What is the worst fad you can remember?

As far as clothes go: Zubaz. Do you remember these things? They're like spandex, but usually with some bizarre pattern or texture (zebra stripes, floral designs, leopard print - and so on!) and people (usually men) used to wear these horrendous things out in public. What a fashion mishap. Overalls. (Enough said. I grew up wearing overalls, and so I'm pretty scarred for life as a result). Crocs (weird "summer-y" shoes that just look funny. Spice Girl platform shoes (&& YES people did actually wear these. I did in 5th grade. Fun, but dangerous and tacky. lol.) As far as non-clothes go? I'd just say RACIST ATTITUDES have gone out of season (well, obviously, they were never really IN season to begin with). It's sickening to see SO many people with racist & predjudiced attitudes - especially in the 21st century. It's like, jeez, hasn't humanity made ANY progress at ALL?

Not sure if someone else mentioned this or not... the only one that's really coming to mind is the rooster bangs! You'd take your bangs in the curling iron and curl them backwards, then while they're in the curling iron you spray them with hairspray until they're stiff. Take the curling iron out and they don't move... voila... rooster bangs. I don't know what they were technically called, but that's what I call them.

"Skinny" jeans for males. This is the most hideous thing to me. Seeing boys, male teens, and men wearing these jeans that should be for girls, teen girls, and women. How appalling. I would never allow my son to wear such pants. These guys look like females when they wear these pants. There is nothing flattering or sexy about seeing a male in girly pants. It is so on the "gay" side, twisted and confused I would certainly say. I would like to have these girly skinny pants for males BANNED! Wow, unbelievable.

almost every bit of clothing that came out in the 80's. day glo and padded shoulders..oh,AND rhinestones.good lord.. although the 70's "pet rock" was pretty stupid,i have to admit it was pure marketing genious.

The two that come to mind immediately are the guys who wear pants that are way the heck too baggy that hang low and you can see their underwear and the women's fad where the thong underwear are showing above the top of their jeans. Underwear are meant to be worn underneath, people! That's why they're called UNDERwear! lol

Fanny Packs! Ewww. I agree with Maezee on the Crocs, I think those things are so ugly I don't care how comfortable people claim that they are. Flats are comfortable to and not ugly. The Y2K crisis...was that a fad? That was just nonsense. I miss slap bracelets as a fad.

In the early 60's all the high school girls had to have their hair all ratted into big balls with a little flip at the ends and a tiny pink bow pinned to one side of their hair and if they had any bangs at all, they were pulled to one side. Then a couple of years later everyone was (ironing) their hair and wearing it long and bone straight with bridged bangs and also they all had to wear those dresses called (granny gowns) where the dress was tight on the arms and boobs then went straight down from the boobs to about mid calf! And of course we all had to wear nylons with snow white tennis shoes! I remember it all so well! I also burnt my nose one day while ironing my hair too!

When I lived in Arizona the boys and I moved into an "upscale" community and rented a house there so that they wouldn't have to change schools after my husband left and we had to move out of the house. Those kids that lived there were well to do, their parents bought them everything. For some reason they started all wearing ripped up, raggedly looking clothing. It was a fad that lasted a few months and looked so ridiculous. Especially since just miles away there were people that were very poor and tried to look their best with limited resources.

I think of what looked a little like a bee antenna headband... but the one I remember had balls on it that moved, sparkled and clacked as they hit each other. It was annoying.

Men wearing spandex pants/shorts, I knew some who did, including my ex-boyfriend, who a friend of mine nicknamed "Spandex" after the bike shorts he liked to wear everywhere (and I don't think he owned a bicycle...). I blame the heavy metal bands of the time for that one. Almost anything from the '70s...the colors and patterns were just disgusting...I am tempted to post some of my baby pics as proof.

For awhile we had teens wearing these jeans that had plastic on the butt. It looked like their bottoms were bare. I found them very offensive, even though nothing was really showing. It looked really stupid too.

When I was a teenager, we used to cut the sides out of our bell bottom jeans and put in an insert of a different material altogether. It really looks like rags!!... I also remember the cabbage soup diet..It really does work but I was soooooooo sick of cabbage soup!!

Yeah, I would say the backwards clothes thing was a pretty bad fad or the one during the 80's were everyone wore those half-gloves and wayyyyyyyyyyy to much make-up.

The big hair days back in the 80's.. I swear I look back on pictures and I dont think I could have gotten my hair any bigger.. Do you know how much hairspray I used to use. Now a days I hate hairspray and I wear my hair as flat as it will go. hehe. AS far as clothing goes do you remember skidz.. What was up with those... Although I owned every pair imaginable and they were so comfy.

Criss Cross 'll make ya Jump, Jump! That was the song/band that inspired the backward clothing I believe. Girls dressing like Madonna was pretty lame. The Don Johnson look or those tassled men's shoes, rolled-up pants. The pet rock, the huge exhaust tips on all the P.O.S. imports. There are so many! Cabbage patch kids or tattoos...