I agree with most of what’s running around here… I’m a slightly chubby high schooler who likes some stuff that’s out and is appalled by others. I read the BEST quote yesterday in a magazine:
If it jiggles, keep it covered.
All the moms and dads out there, keep your 7-year-olds covered, cause it (fashion) just gets more naked through high school. I don’t know how some girls get out of the house in that stuff. Gauzy tops to show off different colored bras, midriff shirts to show off your belly-button ring, and short in the back to show off your thong AND your lower back tattoo, preferably something asian-inspired.
Oh, God, I just remembered why I hate my high school.
I like the belly-shirts… I paid good money for this belly-button-ring, and I wanna show it off! (And I’m 32, BTW.)
However, I don’t really have much in the way of hips, so those low-cut jeans tend to fall off me. At inappropriate moments. :eek:
And bra-straps hanging out? Or thongs, or boxers? Gross; I’m reminded of my grandmother in sleeveless blouses, bra straps askew. Nobody should see your underwear, unless it’s in the bedroom you share with the love of your life.
I’ve always liked spike heels, long full skirts, and things with a waist. I believe they’re flattering to most body types, and fashion should be more about making ALL people look good.
I agree, however, that anything that jiggles should be restrained and/or covered. That’s why I don’t wear short shorts anymore.
gypsygirl31–
Belly button rings are cute, totally! I just don’t want to see everyones, all the time, in school… especially the ones that may not be so cute… I should have clarified.
gypsygirl31–
Belly button rings are cute, totally! I just don’t want to see everyones, all the time, in school… especially the ones that may not be so cute… I should have clarified.
Ugly-colored jeans–ones that look dirty. Jeans that are come pre-ripped at the bottom. Jeans that look like they’ve been lovingly modified by some thrift store aficionado but have in fact been crassly mass produced in some third world country.
“Baby doll” t-shirts with any of the following one them: Babe, Angel, Cutie, Princess, Doll. Holy Jesus, get over yourself. On that note, I saw this vaguely horrifying shirt yesterday. It had a picture of a stick figure girl holding a leash, which was around the neck of a stick figure boy. Some equally horrifying caption accompanied it. No.
Some peasant-style blouses. Yeah, some are cute, but when your sleeve is bigger than your head, there is a problem. Besides, my mother has identical clothes from sometime in the '70’s. I could borrow hers and be in style. No.
Sickeningly cutsie clothing with Rainbow Brite or the Care Bears on it, often found at Hot Topic. Keep in mind, these clothes are designed for people over the age of 10. There is a reason these things are for the kiddies, people. They are ugly.
Things I like:
Flared jeans
Dickies style “work shirts”
Band t-shirts
Guys in eyeliner (Maybe this is only if you’re a pseudo-goth)
Girls in ties–I don’t like Avril, but it’s still cute
I probably live in the trendiest area in the United States. I can tell you that clunky heels are definitely not in style. Those were a '90s thing. I don’t know if you could even find a pair in New York. It’s all pointy-toed boots with spike heels right now. I’m not down with those though. I walk a few miles every day (so do a lot of the girls around here who wear them, the crazy people!). Also, that extra toe room makes my feet look even longer.
One problem I noticed with the '70s and '80s collision is that that '70s pants look strange with '80s tops. A few brave souls are taking the full leap into the '80s, wearing pegged jeans tucked into boots. (Gasp!)
I know way too much about this. Living here is giving me a fashion inferiority complex.
Why is it that clothes that are meant for younger girls (8-14 yrs.) look like “ho” clothes, while the jr. sizes are all “baby doll” style? I actually had to buy clothes from the jr. racks to get t-shirts for my 8 yr. old to wear to school. I was able to get a couple of peasant type shirts from the girls rack, but so many of them were off the shoulder and low across the chest (and would not have been within the dress code). But the jr. t-shirts were cute, stylish, and appropriate. Go figure!
I hate flare-legs (the “trendier” souding name for plain old bell-bottoms)–if they are too long, you can’t roll them up and anyway they just look sloppy to me. I don’t need them to be “pistol-legs,” but I really prefer a straight leg pant.
I really hate square-toed shoes of any kind. Looks like you went and kicked them into a wall to get that straight edge. I also hate absurdly pointed toes (like you put them through a pencil sharpener!) I like softly rounded shoe tips–and I kinda miss the open-toed shoes that had bows or rosettes on them.
Are you talking about the jeans that have that “worn” look on the thighs and backs of the thighs? Or sometimes they have some weird color with sparkles?
Yup, weird, and I don’t “get” this style at all.
Also hate the new bell bottoms, I’m not sure if they (the designers) are trying to make them look “70s” or not. I know one thing, not one person who was a teen in the 70s would be caught DEAD in the “highwaters (pants that ride above the ankle)” that pass as bellbottoms in this day and age. From what I see in the magazines, that seems to be the “cool” way to wear bellbottoms nowadays.
Not all of us that were teens in the 70s even liked bellbottoms, but, like now, we were limited by what was available.
As a male, I’m sick of the long baggy shorts that are our only alternative to regular pants. I agree that the exigencies of our anatomy require that men’s shorts be longer than the women’s, but not to the extent that they are. Nowadays any male flashing leg above the kneecap is guilty of indecent exposure, or assumed to be gay (not that there’s anything wrong with that, as Seinfeld said). And I realize that, culturally speaking, our legs aren’t supposed to be looked at, perhaps, in the same way that women’s are, but I think the kind of clothes you wear at leisure, on hot days, should be conducive to maximum comfort, for men the same as for women. The men’s shorts that are on offer, seriously, are modest enough to be worn to church! Which basically sucks. You’re at the beach, and you gotta wear something you could actually wear to church with nary a sidelong glance.
I realize I’m bucking one of the most obstinate fashion trends seen in recent years, but as a 45 yo man, I really don’t care what the high school boys think looks cool. I"d just like to be a bit more comfortable.
I recently saw a kid in a classic 1979 punk get-up- cut off denium jacket with band patches, spiked hair, doc martins…and huuuggge denium bell bottoms.
Look, punk was invented so people would stop wearing bell bottoms (really. I know a guy who was at the meeting). It’s bad enough bell bottoms have come back at all, but this!
Hopefully he will be visisted by the ghosts of Sid Vicious, Joey Ramone and Joe Strummer and mend his ways.
I hate flares. More specifically, I hate that they are all you can buy nowdays.
I’m a good looking girl. I have a body no one would complain about. But I have wide long hips and short legs. Usually I look fine. But for some reason, flares make me look like I have the ppoportions of a munchkin. It’s all wrong. I can’t wear them. But thats all they sell in the stores unless I want old-lady pants. It sucks!
Nice selection of “grown-up” clothing can be found at Chadwick’s. ( www.chadwicks.com )
They have everything from casual to business to special occasion at really reasonable prices. I’d order the print catalog, as the pix on the site are super dinky and you can tell better what the stuff looks like.
I hate the fashions today, too. I get to choose between trying to look trendy (and NO ONE wants to see this body in low riders) or looking and feeling like my grandma (e.g the “misses” department) in polyester stretch pants.
Some designer is missing a huge pot of gold by designing clothes for the 30 something women. Something a little forgiving of the post-pregnancy belly and not so firm arms.
As far as purses go, I have a serviceable brown purse. The only time I ever change it is when I’m going to a wedding. Do I care if my purse matches my shoes? Nope. Besides it’s hard to find a purse that matches my non-work uniform of sweatpants and gym shoes.
Last year I found old fashioned high heels with a rounded toe and a not clunky heel (but a reasonable, not too spiky for my taste, heel) new at Daytons (Marshall Fields, Hudsons, whatever). I was so excited I hugged the shoe salesman. He said they were flying off the shelves. Never liked the little black dress and combat shoes look. If you are going to wear an Audrey Hepburn type dress, you need to have the Audrey Hepburn type footwear.
I was at a family event with my extended family a year ago. Large Italian family. I was listening to one of my second cousins talk about buying a new wool dress coat for her 90 year old mother. Her mother wanted navy, and RoseMarie pointed out that if she bought the navy coat, she’d need navy heels and a navy purse, and then you’d be really limited to what went under the coat. I almost had a heart attack! I really try not to be wearing brown shoes with black pants and white socks in public - it would never occur to me that your coat should match your shoes and your purse!
I’m glad someone else mentioned those ugly blue denims with a brownish tinge, which no doubt is intended to make them look “vintage”. My pal constantly harps on at me to get a pair, because they’re the latest thing. I just think they look to be in need of a good wash. Why anyone would want to buy jeans which look ready to go out with the garbage is beyond me.
Puffa jackets are still pretty common in the UK, and their demise is long overdue. Great if you want to dress like a shoplifter, I suppose. The red ones make the wearer look like a tomato on legs.
Don’t even get me started on the sk8r boi-wannabe look favoured by teenage mallrats; low waistband, sagging crotch and hooded sweaters with Sum 41 emblazoned across the front. Bleh. Skateboard available as an optional extra… never mind if you can’t use the damn thing, it’s merely an accessory to complete the look.
) so I can wear bootcut (but not flared) pants.