I miss malls ;_;

The one thing I miss the most is being able to actually try on clothes in a dressing room; haven't been able to do that in a while. :(

Happy I'm not the only one . I am ready to be out and about again. I do my lashes and makeup just to sit in on zoom meetings anymore. In Ariel's words "I want to be where the people are"

Ya'll, I hear you. I miss being able to try on clothes too, and then even further dress up cutely. I miss wearing all my cute seasonal clothes, finding deals and sales around the holidays and going to cafes and stuff while it's snowy and slushy outside. (T_T) Frikken sucks, I hope and pray 2021 yeets all this corona mess soon ;u;

The malls here are open and I’ve been going for months now lol

The one mall I miss was the one I used to go to as a kid. Kind of small but sooo 90s. It was torn down but there's not even any pictures of it :( I haven't gone to my favorite mall since early last year but I did go to a fancy mall a few months ago. I was there for an exhibit but it was really surreal to be standing in the foot court watching everyone eat with masks or line up to enter stores like HOT TOPIC. 

I am usually an introvert and very much happy to not go out with people or be around them BUT even I kinda miss going shopping with them and eating icecream, dressing up and getting pretty hahaha. Germany has its second lockdown and they keep extending it. Maybe today in one year it will be all normal again

As a retail geek, the loss of malls and the stores that became iconic through their presence is saddening. I mean sure, it's convenient to shop online, but browsing through stores and interacting with their employees, seeing what might be in stock and whatnot, that's an experience you can't replicate online. Stores used to be brightly colored and full of crazy decor designed to attract people in; now, stores are subdued and grey more than anything else. The major department stores that have anchored these malls are all in trouble, mostly because of their inability to reconfigure to today. Many of the iconic mall shops are gone. The retail apocalypse has only been exacerbated by COVID. It's sad to see what were once bustling, thriving places full of life, now virtual ghost towns. 

I only ever miss Dry Ice. 

i have a mall of america tattoo and would do literally anything to s get a makeover at sephora then eat lunch at rainforest cafe. miss it so much. 

feel u. the mall is amaze. plus if u want 2000s fashion i think u shld check out poshmark. supes cheap & nicer peepz<3 good lck! 

I just wanna be able to go into hot topic and buy overpriced shirts knowing they fit and then just walking around forever with me and my 4 friends

me and my friend were just talking about this! we went to a mall and it was so sad every thing was dead and like most of the food court was just shut down or closed early ):

I barely got 2 go 2 malls in the first place, but now I never get 2 go! I wanna dress up and look hot. Also anyone miss old hot topic and claires? Those were my fave places 2 go!

I've been doing that lately! malls are open where I live so I just go to walk around, buy a knick-knack here or there from hot topic or Spencers, have a bite to eat and then head home! Only thing is you can't try on clothes.

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I miss malls too! There are barely any where I live. The internet is a great invention, but it's ruined so many brick and mortar businesses D:

Same i want to go to the mall so bad ;-; but they all look like dumps and have two stores- 

I agree, I enjoy the act of browsing. Retail therapy is such a real thing. 

Yesss!! It used to be such an event, & so fun! Now everything is online and takes the fun out of it. And everyone’s too busy to hangout so if you ask someone to go to the mall they’d rather spend their free time clubbing, since they can now do their shopping online. I miss getting dressed for the mall & using the fitting rooms tf !! 

Not to glamorize the past, but malls in the 80s looked so fun to be in. So many people in your age group hangin out and shopping. I am not a very social person, but I really loved the vibe. As a teenager I remember malls being packed. Hot Topic and Spencer's gifts full of people and emo culture huge! MCR and invader zim shirts with whatever popular band at the time playing very loudly over the Intercom. I haven't been to a mall in over 10 years and I know if I ever were to go back to one, it'll be too depressing.   

same!!! mine are open, but it just doesn't feel the same at all :( i used to go basically every week with my friends in middle school, and it was just so much more fun. stores aren't as interesting anymore, settling for super simple designs that lack appeal and accessibility, and there's like no events... you used to be able to visit for a pretzel and cute sweater and end up watching some chart topper perform randomly in the middle of the mall, and now theres nothing like that :(

you could go to PINK to buy pink clothes. now its all muted greys navy greens and neutrals </3

ebay is honestly rly good or poshmark.. O &&& CRAIGSLIST.. lots of ppl just wanna get rid of their old y2kish clothes for little $. but yes feel u about the malls :( luckily the one by me is still p good, miss food court moments tho from early hs and middle school

I felt this religiously. fitting rooms still being closed has added way more returns to my to-do list haha

I don’t know if it will help but watch mall architecture channels on yt. Mostly about dead/dying malls but if you’re at all into urbanex I think you’d be into it. Nostalgia etc

one thing i miss about malls is WINDOW SHOPPING!

thrift!!!!

Luckily malls are open where I am but it is way too unsafe to even attempt going to one.

i remember my older cousin taking me to the mall when i was a kid. i loved the hot topic store but i was just some dorky kid who didn't know how to dress, and i used to think that 20 dollars for a shirt was way too fucking expensive. it was especially fun during the holidays.

We, as a species, can and should do better than malls.

i feel you on the malls. when i was younger it felt so magical, i put on my best outfit and i want to go buy stuff and went home so satisfied xd but now its not exciting anymore

AGG malls were so unaprecciated yet they are so SO useful.. i miss those dumb pretzel shops set up in malls that tasted SO amazing when you were hungry from walking around... #RIPPretzels

𝐼 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓈 𝓉𝑜𝑜! 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓂𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓈 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝓁𝓈𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝒶 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝒾𝓂𝓅𝒶𝒸𝓉. 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝑒𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓂𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝒾𝓃  𝓂𝓎 𝑜𝓅𝒾𝓃𝒾𝑜𝓃. 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑜𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓏𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓂𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎.

same. probably won;t be able to go to my local one regardless because of Crimes but. god i wish @@

malls where i am are open but they are only high fashion type stores in them. :/ too expensive to just go to the mall with some friends lol

i miss them so much! im pretty young but i have so many memories at the mall :(

i miss them so much! im pretty young but i have so many memories at the mall :(

rightt i really miss them :/

I totally understand, malls aren't the same anymore. Anytime I see someone cool dressed up theyre usually alone. No big mall rat groups :(

YES I WAS JUST THINKING THIS!!! i miss dressing up just to loiter and buy one pair of claire's earrings :(

i miss stealing lipgloss !! </3

youre so right!! i havent been to a good mall in about a year. all the malls now have such lame stores. istg if i see another mall with 12 jewerly stores im gonna lose it.

here were i live dont have mall, but i wish have some places to go with my alternative friends, here is a little boring  

Literally. I can't find a good mall anymore :( malls held so much good memories for me and its sad that most of the malls I see are closing down 

I’m lucky enuf 2 have a couple of malls nearby but the””””cool”””” stores in em like Hot Topics r pathetic. It’s sucky 2 watch as they turn lame w the stuff they sell now. & there’s like no one at the malls & many of the storefronts r up 4 lease. BUT still. I’m grateful to have em still there at least

Our mall is so sad. The businesses can't stay open because they can't afford the lease. Greedy ass people. Around here, most stores are outside in the strip mall. I think people like that because it's fast and easy-convience. It's how people roll now days. Kids will never know the fun we had strolling up and down the mall with our friends. Good times, good times. 

nowadays "malls" are just preteens with uneven black eyeliner, those demonias, bunny hats, and pastel pink striped socks

am i right? covid is messed UP.