Crazes: A flash in the pan - then it's gone.

[Stickyfinger]

Bay City Rollers
anything made by Allen Sugar
Your first Pube

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Add this....

Edited by Stickyfinger on Tuesday 24th May 23:25

[Dog Star]

Not so much a fashion or fad but back in the 80s there were a couple of adverts always on TV for Runcorn and another for (my memory is dim) St Helens Glass exhorting you to call Tina White or Eileen Bilton

Here's one. http://youtu.be/R7rJVycRfqM

Back in those days it was an answerphone, no email etc. Me and my dad used to leave her dirty messages on the phone.

A few years ago I met a guy in the IT dept of a company I was contracting at and (it's a long story) it turned out that he and his dad used to do the exact same thing to Ms White and Ms Bilton: I can only conclude that every morning these two ladies would switch on the answerphone and have to wade through ten thousand sniggering drunks asking them to "tell me what you're wearing" or "what colour are your knickers?".

[Dog Star]

Mr-B said:

Another 80's fashion fad for blokes, wearing a suit with the sleeves pulled up to the elbows, Duran Duran stylee.

That's not 80's: I still do it now. I rock

[theshrew]

idiotgap said:

I never saw one of those, but we did have "Russel Spinners", these yoyos usually had some fizzy pop branding on them.

I still have one of those

Found it a couple of months ago while sorting out a load of my old stuff that's been at my parents house for the last god knows how many years. Now its in my loft, never throw anything away.

I also found a mini football from Italy 1990 World Cup

[glazbagun]

And the banned "Intense" Ace of Spades Pot Noodle advert. Caused seizures IIRC, and they dropped it. Man, I love this nonsense.
https://youtu.be/Bs0WCUZqoJg

Also- the Levi advert being a platform for the uk chart #1 for all of two songs as Babylon Zoo's Spaceman sounded nothing like anyone thought:

https://youtu.be/fV_9iimttTg

Edited by glazbagun on Tuesday 24th May 23:00

[Morningside]

Dog Star said:

Mr-B said:

Another 80's fashion fad for blokes, wearing a suit with the sleeves pulled up to the elbows, Duran Duran stylee.

That's not 80's: I still do it now. I rock

So do I. I had to stop myself doing it on my suit last week.

'gold' razorblade necklace.

Whistle finder keyrings.

[227bhp]

Ram raiding.
Duck face pouting.
Crash for cash.

[theshrew]

Dr Murdoch said:

HTP99 said:

Spokey Dokeys

I'll raise you 'Moon Discs'!

Raleigh Burner, Mag Wheels and Dice valve caps

[technodup]

DrSteveBrule said:

The fake plastic fingers on boot lids

And the stick on bullet holes for the windscreen. Usually found on XR3is and the like.

Hula hoops (not the crisps).
Roller blades.
Proper shiny shell suits.
Collecting ginger bottles for the 10p deposit. Maybe not a craze as such but I don't think they do it the same now.

[227bhp]

Hanging toys from the rear bumper and novelty towing eyes.

[anonymous-user]

dudleybloke said:

Reebok Disc trainers

Good call, except it was Puma Disc. Reebok had the Pump. Nike had/has Air and Adidas had a pair of trainers with a key system that allowed you to adjust what I don't know in the sole. I think there were 3 things mounted in the heel and they came with an adjustment key.

While we're on trainer brands, what about British Knights, LA Gear, Pony and Diadora? Are any of these still going?

[gizlaroc]

HTP99 said:

Pepe jeans with the plastic keyring things, also similar keyring things in luminous colours with extendable coiled plastic, similar to the phone lead on an old phone.

Pull them apart and make two tone ones, the combos were never ending!!

[gizlaroc]

Those Octopus things that you would throw at the window and it would crawl down, every seemed to have them at school for about a fortnight...

[technodup]

DrSteveBrule said:

While we're on trainer brands, what about British Knights, LA Gear, Pony and Diadora? Are any of these still going?

Diadora definitely are.

I'm sure Sports Direct own either LA Gear or BK. Or it might be Troop, sure I saw something like that not too long ago. While we're on defunct trainers I had a pair of Quaser football boots, endorsed (and worn?) by Gary Lineker. Think he might have had an interest in them at the time. Nice boots iirc.

[Turquoise]

Garbage Pail Kids stickers
Cabbage Patch Dolls
LA Gear trainers with pleated laces
Dungarees.

[dudleybloke]

Technics/Pioneer/Kenwood designs jackets.
8 ball leather jackets.
Fidi-Dido.
George Foreman grills.

And the biggest flash in the pan......Flambé.

[V8FGO]

Phone accessories

Bluetooth ear pieces.

Leather belt cases.

[Bullett]

wazupppppppp!

[Tinkshusband]

technodup said:

iadora definitely are.

I'm sure Sports Direct own either LA Gear or BK. Or it might be Troop, sure I saw something like that not too long ago. While we're on defunct trainers I had a pair of Quaser football boots, endorsed (and worn?) by Gary Lineker. Think he might have had an interest in them at the time. Nice boots iirc.

sports direct own BK

[davhill]

Going to show my age now...

I used to have one of these little chaps.


And one of these on my Herald


Both from Esso. The rival thing was bullet hole transfers (alright, decals) to go on your car's glass. From Shell, if memory serves.

Big brother had an orange glass fibre whip aerial on his Bond Bug.

I had a pair of those black tinted 'shades' for my the headlamps on my XR3i. Not entirely sure why.

While in memory mode, I recall Tony Bostock (in 'Car Mechanics') finishing a Herald (with a moonroof-type hardtop) in flock - it looked offal.

I also remember Charles Deane (editor of Motorcycle Monthly?). In many issues, he was writing from a hospital bed, depending on which test bike he'd dropped that month. Serve him right - for putting a teeny headlamp, sissy bar and iron cross tail light on a BSA Bantam and calling it a 'chopper'.

Fortunatley, what goes around doesn't always come around. However, some of the above are apparently collectable.