Fashions that will never return to the streets of Ireland

KingOfFairview · 24-07-2013 07:42PM #1

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 · 24-07-2013 07:54PM

Lighting cigars with burning €50 notes?

KingOfFairview · 24-07-2013 07:56PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Lighting cigars with burning €50 notes?

Very well played, good sir.

MurdyWurdy · 24-07-2013 07:57PM

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 · 24-07-2013 07:58PM

Assless chaps.

hardCopy · 24-07-2013 07:59PM

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

Banjo String · 24-07-2013 07:59PM

Naf jackets

Fcuck they were aptly named.

KingOfFairview · 24-07-2013 07:59PM

hardCopy wrote: »

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

Big hairy grunge ponchos?

hardCopy · 24-07-2013 08:00PM

KingOfFairview wrote: »

Big hairy grunge ponchos?

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

mrsbyrne · 24-07-2013 08:01PM

leg warmers

The_Mask · 24-07-2013 08:02PM

Skanger tracksuits.....oh wait

Cee-Jay-Cee · 24-07-2013 08:02PM

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 · 24-07-2013 08:02PM

Ugg boots!

Just . . . . no!

Cee-Jay-Cee · 24-07-2013 08:02PM

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 · 24-07-2013 08:03PM

High heels and powdered wigs for men.

Sh1tbag OToole · 24-07-2013 08:07PM

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 · 24-07-2013 08:09PM

Fake blue Lacoste track suits and Nike TNs

The Backwards Man · 24-07-2013 08:12PM

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

EB_2013 · 24-07-2013 08:19PM

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

danwhite88 · 24-07-2013 08:31PM

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 · 24-07-2013 10:57PM

Burberry

woodoo · 24-07-2013 11:44PM

The mullet

Pumpkinseeds · 25-07-2013 12:05AM

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.