Questionable trends

Sometimes I look back at trends of the 80s and 90s and wonder what we were thinking.  Will that happen again in 20 to 30 years?  Who knows.  But here are a few fads I recalled that make me cringe now, though I'm sure I participated (or tried to) in all of them.

Banana clips

Honestly. Why did we ever think this looked good?

 

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Acid wash jeans

These look like someone made a mistake with the detergent and ruined a perfectly good pair of jeans. 

How is that fashionable?  

Then again, I'm kind of a plain denim person anyway. 

Apparently these are not completely out because I found a lot of purchase links while I was searching for an image.

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Squeeze gel candy

There were some different brands of this. 

Pure sugar in a gel form. Mmmm.  Or not. 

Just looking at it makes me want to go brush my teeth.  

Did I really ever eat this?

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Candy cigarettes

Who thought it'd be a good idea to give kids candy that looks like cigarettes? 

And how did they pitch it in their company meeting?

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Water snakes

Do I really need to go on about why these are weird?

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Dear Diary

I won't lie. I totally wanted one of these.
That's probably why I have a blog now.

These were just a few of the things that came to mind. I'm sure if I let my brain mull it over a bit longer, this post would double or triple in size. But let's hear from you.

What trends do you look back on and shake your head?