The most stupid invention ever.......

[Nanci]

We had the ugliest gymsuits in the world!! Light blue, cotton, with snaps.

[RoadRaven]

7. Gym suits---anyone remember those? In the late 70s/early 80s, we had to wear those over-grown "onesies" for gym class. The cotton knit, elastic around the waist,and a zipper down the front. blue stripes on the top and below the elastic, solid navy blue. Ugggh.

Gymsuits! I hadn't thought of those in ages! It did, at least, save me the torture of not having the "right" gym clothes. I was a (relatively) "poor" kid in a rich suburb of Chicago. Getting dressed in the morning was a daily review of how inadequate, out of style, out of date, etc. my clothes were. In the grand scheme of things, this is NOT a real problem but gym class was the great equalizer. Some girls looked better in their gymsuits, but nobody had a better gymsuit than anyone else.

We had the ugliest gymsuits in the world!! Light blue, cotton, with snaps.

We didn't have gym suits... we had .... *Rave cringes and hisses* ... rompers!!!

These awful balloon shaped pseudo-shorts with elasticised legs and waists... absolutely demoralising for young teen girls trying to get comfortable with changing bodies - particularly when at a co-ed school like I was...

These awful things have to be up there with "worst inventions ever". Thank the Goddess they have been phased out!

[margo49]

Yeah, and with those box pleats u had to iron them too (or Mum)
At one school we had to sew ribbon with the school colours down the side seams. I liked them btw