Quote Originally Posted by mickchick
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.
Quote Originally Posted by lise
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 Getting dressed in the morning was a daily review of how inadequate, out of style, out of date, etc.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.
Quote Originally Posted by Nanci
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!