Submitted by Christine R

Nothing guaranteed a future falling out more than these “Best Friends” necklaces, but it’s hard not to appreciate the romantic sentimentality of friendship being represented by, uh, bling. I suspect these were from the ’80s, but I’m not sure. Anyone know when these necklaces were popular?

Submitted by Catherine V

Those little plastic things that clipped onto bicycle spokes and made noise – pointless but very cool.

Pointless? But they were colorful and made noise… oh, yeah, that’s a pretty good point, Catherine V.

If you like Spokey Dokeys, you’ll like this:

Submitted by Mary Beth D

Another great example of nostalgic fashion: ridiculous looking, and not exactly practical. Can someone help me identify what era they’re from?

You can still find curly shoelaces online. You could also make them yourself, if you’re too cheap to pay, like, $2…

Submitted by Catherine S

These were all the rage between 1997-1999. Girls loved to put front “corn-row” styles in the front of their hair with different color butterflies. The best ones were the glitter kind! Unfortunately, the wings broke off very easily…

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Apparently butterfly clips were really dangerous. Who knew?

Lynnie sez:

I chipped one of my front teeth with a butterfly clip. I had it in my mouth, biting the wings together with my front teeth so the spring was tight, jumped on my bed and accidentally released the spring, which made the clip spring back open and somehow chip my tooth.

To which Dodge replies:

you chipped your tooth w/ a butterfly clip? well i cracked my head open with some of them. in kindergarten, one of my friends was pushing me on a tire swing, and i fell off and my head hit the ground, and the butterfly clips actually went into my head. i had to go to the ER and get staples in my head (like stitches…) but i loved butterfly clips. they were so pretty:) ah, i miss the old days.

Submitted and Written by David W

Everyone at my school had these as a kid. They were plastic clips in the shape of cartoon characters that kept your shoe laces from coming untied.