Fashions that will never return to the streets of Ireland

KingOfFairview

I'm constantly amazed by some fashions which re-appear years, sometimes decades after they went out. Witness the bizarre trend a few years back of lads aged 12-17 having what basically amounted to Limahl's haircut, and others with the 'flat at front and sides, inexplicably spiked at the part of the head where a Jew wear the cap in the synagogue' look the resurfaced about 5 years ago. Recently I've noticed some elements of grunge returning, messy dyed hair, plaid shirts (not worn in a hipster style), even ripped jeans on occasion.

So is there anything so beyond the pale it will never come back? Could Dave Hill's fringe be popular amongst scumbags in the summer of 2015? Could an ironic early 80s hip-hop revival lead to the people of Limerick en masse cultivating Jheri curls?

Big Nasty

Lighting cigars with burning €50 notes?

KingOfFairview

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Lighting cigars with burning €50 notes?

Very well played, good sir.

MurdyWurdy

Those track suit bottoms with the buttons down the side that could be ripped off. Had to be the stupidest things ever. Did anyone ever wear them and manage to keep them in one piece?

KeithM89

Assless chaps.

hardCopy

The more naff the fashion, the more likely it will eventually come back.

Banjo String

Naf jackets


Fcuck they were aptly named.

KingOfFairview

hardCopy wrote: »

The more naff the fashion, the more likely it will eventually come back.

Big hairy grunge ponchos?

hardCopy

KingOfFairview wrote: »

Big hairy grunge ponchos?

Just wait. I have a storage unit full of them ready to distribute.

mrsbyrne

leg warmers

The_Mask

Skanger tracksuits.....oh wait

Cee-Jay-Cee

Shell suits, oh wait, sorry...half of Dublin still wear them.

Plaid baseball caps, ooops sorry forgot about the dubs again.

To answer the OP, there are probably loads of things that will never come back into fashion but that won't stop scummers wearing them.

Zen65

Ugg boots!

Just . . . . no!

Cee-Jay-Cee

Shell suits, oh wait, sorry...half of Dublin still wear them.

Plaid baseball caps, ooops sorry forgot about the dubs again.

To answer the OP, there are probably loads of things that will never come back into fashion but that won't stop scummers wearing them

OneArt

High heels and powdered wigs for men.

Sh1tbag OToole

The perms that women used to have during the 80's and 90's, as well as the clothes they wore and general appearance

dodderangler

Fake blue Lacoste track suits and Nike TNs

The Backwards Man

I bought a lorryload of yellow dungarees a few years ago. Hope they come back in fashion sometime.

EB_2013

Le Coq Sportif and Kappa tracksuits and that Champion brand everyone wore. They were usually fakes.

danwhite88

MurdyWurdy wrote: »

Those track suit bottoms with the buttons down the side that could be ripped off. Had to be the stupidest things ever. Did anyone ever wear them and manage to keep them in one piece?

Not really stupidest thing ever. Designed for basketball to warm up in and then when it comes to the game you rip them off. To wear them out and about would be highly stupid. Used to wear them to basketball games when I was a kid.

Red Alert

Burberry

woodoo

The mullet

Pumpkinseeds

The princess Di haircut with huge Deirdre Barlow glasses and massive shoulder pads. Some things are best forgotten:eek: Oh and the Sloane ranger trend that was popular for a while.

Duckworth_Luas

Raincoats, remember them?

Ruudi_Mentari

I just removed my green military style jacket in Palestinian shemagh pattern. Shades of the IRA and Hamas fairly certain nobody else has this; bar some jap

'Step' haircuts. It's been 20 years and ne'er a sniff of a comeback

Duckworth_Luas

woodoo wrote: »

The mullet

Were these supposed to go out of fashion?

Weevil

Voting Labour.

Mariasofia

Parka jackets please please please god......

Weevil

Weevil wrote: »

Voting Labour.

Oh no you di-int

woodoo

Deleted User wrote: »

'Step' haircuts. It's been 20 years and ne'er a sniff of a comeback

I had one of them i had forgotten all about them.

woodoo

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Were these supposed to go out of fashion?

Still see a few of them in the southern states in the US

mrsdewinter

Stone-washed denim, preferably in both a mini skirt and jacket, teamed with highlights and a body wave.
*shudder*

Pretzill

Those massively baggy arsed trousers (mc hammer type)

The gloves that were connected to each other with a string (dangerous toddler fashion)

Batwing, shoulder padded, faux silk blouses.

Expendable income.

Graduated bobs. (They sound connected but they're not)

Skerries

wouldn't mind seeing some of the American 60's look coming back here as opposed to the Irish 60's look (think your grandad in a suit with a jumper underneath and cyap"

P.K.M.

Mariasofia wrote: »

Parka jackets please please please god......

With a P.L.O. scarf!!! :rolleyes: :pac:

woodoo

Pretzill wrote: »

Those massively baggy arsed trousers (mc hammer type)

Big baggy joe bloggs jeans that would put east17 to shame

Ihatecuddles-old

Rats tails...ugh. my brothers had them.

Those fabric school bags with the buckles. Had them too.

I Was going to say the terrible shoes they had, but they're already back in fashion. I don't know the name though. My brothers looked horrific in the 90's.

demanufactured

Bomber jackets

becost

Spliffy Jeans

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italodisco

Skangers in shiny leggings with red converse and long flimsy blouses walkin with their arms folded chatting about 'jaydens mini jack Russel is massive' .... Pure nack

WindSock

Effortless grace, elegance and style

gg2

Anyone remember No Pulse shoes?? Late 90's early 00's.... They were brutal

Ruudi_Mentari

demanufactured wrote: »

Bomber jackets

Had a wine one from millets to go with my oxblood docs. That was a fcuked up school term

What about fashions that will never leave ireland... what about Black_Leather!

DaithiMa

X-worx and Eclipse jeans from the mid 90s. Shocking stuff.

ardle1

Eh a normal punch up (with good reason of course)like when a guy hits the ground the fight is stopped by numerous people. "ok off thread a lil but had to say it"

ardle1

Snorkel coats/jackets,you know the ones with the long blinding hood with fur on the end!! eh my older brother told me about them:o

harry Bailey esq

naff co 54 jackets,x worx jeans.

Irish Guitarist

Top hats and monocles.

The Narrator

MurdyWurdy wrote: »

Those track suit bottoms with the buttons down the side that could be ripped off. Had to be the stupidest things ever. Did anyone ever wear them and manage to keep them in one piece?

Ahh I had those, what was my 12 year old self thinking...

Luckily the buttons only ripped up to my kness, so I wasn't there in my boxers if someone tried ripping them.

Bad, bad choice. Didn't wear those for long.

**** sake kid.

Missyelliot2

Shell suits, leg warmers and crimped hair!
Not all at once....mind you.

Tracy, Gary, Debbie and Samantha (as names ), seem to has disappeared too.