These 13 Back-to-School Outfits Are a Blast From the Past

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By Hannah Orenstein2013-08-01 10:30:47 UTC

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.

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After 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.

We 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.

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Topics: 80s, 90s, back to school, Fashion, nostalgia, Watercooler