A black floor-length skirt is more versatile than you might think. You can probably wear one just about every day, with any black shirt or band t-shirt you like. (Trent Reznor is so hot, right?) I think combat boots are cool, but jump boots have a smoother sole that I like better. Nobody’s going to see your legs with those boots and long skirt, but just in case, you can wear these striped thigh high socks. And I found these arm warmers for sale, but I just make my own out of tights. DIY project!
Red glasses are kind of arty, so I like them. (I hope they’re not too Salle Jesse). My hair is purple now, but I’m thinking about bleaching it next, or maybe just dying it black again. Oh, and I usually carry everything I need in my backpack, but my mom got one of those Sak purses for me when they came out. I guess it’s cool.
Whoops, how did 15-year-old me post this!? Happy April Fool’s Day!
Megan
April 1, 2011 at 9:04 amWicked awesome…which is what I would say if I weren’t so angsty and depressed over Kurt Cobain’s suicide two years ago.
Heather
April 1, 2011 at 9:05 amApril fools!!
Making it Lovely
April 1, 2011 at 9:05 amOh no!!! You guys, how did this blog post from 15 years ago show up!?
aa
April 1, 2011 at 9:06 ami love styling myself like avril lavigne.
Gwendolyn
April 1, 2011 at 9:07 amhahaha
Erin
April 1, 2011 at 9:07 amThis made me giggle. I definitely had a skirt just like that.
Lovey
April 1, 2011 at 9:10 amhahaha Great style tips. Did you consult with my 17 year-old? She still tries to dress like this. *rolls eyes* If only what she wore out of the house today was a joke for April Fool’s.
Nolita Morgan
April 1, 2011 at 9:10 amHah! I momentarily forgot it was April Fools! I did a good prank on my kids, the youngest of which does not like fried eggs. I made Eggs in a Basket (more like ON a basket) out of toasted pound cake, yogurt and apricot halves (I saw this online yesterday and thought it would be a good prank!)- http://nolitamorgan.blogspot.com/2011/04/apricot-fools.html
Happy April Fools!
Holly Marie Gibbs
April 1, 2011 at 9:12 amHaha, happy April Fool’s Day to you, too :) Also, I had very similar arm warmers that got lots of use in the 90s.
Holly Hanna
April 1, 2011 at 9:13 amHahah! Oh the nineties….
I still have my long black skirt, the elastic’s blown and there’s a hole in it. I just can’t part with it yet, too many fond memories. It’s tucked away in my closet right next to my baby blanket.
Loren
April 1, 2011 at 9:13 amFantastic. I briefly had flash backs to my teen years. If only I’d been even THIS fashionable at 16 maybe I would have been more popular. But if I had been more popular I wouldn’t have been as angsty and wouldn’t have worn so much black. Then I wouldn’t have been popular!
Of the tangled web we weave.
Sarah
April 1, 2011 at 9:15 amSo hilarious. I totally wore this look (long black skirt, boots, black stripey sweathers) and dyed my hair with Kool-Aid. So glad those days are over!
liz
April 1, 2011 at 9:15 amtotally me in 1996. well…maybe 1994. :) Good one!
kirida
April 1, 2011 at 9:15 amNo mention of plaid body suits? Or velvet chokers? I was more of a crushed velvet babydoll dress myself.
kaelva
April 1, 2011 at 9:19 amoh my I thought you had lost it for sure until I realized it’s April Fool’s day.. haha :D
rhea
April 1, 2011 at 9:20 ami had such a good office chuckle when i realized it’s april fools!!!!!!!! thanks nicole :)
Andrea
April 1, 2011 at 9:28 am*groan* I totally had that outfit when I was 13 or 14 – only I wore it with this truly awful blue polyester button down top instead of the NIN t-shirt. Just thinking about it makes me cringe!
Sara
April 1, 2011 at 9:30 amBest April Fools yet!
Karrie
April 1, 2011 at 9:30 amHaha! Well, I still might have my Sak purse (in black)–but in all seriousness, I think this is totally ’94. :)
Kristi
April 1, 2011 at 9:35 amSarah- glad to hear someone else was dying their hair with Kool-Aid!
Thanks for the laugh Nicole!
Melissa
April 1, 2011 at 9:37 amLove it! I first opened this and thought huh? Then saw the April Fools note.
Rach
April 1, 2011 at 9:38 amhahaaha! At first I was like, whaaa? Ya got me.
Brick Window
April 1, 2011 at 9:39 amI don’t think Anna Dorfman is going to find this very funny! ;)
Hollyp
April 1, 2011 at 9:46 amIf I were 25 years younger I’d buy those striped tights to wear with hot pants or a mini. Oh, to be Riff Randall in Rock ‘n Roll High School!
Meredith
April 1, 2011 at 9:47 amOh my goodness I am so gullible! So GLAD it’s April Fools Day! :)
liz @ bon temps beignet
April 1, 2011 at 9:48 amwooooah. I was confused for about .2 seconds. I gotta tell you though, that Manic Panic ‘virgin snow’ is an AWESOME toner. It fills the hair shaft and leaves it super shiny and soft.
Stephanie
April 1, 2011 at 9:48 amWow! I’m gullible as well… I kept thinking, really? REALLY?
I guess you got me!
CoraD
April 1, 2011 at 9:58 amWow, this takes me back…to April ’94. It’s totally spot on. Nice work.
rebecca
April 1, 2011 at 10:02 ami was actually feeling pretty good about myself that i was finally dressed cuter than you today…and then i figured it out. fail.
Lori
April 1, 2011 at 10:08 amomg, this was totally my look in ’96!
Kelly
April 1, 2011 at 10:26 amLOL I was really confused till I read that your hair was purple and then I realized… APRIL FOOLS! Very funny!
Miss Kris
April 1, 2011 at 10:48 amI had that NIN shirt in the original blue. Got it in ’91 when I was in H.S. and saw them at Bumbershoot. I definitely owned most of these outfit elements in the early to mid nineties!
Erin
April 1, 2011 at 10:49 amWow! What a slice from High School. Obsessed with NIN at the time, check. Purple hair, check. Paratrooper boots, check. Crochet purse (I had a backpack my Mom made me), check! Uncanny :)
Sarah
April 1, 2011 at 10:51 amTotally been there.
The versatility of the skirt slays me.
Amanda
April 1, 2011 at 11:00 amI think I wore that exact outfit around then. Love. Combat boots go with everything. :)
Mariesa
April 1, 2011 at 11:00 amAh! that was a good one. Love it! At first I said to myself “Why does that say ’96? Must be some sort of computer error or something.” Then as I actually looked at all the items I said ohhhh, no way is this right, April Fools!
Laurendy
April 1, 2011 at 11:14 amminus the socks and arm warmers and I am pretty sure I rocked that outfit everyday for at least a year or two.
Julie
April 1, 2011 at 11:15 amhilarious! thanks for the april fools fun!
Jessica at Lavender and Lilies
April 1, 2011 at 11:32 amGood joke. That is quite a change from your normal style. :)
jbhat
April 1, 2011 at 11:34 amYou totally fooled me. I clicked the purple link, thinking I had missed a post where you had dyed your hair. OMG. I should have known better! Good one, good one.
jbhat
amy good house
April 1, 2011 at 11:47 amMy eyes kind of rolled around the images, looking for something to grasp onto. I’m eating lunch and kind of distracted, so it took me a minute to realize I was looking at my highschool years. :)
Kirsty
April 1, 2011 at 12:04 pmthis made my day! omg the manic panic is such a nice touch haha – love it!
lsaspacey
April 1, 2011 at 12:26 pmUm, wrong date, right. ;)
In fact, I am wearing an ankle length black wool skirt right now. I have always had one long black skirt for the fall and winter and wear them with tall or short boots (though not Docs). This one (L.L. Bean) is getting a bit tight in the waist so I’ll have to start looking for this fall’s version.
Aimee
April 1, 2011 at 12:38 pmLOL, I know you are April Fooling but I love those tights! ;)
my little apartment
April 1, 2011 at 12:51 pm“red glasses are kinda arty” hilarious!
I still remember the smell of Manic Panic and Punky Colour dye…
Jennifer W
April 1, 2011 at 1:06 pmOh my goodness, I was so excited when I saw it was a new Style board. I love them. And then really disappointed when I saw all that crap! I was totally fooled until I saw the April Fools message! You totally got me!
Alison
April 1, 2011 at 1:10 pmIs it wrong that I have more of an emotional connection to “all that crap” than the usual style boards? Too bad your not going all Tavi on us! Would have loved it.
carolyn
April 1, 2011 at 1:17 pmGah. This WAS me freshman year of college. Oh, 1996. I’d probably still wear those glasses, though.
Kate
April 1, 2011 at 1:29 pmHahaha… this is too funny! I think at one point I wore everything on this ;)
Debbie
April 1, 2011 at 1:57 pmI’d have definitely gone with the Doc Martens. I had the 3-holes (convinced my mom they were orthopedic!) and wore them so often for so long, I actually wore a hole in the bottom. But I always wanted 8-holes. In cherry red, natch.
amanda6
April 1, 2011 at 2:02 pmYou really had me there, I was going to ask you to post a photo of your purple hair!
Erika
April 1, 2011 at 2:11 pmWhen I saw those combat boots (and before reading anything) I just thought, “God, I am old!”
Nice one!
Elisa @ What the Vita
April 1, 2011 at 2:25 pmHahaha you totally got me.. I was like ehh not your usual style board.. until you said purple hair, then I thought, something’s not right!! Good one :)
Marcia V. of Precious Style
April 1, 2011 at 2:32 pmI saw “black floor length skirt” on my feeds and thought “that doesn’t seem like her style.” I am so not quick when it comes to these April Fools posts.
val
April 1, 2011 at 2:49 pmi am so brought back to my junior high days right now, manic panic and all. Happy April Fools to you!
shortsweetseason
April 1, 2011 at 3:18 pmomg…i was a little scared until i read your comment about hair color and remembered it’s april 1.
Amanda
April 1, 2011 at 3:27 pmThat took me back!
emily
April 1, 2011 at 3:41 pmWow you got me. I was thinking, sooo I guess those sleepless newborn nights are getting to her…:)
Mandy Hough
April 1, 2011 at 3:57 pmThis reminds me of a cute, clean cut soccer mom I came across one day at a kid’s soccer game. She had a nine inch nails tattoo on her ankle peaking out between her cropped jeans and ballet flats. I bet she rocked that April ’96 look once upon a time.
christy
April 1, 2011 at 4:02 pmThat was very close to my style 20 years go. :) I still have my docs.
Lizzy
April 1, 2011 at 4:46 pmI like the Comic Sans font! So 1996!
erica
April 1, 2011 at 4:50 pmComic Sans…nice touch!
Amy
April 1, 2011 at 11:55 pmHA! That didn’t even register at first. Love it.
TDM
April 1, 2011 at 4:51 pmHaha this is a bit different to your usual stylish self!
TDM x
Holly G
April 1, 2011 at 6:24 pmOMG! Didn’t see the 1996 at first….kind of had me going for a sec!
Gwen~healthymamma
April 1, 2011 at 6:50 pmEeeek, I remember those boots! haaahaaaa! very funny.
Kate Holt
April 1, 2011 at 6:51 pmWow, for a second there I felt like I was looking at my high school year book. And once I saw the Sak purse I knew you were kidding. Egad. Well played.
Julie
April 1, 2011 at 8:07 pmThat was awesome! I was SOOOOOO confused.
erin
April 1, 2011 at 8:22 pmYou had me at ‘Trent Reznor is hot.’ What a big, bad crush I had on that man.
Dayna
April 1, 2011 at 9:17 pmAhaha…my Mom never allowed any of the other stuff (thankfully!) but I did own a SAK purse. *groan*
Christina Winters
April 1, 2011 at 11:09 pmi just said to my boyfriend (horrified) “WHO IS THIS AND WHAT HAVE THEY DONE WITH NICOLE??”
you got me so good, haha =.=
Christina Winters
April 1, 2011 at 11:10 pmps the red glasses are actually cute :3
Amy
April 2, 2011 at 1:00 amBlack long skirts and combat boots…what I wore in high school! 1996! Style is very circular, isn’t it?
Amy
April 2, 2011 at 1:01 amOh!!! Ha ha! I just realized you wrote 1996!
Bethie
April 2, 2011 at 6:22 amI was just over at Young House Love and got duped by them and then got duped by your site immediately after! Sheesh! I’m far too gullible!
Grace Y.
April 2, 2011 at 7:42 pmme too! I always look at YHL and then immediately after mosey on over to MIL. I was taken in by both as well :)
Tanya W
April 2, 2011 at 7:53 amMan I totally rocked the long skirt look! Fun post :)
Sarah in Indiana
April 2, 2011 at 9:40 amHa–1996 jumped out at me immediately, because that was the year I graduated from high school. This look is totally familiar, but I pretty much struck with jeans and tees. I loved my black suede Sambas, my Doc Marten sandals, and my Lisa Loeb glasses, through.
SPEXYLADY
April 2, 2011 at 11:02 pmLOVE IT! you totally brought back high school memories :)
Karina
April 4, 2011 at 11:35 amMan, Alanis Morrissette started playing in my mind when I saw this!!
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April 5, 2011 at 4:31 pmI am now aware of my total lack of taste because I thought all this stuff was kinda cute in an off-beat funky sort of way. I’ll bet you looked totally rad?bad? ………… uniquely individual?
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May 12, 2011 at 4:12 pmWhat’s embarrassing is that I had everything on your board! The sack purse was in black, it was blue stripes, downward spiral tee shirt, blue-green hair, platform boots and mesh arm warmers… good times!
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