What was the must have when you were a teen.

The uniform thread got me thinking of this.

When I was a teenager the must have was a pair of Levi's.

sydthebeat

an undercut

The Peanut

mariaalice wrote: »

The uniform thread got me thinking of this.

When I was a teenager the must have was a pair of Levi's.

Rom runners, parka, doc martens, denim jacket.

Not all at the same time.

iDave

Addidas Predators.

endacl

A ride.

syklops

The 12" fully functioning with lights and sounds....





Buzz Lightyear.

Air Max, X Works & Eclipse jeans.

I wasn't allowed to wear these, nor could we have afforded them anyway!!

The Peanut

endacl wrote: »

A ride.

Mystical land no-one ever visited. A "shift" was the main aim.

dinorebel

Masturbation material.

o'neills tracksuit bottoms

4zn76tysfajdxp

Camera phones and iPods.

syklops

dinorebel wrote: »

Masturbation material.

You mean the Kays catalogue?

Specialun

Boobs

Zombienosh

A Nokia 3210 and a Discman.

deadybai

the internet

Allie Massive Packer

Allie Massive Packer wrote: »

Camera phones and iPods.

Ugh.

pragmatic1

Nike Air-Max.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Deleted User wrote: »

Ugh.

The boots? They weren't around 'til later, I think.

Oasis1974

Dirty mags in my day no internet back then. And even a few Vhs porno's i saw at a friends house. Lets just say there was silence the whole viewing.And any Cork people Channel 18 or Sat 1 the filth on at the weekends:)

Philo Beddoe

A fake ID.

neilthefunkeone

Those Adidas button up trackies.. The ones that would get ripped off you every time ya wore them!!

Grandeeod

BMX

The items of the moment among teenager girls is apparently Michael Kors watches and bags.

My sister made the interesting point that the marketing is very clever they cost between 200 to 300 so expensive but not out of reach and roughly consistent with what would be spent on a teenage male interests Xbox etc by parents.

Before I am slated I know there are female gamers I am making a general point.

kylith

Some runners with huge squidgy soles that seriously fcked up your ankles and a Friends pencil case.

Oasis1974

Actually in school a Commodore Amiga or Atari St.

Tony EH

Slayer T-Shirts, runner boots, skinny black jeans and a bikers jacket.

Gone Drinking

Deleted User wrote: »

Ugh.

I've never felt so old in all my life.

Anyone remember the Adidas button up tracksuit pants? they were fairly popular for a period in my teens. Cringe.

I actually saw someone wearing a pair recently, me and a mate had a good laugh about it!

tayto lover

A Monkey hat.

A bebo page

Philo Beddoe

Gone Drinking wrote: »

Anyone remember the Adidas button up tracksuit pants? they were fairly popular for a period in my teens. Cringe.

Skanger.

Oops69

Wrangler jeans , they're still a must have today ..but I'm a Bogger so it's ok.

Sinister Kid

Dark denim jacket

valoren

The new season Man United kit.

It was almost like understated class warfare.

If you had last seasons home jersey, you were poor.

If you had the new season home jersey, you were working class
.
If you had the new season home AND away jerseys you were middle class.

If you had the new season home, away and the third kit, you were the master of the universe.

RhubarbCrumble

X works jeans and Naf Naf jackets. I had neither.

SEPT 23 1989

fives,tens or score blocks

cabla

syklops wrote: »

The 12" fully functioning with lights and sounds....





Buzz Lightyear.

As a teenager?

cml387

Raleigh Chopper.

Rich kid acquaintences of ours had one. Oh, the envy.

I read afterwards that the throttle style gearstick,the coolest part of the bike, was a threat to the goolies.:eek:

Tony EH

The whole shagging thing was a threat to the rider. One of the most unbalanced bikes ever made.

syklops

valoren wrote: »

The new season Man United kit.

It was almost like understated class warfare.

If you had last seasons home jersey, you were poor.

If you had the new season home jersey, you were working class
.
If you had the new season home AND away jerseys you were middle class.

If you had the new season home, away and the third kit, you were the master of the universe.

Christ I hated school.

The Backwards Man

An old banger (XR3i or SRi were popular) for running around the fields in.

allibastor

Joe blogs jeans

Oops69

Tony EH wrote: »

The whole shagging thing was a threat to the rider. One of the most unbalanced bikes ever made.

No one cares or cared , they looked cool and still do .
Of course if they went on the market today they'd have to be sold with a gigantic roll of cotton woll for the precious one.

beertons

Sega mega drive / super Nintendo.

AnimalChin

A SNES. Best. Console. Ever.

FatherLen

FX1's

HalloweenJack

The latest mobile, complete with camera and/or polyphonic ringtones.

Turtyturd

Most have already been mentioned but New Rock boots were the big thing one year.

venusdoom

'Hooker' Boots or the complete Friday night ensemble of spaghetti top, mini skirt and hooker boots. I dunno why our mammys let us out in that get up. Tamagotchis were also a must have at one time..

syklops

cabla wrote: »

As a teenager?

Not me, but yeah a few people wanted it around the time Toy Story came out.

shrewd

An MP3 player or even better an Ipod

WoollyRedHat

Cantoes, Dubes, and a nice little boathouse for the summer months to take all the mates to and hang.