the return of the fanny pack?

My mother once got mugged in paris. They knocked her down and stole her fanny pack right off her fanny. Not funny at all. But the funny part was that on the police report, they wrote that her “centre banane” was taken. “Center Banana.” It’s funny on so many levels!
Have you noticed a resurgence? First there were the wide belts, then the wide belts started to get pockets. Now, these little bits of MomChic are popping up on hipsters everywhere! No matter how much we deny it, the early 90s just won’t stay in the past. Check it:

Ivy Frozen wears it well:

Here it is in Helsinki…

i prefer it worn backwards…

or over the shoulder like MTLST’s ElektrikB:

what do you think? center banana: painful or hip? if you think hip, you’re lucky. these things are ridiculously convenient, especially for keeping your cell phone and lipstick handy while clubbing. Plus they’re a dime a dozen in any thrift store. think on it.

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I have 3 fanny packs, luv um!!!
Perfect concert wear, helped me dance like crazy at MIA last week!

1. Hailey on November 27th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
They never went out of style in Prague. Young teenage girls mostly wore them, always to the back, usually with other teen wear that looked just as contemporary as anything people at home were wearing.

They were also wearing the middle east neck scarves waaay before anyone else here was wearing them. I totally forgot about that until right now.

2. ambika on October 30th, 2007 at 9:16 am
i did a posting on this a few months ago. i love the gucci fanny pack. you just can’t compare these with the schlumpy nylon, black ones from yore. just like you’d never compare a beautiful marc jacobs handbag with some pleather, icky bag from qvc

different animals entirely. and i love them so !

3. beachbungalow8 on October 29th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
I quite enjoy a good bum bag. I just thrifted a well-worn leather one for a male friend - I think if done well, they are universally stylish.

4. Sherbet Tone on October 28th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
I like the Helsinki version. I’m not a fan of guy fannies though shooting is a little severe…

5. Lynne on October 27th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Loves it! I made one out of cowboy print material and it looks amazing. The only thing is that it’s a little too small for my giant wallet of doom.

6. Beth on October 27th, 2007 at 6:22 am
those last three dudes need to be shot on the spot.

7. Miguel on October 26th, 2007 at 7:48 pm