This cannot be happening. Is the fashion industry trying to bring back the SCRUNCHIE??? When my girlfriend sent this link to me I almost has a friggin’ stroke right here at my desk. What’s next, banana clips? Should I dust off my slap bracelets and Color Me Badd tapes? I know a lot of hideous trends have resurfaced this year: shoulder pads and hammer pants being the worst offenders, but scrunchies? Don’t these celebrity stylists recall the SATC episode where Carrie mercilessly taunts Berger for having his stylish book heroine wearing a scrunchie in modern day Manhattan? If Carrie, one of the the most adventurously wardrobed characters on TV, thinks scrunchies are still a big, fat, screaming NO- then I have to agree.
Please– as it is with “tights as pants” I beg of you not to participate. :)
I’m not okay with the scrunchie coming back. But I would be a strong proponent for the slap bracelet!
I am laughing hard at the mention of the banana clip. Hadn’t thought about those in a good twenty years.
say it isn’t so! guess there’s a reason i have a short do!
Oh geez, anybody who would use a scrunchie would likely be open to cutting her own hair with a flowbee! Or perm her own hair with the Ogilvie home kit! :)
Hahahaha….. hated those things! I laugh harder at the banana clip. I wore on of those ALL the time in the late eighties, early nineties. I will admit though, when my 5 little guys were babies, and I had no time to even shower, they were a life saver at times. I cannot wait to see what more things will make a comeback!
Is that Sienna? We are in TROUBLE.
We must be the same age – you had me hysterically laughing. I’m also slightly embarrased to say that I saw Color Me Badd at a free concert back when I was in high school. I knew they were ridiculous even then. And no, I will not be participating in a scrunchie come back.
My 7 year old asked for Scrunchies for Christmas!
oh no they di’ent! um, i saw some stirrup pants somewhere last year too and nearly choked on my own horror!!! as god is my witness, i vow NEVER to let a scrunchie get anywhere near my hair. ack.
Erin you totally brought back 80s fashion fads to mind. I’m now thinking about the sweaters with leggings I wore, neon colors and best of all the banana clip in my permed hair! Thanks for the laugh on this early cold day!
I am so happy you referenced SATC. It’s the scene I think of when I see some poor woman using one
Yes, that’s Sienna. And I too was such a hideous victim of the late 80′s/early90′s- perm, frosty blue eyeshadow, stirrup pants, big sweaters and TONS of scrunchies! If I posted a picture you guys would probably pass out from laughing.
I guarantee you’ll end up raving about scrunchies in about 3-4 weeks. ;-)
a) oh god. i used to buy the scrunchies at the limited too that matched the heinous shirts i bought from there. thank god i burned all the pictures from middle school. this is a trend that just CANNOT happen.
b) go to the wal*mart website immediately and check out the diamond tile jacquard bath towel sets. they look totally up your alley!
I haven’t worn a scrunchie in ages. But, confession time…. I’d wear one again. I don’t think they’re nearly as bizarre as the cemented, big, teased, hairsprayed bangs I once sported.
I was just at an interview yesterday where they asked me what i thought 3 examples of bad design were, and I said the scrunchie was one of them!
NO WAY IN HELL am I ever wearing a scrunchie again…
funny,funny posting! wow-the last time I saw one was on tv–professional gymnastics-I think she had matching hairpins too.
agreed.
I seriously just gasped in horror. I will not conform! Now my mom on the other hand…well I guess she looks cool again :)
Do you think I could wear it with my new bump-it?
I know! it’s beyond awful. I saw a girl sporting one the other day and I just wondered if you could even still buy these.
We have to stand firm and not give in to this, no matter how many cute girls start wearing them…it’s wrong!
Oh, geez…but they managed to bring back jumpsuits…
I wouldn’t mind those slap bracelets coming back. Fun times.
Hilarious post! Scrunchies are bad, but banana clips are a definite “hell no”! :) (Some gals even sported more than one at a time!) :)
I’ll sign a pledge not to wear a scrunchie. Eek.
Amen Sister! I’ve bit my tongue with hammer pants (aka harem pants) and the wide shoulder pads, but I will NOT stand for the return of the scrunchie! Thanks for daring to speak out. I can’t believe that’s Sienna Miller . . . .
I love scrunchies and I am not afraid to admit it. I have tempermental curly hair, which rubberbands got lost it and creates frizz. I started wearings scrunchies just around the house bc they are super comfortable, but eventually I started wearing them out. Try them before you diss them, they hold your hair alot better than regular rubberbands.
in my opinion, scrunchies should never see the light of day again…
Lol one of my otherwise stylish friends wears one every now and then- it makes me cringe every time!
Oh, hells not times two! I freakin’ hate scrunchies! And it’s funny, everytime I see one I think of the same SATC episode!
Who cares what everyone else thinks? If I want to wear a scrunchie, I will be wearing a scrunchie. How about a little self-confidence, ladies, and a little less reliance on someone elses opinion?
Have you seen the American Apparel scrunchie ads? They kinda crack me up.
what’s next, those plastic things you use to tie up one side of your shirt? remember those?
American Apparel has been hard at work to bring them back. Their ads are trying to make the scrunchie seem so sexy, but I think it’s a giant FAIL! http://thewifeofanartist.blogspot.com/2009/07/seriously.html
This cracks me up because I HAVE to wear one right now and I cringe at the thought of having to run out of my house for a quick errand wearing the stupid thing. I change into a simple black rubber band before going anywhere. I am currently sporting one because I just had my second baby and regular rubberbands are causing my fragile hair to break. I swear I do not support the scrunchie in public! But doesn’t it seem like whenever you rediscover something it all of sudden ends up EVERYWHERE?!
Scrunchies will and will always be ugly. Now banana clips on the other hand… JK
Oh, that is just terrible! I so hate ’80′s fashion!!!
eeek! The only time scrunchies are acceptable is 1. After a bad break-up when you are on a midnight run to the store for ice cream or 2. in the privacy of your own bathroom while washing your face. Other than that, there is NO excuse. Carrie Bradshaw had it right.
A slap bracelet would be WAY more rad than the revival of the scrunchie. And in VELVET no less!?!?
I actually saw a girl at the post office with a banana clip yesterday. Seriously. And, she was dressed very smartly… and I had to do a double-take before I realized that, yes, she was wearing a banana clip. It was tortoise shell, and I could barely tell what it was!
Oh my gosh….I am laughing so hard at your post. Tell ya what, let’s start a movement where we all ban together and burn them or throw them in the river. Are ya with me!?!?!? :)
that scene from sex and the city was the first thing that came to my mind too!! can a scrunchie actually age a person? if so, czj just aged 20 years with that queen mum bun she has going on there.
i think chelsea found a great alternative to liven up a sad ponytail – no scrunchie needed.
http://elseachelsea.typepad.com/frolic/2010/01/chic-hair-ties.html
The HORROR!!! I swear every time I see a woman rock one of these I visibly cringe and silently judge. Eeee gad.
Oh absolutely!!!!! I am with you Erin!… and look at the images!!! not even gorgeous Catherine Zeta-Jones can pull it off!!! it is a hideous, hideous trend if you can call it that. Scrunchies are a big fat NO for me too.
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Don’t promote it, darling.
Slap bracelet fans: They are definitely back! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23431472&ref=sr_list_6&&ga_search_query=slap&ga_search_type=category&category=jewelry.bracelet&ga_page=&includes=tags&includes=title
Heard that! What in the world???
I would be thrilled if these came back in style. They don’t leave a “bump” in your hair after you have been in a ponytail all day. And think of the fabric patterns!
Oh you made me laugh so hard….especially at the ‘oh hells no title! My eight year old daughter doesn’t even do scrunchies any more!