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  Waffle Trousers

  Waffle Trousers came in a variety of colours including black, green, dark red, grey and blue. They were made up of little square indents in the material. I had a pair for school. ...

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  Wallaby Shoes

  Wallaby Shoes were awful suede shoes with a tag! I remember the blue or purple ones being fashionable at school for a short time. Thankfully I didn't own a pair, my Mum always seemed to buy me patent leather :-/ ...

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  Wayfinder Shoes

  They had a hidden compass in the heel which was totally useless, about the size of a 5p coin. I remember getting these for the whitsun walks along with new shorts finished off with my "snakebelt" (remember them)? ...

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  Wearing New Clothes to School

  The only thing worse than going to school, was going to school in new clothes. It was okay if it was something cool, but as it was bought by your parents it was most likely going to be something they ...

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  White and burgundy socks

  Does anyone remember the battle of the socks? If you were a lad at school in the early 80s then there seemed to be only two colours to wear, white or burgundy. I'm not sure what it was all about. ...

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  White PVC Boots

  I remember the fashion for white PVC knee boots in the late 60s and early 70s. These were usually matched with a shiny PVC raincoat or mini dress. ...

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  White stilettos

  My sister(hee hee) had the worst pair of white stillettos ever and to cap it all off she used to wear them with a pair of white leggins, a luminous yellow shirt and a big chunky belt over the top. ...

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  Winklepickers

  I wore Winklepickers in the early eighties. They were a shoe fashioned from the design of the original Winklepicker shoe in the 50's. Winklepickers had a spike heel or thin stiletto and VERY sharp pointed toes.Some designers still make them ...

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  Wraparound Sunglasses

  Worn by 'cool people' at the time. I think Mods wore them first. Wrap-around sunglasses were Impractical - they barely fitted over your eyes and were just like a line of plastic that few noses could accommodate! I had some ...