The folly of youth! These kids fashion faux pas will remind you of your own wardrobe horrors
The folly of youth! These kids fashion faux pas will remind you of your own wardrobe horrors
For those of us who experimented with our image in adolescence, there’s no shortage of fashion faux pas that we’d rather forget.
And of a group of unsuspecting adults in the US, embarrassing teenage photos have been immortalized after being included in a gallery of images hand-picked by The chives.
One of the hilarious throwback snaps shows a teenage boy dressed as a Jedi “for no apparent reason” while attending school.
Another recognizable photo shows two teenagers dressed in their grungiest gear, pretending to be “a member of the band” when in reality they had no musical skills other than the air guitar.
And that’s not to say anything about the deplorable children’s outfits that parents chose or the crooked home haircuts they thought fit to impose on their offspring.
A gallery of old photos from people’s teenage years, collected on The Chive, records fashion’s biggest adolescence missteps. This Reddit user admitted that they thought they were “hardcore” and dressed up as members of a grunge band despite not being able to play any instruments
“Further proof of my mother’s impressive hair cutting skills with me, an 11-year-old girl,” reads the caption to a photo of a particularly striking hairstyle that was cut incorrectly.
In another, a young boy is dressed in double denim with acid wash and hi-top sneakers – a true child of the 80s.
FEMAIL has handpicked the best photos from its online gallery – and while some are undoubtedly adorable, others are sure to make you cringe.
This woman posted an old photo of herself as an 11-year-old after an amateur haircut from her mother, insisting that she was, in fact, a girl, despite the bowl-shaped trim
A woman who wore blue rectangular glasses with pink round tips as a child marveled at the boldness of her younger self and joked that she could have carried that confidence into adulthood
With his double acid wash denim and high top sneakers, this little boy was truly a child of the 80s. His older self is sure he’s never looked cooler than here
A Reddit user posted a photo of herself with a silver spoon in her hand — with her short black bob, it’s pretty obvious that Amelie was her favorite movie growing up
As a tribute to the punk movement, dyed hair and fishnet tights were all the rage when these two were growing up
When military styles and camouflage had a moment in 1997, this teenage girl was first in line to get ready for action
A woman posted a photo of her younger self in blue and white pajamas with a black and white striped top, which she says shows her transitioning from boy band Backstreet Boys to nu-metal group Korn
A man with super spiky hair as a teenager posted a photo of himself 14 years ago. Despite the passage of time, he said he remembers it like it was yesterday
One woman recalled how on her first day of school in 2009 she bravely put together Hello Kitty and Spiderman, along with crosses and studs.