry
    06/01/09

    In reply to So You Think You Can Dance? 80's Fashions Are Like, Awesome
    Heavy metal guys in my southern town were called "hoods" not scuz. Just thought I'd share.
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    Image of Fizzy77 Fizzy77
    06/01/09

    In reply to So You Think You Can Dance? 80's Fashions Are Like, Awesome
    Seriously, Shane and Nerd: You boys made my day!
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    06/01/09

    @Fizzy77: You're welcome :)
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    Image of heykoukla heykoukla
    06/01/09

    @NerD!!! - R.O.A.C.H.: I only just noticed - is your avatar a photo of you lookin' all scrubbed up? You sure had a lot of photos to choose from!
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    06/01/09

    @heykoukla: The avatar is from my Prom photo Jezebel asked for about a year ago.


    I'm actually dating the girl in the prom photo now.


    My sister has been digging through humiliating family photos and posting them occasionally on Facebook.

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    Image of notheretomakefriends notheretomakefriends
    06/01/09

    In reply to So You Think You Can Dance? 80's Fashions Are Like, Awesome
    Bitchface, you win the internets, you sassy you!
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    Image of toast toast
    06/01/09

    In reply to So You Think You Can Dance? 80's Fashions Are Like, Awesome
    McKinleyHighGeek you are so proud and obviously pleased to be wearing this amazing outfit! :) This is simply precious.
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    Image of McKinleyHighGeek McKinleyHighGeek
    06/01/09

    @toast: I was THRILLED and I thought I was the coolest kid ever...which, obviously, I WAS.;)
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    Image of heykoukla heykoukla
    06/01/09

    @McKinleyHighGeek: Is your brother's shirt a "Gordon Gartrell original?" Theo from The Cosby Show would have killed for that shirt.
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    Image of ktwonderwoman ktwonderwoman
    06/01/09

    In reply to So You Think You Can Dance? 80's Fashions Are Like, Awesome
    Meaghan: I had those exact bike shorts (with the green panel on one side and the neon pink panel on the other). I lived in those! (with matching Nike high tops with neon pink swoosh, naturally).
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    Image of CordeliaShirley CordeliaShirley
    06/01/09

    @ktwonderwoman: pretty sure I had that exact pair also, which I would match with one neon green sock and one hot pink one.
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    Image of Dodai Dodai
    06/01/09

    In reply to So You Think You Can Dance? 80's Fashions Are Like, Awesome
    i'm sad my pic is not showing up:



    Reader/Editor: Dodai. Year: 1987. Location: NYC.


    "This was one of my favorite outfits: An oversized "queen of hearts" sweatshirt and shiny electric blue spandex leggings. I'm fairly sure I was wearing pink high top sneakers, too."

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    Image of SunburnedCounsel SunburnedCounsel
    06/01/09

    @Dodai: I would have killed for this outfit.
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    06/01/09

    @Dodai: I had a pair of pants in that color too!


    My brother called them my "King's Quest" pants because the little character in the PC game had pants the same color.

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    Image of heykoukla heykoukla
    06/01/09

    @Dodai: I hope you made the most of that shirt by singing Stacey Q's classic "Two of Hearts" while wearing it. I'm sure it was out around that time.
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    Image of squirrelcop squirrelcop
    06/01/09

    In reply to So You Think You Can Dance? 80's Fashions Are Like, Awesome
    Troubleonwheels, I would have been begging you for your hair-heightening secrets back then. AquaNet alone couldn't have taken credit for that -- you had some skill! (I believe I also borrowed that exact same jacket from my friend back in the day...)
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    Image of TroubleonWheels TroubleonWheels
    06/01/09

    @squirrelcop: Squirrelcop! That gravity-defying do was achieved with plenty of Aquanet and backcombing, plus a (I kid you not) homemade gelatin goop recipe picked up from be-mohawked friends.


    ...Not to mention I have hedgehog hair to begin with. And Lordy: that jacket is SO Contempo Casuals!

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    Image of squirrelcop squirrelcop
    06/01/09

    @TroubleonWheels: Ok, now I truly bow before you as my experiments with "gelatin goop" as hair product only ever resulted in the need to cover up with a very large hat.


    You, ToW, are my high-school idol.

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    Image of elysium_kitschen elysium_kitschen
    06/01/09

    In reply to So You Think You Can Dance? 80's Fashions Are Like, Awesome
    thecameralovesyou...I think i saw 4 hipsters wearing that puffy red striped coat at Trader Joes this past weekend. You were WAY ahead of your time... :)
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    Image of thecameralovesyou thecameralovesyou
    06/01/09

    @elysium_kitschen: Yes!! I wish I still had it. And... wish I didn't grow since I was 6!
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