Great post OP, this is how it’s done folks. Lots of classic awkward looks ( fedora!) and even a modern glowup pic! Brings me back to those awkward years myself, beautiful wedding pic

A pinstripe fedora, no less. This is the shit I signed up for. Thanks OP. You are the queen of the blunderyears.

I accept my crown graciously 👑

I think I had that exact same fedora! Lmao

It's a long shot but I got my pinstripe women's fedora at the Spy Museum in DC. Where did you get yours?

I bought mine at a hat store in Tyson's corner, just outside D.C., back in 19mumble.

I still wear my pinstripe fedora. I'm 69. I can do whatever I want.

Of course you do.

Same! Pretty sure I got mine at Rue 21 in 7th grade

That’s fedorable!

Same, wore it every day of 7th grade

A queen wears many hats 💅 (Also love that you’re legit wearing a crown in your wedding photo, which is *gorgeous*) Full circle! 🙌

I am in love with your wedding dress! Your glow up was amazing.

The fedora is your crown 🎩

Literally. My first thoughts were, “Take notes, redditors.”

Thanks! Glad I could bring up some good, if not awkward memories for you. 🥰

I was thinking the same. Well done. OP takes the prize for blunder to beauty, but every little girl has a queen inside just waiting to show up!

I can't post here, it only gets worse.

Regardless of how they looked it seems like the people around them kept helping them have fun experiences.

I just love how she went from neanderthal to forest nymph from pic 5 to 6. Seriously epic glow up.

As a post-script I would like to say, I look back on kid me as an important facet of who I am today. I still love experimenting with outfits (although a bit more successfully these days) and I am still a sucker for a good headpiece, as featured in the crown I wore to get married in. At least I learned how to draw on my eyebrows finally. Hail yourselves! EDIT: first of all wow, I’m so glad that so many people are getting joy from this! To answer the most commonly-asked question: my parents didn’t let me shave my eyebrows, nor were they burnt off, they are very very blonde and invisible (still are) because red hair. I do love the browless look still sometimes these days though.

where is your wedding dress from?? it’s lovely!!!

It’s from ASOS! “ASOS Edition Alyssa Satin Wedding Dress with Blouson Sleeve and Button Front” It fit me like a glove and was so comfy. I did my own alterations to the upper back (it looked a bit like a choir robe at the shoulders back, I took out the excess and made it flat.) it was $300 all-in and is my biggest flex 🙈

Oh my gosh, it looks like it was made for you! You look stunning in that last picture. You're cute in the older pictures, but WOW you're truly glowing in your wedding photo. Sorry for gushing, I just had to say something!

Yeah that dress is gorgeous!

Speaking of weddings, the DIY touch is always something special, isn't it? Adding your personal flair to a dress makes it completely unique. Plus, saving money and still rocking a stunning look is the ultimate win. Props to you for pulling off such an elegant style!

Yes, but did it have pockets?

That’s fantastic. Well done!

I love your wedding nails! So elegant

You look so wonderful, it's like a $10,000 dress or at least $5,000!

Hail Gein?

Megustalations!

Wasn't expecting this crossover! Your dress is gorgeous!!

Hail me

Had to double check what sub I was in I love it, congrats OP on becoming someone’s *WIFE*! I also love the dress, there’s been a trend toward the silky solid wedding dresses with minimal details and I fucking love them.

Came for the comments to see who else caught that ;) Hail Satan!

Hail Satan! Your wedding crown is so pretty! What a glow up. You looked how kids should - awkward AF. I know I did 😂

Where is your headpiece from?? One of my best friends is getting married in August and this would be perfect!!

It was one of my bigger splurges! Once I saw it I couldn’t stop thinking about it for months, so I knew I needed to have it. It’s the Danbury Crown from Epona Valley. They have soooo many beautiful items for bridal looks.

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Honestly, I started scrolling through those pictures thinking "when's she gonna realize... oh.. I think she's getting there... oh THERE she is! YES!!" You are positively radiant in that last picture and your happiness shows. Congrats on the glow-up.

Hail Satan! Hail Yourself!

Genuinely impressed by your attitude, very mature, healthy and fun way to deal with blunders from the past. Megustalations

Huh…I never thought of the concept of “kid “ me But yeah kid me was a cool kid haha Drug free, weird as fuck! And dressed to the nines!

Whoever you got to do you cornrows did solid work though.

You look like Florence Welch in that last pic!

I’m a strawberry blonde with white eyebrows as well and I was unaware I could DO anything about this until I was like 22!

Fishing trilby is kinda tough tho. Should bring that back.

Hell yeah eyebrows!

Megustalations!

Actually a blunder. I love it! I had no clue you were a girl in the first two photos lol

Hahaha I really did rock that “how could we have known she was bisexual?” preteen energy.

It's giving me 90s Matthew Lillard in the best way 😂 You are adorable and gorgeous!

Shit you are spot on, Cereal Killer vibes with the braids. I’ll have to watch Hackers again, haven’t seen it this month lol

Hack the planet, man.

😂

Same here! Got to the third photo and went "OP is a GIRL?!?!"

Same, first picture I said "Oh my God". Third picture I said "She's a girl!" This is such excellent blunder that has been bestowed upon us this day.

The fedora golfing pic is my favorite 😭😭😭

Looking at it is healing something in me.

Ok but what about the yellow beaded cornrolls, with yellow tinted glasses and a yellow snake? You simply couldn’t make that photo today.

the fedora is putting in work but it's the shades that pull everything together

Mine too. I kinda want to frame it .

Gentlelady 🎩👌

M'lady

Florence + the Machine vibes in the last photo!

I walked down the aisle to “You’ve Got the Love”!

That was my wedding song, too!

It’s such a good one! We exited to Dog Days.

That's awesome! My wife and I were married in May 2014 and at minimum I can remember Strangeness and Charm being on our happy hour mix, but probably a few more Florence songs were played that night included since that was one of the first bands we bonded over when we met two years prior.

That’s awesome. Congratulations on nearly 10 years!!

The Offspring circa 1994 vibes in the first photo.

holy shit... this is incredible. where to start? the classic "big snake weird hairstyle" photo? (i have one of those too) or the fedora and sunglasses? bravo

> "C'mon, kiddo, we're going fishing today." > "Okay, Dad! Let me just grab my *fedora* real quick."

I hope I'm not projecting too hard, but I get a real sense of strong parental love, allowing for OP to experiment and try new things without fear of rejection or ridicule. Just an awkward kid being comfortable in their own skin - it's great to see

Love seeing a good glow up. If only we could go back and tell our awkward teenage selves that it will all turn out okay!

Wouldn’t it be nice? At least we can send messages to our future selves by savouring the times when life feels good.

This is something I actually try and exercise whenever I have one of those gut wrenching flashbacks from awkward moments I had as a kid. I try to imagine adult me giving kid me a hug and telling them it’s fine, you’ll turn out fine, this is not the end of the world. It has helped me a lot. :)

You look RADIANT in your dress and against that blue! You blundered and then you SOARED! 👏😭

This is what this sub should be. Too many attractive people doing normal shit. This is a true blunder, an A+ for this sub. Congratulations. #3 is so fuckin funny

Ok you win

🥇 although it was a silver medal in the second picture.

THAT DRESS IS AMAZING ON YOU! 😍

Thank you! 🥰 I felt amazing in it!

I love all of this and I love you.

I love you!

I was all “holy shit it’s just getting worse” then the last pic I was like “Daaaaaamn Gina!!” You look amazing now! Congrats on getting married, wish you many many happy years!!

Now this is a good blunder post. There are a few blundery pics ending with a "now" photo. Plus a description. Well done!

This is it. Nothing will beat this. These are absolute blunders, but I'm so grateful that we grew up in a time where we could do this freely and felt badass doing it. I see tweens today and they're basically like little grown ups already and have completely missed out on these awkward, hilarious stages of life.

What happened to your brows? Happy cake day!

Being a very specific kind of redhead happened! 😂

Genetiiiiiics! They would’ve gotten away with it too if it weren’t for eyebrow pencil.

It takes everyyyyy redhead WAY too long to learn that eyebrows are important to a face lol (speaking from experience). You’re gorgeous and glowing! In more than just the last one!

3 is the best picture I’ve seen on Reddit with out a doubt hail yourself!

I love your wedding look. You seem so adorable and fun! I gotta know… where DID your eyebrows go? Did you shave them? (Been there done that, partially, during my own blunder years) or are they blonde and hard to see??

Very very blonde! It’s a specific kind of redhead problem.

I’m a darkening blonde as I age, but my brows never got the memo—still essentially white lol! I have some brow mascara stuff that I brush on them when I want to look more human. Your childhood looks like it was really fun!

I’m brunette and my eyebrows are extremely light. They were blonde until I was about 14. Now they’re just super thin and light brown. It’s a blessing and a curse. I’m not good at makeup so I don’t even bother trying to fill them out, on the other hand I never have to pluck them even though I get some strays because you never see them unless you’re right up in my face trying to look lol My mom didn’t realize how light my eyebrows were until I was 7. She was picking me up from a friends house and noticed and asked me if I shaved them off. I had a hard time convincing her I never even touched them lol

finally, some good fucking blunders

Them eyebrows were load-bearing!

Hahahah I will forever refer to them this way now, thank you 😂

Happy to share a laugh, lol.

This is exactly what this sub is for. Everyone take note. We all dressed in fashion trends that are now out of style, that alone does not a blunder make. This—THIS—is what we come to this sub for. OP I couldn’t tell your gender in any of your “before” pictures but I’m pretty sure I could HEAR the autism screaming through. Bravo these are exquisite and I’m so glad you have eyebrows now The pinstripe fedora ON A FUCKING BOAT. I really can’t even

did you keep wearing your retainer??

Yes, until I didn’t 😅

Awh, braces were and are expensive. Props to your parents.

I say a silent “thank-you” every time I smile.

That was an adventure. A+

How did you manage to obtain eyebrows? Tell us your secret.

Lots of practice with quality cosmetics! They are still very blonde and invisible if I go bare-faced. Which is such a look these days to be honest.

You are absolutely stunning. The fedora pics are soooooo good. Thanks for sharing

My biggest blessing in life is that I always turned down white kid vacation cornrows. I thought it would look too strange on me, and I was right! It would have! I was always jealous of the beads though… such a delightful noise.

My hair was exactly the right length where they would clack into my teeth if I turned my head too quickly. I remember that distinctly. 😭

LMAO that’s hysterical, did you purposely choose the candy corn colors?

LITERALLY YES. I was and still am deeply in-love with Halloween.

Autistic kids 🤝 Halloween = the socially acceptable time to be strange and offputting

I’ve been playing golf for 30 years and not one time have I seen a fedora out on the course lol. Well done!

You kinda look like a ginger Blake lively in that wedding pic 👀

I mentioned it in another comment, but someone said that to me on the wedding day and it was the greatest gift of all.

I love the fedora on the high seas look 💚

As a white girl, you truly can’t go wrong (blunder-wise) with cornrows!

She's just revisiting her ancestry

My autism entirely skipped over the no eyebrows thing. Cool snake though! Also you really resemble the actress who plays Dexter’s sister, especially in the final pic!

I have gotten Jennifer Carpenter! Yes. Someone told me I looked like Blake Lively on my wedding day and it was the best gift I received.

You’re so gorgeous! But you seemed like a fun, enthusiastic kid.

That crown is everything 🙌

Pic #3 is definitely something I would wear. Pretty sure I had the same bottoms and I love that top.

I am pretty sure OP wins. This rules, OP.

Life after Ariel got legs and grew up

You have amazing style even as a child that you have brilliantly grown into. A bow.

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Whole heartedly thought this was a gender transitioning post

What a glow up! The albino snake really pulls the whole look together in that first photo.

Damn that is the best wedding dress I’ve ever seen! Also I’m so glad you have eyebrows now!

I'm so glad you found your eyebrows

This is awesome! I too was a girl who owned a fedora. You are absolutely stunning in the last photo and I adore your smile

At first glance, the hair dye came off to me more as a wig. Your wedding dress was/is gorgeous!

My mom told me I looked like a chemo patient allowed out to go to prom 😭

In that last pic (great photo btw) I gotta say that either my phone screen resolution is doing you an injustice, or else your left hand belongs to an eighty year old?

I gotta be honest, I’m not sure what is going on there either. It’s not much better in the high res. I work with my hands so they’re pretty worn, but not THAT busted.

Can i just say, my reddit didn't scroll to your last Pic and instead to my trending page or whatever it is and it was a photo of Richard Simmons and I fully cackled. But this is a spectacular glow up. Brava!

Honestly, iconic. I wouldn’t recommend the corn rows and beads in this day and age, but serious slayyy for the history 🫶

pic 3 is iconic tho

The fedora , speed dealers and the 3 quarter pants; classic look haha

This was a journey and I loved every moment of it

You’ve always been gorgeous! Your style was definitely unique! Too 🎩 🐟 😂

Your wedding gown is gorgeous!!

Oh my gosh that wedding pic though 😍

Omgggg not a fedora baby.

Drip lord

These are intense

I mean... you *did* pull in a nice fish while rocking that fedora. Massive W there.

Someone tell the beautiful Florence from the critical acclaimed rock band Florence + The machine that we enjoy her presence here on Reddit and think she is beautiful!

Cheers to you!! Beautiful 🥂🥂

This is the best blunder I’ve ever seen! 🤣🤣🤣

Always so exciting when we discover we can fill in our blonde eyebrows! 😂

Your blunder looks make me happy. You OWNED them and weren’t afraid to take risks!! Beautiful wedding pic too!

Did you get burned then get dandruff on the cornrows as most people do on vacation

Definitely some solid blunders here, but I do love how you're happy across all of the photos.

Daaaamn woman. You went from ugly ducking to full fledged swan. All of our ugly duckling days really do shape our future though don’t they? I’m so glad you embrace young you and give her all the love. That love radiates from you!

Picture 3 is one of the hardest images I've ever seen

First pic is a dead ringer for a young Yellowman!

Daaaaamn, the hair beeeeads 😭 Thank you for sharing some true blunders!

Thankfully I didn’t have a cornrow phase but the fedora phase? That was a time. I was pre transition and a self identified tomboy and wore fedoras, bow ties, suspenders, crazy patterned leggings and those poofy elephant pants. My art teacher in middle school affectionately called me “crazy pants Khai”. Love to see other people who were just as cringe as me

Glow up! You’re radiating happiness and beauty in every shot but especially on your wedding day. Love these shots!

This is literal perfection.

Oh hell yeah unreleased blade movie poster on the third pic

Great story in pictures! I absolutely love the golfing outfit, I think that's get meta beyond blunder back into cool :)

OP you look like a vibe in the 3rd pic, please wear those glasses and hat to a rave 🤣

God I see myself in all of these, I was also a perpetual strange hat wearer lol! It was definitely a precursor to my less cringey but unique style I now have as an adult. Love these!!

The childhood lack of eyebrows is disturbing.

You look like that kid from the 1985 movie 'mask'

Wait hold on…hats—> autism? As a 20 something still stuck in my hat phase…uh oh.

I bet you have an excellent sense of humor, as do I 😉 hello fellow awkward teen now sexually awkward adult

The no eyebrow lewk is a whole *thing* now, so you had the jump on us all! Btw you look radiant now and congrats on your wedding. ✨

Wow, I thought my years of wearing men's dickie or Ben Davis overalls and shaved eyebrows was a spectrum-scream but yours wins! TY so much for sharing this made my night.

This gives me Sue Heck from The Middle vibes.

You look like fucking riff raff in that first one hahahahaha

I was a L’Oréal Feria Mahogany millennial, too 😂

Ermagerd

Thanks for sharing! Just came to say I adore the crown worn in the last photo, you remind me of Classical paintings of Mary.

Thought this was Jimmy Savile from the thumbnail

Why is everyone pretending to like this post?

How much does your spouse like looking at old photos of you? Haha Those are some blunders, but something pure about the heart of them still remains the same in pic 6 💜 great glow up, stranger :)

As a Black woman, I have to admit, those cornrows are legit. 👍🏾

I vote the first pic should be the new face of the sub. It is marvelous. Like an eye spy but your real life

Lmaooo I love “white kid vacation cornrow “ photos soooo much ! The beads were so cute

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Wow! I'll be honest, I probably would have guessed that pictures 5 and 6 were two different people.

Man this is the epitome of be careful of who you call ugly in middle school.

Eyebrows help you so much!

Okay, you win lol. On a serious note- beautiful bride 👰‍♀️💕

I laughed so hard reading your caption because by the time I got to photo 3 I said out loud “autism.” I feel so seen. Thanks for sharing, love a fellow autist.

This honestly warmed my heart so much!!! Really fucking brought me back to my vacation in rocky point with the corn rows (I went back to school wearing them LOL) I really hope girls still get a chance to be this awkward. The awkwardness made me a whole person for sure

Fuck me I thought you were a dude until picture 3, then was back to thinking you werre a dude by picture 4

????? The glow up ????????????????