1986 children's clothing

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Too much color? NEVER!

 



This one is in black-and-white, but you know the colors are probably garish. Still, I want to see the sweater on left in color!

 

Either this poor kid is really constipated or he knows he's going to get beaten up if he wears that to school. Thanks, Mom! 

Comments

[conuly]

Lawdy, how gaudy.

[mystical-chickn.livejournal.com]

Re: the first ad: sheesh, I wouldn't pay that much NOW for clothes.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Dillard's is a bit on the pricey side.

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

that's because the hat/bandana combo looks so damn stupid.

its a dress-up-for-the-rodeo shirt. dont laugh, we DO. *thinks* yeah, or to church, too. my parents attended "the cowboy church" for a while. (there's a "biker church" in their town, too. something for everyone!)

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I think the shirt and bolo tie are okay, and, yeah, that would qualify as "dressin' up" Texas style (saw that look a lot when I was growing up), but agree about the stupid old hat (that probably costs $200 or something) with the do-rag. I lived in Texas in the '80s and I saw lots of kids in cowboy hats, but not all beat up like that. Also, it looks like's he's wearing his dad's belt. Humongous belts were also an '80s thing and I admit to being guilty of having sported huge belts a time or two.

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

yeah we were out today (in houston) and i probably saw a dozen or more of prize buckles. they're STILL a thing. :D

[etinterrapax.livejournal.com]

I definitely remember that Dillard's ad; it was all over Seventeen and other magazines for that age group. And I was exactly the right age to want those clothes. Fortunately for me, my mother was horrified by the prices and would have nothing to do with it.

[e-d-young.livejournal.com]

Whenever I see an ad from the 80s, something inside me hurts ... just a little.

[hippiegal22.livejournal.com]

The one thing I don't miss about the 80's-the fashion!

[koboldmaki.livejournal.com]

I for one love the leftmost sweater in the first ad...

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

It's delightfully busy.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Oh god, sweater with belt. I can't believe I did that back in the day, but I did.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Yep! Me, too! Only, I was much older. I also had a top similar to the one on the right with the big E. I think it was also from Esprit and it had French words on it, but hell if I can remember what it said now. In the '80s it was all about being pretentious.

[siberian-cat.livejournal.com]

Naked cupids on a kid's sweater? Oh my...

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Today, the kid would probably be kicked out of school for wearing that.

[john-holton.livejournal.com]

I used to work at Marshall Field's in Chicago. Met my wife there. Just thought I'd mention it.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Awww! :)

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Well, assuming it worked out. ;)

[john-holton.livejournal.com]

35 years this January. Yeah, I think it worked out.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I would agree! Congrats! :)

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I miss Field's. Now they're all Macy's stores and the prices seem even higher.

[john-holton.livejournal.com]

There are some things which I refuse to refer to by their new names: Loyola University's Lewis Towers (now called the Water Tower campus), The Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower), and Marshall Field's. "Macy's" means nothing to a person from Chicago.

[teamrodent.livejournal.com]

So who brought the Festivus pole?

[meezergal.livejournal.com]

OhmyGOD I miss Marshall Field's! Macy's, you are NOT the same. At all.

[stuberyl.livejournal.com]

those two girls in the second ad would not be friends; their outfits totally clash.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Have you seen juniors clothing lately? The 80s are making a comeback...