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"First impressions count for a lot. You might think about that in your daily life now as you interview for jobs and go on first dates, but you learned the importance of that lesson when you were just a kid. \nSee also: 15 Retired Back to School Supplies You Miss\nAfter a summer apart, a killer back-to-school outfit was the best way to impress your elementary school classmates. Back in the 80s and 90s, that meant donning your coolest acid wash jeans, scrunchies, and rainbow-bright accessories. After all, you needed to look on-trend while toting your backpack full of glitter gel pens, Lisa Frank notebooks, and a Trapper-Keeper. \nWe rounded up some of the most nostalgia-inducing photos from the Mashable staff's first days of school throughout the years. Get ready to reminisce - and yes, in case you had any doubts, that is a New Kids on the Block sweater.\n\n\nBack-to-School Outfits From the Past\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Side ponytail\nA New Kids on the Block sweater and a side ponytail go together like peanut butter and jelly.\n\nImage:  Image: Jackie Horn\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Plastic lunchbox\nIs this a photo from the first day of school or the set of Full House? You be the judge.\n\nImage:  Image: Lauren Indvik\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Hair gel\nBetween the hair gel and the fake college athletics t-shirt, this guy had the middle school \"bro\" look down pat.\n\nImage:  Image: Tommy Monks\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Yellow plastic raincoat\nYes, all that baggage is just for the first day of kindergarten.\n\nImage:  Image: Bonnie Wertheim\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Frilly socks\nCheck out the \"First Day of Kindergarten\" nametag on the stylish middle sister.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Hair bows\nYou can never have enough hair flair.\n\nImage:  Image: Lauren Drell\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. School uniforms\nFor some, back-to-school clothes meant back to the same uniform as all your friends. \n\nImage:  Image: Bianca Consunji\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Nylon windbreaker\nHis jacket and her dress makes them the coolest elementary school duo we've seen in a long time.\n\nImage:  Image: Quenton Narcisse\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Overalls\nLittle Annie wanted to ride her tricycle to school. While she had to leave it at home, her overalls and sunglasses kept her looking fly.\n\nImage:  Image: Annie Park\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Missing tooth\nWhat was the most coveted accessory on the first day of school? A missing tooth.\n\nImage:  Image: Megan Hess\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11. Bike shorts\nThe outfit is adorable, but her little sister creeping in the background makes this photo downright hilarious.\n\nImage:  Image: Marissa Cetin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12. Scrunchies\nWhy wear just one scrunchie when you can wear four?\n\nImage:  Image: Hannah Orenstein\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13. Turtleneck\nA metallic turtleneck really stood out in school pictures.\n\nImage:  Image: Christine Erickson\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat was your most outrageous outfit back in the day? Share your own back-to-school photos here:\n\nTweet your photo to @mashablehq with the hashtag #BacktoSchoolSwag OR\nInstagram your photo with the hashtag #BacktoSchoolSwag OR\nUpload your photo in the photo widget below\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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