80s Flashback – Hypercolor T-Shirts
Since everyone enjoyed my childhood Reebok Pumps story, I thought I’d share another one. I was talking to one of my good friends that I’ve known since I was like 4 years old lastnite. She lived 2 houses down from me so we always waited for the school bus together in the mornings with the other kids in the neighborhood. My mom is a picture fanatic and looks for any opportunity to take one, so the first day of school every year we all knew it was coming. Pictures on the front porch, pictures in the driveway, pictures at the bus stop, anywhere she could get one she did.
While talking to me friend, this picture came up and apparently she still has a copy of it. She was kind enough to remind me of it and had a good laugh at my 80s style glasses, which said nintendo on the side (and they had a mario brothers case), as well as my hypercolor t-shirt that I loved so much.
If you dont know what a hypercolor t-shirt is, well then I’ve pretty much lost respect for you. They were shirts usually either pink or blue in their natural state. But when areas of them heated up they changed to a different color. This is just classic 80s regalia here. Looking back on them though, I realize they arent very cool, and probably werent when I was wearing them either. For one thing, if you had sweaty pits, every one knew it because you had a blue shirt with two pink armpits, furthermore people always wanted to breath all over you to see it change colors. From the picture I found they do have one good use though. Girls can wear them and any would be giant handed men trying to grope them would think twice, because now there would be proof.
Did anyone else wear the hypercolor t-shirts, or is this just one more thing for you to write limmericks about me?
And no, you can’t see the picture.
dude, i loved those shirts! they had like socks too
yuo need to post the pic.
After about 10 wash/dry cycles they turned brown. If you don’t post that pic, you are dead to me.
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were can i get some
I still have my Hypercolor T-shirt… actually I’m wearing it as I’m typing this… I have the purple turn to pink Generra shirt… never put it in the dryer after washing it so it still works after 20 years!! Great shirt… wish they still made them.. It was always the fashionable way to sweat… in the ’80s
[...] Woke up this morning and took my shower. Slid into my two-tone Umbro shorts and topped it with a hypercolor t-shirt. Laced up my LA Gear Brats. Threw my slap bracelet around my wrist. My bangs looked great with [...]
I had a grey one I wore for gym at school… can’t remember which colour it turned into, light grey or blue I guess.
A few companies are actually bringing Hypercolor back… it’s going to be huge again… check out Change Me Clothing:
http://www.changemeclothing.com
[...] If you really want to talk about throwback- does anyone remember these? Where you would suck the high fructose corn-syrup flavoring out until you were left with a piece ice wrapped in plastic?! I feel like I should be at summer camp in arts and crafts right about now, Obviously in my Hypercolor t-shirt. [...]
my brother and i both had them and loved them. i was trying to be the good sister one day and washed his clothes and hung it out on the line to dry. it clearly stated no dryer, duh i killed the shirts and have been trying to replace them since , but i doubt i ever will
I had one and loved it:)
I used to own a couple of Hypercolour t-shirts! I thought I was the height of coolness, especially one day when I was wearing one and a girl came up to me (who I didn’t know from a bar of soap) and planted her hand firmly on my butt and said, “There you go, now you have a hand print on your bum”. My mates were very jealous because a girl touched my bum (we were only 13 or so at the time so it was a pretty big deal then).
Daggy as it may be, I’m actively trying to track one down so I can wear it while I ride my BMX from the 80s around, haha.
OMG, I HAD THIS AWSOME TYE DYED HYPER COLORED SHIRT I USED TO LOVE IT LOL I HEAR AMERICAN APPAREL IS COMING OUT WITH SIMMILAR ONES THIS YEAR LOL RETRO
Yes! I just ordered one from American Apparel but now that you said they weren’t that cool…i’m rethinking my purchase!! Ha
I am searching for hypercolor T-shirts! Anyone who knows were I can find this?
Hello, YES I remember the Hypercolor T-shirts & I loved all of mine! I had I think 2 or 3 shirts and an actual pair of Hpercolor shorts. They were Pink/orange. I have been looking for mine but I can’t seem to find them so I have been searching the neet, to HOPEFULLY find another Hypercolor shirt so that I can wear it once again….
AWESOME You are right they are on website for order, I wish they had darker colors such as a darker Pink! I like the Hyper-fat Blue and the Hyper-fast Black (looks like grey to me….) Here is the website: http://store.americanapparel.net/rsa6407tcw.html
This site seems to have better quality & better variety….
Just my opinion…. http://www.changemeclothing.com
absolutly YES did i wear them, not only did i and every one i knew wear them 20 years ago, but we are now in school once again and just got on the topic of the 80’s, so where did that lead us? yes to hyper-color and where do we get them now??
were can i get 1
do any of yall have one 4 me
I still own one! My Daughter needed a purple shirt to wear to school tommorow. And the one I own is purple and turns pink when warm. Haven’t had it out since before she was born and she just turned 16. She thinks it’s the coolest thing ever.
where do u think i can buy one
I owned a hypercolor t-shirt and boy did i have fun with it. Would love to have another 1. i am still a kid at heart @ 44yrs. old and could think of nothing better than owning another 1.
I LOVED HYPERCOLOR T SHIRTS!! I ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT THE SHORTS OR PANTS THOUGH, WHAT IF YOU FARTED!!
I have a pic and my friend in our hypercolor shirts. I was in 8th grade and thought I was way cool and even had a special day to where them (every Friday).
Hypercolor shirts came out in 1991. They are not 80s.
you dont even tell me what they are used for