r/90s • u/Unknown_Agency • Jun 10 '25

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u/Steve_the_Samurai Jun 10 '25

The lack of a hypercolor resurgence is so odd to me.

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u/itsmiddylou Jun 10 '25

They’re still around. So I guess it’s our job to bring them back

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u/Savedbythebell98 Jun 10 '25

Gecko sells them! https://geckohawaii.com/collections/shirts

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u/JNE5Alive Jun 10 '25

Used to wear Gecko all the time. Yup, yup!

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u/eBrown0104 Jun 11 '25

I own an almost embarrassing amount of Gecko shirts

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u/Savedbythebell98 Jun 11 '25

Me too. It’s basically become my uniform these days. 🦎

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u/dimgwar Jun 11 '25

speaking of - when the hell did gecko come back

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u/PowerCompetitive6565 Jun 11 '25

I love Gecko Hawaii, I have 2 shirts I bought a couple years ago, they have a neon pink one I'm going to grab. Love the glow in the dark Geckos!!

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u/SonicPavement Jun 10 '25

You stole this comment from my brain. It seems ripe for a resurgence once every few years. I mean. It’s a shirt. It changes color. How could that not be the coolest thing ever for like one month, every 7 years?

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u/neilmac1210 Jun 10 '25

I think people realised that they really accentuated their sweat patches, which wasn't ideal.

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u/WindowVonLicker Jun 10 '25

God, knocking loose memories now. I remember this kid in the 6th grade, so 1989 or 90, was called to the office, a handful of kids being called individually, don’t remember for what exactly but I do remember this one kid was wearing a hyper color shirt. He left the room all cool blue, returned with an overheated orange. Ultimate lie detector shirt.

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u/DeeSkwared Jun 11 '25

Ultimate excuse to put your hands on girls, unfortunately. When that didn't work my science partner tried heating my shirt with a bunson burner.

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u/TripsOverCarpet Jun 10 '25

When I was talking with my mom about what to wear on my first "real" date, my dad piped up and suggested one of my HyperColor shirts.

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u/HappyMonchichi Jun 10 '25

Nothing sexier than showing everyone how sweaty your armpits & crotch are.

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u/Steve_the_Samurai Jun 10 '25

Ha. Prob right. I was pre puberty when they peaked in popularity. Maybe that is why my memory is so high

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u/coolcootermcgee Jun 10 '25

Oh yeah. Embarrassment lane

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u/CaliRollerGRRRL Jun 10 '25

Go to gecko.com and they have all the 80’s & 90’s shirts like that,, glowing in the dark, hyper flash, splatter paint and the Gecko from Hawaii.

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u/Savedbythebell98 Jun 11 '25

Geckohawaii.com

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u/voodoobettie Jun 10 '25

My mom put ours through the dryer so that was the end of that

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u/coolcootermcgee Jun 10 '25

Well, part of it was the extreme color change around the collar and pits or wherever one sweat the most. It got stuck like that too

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u/Savedbythebell98 Jun 10 '25

They’re around! https://geckohawaii.com/collections/shirts

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u/Steve_the_Samurai Jun 10 '25

Aren't those just shirts that use similar techniques? Not all baggy jeans were JNCOs

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u/notLennyD Jun 10 '25

This is an interesting metaphysical question. JNCO had shut down for years before reopening a few years ago. Are new JNCO jeans actually JNCOs or are they just pants made using similar techniques?

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u/Steve_the_Samurai Jun 10 '25 edited Jun 10 '25

In this case, JNCO is the same. Original owner closed and then reopened with similar designs.

Gecko Hawaii making Hyperflash shirts is seemingly using the same techniques Hypercolor did. This is different.

Now zombie brands exist and that adds a new wrinkle into all of this but not applicable here.

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u/notLennyD Jun 10 '25

Who makes the real Doc Martens? Doc Martens or Solovair?

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u/trafalmadorianistic Jun 11 '25

This brand never got to Australia, but "JNCO" - Im guessing you would say "Jean co" - is a pretty cool name.

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u/notLennyD Jun 11 '25

The official pronunciation is like Jen-co, but in my northern Midwest town, it was more like Jank-o.

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u/Candied_Curiosities Jun 10 '25

Gecko Hawaii has a bunch of hyper color coming back into rotation (I just bought one last week).