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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Friday, January 25, 2008 - 11:15 pm
ELEPHANT PANTS - anyone remember those charming items of clothing? LOL I still have a box of vintage clothing in my closet. Yes, I have my favourite High School Elephant pants in there. Also my wild psychedelic Madras shirt. AND my white satin pirate? shirt. you know what I mean? the puffy sleeves with a wide tight cuff and with a Butterfly collar
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Friday, January 25, 2008 - 11:30 pm
hmmmm just went and had a look. Found my light blue Lee painter Pants and straightlegged Seafarers. Was shocked to see my pants were size 11...wow, that is not a tiny size anymore.
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 8:41 am
Chaplin, you just reminded me of something when you mentioned mood rings. About 6 months ago I was looking through my moms jewelery box and I came across her spoon ring. I put it on and by the end of the day not only did 2 people notice it they commented on it. They both wanted to know where I got it. There is also a clock necklace of hers people will comment on when I wear it. It is a ladybug and you squeeze the wings to reveal the clock.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 12:15 pm
Yep, I had a mood ring too! LOL
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 12:32 pm
I had a mood ring & also several clock necklaces. I had several of those hot pants outfits that I wore to teen dances & on dates. They were matching short shorts & vests (some of the vests were short & I think called boleros or something like that). I always wore a turtle neck & knee boots with usually tights with my hot pant outfits. My Grandma made most of my clothes so of course she made all of these little outfits. My fav. was a dark purple crushed velvet number. Wouldn't be caught dead in crushed velvet clothing now lol.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 12:35 pm
Anyone remember Pantaloons? I just loved pantaloons.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 3:52 pm
were those the same as Balloon pants? puffy with big pleats in the front?
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 4:54 pm
Pantaloons were sort of like biker shorts of today. They were long-legged pantie with fringe or lace or pom-poms at the bottom, which would kind of show as skirts got shorter. They were "in" just before mini-skirts. They also had garters to hold your stockings up (before panty hose) and acted sort of as a girdle, too. They were very pretty.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 5:04 pm
Gauchos with matching vests. And Fry boots. And silk shirts. Beekind, what you're describing sounds like petti-pants. We always wore them under our school uniforms.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 5:07 pm
Petti-pants sounds like it could be another name for pantaloons. Perhaps it was called by other names depending upon the region. Petti-pants...pantaloons...I just loved 'em. lol
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Merrysea
Member
08-13-2004
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 5:48 pm
Petti-pants, that's what they were called! I couldn't remember what we called them. Oh, and I loved my gauchos and vest!
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 6:18 pm
funny that gauchos were mentioned (I had some of those too). I saw a woman in the Wal-Mart today that I swear had a pr on that she's prob. saved since.....well, the 70s. They were poly dbl knit & had a matching vest & they were an ugle beige/brown large plaid. Yep - right out of the 70s. I thought about this thread as I tried not to gawk at her.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 6:27 pm
Remember how we called our pants hip-huggers? Today they are called low-rise. Also, does anyone remember those tops made out of puckery material? They were see thru and we would wear flowered bras under them.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 6:28 pm
Oh, and horizontal striped velour tops. Black, with colored stripes. Lovely. We wore our velour tops with our courderoy hip-huggers.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 7:05 pm
Hotpants with long vest like these?

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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 7:09 pm
Anybody remember westkits?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 7:45 pm
Of course I remember weskits. Seems you can spell it both ways.
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Sajó
Member
06-18-2007
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 7:57 pm
Anyone Remember...Earth Shoes and Moon Shoes
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 7:59 pm
I had a few sets of hot pants like that. We also had sizzlers. They were very short dresses with matching panties underneath. I used to have a pair of brown pinstriped gauchos that I loved. I'd wear it with my cowl neck top and my great boots.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 8:07 pm
I remember moonboots
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 8:09 pm
moon boots lol! grace that is a very pretty look. i don't recall seeing a long vest with hot pants before (was born in '72)
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 8:39 pm
back in 72/73 I was a Soph. in HS & my cheerleading squad had sizzlers that we wore alot during basketball season. We had them made for summer camp & because they were so cute & in our school colors, we incorporated them as part of our uniform. The next yr. we had a cute little hot-pant waist lenght sailor top camp outfit that we did the same thing with.
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 12:21 am
We had to wear bloomers for gym and were marked on them if we wore them or not to gym. They were blue one piece, buttoned and elastic at the legs and crotch area. We had to embroider our names on the back on the yolk. I hated those and was so happy when in Grade 10 we finally could wear shorts and t-shirts and or track pants and jackets.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 8:02 am
I don't remember weskits/westkits. I certainly remember granny skirts though.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 9:23 am
How 'bout gaucho pants?
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