"It looks like a mullet, but no, those were actually just my bangs! My mother was a hair stylist, and must have thought this was just so cool.

This wasn't how I wore my hair every day, but my mother got us up extra early on picture day to style our hair. An extra thanks goes out to my grandmother, who recently sent this photo to me, a painful reminder of how "cool" I was ( or not!)!"

– Submitted by Kristie Merz, reminiscing about her memorable style in 1992

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