Literally everything old is new again, and it’s pretty damn obvious this summer is going to be entirely about the 70’s and the 00’s. They seem like weird decades to co-exist alongside each other, until you remember that we were pretty much doing a poor take on the 70’s IN the 00’s anyway, c/o the “bohemian” trend.
Anyway. As I’ve said about a billion times on here, I’m making my summer “70’s cult member by day, Studio 54 attendee by night”. So basically taking only the 70’s trend and just aggressively transforming my wardrobe accordingly.
But… I can’t let go of the opportunity to revisit my 00’s childhood, ok? I just can’t NOT partake.
See, over the weekend, I went to another theme party. Some hardcore Pedestrian.TV readers may recall the time I went to a Lowes theme party, which inspired me to tell you all how epic Lowes is from a sartorial perspective. If you missed that whole yarn, I urge you to read it here because it truly is a delight, especially if you enjoy jorts.
This time around, it was a ‘kids birthday’ themed party. You know – maxing out on sugary treats, the host made the fucking JELLY POOL from the Women’s Weekly Birthday Cake Cookbook, and a lot of pigtails and glitter.
It was here that I re-discovered the pure, unadulterated joy that is the jelly bangle.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BbIrCR4BFXf/?taken-by=melissamason_
Here’s where things got weird/awesome. I had at least six people – fashionable, cool people – DM me to say that yes, we should bring back jelly bangles. You know when you think you’re just being an idiot, and then everyone validates your idiocy and you realise you unintentionally tapped into some sort of collective consciousness? Yep, that.
You know why jelly bangles should come back? They’re fucking FUN. Fashion’s gotten far too serious for my liking of late. Monochrome is great, minimalism looks eternally chic – but it’s not exactly a laugh riot is it. You don’t feel sunshiney and happy-as-larry when you wear a black slip dress, do you. Sexy, sure. The most stylish human in the universe, fine. But not all READY-AND-SUPER-PSYCHED.
Whereas jelly bangles are SPARKLY. They’re often RAINBOW. And they jangle around on your wrists like circles of joy.
They’re also damn cheap. The ones in my Instagram I picked up from Kmart for $2. They’re not on their site but just raid the kids section and you’ll find ’em.
Around the internet, I found this Seed one (See! Rainbow!) for $1.95:
You know who would have worn jelly bangles? Mandy Moore in her Candy years.
Everyone in She’s All That, but especially the bitchy ex who hooks up with the Real World guy.
All the girls in Jawbreaker.
And absolutely Torrance Whitman from Bring It On.
If I were to give you styling advice, I’d say you need to team these with a fun/quirky outfit to look more fashion over, well, insane.
Like in my head I’m imagining a black silk slip dress with metallic mules, or overalls and a shirred tube top. Basically, whenever you’re dressed as an actual toddler or as Tara Reid in her 00’s heyday, ok?
If we all do it, it’s a TREND guys. That’s all it takes.
