{"id":21082,"date":"2013-06-13T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T04:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=21082"},"modified":"2013-06-13T17:36:27","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T21:36:27","slug":"throwback-thursday-80s-stores-american-high-and-think-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/throwback-thursday-80s-stores-american-high-and-think-big\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: ’80s Stores American High and Think Big"},"content":{"rendered":"

This photo was taken during my senior year of high school (1984\/1985).<\/p>\n

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

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

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Maybe someone else should choose for me! Click to buy me a crayon.<\/p><\/div> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This photo was taken during my senior year of high school (1984\/1985). 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…<\/p>\n

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