Remember the days when you couldn’t be anywhere without being surrounded by these trends? From beanie babies to low-rise jeans, we thought they were the coolest thing ever at the time. But now, as we reminisce about these 15 once-trendy fads, we can’t help but recoil and wonder – what were we thinking?
Inhaling Smarties
“Back in 7th grade, one of my friends decided to take Smarties, grind them up, then inhale and exhale it so it looked like you were smoking. This caught like wildfire. Before you knew it, people talked about it, doing it in the hallway and the bathroom, etc. It even progressed to people DEALING Smarties from their lockers. The teachers caught on after a few weeks. They did a crackdown on who was supplying them, who was in charge of spreading the concept, and the like.”
JNCOs
“I hate to admit that I participated.”
“Also a participant in high school around ’96-’99. The bigger the leg size, the cooler they were. Still have a pair of black Crimescenes with 30-inch legs in my closet.”
“Psh, that’s got nothing on my 69″ kikwears. It was like wearing two dresses. The back of those things always dragging in the rain and getting all torn up.”
Butterfly Barrettes
“7th grade. Butterfly barrettes on a spring so that the wings moved as you walked, chunk high heels, and a watch ring. I was super stylish.”
“My cousin worked in LA near the sweatshops where they made them. Bought me like 40 of them in different colors. That was the first and last time I was the most popular girl in school.”
“Not just one or two, but dozens of glittery butterflies clamped into the hair of high school girls is not comfy when you’re trying to do crunches during P.E.”
Jelly Shoes
“I actually saw a little girl wearing those the other day. For a second, I was all nostalgic, then I remembered the blisters.”
“God forbid you walk outside in them. Tiny rocks getting caught in them or when your feet start to sweat and mix with any spec of dirt causing a nasty dirt pattern on your foot.”
Love Bracelets
These bracelets had a different name for those in the UK.
“Did anyone else think that this was just some fad, and then the Oprah show was like, ‘We haven’t made parents freak out lately… EUREKA!!'”
“Those weird gel bracelets that, ‘if someone were to break it, it means they want to pop your cherry.’”
Frosted Tips
“Frosted tips were about as nauseating as any fad I can remember.”
“Anything frosted, highlights, whatever, looks terrible on people. I don’t care who they are. The girl down the street or some famous actress, looks terrible. I’m surprised people still do it.”
Livestrong Bracelets
“I remember in 5th grade when the Livestrong type bracelets became HUGE. People wore like 15 on each wrist; it was awesome if you did.”
“Unfortunately, I didn’t have any, so I felt like a loser.”
Gel Pens
“Gel Pens were the shiz! I had like 300 of them. My mother thought I was insane.”
“I was just talking to my girlfriend about this today… It was 5th grade for us. I didn’t have the heart to ask my mom to buy them for me, so I would ‘borrow’ my friends.”
Razor Scooters
“Around 2004, Razor Scooters were huge. Probably every kid my age, around 14-15, had one. We rode them in gangs while doing wheelies and yelled, ‘Scooter boys for life.'”
“In 1998, I bought one at Sharper Image. I had saved up for months to buy it. I think it was like $120. I was the coolest kid on the block. I still have the thing somewhere.”
Yo-Yos
“Yo-yos, sometime around 1997, I think…”
“There was definitely a time when we would stand in a circle at recess and play with our yo-yos. I didn’t realize how suggestive that would sound until I typed it out.”
Tamagotchis
“Middle school girls and Tamagotchis.”
“Oh come on, Tamagotchis were at least kinda sorta cool.”
“3RD GRADE. TAMAGOTCHIS EVERYWHERE. If you didn’t have a Tamagotchi, you were the class loser.”
Camouflage
“Camouflage clothing in every color! Pink, red, yellow, green (of course), brown, even blue!”
Slap Bands
“In my day, we had slap bracelets, but they got banned because supposedly someone cut their wrists open with them.”
“I remember when they banned those things because they thought we were somehow going to kill ourselves.”
Tearaway Pants
“When I was around 12, tearaway pants were in.
They had domes all up the side, so you could be edgy and have your whole leg showing. Also around that time, flared pants and over skirts, that was pretty weird…”
Stretchy Shoelaces
“A few kids in school (myself included) had those shoelaces that were stretchy and would curl up once you pull them so you didn’t have to tie your shoes.”
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