Testify

That reminds me of Oprah: "early in my career i would receive letters mocking my clothes like, woman your earrings look like NAPKINS" LMFAO

I still have hoop earrings like that.

a couple of pair I might add.

Bet your parakeets love them

I used to rock earrings like that almost daily in junior high and high school. I wore some the other day for like two hours, and had to take them out. They were hurting my ears too bad.

"wanted"? We HAD those muthas

didnt' janet start that?

sosgemini said:

no.

Rhondab said:

so what's she wearing here?

I disagree, Jody was rocking them first. Janet's thing was more about the key earings.

By the way, me and my sister used to rock those big ass Jody watlet earings!

yeah...i guess you guys are right...janet's are way smaller...but they were a precurser to jody's hoops on crack.

Technically, neither one was first. I had a pair in early '86 and I remember going to downtown L.A. to buy them. I had a bunch of different sizes of these earrings. I was in modeling school at the time and hanging with quite a few fashion designers then and we were dressing like that in late '85 and '86. Janet and Jody were just emulating the style that was happening then. I do remember, Janet was rocking them first when her album Control came out. But Jody Watley was seen wearing them more, so it's understandable how people associate them with her more than Janet. But her album dropped a year after Janet's in '87.

LQ

LadyQ said:

I think we're talking about famous folks although I do feel you completely.

That's like the whole moonwalking thing with MJ. The kids on the street were doing before Mj had someone teach him how to do it but if you said, who was the first to moonwalk....some would say MJ.

LadyQ said:

DAG. U just go girl.

Ladies weren't the only ones wantin those things

CalhounSq said:

exactly what I was gonna say

Rhondab said:

Dang, I never knew that the kids were moonwalking way before MJ.

CinisterCee said:

AHH, MEMORIES

WE CALLED THOSE EARRINGS SACK CHASER!

I HAD A PAIR OF BAMBOO & TURKISH HOOPS IN THAT SIZE!

(IF YOU'RE FROM THE "D" YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN BY SACK CHASING )

psychodelicide said:

Moonwalking actually became popular in the 70s with a group called "The Lockers". Damn, am I that old? Anywho, they were the ones who did all the poplocking, acrobatics and moonwalking. They were around the early and middle 70s, you could see them on Soul Train and other variety shows of the period. It sort of died down during the disco era, but made a comeback in the late 70s and early 80s in New York with hip hop which can be seen on the movie Flash Dance. When Michael Jackson's Beat It came out, he became known for it mainly. But many of Michael Jackson's moves were reminiscent of "The Lockers" from the 70s.

LQ

debbiedean2 said:

Oh hell yeah, those with a pair of "come f#@k me" pumps (those pointy-toed pumps from the 40s and 50s we used to buy at the thrift store). Sadly, you can't get those anymore without paying through the nose.

LQ

Rhondab said:

This thread is dedicated to the one Ms. Rhonda B!!!!!

mama's were cute back in 87 '

LadyQ said:

Jeffrey Daniels, who was Jody Watley's dance partner on Soul Train (and was in Shalimar with Jody), used to do it on Soul Train all the time YEARS before MJ.
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Omg! That is my style!! My favorite earings of all time. And big, curly eighties hair always makes a nice accessory to that too. To me that look is the hottest. I call it..."urban- new york- eighties -girl" look.

NuPwr319 said:

bill "bojangles" robinson, one of the greatest dancers of all time, was doin it back in the '40's and '50's.

GigaByte said:

Bill Bailey http://www.youtube.com/wa...RByZlHS6GE
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Claire's and other shops sell those big hoops now. They're making a comeback, I guess I've always liked hoop earrings. I never had any as big as Jody's though.

AnckSuNamun said:

I did You gotta have a long neck to rock those right though Mine used to rest on my shoulders when I wasn't paying attention

I had a heavy thick pair of gold ones that I got from Macy's & paid a grip for @ the time (mind you, a grip was $17 back then ) & eventhough they HURT my lobes I still wore those muthas, just refused to conceed!

LadyQ said:

Wow, cool, thanks for the lesson there, I appreciate it . I would have loved to have seen "The Lockers", since I like poplocking, moonwalking, acrobatics, shoot, all that stuff. It's a lot of fun to watch.

NuPwr319 said:

Cool. I need to go on YouTube or something, see if I can't find it.