FabSwingers.com forum: FASHION... BACK IN THE DAY!

By *easingTim OP Man
15 weeks ago

Loughlinstown

Question for all...

What’s the most embarrassing fashion choice you made back in the day??

or...

What trend did you follow back then with confidence?!

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By *hivers2020Woman
15 weeks ago

lolli land

Thin drawn on eyebrows, rimmel concealer stick as foundation (in the only pale colour available), heather or coffee shimmer lipstick, way too much mascara. Followed by way too much vanilla body shop perfume. Thank god the cosmetics industry has evolved!

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By (user no longer on site)
15 weeks ago

Turquoise trousers and matching tshirt with a sparkly tiger and white strappy shoes.... wouldn't be caught dead in any of it now. I'm sure there's more but that outfit sticks out.... oh and irregular choice shoes. Went through a phase.

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By (user no longer on site)
15 weeks ago

"Thin drawn on eyebrows, rimmel concealer stick as foundation (in the only pale colour available), heather or coffee shimmer lipstick, way too much mascara. Followed by way too much vanilla body shop perfume. Thank god the cosmetics industry has evolved! "

Only just evolved lol. I'm still talking people out of cut creases

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By *nickerDropperGlory69Man
15 weeks ago

cavan town

Curtains. Not the drapery kind. AKA the undercut. Where the back and sides of your head was shaved and the rest, usually parted in the middle, grew as long as you were brave/stupid enough to let it grow. I think I've destroyed any photographic evidence of that period🤣

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By *ursecretmischiefCouple
15 weeks ago

The West

Those of you of a certain age will remember the XWorks jeans craze of the mid-nineties...I went all in for a few years!🫣

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By *wooneMan
15 weeks ago

Dublin

Duffel Coat

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By *electableicecreamMan
15 weeks ago

The West

I had a pair of huge baggy snow white xworks.

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By *hivers2020Woman
15 weeks ago

lolli land

"Those of you of a certain age will remember the XWorks jeans craze of the mid-nineties...I went all in for a few years!🫣"

Oh and eclipse!

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By *iscuits8Man
15 weeks ago

Meath / Dublin / Birmingham

Trackie bottoms with buttons all down the leg

Had Adidas and Kappa ones

Sneaking up on your mates and ripping the buttons open leaving them bare-legged. Absolute state.

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By *entleman197Man
15 weeks ago

Dublin

I threw on a short-sleeved shirt with a blazer...

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By *herest KhanMan
15 weeks ago

The Jungle

"Trackie bottoms with buttons all down the leg

Had Adidas and Kappa ones

Sneaking up on your mates and ripping the buttons open leaving them bare-legged. Absolute state."
wondered how long til those "rip offs" were mentioned. Had multiple pairs. Falling in them as a kid hurt so much more than normal pants. Bruises for weeks.

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By (user no longer on site)
15 weeks ago

Loved wearing my light blue bubble skirt with grey suede ankle boots, neon T-shirt, big plastic earrings and lilac lipstick 💋 Sure I was only gorgeous 😂

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By *eterdanglerMan
15 weeks ago

sligo

X worx jeans 🫣. The adidas tracksuit with the buttons down the side. Handy for someone to rip the side down on them.

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By *radseman.jayMan
15 weeks ago

allover

Orange shirts and t shirts baggy jeans and bk runners when we lived for the weekends

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By *zippyMan
15 weeks ago

Wexford

Had a Paisley shirt phase back in the late '90s, swish.

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By *INTMan
15 weeks ago

Minutes from Somewhere Else

Not sure I've escaped it yet... I *still* make embarrassing fashion choices.

Think my favourite at present is collared shirt with jeans and flip flops. Only works in summer. And pretty sure it screams middle-aged. But fuck it. They're comfy.

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By *hivers2020Woman
15 weeks ago

lolli land

Blue Ben Sherman shirts and cream Levi’s for the lads at every disco 😅

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By *og-ManMan
15 weeks ago

somewhere

Once left my house walking with my mum as we were going the same direction ....I was 18

I had on a pair of pinstripe baggy jeans with leg warmers and a thin leather studded belt

Pixie boots

A wing collar shirt with a different coloured front to the back

Fingerless gloves

A bolero style jacket with the sleeves rolled up

My left ear was pierced with a mini elephant tusk hanging from it

My mum asked me to walk a different way in case anyone saw her with me

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By *otownkid1967Man
15 weeks ago

Portlaoise

Leather biker jacket, no bike , just jacket

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By *ohnFKMan
15 weeks ago

Where the Streets Have No Name

I'd say it was that "curtains" haircut from the early 90s.😬

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By *astelloWoman
15 weeks ago

Far far away

Black shoes with florescent laces. Striped white blue pants with braces and a sailors hat. I kid you not...

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By *ressthefleshCouple
15 weeks ago

portlaoise

"Once left my house walking with my mum as we were going the same direction ....I was 18

I had on a pair of pinstripe baggy jeans with leg warmers and a thin leather studded belt

Pixie boots

A wing collar shirt with a different coloured front to the back

Fingerless gloves

A bolero style jacket with the sleeves rolled up

My left ear was pierced with a mini elephant tusk hanging from it

My mum asked me to walk a different way in case anyone saw her with me

Obviously the 60s

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By * DareCouple
15 weeks ago

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Remember the craze over the xWorks and also those Naff jackets for a while. Also culotte shorts/skirts and the dreaded shell suits …….

Have to say though adored the curtain haircuts on the boys back then

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By *ipstick KissesWoman
15 weeks ago

Newry

Probably burgundy velvet pedal pushers paired with a pink ruffled bib blouse. In fairness I was only 10

I've proudly owned every fashion choice I've made over the years. Except maybe the multicoloured Paco jumper. That was definitely questionable 🫣

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By *P_80Man
15 weeks ago

Waterford

Mid 90s I had the baggy jeans. X-Works and Petro Motion. The Petro Motion jeans had the back pockets down the back of the thigh.

The way too big Amercan Sports tops. Redskins, Raiders, Chicago Bulls etc.

Topped off with a shaved head and a long fringe.

I still have one of the Ice Hockey jerseys that's too big on me now. I must have looked ridiculous.

I though I was The Shit though.

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By *ythenMan
15 weeks ago

Black slip on shoes and white socks … 🫣

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By *rRiosMan
15 weeks ago

dublin

Anyone remember the NAFF bomber jacket?

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By *ressthefleshCouple
15 weeks ago

portlaoise

"Anyone remember the NAFF bomber jacket? "

Yeah I had one of those

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By *heGeneral24Man
15 weeks ago

Limerick City

"Remember the craze over the xWorks and also those Naff jackets for a while. Also culotte shorts/skirts and the dreaded shell suits …….

Have to say though adored the curtain haircuts on the boys back then

Someone's being going tru my old photo albums 😂😂.

You did forget 2 things do...

Wu Tang Clan Hoodie...

Aaaaand..

Black Sharp Viewcam Man United jersey with CANTONA 7.

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By *easingTim OP Man
15 weeks ago

Loughlinstown

"Black slip on shoes and white socks … 🫣"

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Good choice!

You can probably thank Michael Jacksons "Thriller" video for that! White socks were in until you couldn't get into nightclubs wearing them!

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By *og-ManMan
15 weeks ago

somewhere

"Black slip on shoes and white socks … 🫣

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Good choice!

You can probably thank Michael Jacksons "Thriller" video for that! White socks were in until you couldn't get into nightclubs wearing them!

Feckin Blinkers ...after walking up that feckin drive way...white socks...you're not getting in

And all your mates laugh and go in anyway

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By *oxyvixen99Woman
15 weeks ago

Newtownabbey

Neon blue satin shirt with belt around it and matching ankle boots

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By *etmebeurfantasyWoman
15 weeks ago

My town

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
15 weeks ago

Lucan

I had a very shiny and colourful satin shirt, as well as a beautiful silk one with black, blue and red hexagons all over it, both of which came from New York.

Garth Brooks wore one very like the silk one about three years after I got mine so it went into the wardrobe never to be seen again until I found it a few months ago.

To be fair, at the time I was wearing them they were pretty cool but you'd get a headache just looking at them now.

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By *rRiosMan
15 weeks ago

dublin

What about Scanda and Gortex jackets?

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By * DareCouple
15 weeks ago

….

"Black slip on shoes and white socks … 🫣"

Seems to be back on-trend again now

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By *ursecretmischiefCouple
15 weeks ago

The West

"Blue Ben Sherman shirts and cream Levi’s for the lads at every disco 😅"

Oh my God, the cream jeans!!

How did I go from Xworks and undercuts, to cream jeans and grandfather shirts in just a few years!!

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By *rRiosMan
15 weeks ago

dublin

"Blue Ben Sherman shirts and cream Levi’s for the lads at every disco 😅

Oh my God, the cream jeans!!

How did I go from Xworks and undercuts, to cream jeans and grandfather shirts in just a few years!!

Just a guess, but trying to get your leg over? We’ve all done the unthinkable

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By *itnready36Man
15 weeks ago

South

Xworkx jeans

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By *inky Bear and VicsCouple
15 weeks ago

Belfast and Tyrone

Batwing jumpers, white jeans, bad poodle perm and eyebrows plucked into a thin cresent line. I thought I was the Mutts Nuts

Vics (f)

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By *astelloWoman
15 weeks ago

Far far away

Shell suits ..omg

Perms

Dewberry body shop

Pan stick

Long shirts and belts around it..

Denim jacket with patches sown on..l had wham on the back of mine...

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By *easingTim OP Man
15 weeks ago

Loughlinstown

Bought a pair of brown George webb shoes

and thought I was making a statement aged 13 doing so, I was...

"This guys bought G.B in brown not black, what a twat!"

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By *habMan
15 weeks ago

Boomtown

German Army Parka

Wrangler Straight leg jeans

Ben Sherman shirt

Blackthorn loafers

Cool as f*ck

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By *ri382Man
15 weeks ago

cork

I had the xworx dungarees in the day, I still wear em not the xworx ones obviously! Not bothered what others think, but not blowin smoke up my own whole now but jesus lads I thought I was the buisiness in the xworx phase

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By *rish PDI ReprobatesCouple
14 weeks ago

Holiday to Gran Canaria

When I was kid had tartan trousers and red polo top, looked like a golfer but the runners I has on had left and right on the top of them,just incase I put then on the wrong foot

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By *oghunter33Woman
14 weeks ago

on the hill NordWest of

"I had a very shiny and colourful satin shirt, as well as a beautiful silk one with black, blue and red hexagons all over it, both of which came from New York.

Garth Brooks wore one very like the silk one about three years after I got mine so it went into the wardrobe never to be seen again until I found it a few months ago.

To be fair, at the time I was wearing them they were pretty cool but you'd get a headache just looking at them now. "

I assume you left at least 3 buttons open from the top showing off your manly bosom...

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By *oghunter33Woman
14 weeks ago

on the hill NordWest of

Defo the 80ies Perm fashion, I looked like an exploded hay bale.

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By (user no longer on site)
14 weeks ago

Hi top trainers with the pump on the tongue with 3 different colour laces 😂😂

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By *inky Bear and VicsCouple
14 weeks ago

Belfast and Tyrone

"Shell suits ..omg

Perms

Dewberry body shop

Pan stick

Long shirts and belts around it..

Denim jacket with patches sown on..l had wham on the back of mine... "

Oh no I forgot about the long skirts with the belt around them.

Also remember the belt low down around my hips with the top tucked in and puffed out.

Oh and the backwards tied triangle scarf around the neck, if it had a fringed edge, even more sexy!

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By *INTMan
14 weeks ago

Minutes from Somewhere Else

Anyone else wore Chinese collar shirts or was that just me?

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By *inky Bear and VicsCouple
14 weeks ago

Belfast and Tyrone

"Anyone else wore Chinese collar shirts or was that just me? "

Not just you!

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By (user no longer on site)
14 weeks ago

Baggy wutang combats and American football jerseys, Nike hi tops (in fashion these days I know I was a trend setter 25 years ago) sparkly silver shirt at a sports center disco, girls loved it

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By (user no longer on site)
14 weeks ago

What's the craic..kilcock area

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By *ushin realityCouple
14 weeks ago

swords

Black pantaloons ,white frilly shirt,me dads waistcoat, hairband across the forehead with feathers hanging down and pixie boots.

Then the best bit ...the Adam Ant stripe across the nose.

Then into town to wander around The Apartment disco looking surly and obnoxious lol best days of my life lol

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By *ryptonite DWoman
14 weeks ago

limerick, Clare, Galway,Cork, Tipperary.

Pan stick make up,plat forms,desert boots,culottes,doc martins, x works, when I eventually got a pair they were nearly gone out of fashion.

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