The one time I wore one (sixth grade graduation), it was copious quantities of hairspray (with CFC's), and ratting. Ratting is where they back comb your hair into knots, which made about as much sense to me as thongs. I did ask one of the nurses in the OR why she wore thongs. I mean you spend your entire life trying to keep your underwear out of there and suddenly, BAM, you go buy underwear that is designed to go there?What mechanism kept it all puffed up? Why didn't they collapse?
Yeah screw that I went to school. Gawd was I stupid.