HALLIE EPHRON: Recently I emailed this picture to my daughters. It's me and the other day care moms, taken back in the 80's when all of us were working at Curry College. My daughter's response: "All of your clothes have come back in style!"This was, of course, news to me. Baggy T-shirt with rolled sleeves? Belted jeans? Last time I wore those, my kids cringed and told me I had on "Mom jeans." Not a good thing, apparently.
All of which got me looking back at old photos to see what else I'd been wearing in the 80s...
Yikes. Baggy, high-waisted pants. Tucked-in shirts. And who thought it was a good idea to wear an extra-large T-shirt over a bathing suit, and then knot the side? A horrifying thought: if high-rise jeans are in, can low-rise jeans be far behind?
At least big hair isn't making a comeback... please, tell me it isn't.
I had a hard time believing that those pants were back in style, and yet it didn't take me long to find these, currently available for a mere $400... Sadly (or not), I no longer have the waist I once had to wear them."Too bad you didn't save anything," my daughter tells me, looking at old pictures of me. To which I say: BITE YOUR TONGUE.
I am hard pressed to come up with a single thing from my old wardrobe that I wish I still have. Except maybe a poncho I bought in college, handwoven wool, pink and red yarns, fringed edges and a cowl neck. My daughter 'borrowed' it and wore it for a few years until the moth holes grew to the size of nickels.
So what do you think? Belted baggy pants with a tucked in oversized T, anyone? Ponchos? Are 80s fashions back? And if they are, is that a good thing or an abomination? And is there anything that you wish you'd kept from way back when?Extra points if you know who this is... and what movie it's from.
