bethben Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I opened my JC Penney ad today and saw this: http://www.jcpenney.com/arizona-denim-ruffle-top-juniors/prod.jump?ppId=ppr5007217799&catId=SearchResults&searchTerm=ruffle%20top And all of us who were in our teens when this monstrosity happened are running off to warn the next generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Blech. I don't think I will be wearing this style (again) anytime soon! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Gasp!!! Such a blast from the past. I had a lovely dress that style, it was a peachy match for my spiky, mulletish, lacquered hairstyle. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Mouse Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I think that is a cute style.......... if you are 6 years old. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 LOL. It's better than the return of the ginormous lace collar. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Wow, I like ruffles but not pinafore edging style. That's one of those things that flatters only little girls and models (and it's even iffy on the models!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squawky Acres Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Well, I just bought a top like this for my 7-year-old. I didn't realize we were on-trend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I don't remember that style--but I was never one for frills and ruffles and wouldn't have worn it anyway. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherGoose Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 How about the peasant blouse? You know that's next! https://www.google.com/search?q=peasant+blouse+jerry+seinfeld&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#imgrc=wNowbrXONkVyPM: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Starting to think I should have kept my all my old Jessica McClintock dresses! She was the queen of 80s ruffles. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethben Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 How about the peasant blouse? You know that's next! https://www.google.com/search?q=peasant+blouse+jerry+seinfeld&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#imgrc=wNowbrXONkVyPM: Just seeing that runs the song "Purple Rain" through my head. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Oh,wow, does that bring back memories for me. I wore those all the time in high school. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 How about the peasant blouse? You know that's next! https://www.google.com/search?q=peasant+blouse+jerry+seinfeld&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#imgrc=wNowbrXONkVyPM: But I don't wanna be a pirate! :lol: 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjffkj Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 But I don't wanna be a pirate! :lol: You beat me to it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I opened my JC Penney ad today and saw this: http://www.jcpenney.com/arizona-denim-ruffle-top-juniors/prod.jump?ppId=ppr5007217799&catId=SearchResults&searchTerm=ruffle%20top And all of us who were in our teens when this monstrosity happened are running off to warn the next generation. And of course it's chambray. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Starting to think I should have kept my all my old Jessica McClintock dresses! She was the queen of 80s ruffles. Yes, DD found a picture of me in a Gunne Sax prom dress and laughed up a storm. I also bought one of her dresses early in college and wore it for years. I went to a tech school where the ratio of men-to-women was 7-to-1, and wearing that dress always caused a stir. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethben Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 I just remembered...I made myself a long prairie style dress in some gingham print with ruffles on the front for 8th grade graduation. 1984. The end of a string of very bad hair and clothing choices. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Oh no!!!! Thankfully the wait for new trends seems so much shorter now that I'm old. And Bethben--I cannot even begin to describe the multi-tiered red with yellow roses worn with a peasant blouse and a huge brimmed hat that I wore all the time as an eighth grader. As my present eighth grader would say. "I can't even!" And she is s much better dresser than I was as a teen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 How about the peasant blouse? You know that's next! https://www.google.com/search?q=peasant+blouse+jerry+seinfeld&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#imgrc=wNowbrXONkVyPM: Now there is a gem.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Hey now, I made and wore a very nice peasant blouse in high school. I made it out of blue flannel plaid, and I thought I looked great. I tucked it into my jeans, and wore a belt. I was a weird teen. :coolgleamA: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I wore a button down puff sleeve version of the shirt for 8th grade graduation picture May 84. We also sat in the big wicker chair. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Everything old is new again! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in SJ Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I had the ruffle shirt in an interesting berry & purple plaid that buttoned down the right side. There was a hidden button on the left to fasten the inside front panel, similar to a double breasted coat so that you could button the front only half way up and leave the front panel to fold down like a military style jacket. Did I mention it was plaid? And had ruffles? It was a very confused article of clothing. Amber in SJ 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 (edited) It was a very confused article of clothing. Sadly that phrase could describe quite a bit of my wardrobe in jr. and sr. high.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited March 29, 2017 by Crimson Wife 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 This just shows how clueless I've always been about fashion, because I don't even recognize that as being an older style, and I've lived through through the 60's, 70's, 80's and beyond. I do have a ruffled shirt similar to this one myself, and kind of like it! https://www.loft.com/ruffle-shell/427827?skuId=22221445&defaultColor=2226&colorExplode=false&catid=catl000011 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Weird. I do not recall this style. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Aw c'mon, ladies. Where's your sense of adventure? (Lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 September, 1984. I spent a long time on my corded-to-the-kitchen-wall telephone coordinating with my friends exactly what we were going to wear to our first day of junior high school. I ended up wearing a gingham ruffle blouse with pin striped tapered Jordache jeans. True story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethben Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 This just shows how clueless I've always been about fashion, because I don't even recognize that as being an older style, and I've lived through through the 60's, 70's, 80's and beyond. I do have a ruffled shirt similar to this one myself, and kind of like it! https://www.loft.com/ruffle-shell/427827?skuId=22221445&defaultColor=2226&colorExplode=false&catid=catl000011 Yes, that shirt is cute. Now, I'm assuming you didn't see the original. Imagine parallel ruffles running down the length of the shirt. THAT type of ruffle shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 September, 1984. I spent a long time on my corded-to-the-kitchen-wall telephone coordinating with my friends exactly what we were going to wear to our first day of junior high school. I ended up wearing a gingham ruffle blouse with pin striped tapered Jordache jeans. True story. Tell me those jeans had pleats in the front even though they were tapered at the ankles. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethben Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 September, 1984. I spent a long time on my corded-to-the-kitchen-wall telephone coordinating with my friends exactly what we were going to wear to our first day of junior high school. I ended up wearing a gingham ruffle blouse with pin striped tapered Jordache jeans. True story. You were one cool dresser! I bet your hair was permed also. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I dunno. I don't think it is terrible. Like a lot of styles it wouldn't look great on everyone, but I have certainly seen WAY worse. the puffy pirate shirt though...that needs to never come back in style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 the puffy pirate shirt though...that needs to never come back in style Any fashion trend that has a Seinfeld episode devoted to it so famous that even non-Seinfeld watchers like me know about it needs to stay locked in the time vault.... :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Tell me those jeans had pleats in the front even though they were tapered at the ankles. Oh sister, you know it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 (edited) You were one cool dresser! I bet your hair was permed also. Actually, no. Alas, my hair won't hold a perm. It was my cross to bear in the 80's. Sadness and shame. Edited March 29, 2017 by Kinsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I opened my JC Penney ad today and saw this: http://www.jcpenney.com/arizona-denim-ruffle-top-juniors/prod.jump?ppId=ppr5007217799&catId=SearchResults&searchTerm=ruffle%20top And all of us who were in our teens when this monstrosity happened are running off to warn the next generation. This ruffle does not need to make a comeback on adults. Major flashback to sweet sixteens. I have mention before my sea foam green ruffled blouse, with gold edging, that paired with the coordinating sea foam green corduroy knickers. Pulled together with my metallic ballet flats. Poodle head perm, which my mother insisted was a body wave, included. I do miss my purple and pink pinstriped Jordache cigarette jeans with matching denim jacket. I was all that and a bag of chips. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 It baffles me to think of how much time I spent on hair alone in the 80s. There are times when I wish American culture hasn't gotten so casual, but then I have a flashback to hot rollers, hairspray, goopy hair gel, and an extra hour lost to it every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 It baffles me to think of how much time I spent on hair alone in the 80s. There are times when I wish American culture hasn't gotten so casual, but then I have a flashback to hot rollers, hairspray, goopy hair gel, and an extra hour lost to it every day. Hot rollers to me were the 90's. In the '80's it was all about the crimping iron. :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Sigh. I heart the 80's so bad. Me too. It was the last time I was cool. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8circles Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Weird. I do not recall this style. +1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 True confession: I remember my white poet blouse with deep fondness. I felt like it reflected my 16yo romantic, literary sensibilities perfectly. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Puffy shirts are okay if you're Johnny Depp playing Icabod Crane. I copied that style a few times years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I just remembered...I made myself a long prairie style dress in some gingham print with ruffles on the front for 8th grade graduation. 1984. The end of a string of very bad hair and clothing choices. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk The end?? Oh honey, in 1984 my bad taste was just warming up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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