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Throwback Thursday: ’80s Stores American High and Think Big

June 13, 2013 by WendyB

This photo was taken during my senior year of high school (1984/1985).

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The oversize sweatshirt was from a New York Store store called American High. It had a Camp Beverly Hills kind of vibe and put its “American High” seal on basics like sweatshirts, t-shirts and high-top sneakers.

Earlier this week, my sister reminded me of another store we loved in the ’80s: Think Big. We’d go the original location in Soho and pine over the 6′-tall pencils and 5′-tall Crayola crayons. The brick-and-mortar Think Big stores were closed down in 1994, but a fan/customer of the chain has revived it online as GreatBigStuff.com. All these years later and I’m still not sure which color crayon I want!

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Maybe someone else should choose for me! Click to buy me a crayon.

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  1. stacy says

    June 13, 2013 at 12:48 am

    Nobody was cuter than you!
    Great hair!!

    • WendyB says

      June 13, 2013 at 1:00 am

      I can’t believe we were looking at that yearbook.

  2. Lauren says

    June 14, 2013 at 10:58 am

    I vote you get a red crayon…to go with your fab red lipstick! 🙂

  3. Franca says

    June 15, 2013 at 2:56 pm

    I love the giant crayons! I say yellow, but just cos thats my fave colour!

    • WendyB says

      June 15, 2013 at 6:20 pm

      Yellow is a cheerful color! Just let’s avoid “Burnt Sienna.” Ha ha! That’s the worst crayon.

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