Fashion

15 Things You Totally Owned From Hot Topic

by Lindsey Rose Black

Feb. 11, 2016

There are certain stores that define the tween and teen years of '90s and '00s kids, and Hot Topic was definitely one of them. In honor of this edgy alternative to Limited Too, I scouted out all the things you totally owned from Hot Topic when you were younger. And heck, I won't judge you if you still shop there because they still have some awesome accessories!

I grew up in a really conservative household in Texas and remember Hot Topic being the store in the mall I wasn't allowed to walk into. Of course, that rule totally went out the window when I was hanging out with my cool, "edgy" friends at the mall and my parents were nowhere in sight. I know. So deviant.

There was something about Hot Topic that just made you feel like a grown-up, and it was unlike any other store in the mall. Maybe it was the fact that they had all your favorite things in one place, and on every kind of merch possible, whether it was t-shirts or shoelaces. Or perhaps it was the fact that it was affordable enough that you could buy things for yourself on your own. Whatever it was, no matter what you were into, you can't deny that the store held a very special place in your pre-adulthood.

If you're missing the days of Hot Topic, scroll on for all the nostalgia feels for everything you had in your closet.