Question of the Day - Tuesday, May 7

[cassiopea]

Greetings! Happy first Tuesday of May

As a kid, what did you wear to be "cool"?




First comes to mind was platform shoes. They had a moment of being trendy/popular. Good times

(*Whether I was actually cool is up for debate)

 

[susanm9006]

mini skirts

 

[NY cat man]

When I was a kid, blue jeans with the cuffs rolled up at least twice- cowboy style- was the 'cool' look, but in the '50s and early '60s, cool was a relative thing.

 

[DeesCats]

Black and white plaid bell bottoms. I think I was the only teen that thought they were cool looking.

 

[denice]

I was in high school in the early seventies so the cool look was the hippie look. I had a couple of maxi dresses, peasant blouses and of course wire rim glasses.

 

[MoochNNoodles]

Elementary cool was jelly shoes; bonus if you wore a different color on each foot.

Middle school cool was red or green plaid skirts. But you had to coordinate that with your friends so you wouldn’t be the only one wearing a skirt; but also not in the same color skirt!!

High school was those 2 color tops from Old Navy. And those faux handkerchief things to tie on your head without having to use a whole handkerchief. And peasant tops.

 

[Margot Lane]

I enjoyed an Irish newsboy’s cap for awhile.

 

[neely]

I wore my boyfriend's ID bracelet and varsity jacket in high school which was considered cool.

 

[misty8723]

I was so not cool, either as a kid or now.

 

[iPappy]

I was so not cool, either as a kid or now.

Same here, but I remember stealing my older sisters pre-teen magazines to see what the "styles" were. Poofy permed 80's hair, teased up bangs, shoulder pads and/or hammer pants. Yikes.
I do remember wearing a very well done home made Poodle skirt (my Mom and Grandma made them!) during spirit week a few times with saddle shoes, complete with the high pony tail look. For one day a year, I was "kind of" cool.

 

[catloverfromwayback]

I was never cool. Nothing I could have worn would have made me so.

 

[iPappy]

Elementary cool was jelly shoes; bonus if you wore a different color on each foot.

Middle school cool was red or green plaid skirts. But you had to coordinate that with your friends so you wouldn’t be the only one wearing a skirt; but also not in the same color skirt!!

High school was those 2 color tops from Old Navy. And those faux handkerchief things to tie on your head without having to use a whole handkerchief. And peasant tops.

Oh, those jelly shoes hurt my feet!!!
Do you remember those slap bracelets?

 

[MoochNNoodles]

Being cool is over-rated! I am enjoying myself so much more in my 40s just letting my inner dork shine whether my kids like it or not.

Oh, those jelly shoes hurt my feet!!!
Do you remember those slap bracelets?

Vividly! Those and the blisters from the jelly shoes.

 

[Mia6]

I wore my boyfriend's ID bracelet and varsity jacket in high school which was considered cool.

 

[MoochNNoodles]

I definitely wasn’t cool enough for one of those boyfriend things. I did have my own letter; but never got a jacket to put it on. Because honestly; lettering in Latin is just not the same.

 

[MonaLyssa33]

I never tried to be cool with my clothes because I definitely was never cool. I don't think I really cared all that much about being cool either.

 

[Willowy]

I was never cool, very neurodivergent, tried a bit but didn't care enough to be bothered, ultimately.

I tried jelly shoes but they gave me blisters, and I did wear very large-framed plastic glasses in the late '80s/early '90s but that's just because that was what the eyeglass store sold.

 

[maggiedemi]

Those parachute pants, jelly shoes, jams Hawaiian shorts, banana hair clips, double layers of slouch socks, suspenders, stirrup pants

 

[tanuunibiwa]

I was too shy to care about what was cool, but I dressed similarly to my classmates because I didn't want to stick out like a sore thumb.