Awful clothes you were forced to wear a child?

vitani · 07-01-2014 03:47PM

The clothes were bad, but the shoes were worse. For some reason, the only time I was put in runners was for PE days in school. The rest of the time, I had black patent leather shoes with sensible straps. Ok with a nice dress but not with red leggings or jeans.

Gambas · 07-01-2014 03:49PM

I was reduced to tears by what my parents forced me to wear on occasion, but looking back at the photo's, anything they put me in pales in comparison to the textile vomitus that I frequently hand picked myself and wore with pride. Leather ties? Pointy shoes? And the Nik Kershaw confirmation suit? What was I thinking...

Ninjini · 07-01-2014 03:50PM

A purple shell suit and a mustard colour puffa jacket.

I still feel like crying thinking about them

Standard Toaster · 07-01-2014 03:52PM

I remember see through raincoats with plastic red and yellow fish in water embedded into each pocket.

Duffel jackets with smelly, itchy fur around the collar and dinosaur teeth-like-buttons.

A white Zig & Zag jumper.

Hi-tec runners made from plastic that used to melt when I would use my foot to brake on the bmx.

Clarkes shoes for school, which I'm sure were made from mammoth leather they were that old.

Good times!

P_1 · 07-01-2014 03:54PM

I was forced into a 3 piece suit on all Ireland final day in 1995 when I just wanted to wear my Dubs jersey. Also have horrid memories of being forced to wear shorts on a raining sideways day during a family holiday to Killybegs.

Pumpkinseeds · 07-01-2014 03:55PM

Standard Toaster wrote: »

I remember see through raincoats with plastic red and yellow fish in water embedded into each pocket.

Duffel jackets with smelly, itchy fur around the collar and dinosaur teeth-like-buttons.

A white Zig & Zag jumper.

Hi-tec runners made from plastic that used to melt when I would use my foot to brake on the bmx.

Clarkes shoes for school, which I'm sure were made from mammoth leather they were that old.

Good times!

At least we used to get a free lollipop from Clarkes when we got our back to school shoes.

Pumpkinseeds · 07-01-2014 03:56PM

herisson wrote: »

My mother used to dress me and my sister in matching clothes.

Horrendous clothing.

I cringe when I see that, it's worse if the mother is wearing the same outfit but has the little girls dressed as mini me's *shudders

WoollyRedHat · 07-01-2014 03:57PM

vitani wrote: »

The clothes were bad, but the shoes were worse. For some reason, the only time I was put in runners was for PE days in school. The rest of the time, I had black patent leather shoes with sensible straps. Ok with a nice dress but not with red leggings or jeans.

God the shoes were awful, dark dark times. The atrocities that are Dunnes runners are still etched on my mind, a haunting reminder.

anncoates · 07-01-2014 04:01PM

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

God the shoes were awful, dark dark times. The atrocities that are Dunnes runners are still etched on my mind, a haunting reminder.

They used to have these horrible ones in Dunnes with a shit motif of a eagle on the side.

Thousands of broken-hearted boys were told all over Dublin that "they're just as good as them Adidas" and prepared themselves mentally for the bullying in school the next day.

meoklmrk91 · 07-01-2014 04:01PM

We were poor so my entire wardrobe consisted of hand me downs and black bags that were given to my mother. I remember wearing boys clothes, particularly these jeans that had wrestlers or street fighters or something on them, I loved them at the time. The pink, grey and white snow boots that I wore to school got me bullied. The only time we actually did get new clothes they were hideous too, a top with kittens on it and white leggings with green polka dots.

anncoates · 07-01-2014 04:03PM

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

We were poor so my entire wardrobe consisted of hand me downs and black bags.

Jaysus.

/wins thread

Gambas · 07-01-2014 04:09PM

The hand me downs thing has me a bit worried, as all three of my kids are probably wearing at least one hand me down item each right now. And I think they are grand.

KKkitty · 07-01-2014 04:10PM

Itchy woolly jumpers, plaid dresses, knee high white socks, matching shell suits, but the worse thing ever was being made wear a dress to my grandmother's funeral which was bad enough but seeing a woman in her 40's wearing the exact same dress at the time.

herisson · 07-01-2014 04:10PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I cringe when I see that, it's worse if the mother is wearing the same outfit but has the little girls dressed as mini me's *shudders

Im not even a close age to my sister.

The worse thing my mam ever bought us were matching shirts, these weird illuminoius shirts that if you looked at them you would think you were tripping balls.

There was also the matching green and neon pink jumpers with people dancing on them, this weird set of a skirt with a matching top and dress (i had the blue set my sister had the red), and these matching jumpers that only Bill Cosby would wear.

ScumLord · 07-01-2014 04:12PM

There was only awful clothes in the 80s, it was impossible to look good no matter what you wore. The first time I remember there being anything like fashion was when everybody wanted to have a pair of doc martins.

KKkitty · 07-01-2014 04:12PM

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

We were poor so my entire wardrobe consisted of hand me downs and black bags that were given to my mother. I remember wearing boys clothes, particularly these jeans that had wrestlers or street fighters or something on them, I loved them at the time. The pink, grey and white snow boots that I wore to school got me bullied. The only time we actually did get new clothes they were hideous too, a top with kittens on it and white leggings with green polka dots.

Can sympathise about the black bags. My mam loved getting them but I cringed being forced to wear some of the clothes in them.

Pumpkinseeds · 07-01-2014 04:15PM

ScumLord wrote: »

There was only awful clothes in the 80s, it was impossible to look good no matter what you wore. The first time I remember there being anything like fashion was when everybody wanted to have a pair of doc martins.

Ah the joy of the first pair of docs you got to wear, until they maimed your heels. I can remember the ritual of stuffing them with wet newspaper to try to soften them up, but still the inner part at the heel would be bloodstained, didn't stop me wearing them though, no matter how much pain they caused me.

Gambas · 07-01-2014 04:16PM

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

God the shoes were awful, dark dark times. The atrocities that are Dunnes runners are still etched on my mind, a haunting reminder.

Dunnes 'runners'. All the style and comfort of a pair of lunchboxes with laces. I'd have to say that they were the worst thing ever foisted on me too.

'If you don't wear those Dunnes runners you're not getting any Dunnes pizza for tea.'

'Err... okay...'

Gambas · 07-01-2014 04:17PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Ah the joy of the first pair of docs you got to wear, until they maimed your heels. I can remember the ritual of stuffing them with wet newspaper to try to soften them up, but still the inner part at the heel would be bloodstained, didn't stop me wearing them though, no matter how much pain they caused me.

Once they were broken in (your legs, not the Doc's) the Doc's were super comfy though, and the business on miserable winters days like these.

Teagwee · 07-01-2014 04:18PM

At age 12 I was made to wear my sister's hand-me-down tops - she had boobs, I had none. Sooooooo, I used to borrow/steal one of her bras and stuff it with socks to fill out the upstairs accommodation. This was fine at the beginning of the week, when there were plenty of clean socks available. By the end of the week, however, most were in the wash and my 'boobs' shrank accordingly. On Monday, I was a 36D Lolita. By Friday, I looked like I'd had a mastectomy

theteal · 07-01-2014 04:19PM

Mr Freeze wrote: »

I also refused to wear sandles, and to this day I wouldn't wear sandles, awful things.

I still have nightmares. . .couldn't be kicking a football around in them!

Czarcasm · 07-01-2014 04:51PM

Paisley underpants.

Those things were... relentless! They'd stretch like mad when you were getting a wedgie, to the point where you were left pulling a g-string from between your butt cheeks!

At least the KVI underpants had a bit of "give" in them that they just ripped straight off and you could go commando without being castrated!

emmabrighton · 07-01-2014 04:52PM

theteal wrote: »

I still have nightmares. . .couldn't be kicking a football around in them!

Oh my! My heart just skipped a beat

*runs off to Clarks buy a pair for my little boy*

... cuuuuuute!

Pumpkinseeds · 07-01-2014 04:58PM

Czarcasm wrote: »

Paisley underpants.

Those things were... relentless! They'd stretch like mad when you were getting a wedgie, to the point where you were left pulling a g-string from between your butt cheeks!

At least the KVI underpants had a bit of "give" in them that they just ripped straight off and you could go commando without being castrated!

You just reminded me of my brother having underwear like that as a kid. Without doubt though, the worst knickers I ever had as a child were green nylon things that were bought for me at Butlins, when on a day trip I decided I was going to paddle in a pond, then I slipped in the pond:(

theteal · 07-01-2014 05:00PM

emmabrighton wrote: »

Oh my! My heart just skipped a beat

*runs off to Clarks buy a pair for my little boy*

... cuuuuuute!

and in the future, you will wonder why your beloved son only comes back from England to visit once every 6 months or so

emmabrighton · 07-01-2014 05:10PM

theteal wrote: »

and in the future, you will wonder why your beloved son only comes back from England to visit once every 6 months or so

But by god, the memories of him in those shoes will keep me happy when I am all alone at Christmas in the nursing home

Pumpkinseeds · 07-01-2014 07:06PM

emmabrighton wrote: »

But by god, the memories of him in those shoes will keep me happy when I am all alone at Christmas in the nursing home

Ah, but those shoes might be the difference between a 5* and a 2* nursing home:D

Daqster · 07-01-2014 07:36PM

Where to start. Was brought to see the pope in 79 and made wear trousers that I can only assume were made from brillo pads and pubic hair. Every move you made removed a layer of flesh.

Nylon tshirts were another misery but the absolute worst was when right after you made your communion and were chosen to be a special boy and made wear that damn see thru dressing gown thing, as you made tea and biscuits for the priests. Man that thing used to itch something terrible.

beano345 · 07-01-2014 07:42PM

Standard Toaster wrote: »

I remember see through raincoats with plastic red and yellow fish in water embedded into each pocket.

Duffel jackets with smelly, itchy fur around the collar and dinosaur teeth-like-buttons.

A white Zig & Zag jumper.

Hi-tec runners made from plastic that used to melt when I would use my foot to brake on the bmx.

Clarkes shoes for school, which I'm sure were made from mammoth leather they were that old.

Good times!

I got a flashback of the duffel jacket..like it was made of horse hair and warthog tusks for buttons I upgraded to a snorkel jacket were the hood zips up

Ziegfeldgirl27 · 07-01-2014 07:45PM

I was a 90s kid.

Spice girl shoes.

Addidas button down tracksuit bottoms - I think everyone had a pair of those.

Jeans that were super flared at the bottom. Made you look like a shire horse.

That's all I can think of right now.

Awful clothes you were forced to wear a child?

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