Big Johnson (aka the Fail Fads thread)

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by CrazyKell

acid washed jeans
ripped jeans
pins on jeans (like safety pins going up the sides)
scrunchies (there are people who still wear these )

Those "Tommy Hilfiger" logo place shirts (eg. mexico, etc.).

I'm sure there are more but I can't think of any at the moment.

Some things start out as legitimate, within a certain social set, then broaden out to become a 'fad.' The safety pins thing was one of them, as part of the Punk movement in the late '70s.

Back in high school I had long hair and went around wearing an old Korean War bush jacket that I picked up in a surplus store, in downtown Toronto. I was poor and working to help support my family, while going to school. Bought the thing myself for something like $10.00. It made me the butt of jokes from the "cool kids." Two years later they were all wearing the same thing and I couldn't have replaced mine for less than $30.00.

You folks want a real fail? Pet Rock.