Tag: 1980s

Puffin Her Shirt Out

The seller says it’s a penguin on this retro sweatshirt, but I was so certain it was a puffin that I called hubby over for his bird’s eye view and opinion.

“Puffin or penguin?” I asked.

“Puffin,” he replied with nary a pause.

“That’s what I said!” I squealed.

“Although…” he began,  pontificating on the origin of the word puffin (or was it penguin?) so before my eyes began to glaze over (I have been up all night, you know) I told him to go post his own blog.

It hardly seems fitting for Latin origins of animal species to be beside jokes about female bust lines.

Then again, there’s probably nothing right about joking about female bust lines.

But that shirt asked for it.

Got Cereal On Your Shirt?

From the 1983 Fall/Winter Sears catalog, cereal shirts (Trix, Cocoa Puffs, and Super Sugar Crisp) for boys — easily hidden beneath some bibs. Which just goes to show ya, boys never out-grow their baby bibs.

The Ultimate 80s Shoe

Maybe you weren’t alive and kickin’ it in the 80’s, but I was and I can assure you, both as a chick and a shoe seller at that time, that these shoes would have been flying off store shelves. Nearly every girl (and a great number of the boys) had a big — over-sized with padded shoulders — flannel shirt with such a “plaid” on it. Usually it was a bright or neon color with black, but sometimes white, off white, and pastels were married to the black too. And these slouchy flats with granny-esque buttons would have been awesome, baby.

Just think of the possibilities… Wearing your purple & black flannel under an over-sized turquoise shaker-knit sweater over black leggings, belted even, with a pair of these hot pink booties! Ah, that’s how it was done, dears. So if you want to take your retro style to the max, get these. Frankie says, “Relax, they’re on sale for just $19.99.” Sale found via Shop It To Me.

Sears Calling

Don’t you just love looking at your favorite catalog models? …Remember sneaking them into the bathroom for a little dreamy privacy, and — what? You didn’t get that way over the latest telephone models from American Bell and GTE?

Not the Flip-Phone or the Fashion Plate? Not even the Princess telephone?!

Huh.

I guess I’m just weird that way.

Two pages from the Fall-Winter 1983 Sears catalog.

Masters Of The Retro Airwaves

Spotted at an auction at Villiard’s this weekend, a MOTU transistor radio with He-Man on one side…

Skeletor on the other.

I don’t know how much it sold for; not only was it in a box with several other retro transistors, but there were multiple auction rings going on and I missed seeing it actually sell.

Pee Wee Herman’s A Softy

Since I’m supposed to keep this blog PG-13, I’m not going to say anything else other than all this handmade soft Pee Wee Herman goodness is available right now at Etsy!

Pee Wee felt finger puppet, freestanding embroidered and appliqued figure, felt pin, handmade doll — and you can even crochet your own Pee Wee with this pattern.