Slap Bracelets

Slap Bracelets
Hall of Fame Category: Clothing & Attire

Remember the first time you saw a slap bracelet? You were probably in 4th or 5th grade and someone brought in something that looked like a ruler covered in leopard print fabric. There was a big crowd around that kid that day wasn’t there? You walked into the crowd and said “Gee golly, Bobby, what’s that swell new toy you get there fellow?” (That’s how I talked in the early 90’s anyway) You reached out to touch it, Bobby slapped it against your wrist and it scared the bejesus out of you as it coiled around your wrist like a tiny boa constrictor. Then everyone laughed at you for soiling yourself in the middle of the classroom. Nonetheless, you went to your local toy store after school that day and bought like 10 of them. The next day you played with them throughout math class and that is why you still have a problem with algebra to this day. There was a huge teacher rebelion against slap bracelets, if teachers caught you with them, you could count on not getting them back. Then there was a big fight and someone called the teacher a doodie head and feelings were hurt. Speaking of hurt, snap bracelets had their own injury toll. Many kids actually got hurt by these little fabric-covered metal bracelets. Soon, slap bracelets were labelled a menace and outlawed in school. But there was always that one kid. The one who never had any slap bracelets. You felt sorry for this kid but never gave him any of your slap bracelets. Then one day slap bracelets got boring, and went “out of style.” The next day that kid who didn’t have any slap bracelets comes waltzing into class with both forearms full up to the elbows with slap bracelets. And you felt even more sorry for him.

Slap Bracelets Links
- On Wikipedia

L.A. Gears L.A. Lights

L.A. Gears L.A. Lights
Hall of Fame Category: Clothing & Attire
When comparing the youth shoe fad of the 80’s to that of the 90’s there was a clear winner. In the 90’s you had those boring reebok pumps that made people yawn, if not fall asleep completely when you walked by. But in the 80’s you had the highly stylish, intensely eye catching, uber high tech LA Gears’ LA Lights!!! Everytime your foot hit the floor the imbedded red LED light would flash and it was like a shot of adrenaline to the heart of everyone in viewing distance. If they brought those back today George W. Bush would have to raise the national security level from “Green” to “Holy Shit, LA Lights are Back!!!” That’s an actual level too, don’t believe me? Ask Jesus. He’ll tell you. If nothing else these light-up shoes at least got kids up and walking around instead of sitting in front of the TV. Granted, those kids tried walking with their body’s contorted and twisted enough to try and see the lights in the back of the shoes light up, and then probably walked into a wall and broke their back. Needless to say, any shoe that lights up is awesome (unless you’re running away from a stalker on a dark street, they know where you’re going). The only kind of shoe that could be better is a shoe that blurts out nostalgic references every time you take a step. *step* “Pogs!” *step* “The Goonies!” *step* “Slinky!”