My Fashion History - Part 2

Okay. Here are some of my teen years fashion hits and misses. I'm going to have to do a dual post on my teen years because it's not letting me add the picture of me in my duck sweatshirt. Believe me. It's HILARIOUSLY a miss! :)

Without further ado, here are my teen years hits and misses!



This is still my standard "uniform". Without the SWATCH watch. Tee shirts and jeans were the easy way. I never could get my hair to do the ridiculous styles that were so popular in the 1980s, so flat hair then, like now, is pretty much my standard.

That was my dad's jacket from the 1970s that I stole from him because I LOVED it. I wore the jacket for years. In fact, I still have it and yes, every once in a while, still wear it.

I enjoyed the relaxed easy style of jeans and tee shirts. Then and now.


I still think about this shirt. It was one of my favorites. I called it my "Stryper" shirt. I would top it off with, as seen in this picture, my brother's fedora almost every time I wore it.

I even had Stryper cross earrings I would wear with it and bought TWO of the same exact earrings - one in black and one in yellow - to wear with this shirt. I wish I had a picture of me with those earrings on, as I don't think I was wearing them on this occasion.

And look at how I match a lovely pink purse with my yellow and black ensemble.

And don't forget the high-waisted 80s acid wash envelope jeans, which will make another appearance in this post.

And...here are those envelope jeans again. Honestly, I LOVED those jeans. I wore them even when they started to go out of style.

I love this look to this day. It's so easy to do. You see a style very similar to this on Kristin Cavallari, Lauren Conrad, Cameron Diaz, and most celebrities.

That was MY "Debbie Gibson" Pork Pie hat (Which got crushed in a move, looking more like an "Eliza Doolittle" Pork Pie hat) and I still own - and wear - those earrings.

I borrowed my brother's discarded black blazer (I say discarded because he had joined the Navy and didn't have the room to store it on ship and I hated to see it gather moths!) and one of my dad's white tee shirts. I put on my fringe boots (YES! Total 80s boots...but sadly no pic, but if you're interested in seeing what they looked like, check out Poison's video for "Talk Dirty to Me". They're like the one's Bret is wearing). Totally 80s!

I loved this shirt. Sadly, my dad accidentally left a pen in his uniform and the ink got all over this shirt. Mom and I did what we could to save it.

My make up is very soft since my parents didn't let me wear a whole lot. You may be able to see my freckles, but they never bothered me. I wore them (and still do) proudly! :)

I still have and wear those earrings. They were a gift from my daddy.

I loved that brooch. Again...something that got lost in a move. *Sad face*

This shirt was not only worn with jeans, but with several skirts that I owned and wore. It was one of my favorites.

I had a lot of favorites in my teen years! haha

This is most definitely a miss. But, I'm proud of this outfit because I MADE IT PEOPLE! I wore that shirt (and the blue button one I made too) for a couple years. I pity the person who had to wear it after me.

Are you loving my semi-mullet? LoL It was a direct result of a bad cut by a bad stylist. I wanted to cut it, but look how short the front was and at least I could pull it back when I wanted to (and I did - A LOT!)

I had a pair of black flats I wore with it!


Okay...here's a better picture of my semi-mullet. I was wearing a strapless dress (again, one of my favorites!) and that 'jacket' is actually a shirt! It was one of the shirts, at the time, was popular to wear backwards.

It was the compromise my parents and I made so I could get this dress. It had a beautiful lace underskirt and there was the ability to button it up to show it. Only catch? I had to get BOTH parents permission to do so.

BUT - they didn't oppose me wearing the 2 or 3 inch heels that I always wore with it. Wish I had a picture of those. I literally wore them out! But a pair of cork heeled sandals they got me when I was 10 started me loving heels! :)

So, they have no one else to blame for my stiletto love! haha



Don't you love the matching outfit I'm wearing? LoL haha This most definitely counts as a miss!

To be honest, I DON'T remember the jumper, but I DO remember the shirt. I wore it a lot. But, this honestly, is one of my absolute favorite pictures. I know you don't see much on my style but I had to share it. That's my Grammy and I LOVED spending time with her, me attempting to play the piano and her playing. She played so beautifully.

I love to imagine that she's playing the piano for God in heaven. I miss her a lot. Every day, in fact. I love you, Grammy.

So, there you go. Some more of my youthful fashion. Both fave and fail. I'll post some more later. I've got so many ideas for this blog and this is just the beginning!