Feeling French in my pea coat, scarf and LeSportsac while my sister Suz looks fairly normal. © Edward Schuck 1985
This series of photos is unfortunate in so many ways. First there is the fact that my overexposed sister Suzanne and I, along with our bad 80’s perms, essentially block out and overshadow the Eiffel Tower. Then, we are wearing some pretty atrocious coats. Actually, I’m really the one who is wearing a rejected carpet remnant.
Apparently, however, we were “fashion forward” because our attire didn’t hold us back from posing on a Parisian balcony.
© Edward Schuck 1985
© Edward Schuck 1985
Bad perms and braces.
Aw, don’t be so hard on yourself. It was the 80s!
VERY true! Yeah — and at least my bangs weren’t quite the fire hazard with all the hair spray as some of the people I knew back then.
The spiral perm was a big thing here in the early ’90s … my 21st birthday photos captured that unfortunate era unfortunately quite well! At least I was done with braces by then. I do like your colour coordinated gloves, scarf and bag 😉
Why thank you, Hayley. I seem to have overlooked my Tootsie accessories of the time. I guess I wasn’t such as disaster after all! 🙂
I like it a lot 🙂
Thanks, Katy — I must say that in another photo from this same trip, I have these ankle boots with my jeans tucked in and I’m pretty sure I’ve seen the same boots walking around in the high school where I teach! By the way, I didn’t really follow the correct order, and I didn’t let you know first before I posted the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award post that, hey, I nominated you and your cool blog! Cheers, Steph 🙂
They are great old photos. Everybody did the awful perm thing.
Yes, thanks, Debra, for reminding me. My year 12 class photo demonstrates this well with a massive wall of teased fringe! Cheers.
I am sure they (the photos) looked fine *at the time* 🙂
They probably were — I remember when my hair bleached out in the summer and a guy told me my hair looked like Madonna’s…whoa, that comment kept me going all the way through the 80’s. 🙂
Is there such a thing as a “good perm”?