I recently received a funny email containing pictures from a 1977 JC Penny catalog. This one actually:



Scanning through the fashion's of yester-decades I felt a moral responsibility to add them to the internet's infinite memory.



The hope is that an occasional reminder of their color-clashing horridness will help prevent fashion history from repeating itself.



However, there is a timeless quality to this one (So long as you attend a high school where some of your classmates have pink mohawks and lip tatoos).



Or if pimp-expressionism is out this year, you could try distracting people with large accessories. I'm thinking that this kid can deflect bullets with his belt.



I think this may have been the outfit that first inspired Happy Gilmore to say: "If I saw myself dressed like that, I'd have to kick my own ass."



Finally, I would like to apologize if you have old pictures of yourself wearing any of the featured clothes. Especially these: