Legwarmers, for those of you who weren’t born yet in 1984, were a staple of trendy fashion. They had a bit longer shelf life than other trends of the 80s, which is probably why they were recently resurrected. (see pics below)
Rule #1: They had to match your over-sized sweater.
Rule #2: They had to be layered. If you wore just one set of legwarmers, you were poor.
Rule #2 1/2: They had to be scrunched down, not pulled up to your knees. That look was for dancers, not trendy kids.
Rule #3: You had to tuck your acid-wash jeans neatly inside the warmers, and they had to cover only a bit of your Reeboks. Or Nikes. Or Balloons.
Rule #4: Even if they made you sweat to death, you had to wear them.
Old skool. New skool.
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