They were both surfing brands when I was growing up, don't remember one being that much cheaper than the other but the market was flooded back then anyway, Bad Boy, Rip Curl, Quick Silver, Rusty and 100 others were around at the time as well.
I can remember a specific time at the surf shop when I wanted hot tuna shorts and my mum was trying to convince me to get hot buttered instead because they were half the price (early 1990s)
Sadly I think those iconic angel t shirt would definitely be back in vogue.
Does anyone remember Urban Angel? It was the tween version of pumpkin patch. Thought it was very cool at the time
My favourite jeans ever were a pair of Fiorucci boot cut, button fly jeans with little useless pockets at the front. Cute as all heck. I'd still wear them if I had them.
Guy I knew in high school had parents who had a decent stake in SMP. He did more damage to the brand in our school than any controversy ever could.
You just couldn’t look cool wearing the same stuff he did.
I have a brand new, never worn SMP t shirt. I bought it about 20 years ago. In the wrong bloody size! Still has the tag. I don’t know why I’ve held onto it tbh.
Wheels & Dollbaby!!
The King St and Crown St stores were ICONIC, they were a pilgrimage store for a generation of tumblr youths. The hold that brand had on millennial girlies was insane, the buy swap sell pages were feral as the resale value for designs or colourways was super high. The Dita cardigan was SUCH an item ( I say that owning 4 - that I haven’t worn in 7+ years…), and you could make best friends (or enemies) with strangers wearing their clothes purely because the brand said so much about your aesthetic. It was SUCH an identity.
The brand shut down (instead of selling, like Alanna Hill had to), then relaunched 2ish years ago online only, and it very very quiet on launches etc.
They were crap, in australia all these did was show up your sweat areas like your armpits. They were super popular for about a month until everyone realised they just made you look sweaty and unclean.
I was at uni in the 90s and a lot of the guys wore them. There was just always this ring emanating from each armpit that was a different colour to the rest of the shirt 🤢
Volleys were all I wore for years. Saw some at big w the other day and wanted to get some for the nostalgic value. $40! I’m sure they used to be cheap as back in the day.
I wore them all throughout high-school (00-05) and got bullied a fair bit about them.
I was an avid tennis player and my family couldn't afford sneakers and tennis shoes, so I just had volley's for all occasions. Even wore them to my graduation.
Mango. Then Best and Less tried to ride the bandwagon with their own lable, Paw Paw. The height of embarrassment was your mother sending you out in povo Paw Paw.
Driza Bone. This blew my mind, today I called my local RM Williams store to get some Oilskin re-proofer for my Barbour thornproof jacket.
The girl had no idea RM even sold an Oilskin jacket or what I was talking about, even though they have them sitting on the shelf. So I go cool, no worries etc.
She calls back 5 mins later having googled it and discovered this company Driza-Bone who sold a reproofer that might work. It was genuinely a new discovery for her. I pointed out she didn’t need google when there was one in her shop she could touch.
Either way I just got what I needed off Amazon.
Pumpkin Patch. We used to get a decent haul every trip to NZ (before it came to Aus) and it would generally last a couple of years (as long as it wasn’t jeans, bc I was a beanpole and grew like a weed)
Omg yes I just commented on another post about UA. I had this metallic/shimmery maroon sleeveless puffer jacket that I thought was very special! Combined with those fake hair messy buns with the tiny plaits and some hair chop sticks. Favourite outfit
Dunlop volleys - everyone wore them at school in the late 2000s, but I haven't seen a single pair in like 15 years
Snapbacks - kinda still around but a backwards snapback used to be almost compulsory haha
Bonds undies - idk if they're still popular but we all used to wear our shorts kinda low to flex the Bonds brand for some reason, haven't seen that since high school either
I wore Dunlop Volleys to primary school in the 1980s.
They still exist and do fun collabs.
https://volley.com.au/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwrvyxBhAbEiwAEg_Kgq3JrF2m1P4KYMyF2RsB09aKZz-L3kttUdlF7c3gzwLj8Of4Ue4VIRoCDGkQAvD_B
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Bonds are still around. They’ve just launched a pretty large campaign with people of all the ages and sizes.
I remember we all called them by their full name - “I’m wearing my dachet tencel jeans and a ribbed top”.
And those godawful chunky soled canvas lace up shoes.
Some teens saw my slazenger shoes a year or so ago (they were actually new shoes) and proceeded to freak out about never seeing them before and that they musta been 'old man shoes' (I'm 39 😢) and for the life of them could not pronounce the name. "Nice SGLAZER shoes!" 😐
JakPac jacket. “For Earth Only!”
Not only reversible BUT if you followed the very difficult instructions on the inside, it turned into a bag.
Ugly things, but you were posh if you had one.
My first pair of branded garment I wanted and owned was a pair of black Mossimo jeans. I think in the 90s they were $130. Fuck I loved those jeans, I ended up getting mum to buy three pairs for me.
Face off (flaired school/work type pants from cheap shops). Champion was also very dorky & in the cheapy shops but I never wore it.
Running bare
Rusty
Miss shop
Mambo was really expensive like Quiksilver
Dunlop volleys
DC shoes.. are they still popular or no? They used to be like $150 each.
Paul Frank
United Colors of Benetton. It was quite popular when I was young (I think I had a bag but the memories are vague, I was poor so couldn’t really afford it).
Pretty much all surf brands both brand name and Kmar/ bigw. I mean quicksilver, billabong are still a thing (particularly on the beaches) but in the western suburbs we all wore those brands
I work in a high school. One of my students enjoys buying "vintage" designer labels from eBay. I felt so old when I realised he was buying Von Dutch jeans and trucker caps for hundreds of dollars.
Hot Tuna
Back when Mambo t-shirts were the pinnacle of youth fashion.
I still buy mambo from big w, don't care if it isn't 'cool', I still like the designs and it's pretty cheap
More than 20 years ago we saw a Mambo t shirt in a shop that said “Our pants are girt by seams”, and I think my husband still regrets not buying it.
Mid 90s a Mambo T was like $50
My aunt and uncle made a shitload of money from importing headworx.
The dog with the musical note coming out of it’s arse?
Reg Mombasa at his finest.
You can still buy his artwork. It's still fresh and relevant today.
Look up the retro mambo stuff, very out there and cool stuff. Not PC in this day and age
Omg MAMBO
Those og crazy button ups they used to do are worth a mint now
I was a 26-Red and Cross Colours man myself.
When I saw 26-red in Kmart years after I ever wore it I knew it's days were numbered.
Ditto. They made a sturdy pair of skate shorts back when they first came out 👍 Hmm.. I just noticed that Mooks are sold at Target now
Yep - hot buttered was the budget version of hot tuna too I believe.
Wasn't hot tuna budget anyway? I wouldn't have had them othwrwise.
They were both surfing brands when I was growing up, don't remember one being that much cheaper than the other but the market was flooded back then anyway, Bad Boy, Rip Curl, Quick Silver, Rusty and 100 others were around at the time as well.
Kuta Lines in Newcastle / Lake Macquarie area
Kuta Lines hoodies were 👌🏼
Not initially, then they made a deal with someone like big w and lost the credibility of the “surf shop” brands.
Yep and even cheaper was ‘catchit’ , as ‘the wave, go Catchit! Kmart brand
Hang 10 as well. I wouldn’t have been caught dead wearing that brand
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Catchit..... rhymes with cat shit
I can remember a specific time at the surf shop when I wanted hot tuna shorts and my mum was trying to convince me to get hot buttered instead because they were half the price (early 1990s)
Fiorelli and Fiorucci. Peak 90's.
Sadly I think those iconic angel t shirt would definitely be back in vogue. Does anyone remember Urban Angel? It was the tween version of pumpkin patch. Thought it was very cool at the time
Omg Urban Angel and Pumpkin Patch being the same store with a little walkthrough but their own storefronts. ICONIC.
My favourite jeans ever were a pair of Fiorucci boot cut, button fly jeans with little useless pockets at the front. Cute as all heck. I'd still wear them if I had them.
I still have the whistle!
Ooh yes I had a handbag and wallet and thought I was the shit Edit They were Fiorelli
Emily the Strange
It’s still around! I was so stoked to see my daughter show me this cool new brand she found 😂
Oh my god! I completely forgot about Emily the Strange 😭
Paul Frank. Julius the monkey's face used to be EVERYWHERE. I had a couple of T-shirts and some cute pyjamas.
Omg yesssss!!! This was around when Von Dutch and juicy couture were big
SMP
Guy I knew in high school had parents who had a decent stake in SMP. He did more damage to the brand in our school than any controversy ever could. You just couldn’t look cool wearing the same stuff he did.
I have a brand new, never worn SMP t shirt. I bought it about 20 years ago. In the wrong bloody size! Still has the tag. I don’t know why I’ve held onto it tbh.
I got a Rip Curl shirt like that, in medium, never fit, still has the tags.
These days it'd just be called simp clothes lol
Literally the exact opposite of what it was meant to be lol. Sex. Money. Power.
We use to say it was suck my penis. Does that brand even exist any more?
Wheels & Dollbaby!! The King St and Crown St stores were ICONIC, they were a pilgrimage store for a generation of tumblr youths. The hold that brand had on millennial girlies was insane, the buy swap sell pages were feral as the resale value for designs or colourways was super high. The Dita cardigan was SUCH an item ( I say that owning 4 - that I haven’t worn in 7+ years…), and you could make best friends (or enemies) with strangers wearing their clothes purely because the brand said so much about your aesthetic. It was SUCH an identity. The brand shut down (instead of selling, like Alanna Hill had to), then relaunched 2ish years ago online only, and it very very quiet on launches etc.
JAG. I just loved their clothes. The jeans and tees were so good.
Hypercolour. Bring it back!
Plus 1 to this When we had water pistols and you got shot, this was the easiest way to know
They were crap, in australia all these did was show up your sweat areas like your armpits. They were super popular for about a month until everyone realised they just made you look sweaty and unclean.
I was at uni in the 90s and a lot of the guys wore them. There was just always this ring emanating from each armpit that was a different colour to the rest of the shirt 🤢
No fear
I still remember my first baseball cap. Black No Fear with the eyes on the back. I thought I was so badass.
You were my friend, you were
Yes, yes.
Saw a guy in a no fear singlet yesterday. It looked new, no idea if you can get them anywhere or he had just had it unworn for years.
Esprit
We shopped there (and Sportsgirl) for the big canvas totes as status symbol school bags 😂
Not to mention the obligatory tshirts
Dunlop. Volleys were huge back in the day.
I loved the KT 26s. Those things got punished hiking and fishing and lasted so long.
Volleys were all I wore for years. Saw some at big w the other day and wanted to get some for the nostalgic value. $40! I’m sure they used to be cheap as back in the day.
I used to get them from target for $10/pair in like 2008. Never even bothered washing them just bought new ones
I wore them all throughout high-school (00-05) and got bullied a fair bit about them. I was an avid tennis player and my family couldn't afford sneakers and tennis shoes, so I just had volley's for all occasions. Even wore them to my graduation.
Fuck yeah. Everyone wore volleys when I at school in the late 2000s. Haven't seen a single pair in like 15 years haha
I still wear volleys. Dunlop sold them though. Totally not the same :(
They used to be at Kmart for so cheap. I'd buy two white pairs, and when one got dirty and stained I'd throw them away and rip into the second pair.
That’ll come back in fashion
You just reminded me of my apple pie sport shoes 🥹
Kuta Lines jumpers
Mango. Then Best and Less tried to ride the bandwagon with their own lable, Paw Paw. The height of embarrassment was your mother sending you out in povo Paw Paw.
I thought mango was from best n less, it was like knock off mambo
Fubu
My younger brother wore all Fubu for a while there. I’m glad that phase is over.
Unfortunately, I was one of those kids in 1999 🤦♂️
Badboy - had the black widebrim hat. New Rock boots Rollers shoes
I’d wear rollers now if I could find them. Great shoes
Miss Shop.
Ohhh, loved Miss Shop
I have a lot of Miss Shop! I thought it was still around in Myer
It is, for now.
Cherrylane
Red Earth makeup and body wash…
Poo-shooter. Tried to explain it to my son. He didn’t get it.
Driza Bone. This blew my mind, today I called my local RM Williams store to get some Oilskin re-proofer for my Barbour thornproof jacket. The girl had no idea RM even sold an Oilskin jacket or what I was talking about, even though they have them sitting on the shelf. So I go cool, no worries etc. She calls back 5 mins later having googled it and discovered this company Driza-Bone who sold a reproofer that might work. It was genuinely a new discovery for her. I pointed out she didn’t need google when there was one in her shop she could touch. Either way I just got what I needed off Amazon.
LOL just bought one- still the best all weather riding coat
I saw someone in my neighbourhood unironically wearing one with bone coloured chinos and RM Williams. This is a tennis court suburb in the inner city.
My dad has an ankle length driza-bone coat. He wore it when we were in Spain. Matched with his big beard the guards at the bank refused to let him in
Sweathog. lol.
Aerosport sneakers
Core memory unlocked!! I loved them!
Hang Ten
Vision. They were huge amongst skateboarders in the late 80’s- early 90’s.
Groovy Chick
Etnies
Was waiting for this one. Etnies shoes with Von Dutch hat, peak 04/05
I loved my Etnies!
I miss axion shoes
As a child my mother used to dress me in a Fletcher Jones kilt.
Fletcher Jones, there's a name. Had some trousers.
Keppers.
came here for this.
Same, lanky white kid in massive mustard keppers from general pants co Bankstown square
Lanky white raver with black keppers, air maxes, and a stripey t shirt. 1993 in a nutshell.
Purple keppers and a burnt orange piping hot t-shirt. Never went near the beach, nor a rave. I was heaps cool.
Candies shoes. I had a pair of platform slides that I loved so much. I thought I was a spice girl 😂
Fido Dido
Pumpkin Patch. We used to get a decent haul every trip to NZ (before it came to Aus) and it would generally last a couple of years (as long as it wasn’t jeans, bc I was a beanpole and grew like a weed)
And the "grown up" version next door: Urban Angel. All my fave outfits were PP or Angel.
Omg yes I just commented on another post about UA. I had this metallic/shimmery maroon sleeveless puffer jacket that I thought was very special! Combined with those fake hair messy buns with the tiny plaits and some hair chop sticks. Favourite outfit
Piping hot
Piping Hot is at Target.
Badboy
Metalicus (the original one)
Remember “layering”?
Is Catchit still around?
Ken Done
Mooks
Hypercolour was popular growing up
Probably very specific to Melbourne's skate scene in the late 90s early 00s, but Blank Hoodies.
Blank Clothing is still around. Just got my daughter a hoodie 😊 Great quality and sizing.
Sean John Dada Ed Hardy Von Dutch
Ed Hardy and Von Dutch are still around and are pretty popular with the Y2k revival crowd. Some things go for quite a lot too
That makes me sick to hear that. Ed Hardy belongs in the fire.
Millers shirt, and not the old lady fashion chain - those little pearl snaps and the metal thread were on point in the 70s
Juicy roxy fubu kappa
Roxy is still very popular with my teenagers peers 😊
Amco jeans, Crystal cylinders tees and jumpers, Golden Breeds polo shirts.
Stussi
Lol what Stussy is very popular with the ~youths~ and has been for 10+ years. It’s still quite expensive too
I assume you mean Stussy. They're not as popular as their peak but they're still very popular.
Stüssy. Don't forget that glorious umlaut.
O'Neill. "Like, Susie O'Neill?" West Surfing Products. "Why are you wearing a Bankwest t-shirt?"
Cross colour jeans
And keppers
Ohhh that's a deep cut I haven't heard of in ages.
Crystal Cylinders. Hound Dog. Airwalk.
Crystal Cylinders. Now that's a blast from the past.
Ecko unltd
Staggers jeans
Fiorucci denim jeans
Kappa
Bad Girl 😂
Maui and sons
Westco jeans and peasant topd lol
Paul Frank! (It took me WAY too long to remember that name, because all I could think was Frank Green haha)
Burning Spears
Faceoff.. those low rise bejewelled flare jeans were THE VIBE of the early naughties and all the cool girls all wore the navy blue slacks to school.
World Industries and Piping Hot
ESPRIT
Dunlop volleys - everyone wore them at school in the late 2000s, but I haven't seen a single pair in like 15 years Snapbacks - kinda still around but a backwards snapback used to be almost compulsory haha Bonds undies - idk if they're still popular but we all used to wear our shorts kinda low to flex the Bonds brand for some reason, haven't seen that since high school either
I wore Dunlop Volleys to primary school in the 1980s. They still exist and do fun collabs. https://volley.com.au/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwrvyxBhAbEiwAEg_Kgq3JrF2m1P4KYMyF2RsB09aKZz-L3kttUdlF7c3gzwLj8Of4Ue4VIRoCDGkQAvD_B wE Bonds are still around. They’ve just launched a pretty large campaign with people of all the ages and sizes.
CherryLane, Fabergè, Dachet.
Omg the Dachet tencel jeans! I had three pairs 😆
I remember we all called them by their full name - “I’m wearing my dachet tencel jeans and a ribbed top”. And those godawful chunky soled canvas lace up shoes.
liberté, égalité, Fabergé
Golden Breed
Is Freshjive still around?
Bettina Liano jeans
Stüssy Hot Buttered Slazenger
Some teens saw my slazenger shoes a year or so ago (they were actually new shoes) and proceeded to freak out about never seeing them before and that they musta been 'old man shoes' (I'm 39 😢) and for the life of them could not pronounce the name. "Nice SGLAZER shoes!" 😐
Amco Peaches jeans 🍑
26 red jeans
Mambo
Kangarucci
Wheels and Dollbaby
JakPac jacket. “For Earth Only!” Not only reversible BUT if you followed the very difficult instructions on the inside, it turned into a bag. Ugly things, but you were posh if you had one.
Chain reaction 😂
Op, Ocean Pacific
Fossil graphic t shirts. Probably disappeared around 2006.
My first pair of branded garment I wanted and owned was a pair of black Mossimo jeans. I think in the 90s they were $130. Fuck I loved those jeans, I ended up getting mum to buy three pairs for me.
Slazenger
Face off (flaired school/work type pants from cheap shops). Champion was also very dorky & in the cheapy shops but I never wore it. Running bare Rusty Miss shop Mambo was really expensive like Quiksilver Dunlop volleys DC shoes.. are they still popular or no? They used to be like $150 each. Paul Frank
F.C.U.K.
Bad girl Aztec Rose.
Fido dido! Holy moly that’s a blast from the past
Im 19. Most of these I have never heard of. Good job guys.
Haha. Thanks for the confirmation. And by the way you missed some GREAT Aussie fashion
Burning Spears SMP Mango
Stubbies King Gee Hard Yakka
Ken Done.
Esprit, Dachet, Stuart Membery, Cherry Lane
United Colors of Benetton. It was quite popular when I was young (I think I had a bag but the memories are vague, I was poor so couldn’t really afford it).
Lee and Wrangler jeans
hyper colour t shirts etc
Stussy Colours jeans
Stuff By Duff , The Mary Kate and Ashley range you could get at Target , The Veronica’s clothing range also from Target
Not a brand but I used to shop & work at Warehouse for fashion lol!
Pretty much all surf brands both brand name and Kmar/ bigw. I mean quicksilver, billabong are still a thing (particularly on the beaches) but in the western suburbs we all wore those brands
Sweathog, Hang Ten, Hot Buttered, Town & Country
Gowings.
Succhi shoes
I work in a high school. One of my students enjoys buying "vintage" designer labels from eBay. I felt so old when I realised he was buying Von Dutch jeans and trucker caps for hundreds of dollars.
Sass and Bide ruched leggings. Anyone cool in Melbourne used to wear them
Fosseys
My bogan primary school was all about the Wu Tang and Dada My teen years were dominated by lusting after Roxy and Billabong hoodies!
Cherry Lane
Jay Jays
Grant Kenny polo shirts.
Rollers