Flash in the Pan fads... list them all here

[Spanky11]

beenie babies
tamogochis
mohawks
hairy muffs
pocket pc's
he-man (although I did have a few of these)
pagers


i could go on and on....

 

[dirty~d~]

Trucker "Von Dutch" garbage.

Von Dutch culture is still very much alive... go to any hotrod or Rockabilly show. Just because Hollyweird doesn't think it's cool anymore doesn't mean it died.

 

[samoth]

Kenny Chesney.

 

[Hengst]

Mood Rings

 

[CrazyRussian]

Oh my fucking sweet lord jesus almighty I remember pogs..the WWF ones used to be big back in my days living in SF

Paris Hilton (the bitch needs to get her crooked nose off of TV)

Teenage Pop Singers (OK after Britney, Christina, Jessica..we've had enough. I don't even watch MTV anymore but it seems like evry fucking week there's some new 17-20 year old slut just looking to make one good song and cash in)

Pokemon

Gigapets (I used to have one..dont tell anyone)

K-Swiss Shoes

 

[Steve The Bluesman]

Parachute pants


man I loved those things. lol!

I beleive the true name for these are "guinea pants." I used to have a wide range of colors - but I regret never having the quintessential ZEBRA STRIPED guinea pants.


Bluesman

 

[SC4EVA]

I would say the live strong bracelets even though its horrible to say

BUt looking at some responses - What makes something a FAD versus a TREND etc? I think of a fad as something only a couple months no?

 

[AAP]

A fad is like an overnight sensation that you never hear of again. He-man stuck around a long time and spawned comics, cartoons and movies.

Vanilla Ice hit it big and then fizzled out embarrassingly with his movie.

 

[samoth]

Vanilla Ice hit it big and then fizzled out embarrassingly with his movie.

He had a movie?!

 

[_Yossarian_]

marbles

RADAR

lmao @ marbles. Dude, that's like 1940's lol

How old are you?!?! j/k bro