Fashion Trends and Revivals Of Past Atrocities

[blas87]

I see a lot of girls with awful haircuts that are stylists. They are mostly short hairstyles. I don't get what it is about girls that cut hair, it seems they all have shorter hair. I guess maybe it's to show all the fun things you can do with shorter hair and their products they sell, but it makes me scared that they are all scissor happy and I'm going to end up with hacked hair again like last spring.

NOTE: I don't have a problem with short hair on girls, in fact, I'm jealous of girls who can pull of bobs and pixies (my face is too fat and my head is too round, I have to have long, and I mean no shorter than beyond shoulder length).

But in all honesty, not many girls are cut out for spikes, mohawks, faux-hawks, androgynous slicks and short shags, and those are incredibly popular around here.

Personally, I blame Rihanna, who looked absolutely GREAT in super short spikey hair, for inspiring too many young women that they'd also look great that way. They didn't, and still don't.

I have another one to add that will just make me seem even bitchier than I already do, and will probably get me a bunch of flack but here goes:

I cannot stand when women can't dress age appropriate. And I don't mean things like local sports team hoodies or zip hoodies, sweats, multiple layers of shirts, or things that anyone of any age can wear that you see MORE adults wearing nowadays. That's fine.

I am talking about women who look exactly the age they are, not the tightest or best of body, wearing super low rise jeans with a thong hanging out, with a halter top and tons of glitter on their eyelids, and women who wear those matching track suits with super low cut camis, younger hair styles and lots of makeup. I don't mean wearing a lot of makeup period, I mean wearing makeup the way that younger women do. It doesn't look right when your face isn't young anymore. Too much makeup isn't attractive by any means, but when your skin is more mature, you shouldn't be piling on blush, three or four different eyeshadow colors, and loud, dark black eyeliner all the way around your eyes, or making that "Cat eye" extension beyond the corner of your eyes, adding gobs of glitter and lipliner to make your lips look fuller. It looks silly enough on young women.

There is nothing wrong with being the age you are. There are plenty of fun clothes that you can wear without looking like you are trying to hard to be 22 again.

[IDrinkaRum]

Hi! I'm Rummy and I have a confession to make:

I went out, in public, wearing capri pants that cut my calves in half. (Not literally, but the way they come to an end at mid-calf ).

Please forgive me?

I will now slink back into my close o' doom.

Thank you.

[KnitShoni]

What's wrong with frohawks?

[Lace Neil Singer]

Also, I wear loads of black eyeliner, and I frankly couldn't give two shits if someone thinks I ought to have left that behind back in my twenties. I'm going to be wearing that shit in my seventies, man!

[Amanita]

According to the hosts of "What not to wear", since I'm 30, I have no business wearing "attention-getting" clothing- things of unusual and striking style and design. They would say I need to give up things like this:
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And certainly wear nothing as striking as this:
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And I imagine they would want to trash my assortment of bell-sleeved and embroidered shirts and long dresses too.

Screw that. For many years, I was not allowed to wear anything attention-getting or interesting. My parent's, and the school guidance councillor's solution to the relentless bullying I suffered was to try and make me be a chameleon. Don't do, say, or wear anything that might get attention. And also, for many years I couldn't afford to buy interesting things, or supplies to make my own things.
So am I going to give it up now? Hell no!

I remember one episode of WNTW, where they had a lady who worked an office job, and during her off-time, she liked to wear victorian or steampunk-inspired things sometimes. Her friends from the office complained about this. It wasn't just her office wardrobe they took issue with, they also complained about how she dressed outside of work.

Friends who tried to make me over into some notion of "normal" wouldn't stay friends for long. WNTW has some good advice, and they do a good job on people who are sloppy dressers. But they don't understand non-mainstream looks, and I object to their idea that if you dress unconventionally, it must be either an attempt to push people away, or hide yourself.

[Hyena Dandy]

On a bike short related note: Full on bike jumpsuits.

[Andara Bledin]

Unfortunately, those links aren't working for me, so I can't see what you're referring to.

I'm lucky that my co-workers like me being an odd duck, though I don't display my more interesting plumage that often.

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[Boozy]

There's a trend in this thread where someone will say, "I hate seeing people in X-style of clothing, because I think it looks ridiculous" and then turning around and saying, "But I wear Y-style of clothing, and I don't care if someone else thinks it's ridiculous!"

There's nothing wrong with either statement, because aesthetics are completely subjective. It's okay to not like certain styles. I just wish people weren't so judgmental about it. People wearing a certain style of clothing have been judged "idiots", "losers", and "pansies" (all words used in this thread). I don't agree with that mindset. I don't think someone's character should be judged based solely on the clothing they choose to wear.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Unless said clothing is namelessly stained, perhaps? I think I mentioned that earlier on in the thread. Anyway, I remember talking to a mate about a local supermarket banning customers coming to shop dressed in night attire; I said that some jammie bottoms can look rather like trousers and I wouldn't really mind if I saw someone walk into the petrol station wearing jammie bottoms... unless said jammies were either namelessly stained (especially on the butt and crotch) and/or sagging (especially if said person is underwearless). No-one needs to see that.

[fireheart17]

One fashion I hope dies soon: Crocs. And the sheepskin-lined Crocs. As well as their ripoffs.

Ugly, ugly, ugly.

[blas87]

Haven't seen anyone wearing Crocs or their likes in quite some time.

[IDrinkaRum]

There is a Crocs outlet in the mall near our house. Child Rum actually has a pair of purple Mary Jane style ones. I used to have 2 pairs of 2 different style Crocs. However, they made my feet stink, so I threw them out. I do have a pair of nicely heeled ones. They don't look like Crocs at all.Here is the pair I have - they are the Lydia version. The shoe in the picture is black, but mine are red.

[Andara Bledin]

The Crocs that everyone knows and loves to hate are the clogs. Most people already don't like clogs, so Crocs are easy to hate on.

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[Cat]

The Crocs that everyone knows and loves to hate are the clogs. Most people already don't like clogs, so Crocs are easy to hate on.

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Esp with the add-on accessories.....though I'd imagine they are fun to collect for kids. Bet they are easy to lose!

[blas87]

I had a pair of Wal-Mart's version of Crocs a couple of years ago, although instead of the clog, the heal was closed, so that I could wear them to work.

I can't even tell you how many times people tried to tattle on me for wearing them. Too bad for them, they were closed toed, closed heeled, and we don't work in an area requiring steel toed shoes, they weren't heels or platforms, and they were durable enough to be considered appropriate.