Left: Stella McCartney at Neiman’s
Right: Me, 1988, 12 years old.
I would wear that sweatshirt now if I still had it. …and I’m pretty sure my hair was in a banana clip. A real banana clip, yo.
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OMG – that sweatshirt is awesome (yours I mean). Proof positive that if you live long enough… 🙂
Lauren From Texas
Girl, I totally bought a 3-pack of banana clips the other day. I wore one yesterday. Hahaha!
sendingpostcards
This is pretty amusing. You’re rocking that over-sized sweatshirt!
Mrs. D
I actually saw banana clips for sale at a store the other day! I hadn’t seen them since 1992 probably. I do hope they aren’t coming back. They turn any head of hair into an Insta-Mane.
Leigh
I am right with you in that style generation LOL 🙂
Katy
hahah my grandma had wallpaper like this
Kristin
Look at you. You were ahead of your time. And I would have been soooooooooo jealous of you. I could never fit my hair in a banana clip.
TeeTee
I love your sweater!
Yaya
LOVE IT!
drollgirl
gahahahah!!! my first laugh of the day. yay!!!!
Savvy Mode SG
you look adorable.
Annie
Ha! That’s awesome! I wish you still had it..
Athena.
Oh my goodness, you are adorable 🙂
Loving your blog!
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Diana
hahaha you were a trendsetter, stella just caught up a bit late!
J-Diggety
Long live the banana clip! 🙂
freeteyme
already stylish even as a kid!
Chessa!
dude! this is so fabulous. I had that sweatshirt too..and my sister had a zebra! and, I cannot even begin to express my undying lurrve for the banana clip. it was the only thing that kept my crazy hair up! sigh…
A little Princess
As you kid you had firece style! Love it xoxo
Joy
I totally had that sweatshirt too!!! Banana clips rocked (mine always fell out, though :))
You are adorable.
Carlotta
you must find the sweatshirt it’s so cool!!!
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Emily
you’re just too fashion forward for the rest of us to keep up 🙂
brooke
this is awesome! and man i used to rock the banana clips!! they made your hair instantly fancy!!
Adele
haha (: fashion forward you are!
Lili
OMG! I had totally forgot about the banana clip! haha.
I use to be a fan of those too.
Hippiegirl
i love the leopard-shirt! it looks fantastic 🙂
Milly
ha ha ha….me & my cousins had something similar…i totally forgot about it and yep had the banana clips too
Dooder City
I am totally feeling that photo of you…I had a banana clip…and a bike with a banana seat…
Cathy Voyage
Haha, that’s too cool!
Damsels
lol thats so funny . . ireally like it though and it would probably still fit you
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Underfunded Heiress
Oh my, banana clips! I used to wear those all the time! Haha.
Great comparison! You wear a trend setter!
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jasmine
hahhaa! it’s so lisa frank. sometimes it’s weird how things come back…especially things that you wore as a child. aren’t jelly shoes coming back AGAIN??
Dirty Slipcover
ahahaha! That’s awesome! I think I used to have the same one!
Callie Grayson
that is fantastic!!!
Style Porn
What goes around comes around…never say never!
Girl Japan
Oh my gosh …. “giggles” I am just a few years older than you but I SO REMEMBER those sweatshirts.. did you do the whole ripped t-shirt flash dance MO too?
K @ Blog Goggles
Wow. If this is back, then it’s only a matter of time before scrunchies are everywhere. So sad.
On the plus side, you were sooo ahead of your time!
TheBeautyFile
Can we start a revolution & bring back the banana clips? Like, stat?
Chris
I think I sported that very same outfit myself, a glittery tiger shirt and banana clip. I remember getting quite a few compliments on it, too 🙂
Sher
Too bad you didn’t still have the sweatshirt still, you could pull it out an wear it again! 😀
Hanako66
lololol
you f ing crack me up
down and out chic
haha, you were fashionable from the beginning…i think i may have had one of those too, just saying.
Diabolina Da Fashionista
no REALLY you=da bomb.
banana clips foreva,
D
chris petres
you were one stylish kid.
Talk Pretty To Me
WOW it is incredible the trends that just never die. A lot of things from the 80’s are making a come back. I’ll have to remember this when I think about giving stuff to good will! You are adorable in that picture!
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J
http://www.talkprettytome.blogspot.com
Lucinda
This is amazing!
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