Alright, 80s girls, let’s talk about the golden age of mall culture, Aqua Net addiction, and a time when our biggest crisis was untangling the cord on our see-through landline phone. If you ever spent hours perfecting your mall bangs only to have humidity ruin them five minutes later, this post is for you.
Sure, the 80s might technically be over, but let’s be real—our influence is everywhere. The kids today are rocking mom jeans, scrunchies, and even blasting synth-heavy music that sounds suspiciously like the soundtrack of every John Hughes movie. But no amount of reboots or TikTok trends will ever truly capture what it was like to live through the era of Trapper Keepers, Lisa Frank everything, and rewinding VHS tapes like it was a full-time job.
If you’re ready for a blast from the past, check out these memes that will take you straight back to your sticker-covered Caboodle days.