I work at a Catholic Midwestern university. I always find it interesting how fashion trends permeate the throughout the female half of the student body, and then disappear.
In 2003, the trend was to position the purse strap in such a way that it rested between the breasts. No one does this today.
In 2004 the trends were bare midriffs and asshat tattoos. Those are apparently out of fashion now.
In 2005 the trend was to wear prescription glasses with itsy bitsy rectangular lenses. Those are gone.
Well guess what the trend is this year? Being a clueless 38 y.o., I have no idea what they’re called. So I’ll just call them Huge, Black, Bug-Eyed Sunglasses. So what’s up with these? When did this start? Who started it?
Where I go to school the big bug eyed glasses were popular last year as well. I hadn’t seen them before, but then again, I didn’t see many people wearing flip-flops out and about, so maybe I am just clueless.
Anyway, I do think the sunglasses got a bit bigger this year. I swear I saw one girl wearing some that part of them stuck off the side of her face like those joke plastic sunglasses. Gi-normous.
I don’t know what’s up with these heinous looking shades but the other day at the supermarket checkout line I notice an emaciated Nicole Ritchie wearing a pair on the cover of one of the tabloid rags.
Speaking of tats, every time I see one of those once-trendy asian character tats, I can’t help think of that old Dr. Suess story The Sneeches.
I hate those giant sunglasses. And they’re everywhere! I was in the Marina district in San Francisco a few months ago during some sort of street festival, and just about every female under the age of 40 was wearing them. It was sort of eerie, actually.
Especially given that they’re really most suited to women *over * forty. For this particular trend, I think we have to blame the Olsen twins. In their defense, they were wearing normal sized sunglasses, it’s just that they have tiny, tiny heads.
Thank goodness I live in Ohio…we’re always so behind on the trends that we haven’t seen those yet. Plus, the sun doesn’t really shine here enough to warrant sunglasses…
And to be fair, there were quite a few older women wearing them as well. But not with such incredible consistency as the younger ones. It was as if a directive had been broadcast on a frequency that only they could hear.
Oh yeah, an insidious, irresistable directive. Which is the best possible explanation I can think of for every woman between the ages of 15 and 30 having a pair of Ugg boots tucked shamefully into the back of her closet.
Hey, I actually like those sunglasses. It makes all the little girl’s little noses look like cute little buttony bunny nose things when they poke out beetween those gigantic panes of glass. And I do like me a cute little buttony nose.
But if you actually *have * a cute little buttony nose, they won’t stay on! My daughter, whose nose is the cutest buttony-est little thing you’ve ever seen, owns five pairs, and none of them will stay on her face.
Muffin tops are finally passe, thank god. The trend is towards long tops that cover your midsection. For purses, those big hobo type bags with lots of embellishments seem to be popular.
I’m in Ohio, too, kittenblue and they’re all over the place here. Ick. And the OSU students aren’t even back yet. I’ve seen a bunch at and near work. And no, I don’t work in a particularly fashion-conscious place.
