Submitted by K Mack, underwear model

Here’s a novel idea: underwear that makes you feel like a superhero in bed. That came out wrong.

Wikipedia has a list of all the styles, ranging from DC and Marvel comic book heroes to Star Wars to Ms. Pacman.

Submitted and Written by Melanie H, a division of Procter & Gamble

Every 70’s and 80’s teenage girl had one of these! You could change the light setting to day, office, evening and home so you could see what your face would look like in different lighting.

Submitted by C Rother

Docs have been popular with a number of different groups — blue collar Brits in the ’60s, punk rock and New Wave kids in the ’70s, and grunge-era Americans in the early ’90s. For a fashion trend, Dr. Martens were of a particularly high quality, which is probably why they’ve been so beloved by so many different subcultures.

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.