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Throwback Fashion #IWoreWhatNow

Do you remember that time as a child when your parents, aunties/uncles or guardians dressed you in some ridiculous outlook and back then you think you looked so cool but regret looking at the picture(s) now? Ya well, I had plenty of those experiences. I come from a large extended family, I had 20 aunties and uncles {10 from mum and 9 from dad plus one extra (dad’s cousin)} and we are a pretty close family so you can imagine me and my siblings were always subjected to being dressed up by our aunties and uncles as well as our older cousins who took pleasure in turning into live dolls.

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There was never a dull moment in our home, one time that I particularly remember well is when my mother used to dress me by brother and sister in same clothes that she made for us or dress me and my brother the same since we were almost the same height and close in age. I loved having my hair cut so I played the tomboy role really nicely and my brother used to convince people I was he’s older twin brother (obviously it drove me insane). Ah memories!!!

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When I first became away of the #IWoreWhatNow challenge I thought why not head home to my parents and check out some of the old pictures and see what I can share. We didn’t take many people’s as kids so the few we have are precious to us. The idea of this challenge is to retrieve some old pictures, review your childhood style and try to recreate it now with some George Asda kids clothing range. I had to think hard and choose really carefully which pictures of me and/or with my siblings I could share but since they are only few that wouldn’t result in me being disowned by my siblings I figured I share one of us celebrating a birthday (not sure whose it was as my sister insisted on being in the middle in all pictures even though she knew being in the middle meant it was your birthday).

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Me, Lil sis and lil brother
My love of wearing party dresses stems from attending so many birthdays for our cousins and close friends. Having such a large extended family meant so many cousins birthdays to attend. I remember my mum buying this yellow party dress and I ended up wearing to every party that year. You wouldn’t catch me dead in anything like that now but back then it was at the peak of its time.

My sister also loved wearing dresses but she wasn’t to fussed on that, she however made a huge fuss on which shoes she wore and there was a red pair she loved and wouldn’t take them off even when she was sleeping. Though you can’t really tell but the dress my sister is wearing above is actually a blue princess dress which was a present from a family friend.

My brother is pretty easy as he loved wearing his brown three-piece suite without the jacket and wore it with a white long sleeve smart shirt. Like me he wore this to every party we went to that year.

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I had to ask my mum what I was wearing exactly. I can see my little shoes which I loved dearly but I couldn’t tell if I was wearing a skirt with a white top and then a sweater (jumper) she knit for me or a long dress and she remembered clearly that I was wearing a white dress with some red/orange flowers on it. I love how attentive I was taking this picture.

My style obviously has evolved over the years but doing the #IWoreWhatNow challenge as made me realise just how much I love maxi dresses still. It has also made me realise I am still a sucker for easy and simple outfits. Since I enjoyed playing lots as a child I spent more of my time in shorts except for parties or formal functions like church.

Have you heard of the #IWoreWhatNow challenge? How has your style evolved over the years? Or do you still pull off the outfits types from way back when?

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Comments

  2. Tanya says

    My clothes as a kid weren’t too bad, it was the fact that my aunt and Mum would dress me and my cousin in matching outfits… Regardless of the fact there was a 6 year age gap!

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  6. Kerry Norris says

    I defo don’t pull the same outfits off because my body shape has changed so much. I wish I could x

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  11. Nicole Etolen says

    I never heard of this challenge but sounds really interesting. I remember some of my awkward dresses when I was younger.

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  12. Nicole Escat says

    I love this challenge! When I was a child, I have no fashion sense of my own but my mom used to dress me.

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  14. Alina says

    You’ve got such a large family!! You all looked adorable too. Yes there there are of course memories but for me must have been my ugly hat lol. I don’t wear hats any more lol

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  16. Julie Syl Kalungi says

    Frankly Anosa I dont have a clue what I wore as a child as I spent most days in a Uniform n Boarding school. So I only wore clothes when on holiday and I can tell you I was a tom boy too!
    What cute lil pictures honestly you should be proud of them. I wish I had some! I would share 🙂
    Thanks for sharing with us a lil of your life!

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  19. Kristy @ Mommy Hates Cooking says

    What a fun challenge! It is such a great way to look back and reminisce on what used to be and remember things that you might not have before. My style has definitely changed and evolved over the years. Although, it is crazy to start seeing some of the kinds of things I wore “back in the day” being worn by teenagers now!

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  20. Kathy says

    I have never heard of this challenge before. I love those outfits you have on the top of the page. Those are all very nice.

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  22. Robin Rue says

    It is so true that the fashion back when I was a child was nothing that I would put my children in today. These photos really took me back to think about those outfits that I wore.

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  24. Joanna says

    Oh, your article took me back to my childhood, and to my pink strawberry dress which I used to love. I even have a picture in the park, with my grandparents, while wearing it. It was my “occasion” dress and going to the park and take a picture was a big event. Nobody had cameras back then. 🙂

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  28. Laura says

    Oh gosh I don’t think you could recreate my childhood outfits mow and that’s a very, very good thing! I may have looked cute, but also ridiculous xD

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  29. Roch says

    I used to wear only pants (no skirts) before and I remember my parents dressed me up looking as a male kid with polo top and pants. Now I’m totally evolved. You can almost count the days in a month when I wear pants! 🙂 It’s so funny when we look back to old photos and see transformation in a good way.

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  33. Jessica says

    Aw! fashionable ever since. Love those dreses. I could remember my mother loved the twinny dresses of me and my sister though we have 5-year gap. Haha

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  35. Clairejustine says

    This is the first time I have heard of this challenge!! Hehe I dread to think of what I wore.. I need to go and have a look to see if I can find any old pictures now 🙂

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  38. Elizabeth O. says

    Your outfits are really pretty! I think that’s how it is usually, when we’re kids our moms and aunts would dress us up especially during special occasions. I really think it’s nice to look back and see what you wore before.

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  39. Jenn says

    What a fun idea for a blog post. I know if I look bad I will be horrified by most of my hairstyles. Not sure, but probably the clothes that my parents put me in too.

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  41. Ashleigh Walls says

    This is the first time I heard of the challenge. Funny enough I’ve shared some of my old photos to show what I was wearing. My grandmother always wanted me in saddleshoes.

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  42. LaaLaa says

    I’ve never heard of this challenge, pretty fun! When I was younger, I wasn’t the girly type – still not really and was in boy sweaters and jogging bottoms LOL ah not much has changed lol x

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  44. Cindy Ingalls says

    I love the idea of this challenge. I usually look back at my hairstyles and cringe more than the fashion choices. It’s fun to look back and see how our fashion has evolved from the time our parents chose our clothes to when we did.

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  48. Nikki Thomas says

    I love the idea behind this and how lovely to share some of your childhood photos. I would be embarrassed to share some of mine, I wore some hideous clothes as a child, my mother also made a lot of mine and some of her creations were rather colourful. I think that is why I now love wearing black so much.

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  49. kita says

    What’s funny is that some of the outfits I wore years ago are coming back in style so I never get rid of anything lol you just never know. I do keep some basic pieces. Love the older photos of you!

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  51. samantha rickelton says

    LOL it’s embarrasing looking back at old photos but nice to look at how fashion changes I think. I wonder if my children will look back at the outfits I dress them in and cringe?

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  56. Dean of Little Steps says

    No, I’ve never heard of that challenge. I think I was the opposite. My mum loved dressing me up in girly dresses, and I absolutely hated it. T on the other hand, loves to wear dresses and skirts 🙂 Love the old photos, so cute!

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