Terrible Things Our Parents Made Us Wear

[outstandinfarmer]

When I was young, my mother made me to run around like a giant dork. I had a unibrow, glasses that went from my forehead to my lower cheeks, and the biggest, poofiest, frizziest hair in the world with giant bangs that was this curly, crazy mess.

She still looks back on those pictures and says “Well, I thought that you looked cute”

I also remember when I was young, I used to have problems finding pants that were long enough because I was so tall. One time I was shopping with my grandma and she forced me to try on a pair of boys pants. I cried and cried and cried. I was so embarrassed.

So what are the horrible things that your parents allowed, encouraged, or forced you to wear, look like, etc?

 

[tevagirl]

There isn't one grade school picture of me with straight bangs. My mother didn't drink but something must have happened to her every time she cut my bangs. Then there were the times she gave me a home perm.

 

[EthansMom]

When I was young in the mid-70s, it was very popular for little girls to have long hair. Not me, my Mom cut my hair VERY short... and usually cut it herself. I got very tired of being told what a cute little BOY I was!

 

[MAKmom]

Sears Tuff Skin Jeans that came in green, red , blue they were awful.

Since you brought up the eyebrow thing I want to make a comment. Why do parents let their kids walk around with the unibrow or just awful BUSHY brows? The other kids make fun of them. I saw a girl in DD11 classs & I was Like OMG. I just wanted to get Scissors & trim them. They were stand up to her forehead. Whats the Mom thinking? I'm really not into make-up & clothes. I just think its hard being a kid with the things you can not fix.

Dorothy Hammell haircut or the Wedge was the other thing my Mother did to me. After 5 years old haircuts are dangerous for girls.

 

[Aurora63]

My mom used to always comb my bangs across my forehead and clip them with a barette. I hated when she'd do that!

I also went through a phase as a very little kid, where all I wanted to wear was this one tank top, which had a picture of Ernie in a bathtub with his rubber duck, and the first line of the song, "Rubber Duckie, you're the one..."
Sometimes my mom would make me change it, but soon I'd wind up running around naked!

 

[tw1nsmom]

Yup, I had the pixie haircut at one point, and everyone thought I was a boy too. I also got to "enjoy" several home perms. My last one was when I was 14. It was the day of my last dance recital, and she made it so curly, I looked like Bette Midler (not a good thing for a 14 year old girl with naturally straight hair). To make matters worse, she trimmed my bangs before the perm, and cut them so short, that after the perm I had about one inch of frizz on my forehead.

 

[S. C.]

OK....aging myself here. I hated saddle shoes. I was young but remember wearing and hating them.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

I am another one who had the Tough Skins in every color. I also had the Sears brand polo shirts with the "Braggin' Dragon" and the JC Penney shirts with the "Fox" because my mom wouldn't pay for Izod or Polo. (Can I just say that DS has nothing but authentic Ralph Lauren Polo shirts? I am scarred for life from wearing knock off brands!)

But my mom also had a sewing machine. Be afraid. Be very afraid!

She made me some purple (like grape juice color) corduroy gauchos. She also made a couple of long dresses that looked like maternity dresses. (Ever seen a 2nd grader in a floor length, pink floral print maternity dress?)

The all time winner has to be my "people pants". They were a bright yellow background, printed with purple and white scenes of people at the beach. I think I wore those when I was about 4. Yuck!

 

[Tantor]

My mom had a sewing machine too. She made *shifts*(anyone remember those) in every flower print she could find.(They were lined too.)

 

[Servants of Evan]

I don't think I've had enough therapy to discuss the toughskins jeans, corduroy pants, and double-knit tan suit with the blue clip-on tie, let alone the cheap no-name sneakers when the other kids had Nike Cortezs....

 

[Merylj]

My mother knitted my daughter woollen knickers when she was a baby as she did`nt want her bottom to get cold! I think I wore terrible things - however these have been blocked from my memory. I do remember the three boys at my school who`s mother bought them leather leiderhosen (sp) and they wore them everyday.

 

[DISNEYFANRI]

Can't resist but reply to this one.....

lets see....had the pixie haircut.....how about pin-curls?
I went to catholic school until 5th grade....even after that was never allowed to wear jeans to school till high school.
Oh - how about this one.....rubbers.....as in rain gear....over corrective shoes?? Ver attarctive......

Tantor...I bet your "shift" had rick-rack on it???

 

[mrsheppo]

I also had the pixie cut, absolutely hated it. My mother also loved to knit and crochet and would knit me dresses, sweaters and vests that I was forced to wear to school while all the other girls had store bought nice clothes.

 

[nwdisgal]

Think mid 70's and my mom was into coordinated polyester pantsuit outfits for girls. My grandmother felt sorry for me and used to sneak me off and buy jeans for me.

 

[jennobrn01]

Itchy, thick, cotton tights with a cable knit pattern on them. They hung down about 4 inches in the crotch after wearing them 10 minutes.

M i s e r y!

 

[icebrat001]

They dressed me in (spelling) koolocks

 

[elismom]

MY mother was a wanbe hair dresser.
Every sunday night she curled mine and my sisters hair.
I never stept on Sunday nights dreading the awful monday morning when she would pull those rollers out.
The only could thing was after we had are weeking sunday night bath and had are hair done we gone to watch Disney.(this was the early 70's)

 

[MAKmom]

Our first family trip to WDW when the Poly was the only hotel & the MK was the only park. My mom bought me these vinal slip on wedge sandle type shoes wth a burlap on the wedge. They were very ugly, blue & so uncomfortable. She would always tell me it's the style & that I have no fashion sence.

I thinks she 's right becasue DD told me the other day that almost every kind of shoe is in style right now...except the ones I had on. She totally set me up.

 

[MomofKatie]

My mom made me an olive green plaid double knit polyester leisure suit when I was in the 2nd grade. I looked like a mini senior citizen.

There are many other really bad fashions I wore (growing up in the 70's and early 80's), but I take full responsibility for them. Mom pretty much let me wear whatever I wanted, within reason, when I was a kid. So, the gauchos, toe sox, Dorothy Hamil haircut, Candie's and crocheted vest over Quiana polyester blouse (all at the same time !!!) were all my fault.

 

[HERSEY]

Sounds like we all should get together and go for group therapy. I made my first communion in a knitted dress my mom made I was soo ashamed everyone else had bought dresses. My mom tried to make me into a girly girl so not me. She had me in every frilly dress she could find.