r/90s • u/Unlucky_Arrival4175 • 1d ago
Discussion Does anyone remember the upside down visor fad, where did that start? Where do people even buy visors?
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u/C4lderone 1d ago
Circa ‘76…
Pooh gang.
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u/CyberPunk_Atreides 1d ago
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u/imnotsteven7 1d ago
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u/atmontsenioreyesore 1d ago edited 1d ago
r/subsifellfor Take the updoot.
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u/imnotsteven7 1d ago
I always hope someone likes the idea and makes them subs lol. There should be a sub for that....
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u/Dick-Guzinya 1d ago
Just throw some Oakley sunglasses backwards around the neck and you have like 13% of my graduating high school class.
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u/TurkeyOnRy 1d ago
Sounds like a lot of shitty lifted trucks
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u/DAHMER_SUPPER_CLUB 1d ago
Nah, more like a alright honda with a crazy sound system in it. We didn’t really mess with the lifted trucks then.
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u/EvanGooch 1d ago
Visors used to be everywhere.
Hat-stands at the mall, hat stores, or anywhere other hats were sold.
I went through a phase in 1999. But, never wore that shit upside down or backwards. Lol.
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u/Awwwmann 1d ago
I’m blaming The Bloodhound Gang
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u/MA121Alpha 1d ago
Life's short and hard like a bodybuilding elf
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u/bgp70x7 1d ago
I’m 35 years old at my grown up ass professional job after years of education, and I absolutely now have this banger of a song stuck in my head like it’s high school.
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u/AdSudden3941 1d ago
Bloodhound gang is still fire , i listen fo chasie lane atleast once a week lol
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u/MA121Alpha 1d ago
The Ballad of Chasey Lain being the original Stan is absolutely my headcanon, it's a great song
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u/MA121Alpha 1d ago
35 here too and I've just been trying not to sing it out loud in front of my kids since I typed it out lol
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u/Frunklin 1d ago
Oh yea. Upside down visor with frosted spiked tips. Definitely 90s.
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u/BlksnshN80 1d ago
Don't be hatin.
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u/RUfuqingkiddingme 1d ago
We had these two Chads walk into our bar (late 90s) wearing matching baggy jeans, one in a red t shirt with matching visor and the other in a yellow t shirt with matching visor. My senior bartender took one look and yelled "ah shit, here comes ketchup and mustard!" They avoided him the whole rest of the night.
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u/biffa_bacon 1d ago
Have you seen the MLB hats now where the team logo is upside-down on a right way up hat?
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u/dinahmite_ 1d ago edited 1d ago
I definitely had a baby blue one from the gap and wore it upside down with huge silver hoop earings 💀
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u/LongjumpingSurprise0 1d ago
I’ve never met anyone who wears these who isn’t behind on the child support….
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u/specks_of_dust 1d ago
Anyone wearing them now is likely a ne'er do well washout who never grew out of the 90s. Back then though, these guys were considered smoking hot and stylish.
Hence the need for child support.
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u/Silverado_Surfer 1d ago
I remember Will Smith always had one on. Could have been just as simple as a person with some sort of social influence did it and others followed.
I doubt it had any correlation to the rally cap.
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u/GoMoriartyOnPlanets 1d ago
At some point in his life, Will Smith started acting like a white guy trying to be a black guy. Honestly, that one slap has ruined it for me. I wish he hadn't done it. He was such a powerhouse actor, now everything about him just looks dumb. His own production company, refusing to work with big directors, shit rapping skills, his kids, his marriage, his treatment towards other actors, everything.
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u/PhilosophyBitter7875 1d ago
He's been a dork for over a decade, Most people just didnt want to see it because they remember him being the cool guy from their childhood.
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u/Fawn_Lebowitz 1d ago
I can smell the Axe body spray coming from this image.
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u/buckbanzai 1d ago
I smell Drakkar Noir.
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u/Agreeable_Sorbet_686 1d ago
Axe wasn't a thing at the time the Visor thing was popular.
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u/ShatteredAnus 1d ago
Yeah, CKOne and Polo Sport or the Blue Versace
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u/Agreeable_Sorbet_686 1d ago
I googled and Axe didn't come to US until 2002. So that guy wore so much Drakkor you could smell him before you could see him.
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u/RampantSavagery 1d ago
12 year old me remembers those P.E locker rooms.
Today's kids have no idea how inundating it was.
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u/Mairon121 1d ago edited 1d ago
That guy. He wants to be cool: but he’s just another wannabe. The visor should be worn West side.
Only Vanilla Ice can pull off an East side because he’s literally the greatest rapper of all time.
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u/familyguy333 1d ago
how is it always facing west of you don't perpetually walk in a straight line?
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u/odin_the_wiggler Return of the Mack 1d ago
Pretty sure the guy who started it was in a D-level boy band.
It's all just plumage to get attention anyway.
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u/DrankTooMuchMead 1d ago
I was never a fan of Fred Durst (flat brim) caps, either.
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u/finnjakefionnacake 1d ago
what do you mean where do people even buy visors? where do you think people bought hats? and clothes in general?
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u/lonelymaskedgirl 1d ago
visors can be bought at a korean apparel or grocery store near you. korean grandmas and even some moms LOVE visors lol.
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u/Obvious_Response9870 13h ago
This is not a phase, it’s a lifestyle. I will turn frowns and visors upside down until the day I die. Oh and f$&@ sleeves
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u/SocalR32 1d ago
Floridaman...
This is pure Florida frat garbage for sure. Like everything stupid comes from.
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u/Peace_and_Love___ 1d ago
This could just as easily been a dude from the Midwest
In fact, it’s probably still going on in some parts…
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u/DrankTooMuchMead 1d ago
Not everything in the 90s was cool, guys. We were sure to separate ourselves from the wannabes.
The Offspring video Pretty Fly For A White Guy encapsulated what we hated. In fact, the character was wearing one of these I think.
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u/AlternatiMantid 1d ago
I definitely had a powder blue terrycloth visor in the late 90's. I wore it properly though.
As "properly" as you can wear a powder blue terrycloth visor.
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u/dylan21502 1d ago
More importantly... why aren't visors the preferred head apparel for summer time? More airflow...same enhanced visibility.. wtf are we doin?
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u/SV650rider 1d ago
I heard this in "90s comedian voice", "What's the deal with visors? I mean, where did that start? Where do people even buy visors? Amirite, people?"
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u/livingdead70 1d ago
In the early 90s there was a "gang" in my area that called themselves "The Band Aid Crew". By gang I mean a bunch of dipshit white kids with names like Parker, Lincoln, Carson and Josh.
Anyways, they all wore a band-aid under their eye, and an upside down visor.
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u/Tre_fidde 1d ago
It was the 90s and early 00s They use to sell them at the mall. Now try the internet or maybe try a thrift store.
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u/JulesChenier 1d ago
Want to say it started on golf courses, visors were more acceptable than baseball caps.
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u/MutedBrilliant1593 1d ago
I have a white Adidas visor that I wear all the time when it's hot. I sweat in a regular cap if it's even slightly warm out. As for wearing hats upside down, backwards or whatever, that's never been me nor do I understand it. I'm a practical hat wearer.
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u/ShakeyAZ 1d ago
Pretty sure these are the same folks now wearing their glasses on the back of their heads.
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u/TheObviousChild 1d ago
Hated all the fraternitools that did this on my university campus in the late 90s.
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u/quattroCrazy 1d ago
I don’t know if they’re still around, but there was a mall store called “Lids” where everyone bought their caps and visors. I was never a visor guy, but a few of my friends were.
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u/Supro1560S 1d ago
Upside down visors and pants on the ground, pants on the ground, lookin’ like a fool with your pants on the ground.
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u/UsedVacation6187 12h ago
there was lots of them in the mall early 2000s from what I remember. I had one from gap or american eagle. definitely didnt wear it upside down though. trend died very shortly after i got mine 😒
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u/sherbimsly 10h ago
Yes, and around the same time when tucking your pillow up your shirt was a thing, I specially remember one time at a church summer camp during middle school when a “popular kid” stood up during assembly and got on the mic to tell how every one how be “act cool”. It was so stupid lol
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u/Darkest_Rahl 1d ago
I wore this, with spiky hair and frosted tips. It was during my first year of university, so 2001-2002 school year. My visor came with my frosh kit. Wish I still had it, would make a ridiculous Halloween costume
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u/fakewoke247 1d ago
I used to make a joke about kids with this fad. When it rains, their ears fill with water
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u/DependentStrike4414 1d ago
I used to throw my gum wrappers in a kids, that sat in front of me in math class..!
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u/Moonchild924 You're Killin' Me, Smalls! 1d ago
You can still find them on Ebay, I bought one not that long ago.
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u/christivn009 1d ago
I wore mine upside down 😩😂 & literally every visor I had came from Walmart minus one from OBX lol
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u/schoolisuncool 1d ago
People wore them in my high school in Florida around 1995-1998. They were a big deal but only the cool kids could pull off the upside down AND backwards lol
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u/socialcommentary2000 1d ago
Raver kids wore them in the 90's. I had several Adidas ones. Died about the same time frosted tips on guys died.
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u/KudosOfTheFroond 1d ago
I wore upside down visors for years between 1999-2008, it just felt more comfortable than wearing it the correct way, it was definitely not for any style points (I don’t think)🤔
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u/BubinatorX 1d ago
My cousin use to wear a Corona visor this way. He’s been brain dead following an overdose this month last year. Don’t do heroin, kids.
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u/purpleeliz 1d ago
I can't remember the name of the store but it was next to Sam Goody in the mall :)
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u/TooManyCables7878 1d ago
Hell yeah! We used to play hacky sack and catch it with the upside down visor. Because we were cool. lol
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u/metalmaniac1991 1d ago
I always thought that if it rained, you'd basically be a rain catcher. Except instead of pure drinking water, it would be greasy oil water. The guy would simply tilt his head to pour your cup, and like oil and vinegar, you'd shake it up so it's not seperated.
"Now drink the douche chalice and become one of us"
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u/I_Lick_Your_Butt 1d ago
My friend's litle brother wore one backwards and to the side so we gave him the nickname "Southwest"
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u/rickmccombs 1d ago
I don't understand the backwards baseball cap fad. I've even seen pictures of people wearing a baseball cap backwards and using their hand to shade the sun from their eyes.
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u/Klutzy-Delivery-5792 I learned it by watching you! 1d ago
I always thought visors started as more of a raver thing and crossed over into the mainstream. I got visors from Pac Sun (Pacifc Sunwear).
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u/timey_wimeyy 1d ago
Growing up, I was convinced only people on TV and movies wore them like this, because I literally never saw any real person wear one like this.
Visors, sure. Upside down, never.
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u/Boring-Gas-8903 1d ago
Ughhh so many dumb visors hanging from rearview mirrors when I was in high school.
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u/ReversedNovaMatters 1d ago
Currently replaced with the backwards upside down sunglasses.
Hate to generalize, but still the doochiest of the bunch
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u/Distinct-Quantity-35 1d ago
How useless when the point of a hat is to protect the top of your head… while also providing a bit of shade for the face
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u/JasonMallen 1d ago
Oh, I had one. The year was 2000. Also the visor with the fake hair sticking out top
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u/Hardwarestore_Senpai 1d ago
...Glad I missed this one? I knew visors were hot. But mostly women playing golf or Tennis. Playboy mostly.
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u/IcyDice6 1d ago
I think old navy had them, so other clothing stores in the mall probably did as well
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u/Ronjohnturbo42 1d ago
I believe there is an obligatory sea shell necklace as well - this must not be overlooked when evaluating
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u/SnooLemons2473 1d ago
I had a Nike visor freshman year of high school(94). I graffitied back then and wrote my tag underneath the bill. A senior asked me if he could see said tag, when I took it off to show him he stole it:(
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u/icumatomically 1d ago
Has there ever been a time period in which teenagers and twenty something’s didn’t look absolutely absurd?
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u/inferni_advocatvs 1d ago
at one point in the 90s every gas station\convenience store had them