# Questionable Fashion Choices **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 24, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459 "2009-05-24T13:17:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/21 "2009-05-27T14:57:47Z")
The prom ones make me wonder if these kids are in some sort of fashion design program and this may be their final project dance. There is definately an amature/homemade quality about the materials and designs. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/22 "2009-05-27T15:07:49Z")
> [@TheFaerie](#): > > The prom ones make me wonder if these kids are in some sort of fashion design program and this may be their final project dance. There is definately an amature/homemade quality about the materials and designs. Well, they’d have to be homemade. What shop would make those clothes? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/23 "2009-05-27T15:51:14Z")
The fifth one from the end…guy in profile staring into his phone… Oh my. Looks like someone crossed an Elizabethan-era [doublet](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d3/Robert_Dudley_jerkin.jpg)with a whole load of ugly. [QUOTE=BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed] Well, they’d have to be homemade. What shop would make those clothes? [/QUOTE] Judging by what I’ve seen displayed at local shops that cater to the quinceanera crowd, there’s a disturbingly good chance that these were purchased. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/24 "2009-05-28T01:15:09Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > I thought they looked reflective, so maybe they were real. But the chick’s green “suspenders” things … don’t even look attached. I guess they could be reflective also. > > I see a few characters walking along State Street with their whole booty outta their pants like that. When I drive by I giggle, thinking about pinching 'em. Heh. They arent attached, they are bondage straps. You can buy them in assorted colors. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/25 "2009-05-28T19:53:56Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > The one on top makes sense if it was taken during the Pride Parade. It was, Gay Pride in Amsterdam in fact. The tell tale sign is the bollard with the three X’s behind the man. That’s the Amsterdam city logo. And if that picture was the most questionable the photographer got during the whole parade, he wasn’t looking hard enough. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/26 "2009-05-29T19:11:12Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > The one on top makes sense if it was taken during the Pride Parade. That outfit is NOTHING to be “proud” of! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/27 "2009-05-29T19:13:59Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > They arent attached, they are bondage straps. You can buy them in assorted colors. Thanks. I had no idea what they were. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/28 "2009-05-29T19:22:00Z")
Darn, missed the edit window. Like [this?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondage_pants) ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/29 "2009-05-30T08:15:30Z")
Yes. They were somewhat popular when I was in high school. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/30 "2009-05-30T12:55:51Z")
Far out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/31 "2009-05-30T16:54:40Z")
> [@](#): > > It was, Gay Pride in Amsterdam in fact. The tell tale sign is the bollard with the three X’s behind the man. That’s the Amsterdam city logo. I assume he was there doing his part to fight the stereotype that all gay men have an innate sense of fashion. ---
**Author:** ![Neverender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/848f3c/32.png) [@Neverender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neverender)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/32 "2009-06-03T20:32:48Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > Thanks. I had no idea what they were. 🙂 Also, the type of pants they’re on are often (almost always) referred to as ‘Rave Pants’, and they’re really big in the Melbourne (Australia) rave scene, and probably elsewhere with a rave scene too. I tried to get some on eBay once, and they were nearly all shipping out of Melbourne. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@Black\_Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/33 "2009-06-04T16:01:12Z")
Kind of off-topic, but too freaky not to mention. One of the extras (wearing something mostly reasonable) in one of the pictures looks EXACTLY like me. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/34 "2009-06-05T06:25:28Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Although looking at [these](http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=40644), I think calling them only questionable is giving them too much credit. Yes, if you have to ask… Still, thanks for the laugh! (BTW where were these taken? It looks like somewhere in Northern Europe.) ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/35 "2009-06-06T01:35:59Z")
Should I confess I thought the prom pics were kind of sweet? I don’t think they are the usual prom outfits you might think of in the suburbs where I live, but they clearly have a style that is specific to their time and place. And any time teenagers try their hardest to look nice and adult, no matter how odd the specific fashions are to my eyes, is a delight. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/36 "2009-06-06T13:38:47Z")
> [@TheFaerie](#): > > The prom ones make me wonder if these kids are in some sort of fashion design program and this may be their final project dance. There is definately an amature/homemade quality about the materials and designs. That was my reaction as well. There is a certain clumsiness to the designs and they do not hang well, like the fabric is cheap or not sewn properly. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/37 "2009-06-06T16:24:08Z")
The wolf on the wolf shirt looks like it was stung by a bee. ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/38 "2009-06-06T20:22:50Z")
On the next to the last prom picture, look at the expression of the girl with the Playboy Bunny gym bag. I think she spotted the happy couple. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/39 "2009-06-11T02:27:54Z")
From the same site, [39 funny signs](http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=41189). ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459/40 "2009-06-11T16:51:55Z")
The guy in the last prom pic looks like a cadet at West Point Disco Academy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-fashion-choices/497459.md?page=1)