Thanks Steve Dub for the idea :-)

I remember I thought I was Gangsta cause I had an itchy ass Ben Davis shirt like Dr. Dre,LOL!!

And damn it,what the hell were those things called that Naughty by Nature use to sport.They were like beenies with strings of cloth coming out the top.www.youtube.com view I remember everybody had them shits when I was a kid up in washington.I would get all my shit when I came to L.A. in the summer and take em back home.Kids would be like"How did you get that?"LOL!

I thought Cross Colors was supposed to make a come back.

Anything "BOSS"

In 9th grade I owned about 20 different BOSS t-shirts, BOSS jeans, BOSS hats, BOSS jacket.... It was sad really..

The Bugs Bunny & Tazmanian Devil "Kriss Kross" tshirt

LOL! They had those at the swap meet.I had a jersy of that with matching shorts,LMAO!

Man i've got this great video of me in highschool with a huge Shiny Red South Pole jersey on. It looks terrible.

Carpenter jeans.

Depending on the area you live in:
Carhartt jacket
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(i never wore it... but alot of the hicks wore them in my town)
They're for hunting and out doors... but kids would wear the shit to school

Starter Jackets, Starter Jersey's and "The Game" Hats! lol.

Don't forget I.O.U. SweatShirts and Jackets; Z Cavaricci Pants; Skidz; Blue Zone Jeans; Hyper Color; Vision Streetwear; anything by "The Machine" lol; I could go on and on

Fubu

small short shorts for guys, now if you do you will be called gay :(

We use to get our Starter Jackets and put beads on the Hood strings to match the colors.I had a Chicago Bulls Jacket and I had Black and Red Beads on my strings.Maybe that was just in my small town in Wash State.My cousins never told me if they did that hear in L.A.

I remember back in the day seeing a lot of Asian kids wearing Baggy ass pants with a thick embrodery going down the sides.WTF was up with that?I had a pair,LOL!

Oh and cant forget the SOLO's,a swapmeet exclusive.

It was a trip growing up between a large city and a small town especially with clothes and music.Now when Ive gone back to Wash. everythings the same as L.A. It wasnt like that back in the day at all.I blame the internet :-)

Van's Checkered Shoes:
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members only jackets

now I'm reaching into my early childhood, Jams, does anybody remember those ridiculous shorts?

UMBRO

hey now!...i still rock those sometimes.

creepers (shoes)

Airwalks

unless your a skater type!

aw man, i was famous for owning a grip of that I.U.O shit !

nike cortez...I guess they'll never go outta style for some gangters.

NO FEAR

I should put this in the confessions thread, I used to work at the Mall @ Merry Go Round, thats why I remember all this crap, I still have a bunch of it that I should have donated, but I knew someday, someway this crap would come back and be worth millions on ebay! lol

It was hella cool when you i was like 12, to were those bugle boy pants with a grip of pockect on the side and to cuff em at the bottom so you can see the colors/designs it had underneath the bottom of the pant legs. i must have owned like 10 pairs of those.

JNCO jeans

how bout the Roglin jeans...also a swapmeet exclusive.

DADA shoes

Hey barber, do you remember 212 clothing from like 95-96? i used to rock their jeans all the time...BTW i still have a leather jacket made by them and still bust it out in the winter

overalls with one strap hanging!

malcom x hats

Yes, they were made by the same manufacturer of Blue Zone lol. It was funny, there was like every color in the rainbow denim, I had a pair of Gold Denim I usee to wear with my 49er's Turtleneck/Sweatshirt combo. OHHHH, who can forget, the illest 90's trend, CHAMPION SOCKS! LOL

paisley ties and socks

LA Gear.

burberry check anything!

chav tastic now tho!!!!

hammer pants


lol

Ninja kickers.

b.u.m. equipment

rude dog

Kangol hats

kangaroos sneakers with the little pocket on the side

i still wear the occasional kangol

much pref fitted's tho!

Troop shoes. (most of you are too young to know...)

Bally's

Man i had mad pair of those...The LL Cool J version..
Man I used to rock those bitches.

How about Diadora shoes with the Snake skin patterns?? Jeahhhhhhh
Or Girbaud Jeans??? With the straight front pockets?

JEAHHHHHHHHHHHH

1.

2. Cowboy hat. And boots and buckle...

3. Skinny ties.

4. Bubble jackets.

Girbuad were the shit.

I still have a Girbuad striped T. Gotta dig that shit out & wear it...

Hell yeah. I had the Ice Lambs and the Porsche ones.

I also had them British Knights, Le Coq Sportif, Diadora, them all white Patrick Ewings and those first Grant Hill Fila's. For clothes I was rocking Used and Damage along with all those other Merry Go Round styles. And you can't forget the Triple Fat Goose. haha

Vaurnet & O.P.

Cycling hats....although i never wore those.

rayon and silk shirts all day baby!

Ima show my guido here but:


Cavariccis
Sergio Tachinis
Fila
Denim shirts
Jordache

Hahahha
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Anyone say skids? I think that was the name of those. They look like chef pants and they had all those weird funky colors. They had a big thick waistband and came tight around your ankles.

What about those British Knights hightops with the different colored laces. I used to rock like 3 pairs of laces on the same shoe.

u talkin about these?
zubaz.com

Nah he's talkin bout these:

www.inthe80s.com

Jimmy Jams

bicycle hats a la Wesley Snipes in White Men Can't Jump

You know what would be a funny thread....Haircuts that used to be cool to wear lol, but it probably wouldn't get too far, after the High Top fade, Jerry Curls, and of course, everyone's favorite, The Mullet, (and its cousin, for my african american homies, The Frullet) there is not much else.

YEP!! Those were the shit back when I was in elementary school. I had like 4-5 pairs of those.

lol bad boy club

8 ball jackets

Backpacks with a big ass clock on it.

Belts with the letter of your first name on it or if your a gangster you would spell your hood out.

Carnhart sweatshirts

Ecko before the swap meets started selling it and it was still a cool hiphop brand

Those black windbreaker jackets that all the flips at my jr high would wear.

lol

Hell yeah. They making a comeback...check out the new ones. I'm getting the all black one just for the hell of it.
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they would wear plain white tee's under them I think.

heads were getting jacked in my area for 8ball and polo jackets

Just talk to the 8 ball..... Oakley Frogskins, purple, with a B.U.M. equipment matching shirt. Air Jordans were cool too, wait still are...

Any body use to sport Pro Wings?OK maybe just my poor ass,LOL!

What happened to Pure Playaz?And what was up with every one and N. Carolina and Goergetown clothes.

When Nike first took "Nike" out of their logo and just had the swoosh it was the hottest shit on the streets. The bigger the swoosh on your shirt the cooler it was

helly hansen and enyce...

and also rubber soul jackets.

Sometime in the early 80's I had these fly ass baggie pants that had long zippers on the sides.

The pants were black, but when you opened the zippers, they got all poofy and had white inside the zipper area.

perry ellis jackets!!!

bennetton rugby's
polo shirts
patagonia jackets

i think the craziest thing is how people rock hats now...i remember when i was young, you used to buy a hat and spend like 2 days getting the brim bent in the right shape. we would NEVER dream of wearing the shit with a flat brim. if somebody from the ppresent went back in time to my junior high wearing some fresh out the box new era shit with the brim all flat, they'd literally be in tears within 5 minutes from the abuse they'd take for it....

hahaha WORD!!

And dont forget leaving the sticker on the hat.But did they do some shit like that back in the days like leave the tags on the clothes.Tight bastards would probably take the clothes back after using them.LOL!I dont know,I just dont care to see the size of hat your wearing.Take That Damn Sticker Off!!!!! :-)

socks with pictures in them

Swatch watches with 2 shields twisted
LA Gear boots...the black and brown ones
Rayon Floral and Paisley print shirts from DJs, Merry Go Round, or OakTree
A backpack with ropes for shoulder straps
Ben Davis shirts
College or Pro Team Stuffed Parkas (I had a U of Miami, Lakers, and an LA Kings one)

and my favorite.....Gumby Hi Top Fades!!!!

oh hell naw...
cavaricci's
kangaroos.. u guys are going back..

how about those bugs bunny shirts with taz on the front and in the back you could see the back of bugs and the tazmanian devil.
marijuana shirts
wearing jeans backwards like Kriss Kross
(damn i played jump last friday and i could not stop laughing!)

almost forgot...MC Hammer pants

malcolm X apparel

Bart Simpson shirts.

Lol! This is a dumbass thread but it's got me crackin' up!

Phuck that, I still put a slight bend in my sh-t...

I hate when niggas wear their hats like this cornball: www.aolcdn.com

www.soulreach.com

Right! Why wear a hat at all if your going to have hang off your head. Kids should get in the habbit of stealing things off people again, that shit is just begging to be stolen.

Some things just look plain dumb, this is one of them: www.villagevoice.com

How about the shinner shoes with the mercedez embleme in the front Payless shoes special, they went cherry with the Z Cavaricci's

Or did anybody peg there pants with safty pins, with that popadoor to go with it

oh man i pegged the SHIT out of my pants in junior high !!! sometimes it was so tight, if i bent over or something, and the pants rose up, the cuffs would just stay up.

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lol anyone remember wearing their pants backwards..

Did anyone mention Karl Kani gear????

What was goin on in the Bay:
Umen
I.O.U. 2 for 50 at DeJaiz(sp?)
Cardigan sweaters
Turtle necks
tapered jeans
Giorgio burtini shoes
Buffalino shoes
Mullets
Aquanet
T&C shirts
Quicksilver
Bugle boy pants wit suspenders (Marty Mcfly style ahaha)
Then everyone transformed to
Derby Jackets
Starter jackets
Starter jacket parkas
Elyssee shoes (yeall remember those wit the lambskin's)
Diadora 2 for 50 at copelands
Fila hiking boots
Troop shoes
Travel fox shoes
Lotto shoes
British Knights
Air jordans
Nike cortez
Double goose country bubble jackets
Run DMC shirts
Addidas run dmc jackets
Troop
Guess overalls
Millers Outpost overalls (and you got em airbrushed)
Them sweaters with the leather or suede strips going accross your chest ahaha
Le Coq sportiff
Levi's street bright pants
African medallions
Starter hats
College team Fishing hats
Rayon button up shirts
Jodeci thin ass or denim trench coats
Cross colours
Go down to oaktree and get your Boyz to men fits
Timberland hats
PNB nation
Conart

somebody already mentioned my kangaroo sneaks, those were the shit with the little pocket on the side for your house key, or 87 cents, but not both. most of you are too young too remember those.

and tapered jeans? you damn right we used to get busy with a fucking SEWING MACHINE to get them shits tapered tight! i think that's why we took that home skills class or whatever the hell it was called in high school. that, and it was 99% chicks, which is nice.

DJbran nailed most of the others that I had. Rayon button up shirts! Like the white ones with bigass letters sewn on them like "LOVE" and shit. CLASSIC!

I used to sport em...then moved up to McGregor's

lol

this was me for a quick minute. I got jocked hard by the females wearing this shit.

all-over print.

I had ghetto Roos with the sole coming off the bottom. Used to stick quarters in there.
No one said Bomber Jackets?
Michael Mother Fuckin Jackson Jackets?
With all the zippers?

I still rock Ben Davis pants daily
JNCO anyone?

Maui and Sons FTW!

Sheepskins and Triple Fats.

Heres an old school joint of my boys from back in the day lol
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Bell, Biv, Devoe before extreme makeover. haha.

Nice! I'll see your fades and raise you a fade & mullet combo!

Kool DJ Sheak One - Jnco's ahaha i was about to say that.. i was rocking the mammoths.

bugle boy
yaga
26 red
red sand
Air jordans
soap shoes
Starter hats/coats
converse allstars
hacky sacs
Girbuad

ZZ's shaved into the side of your head

Those jeans were and still are the SHIT!

Man, I still got one of them expensive ass Adidas Run-DMC sweatshirts that I used to wear in high school. It's all faded and got some letters falling off, but I just didn't have the heart to throw it away. It's stored away somewhere deep in my storage shed in some boxes.

wow......well, there's 50 available; lets start the New Cotler Crew.

except i havent been a size 28 waist since i was about 11 years old.....!

[clothes]
used jeans
damage jeans
skidz
cross colors
fubu
karl kani
carhart jackets
triple fat goose jackets
starter jackets with the hood and the one zipper on the side

[sneakers]
lottos
british knights
la gear

I used to have a 'duck tail'. they were cool in 88' with the skater crowd. though now it would just be considered a mullet.

troops and puma

with the bubba laces

my mom bought me some black and blue pumas from kmart when the blue light was going off.

and then i went to shoe fair ( a shoe store in detroit on fort street ) and purchased some blue bubba laces!
i thought i was the shit with that mullet i had. lol

oh yea and i had them knock off first jordans from payless they where black and red.back then people didnt make fun of you because they where fake because everyone was lucky to have new shoes.

i had a pair of british knights with detroit city on them. i wish i kept them bitchesssssssssssssssssss!!

i still wear jnco's....they are the most comfortable jeans ever!