"This one was taken when I was in 7th grade. As a kid I spent years begging my mother to shave my head (she refused). Our compromise was this sort of fuzzy pageboy look that was accomplished with a flowbie. The icing on the cake were those two butterfly clips just sort of holding back the absurdity as best as their little plastic jaws could manage. Tack on my extreme love of The Far Side, as explained by my shirt, and you've got one hell of an ugly duckling... quack." --Mary
"Oh yes... I truly thought I should have been a member of Flock of Seagulls! I had to put together a collage just to show the true bit of fabulousness that I thought I was in 1986. I spent many hours trying to get my hair as high as possible! Oh, and I am not sure that there was enough make-up on the planet!" --Lissa
After the jump: Lissa today with two of her "best friends"...
"Here's me at 16 (1991) rocking the 10 times too big for me NBA
basketball jersey. I am being ambushed by a clown for some reason.
There's a story behind this but it's better left untold. I look
awkward, uneasy, and full of anxiety. I was skinny with a bowl cut... Can't get any worse than
this." --Chris
"This picture was taken after my brother and I played a little catch. The style at the time was Eddie Murphy pleather style zip-up jackets with lots of zippers, the gray one I am wearing in the closest my parents would let me get the style of that time. Clearly the thick-framed colored glasses were in, and I sported them with pride." --Mike
"When I was 12, I based my entire sense of style on old photos of Siouxsie Sioux. I also gave myself a really bad haircut at home with my mom's scissors and so, was forced to wear a hat for a few years. Unfortunately, the hat I chose was this hideous black beret." --Marie
