Fashion Faux Paws

Two examples I have witnessed recently that I thought to be really disgusting: 1) A teacher of young grades, probably 2nd-3rd here in the USA-wearing a tight tee-shirt to school one day, with the word "Baby" across the midsection and a downward arrow. Maybe I am old-fashioned, but I do not think that is proper dress for any school teacher.

2) Some friends and I went to the matinee of a Community Theater and three women sat behind us in tight jeans and tee-shirts with some almost obscene language written across the fronts with beach thongs. I don't mean to say everyone should wear dresses & hose/heels, but they looked as if they had come from the beach straight to the theater, which wasn't possible in West TX. Just my 2-cents for tonight. Emily

He beat me to it! It's a quote from a movie called Hackers ;)

Here in Melbourne Australia, the private school girls have a curious fashion going at the moment, we'll call it the Too Many 'In' Fads.

Bright orange skin from one too many solarium visits teamed with deliberately messy and greasy hair (tied up by a ribbon) and oversize chandelier earrings, Ralph Lauren polo shirt with the collar turned up, followed by too-large tracksuit pants of well known MALE private school uniform (generally bright red if they are cool enough to know a Scotch College boy or have one for a brother), and thongs (flip flops) of a particular mexican brand (Haviana). And if they're REALLY popular, instead of the thongs, they wear beige ugg boots with their bright red tracksuit pants tucked into them.

-Katy

Ohhhh, Hackers! That is one of his favorite movies, and I must have watched it a gazillion times with him, but didnt remember that line. What was the line from the movie, attributed to Ozzie Osbourne... Of all the things Ive lost I miss my mind the most? (close?) Diana

-- I know all the answers, it's the questions I have problems with

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", they wear beige ugg boots with their bright red tracksuit

OK!!! Here's where I have to jump in. I'm sorry, but I think they call those boots "Ugg" boots because the "LEE!!" fell off the tag. This falls into one of my personal fashion pet peeves. We're all pals here, I can confess something I truly get self conscious about.....I have big feet. Ok. Not HUGE "Run before she stomps the village flat" feet, but Prince Charming wouldn't have gotten that glass slipper on my piggies either. LOL Size 9 feet when you're 5'4" tall is big feets!! lol Ya just can't wear ugly shoes when your feet are big. It makes the whole situation worse.....

I have a real "thing" about UGLY shoes. And it ticks me off for days when all the shoes in the stores, for the entire season are UGLY. Like Ugg boots. Don't care how comfortable they are. They ain't pretty. They look like really nice, comfy houseshoes----not something that should be worn to the grocery store. And know what? I am so not the only one who feels that way. Wal-Mart couldn't get rid of the knock off ones they had here till they marked them down about 75% on clearance. And I've yet to see a pair of them walking towards me at the grocery....so I'm guessing the ones that did get bought are houseshoes. lol

OK. This leads me around to my category:

"Baby!!! You don't wear that out of the house! Go get dressed!!!!"

----flannel pajama pants worn to the grocery, to school, to...well anywhere other than around the house. Now, I LOVE my flannel jammie pants. I wear them all the time---INSIDE MY HOUSE. If I need to go to the store, I put on some real clothes. I might, when feeling extremely daring, dash out to the mailbox to put outgoing mail in there, while still wearing the jammie pants. But that's about as far as it goes. They don't look cute on ***anyone*** when they are worn out in public (well, ok, Granny Maz, they'd look cute on the new boy worn anywhere....but once he's old enough to walk on his own, don't let him wear them out in public. lol) They *****especially****** look bad when the pants look like: they were run over by a garbage truck, caught on the back bumper, dragged down 10 miles of dirt road right after a

3 day rain, then had the cuffs chewed on by a rabid gofer; or the person wearing them has had the same pair on for 5 days while she cleaned her house, and the homes of 35 of her closest friends, then weeded all the yards.

I mean if you MUST wear these things out in public, would *****clean***** be too much to ask???????? I think not.

-----The satin camisoles worn as blouses. It just looks like someone forgot her shirt and is out in her undies. And while we are at it, can we do away with the ones that are shiny satin and have that seam with gathers just under the bust??? My 15 year old niece was looking at a top like that. This gal looks like she's 25. *sigh* Which makes Aunt Sharon want to sleep on the porch with a collection of loaded firearms....but I digress. She is Built. And at her age, nothing sags, droops, etc. We were shopping and she pointed out one of those tops. I told her that IMO, they make even the perkiest of busts look droopy. I'm not sure if it's that the seam drops down towards the armpit, or if it's the gathering under the bust. She tried one on. Then she shrieked "Aunt Sharon you're right." End of that discussion.....one less fashion victim out there. My work here is done.

Oh!!! One more shoe rant:

"Honey. I know they wear shoes like that on Desperate Housewives, but those women don't live in Indiana."

----It's Tourney Time in Indiana. (basketball; trust me this is not something that needs explained to anyone in Indiana.) That means the weather isn't great. It's likely to get to 40° F in the afternoon, but then drop over night and snow. Or it could stay warm enough that it will just rain....for 5 days straight. You see where I'm going here. The weather is pretty gross. We have entire new sections of wetlands cropping up daily. Not weather for opentoed mules......Guess what I saw walking towards me in the grocery aisle the other day? Mmm hmmm. Open toed mules. And it gets worse: 1. she had opaque toed stockings on. 2. the shoes were evidentially 2 sizes too small and slickery on the bottoms. (she walked with that "my feet really hurt" look on her face, and very carefully like she was afraid of looking like Bambi when he steps on the frozen pond.) Did I mention that the shoes were hot pink? Did I mention that the stocking were a sheer black, well except for the toes?

I just kept hearing my mother and one of her favorite sayings: We should take up a collection so we can buy her a mirror. I don't think she has one in her house.

Thanks for getting this started Cea. I been holding this all in too long. LOL

Sharon

---retracting claws. Meow

Won't let me near em - I've offered, much as I loathe alterations! She LOVES me to make things like that beaded bronze dress on my web site (yup, that's her in it!), but will not let me touch her uniforms. I think it's a religious thing... ;P

Same here! LEGGINGS! 50 lbs ago, with legs like a Victorian grand piano (short, bulbous, and MUCH better hidden!) I wore lycra enhanced leggings all the time! Imagine it, a perambulating blammange in Lycra! ARGH!!! Now, when I could better get away with it, I have Lycra enhanced trousers (hard to buy without it these days), but they are soft, straight leg things, and so much more flattering!

I keep a single velvet pair as a dire warning for days when a relapse is on the horizon...

Oddly, while I have made no conscious choice to give up chocolate or ice cream, I crave them less and less as time goes on. I wish I could say the same for bread!

The fashion thing that I really don't get is the one about having your bra strap show. I remember being a teenager and being absolutely mortified if my underwear showed on the outside. After all, that is why it is called "underwear", right?

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You mean the ones that look like they've got four breasts? I love it!

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Hon, if you can look at yourself in the mirror wearing it and not cringe or crack out laughing, then go for it. Stuff what anyone else says. It is your privilege (as well as your right) as a grown woman, to wear what you want. Just be careful of whom you ask "Does my bum look big in this".

There's something similar round here - big baggy hoody, with the hood up (pref over a baseball cap) and saggy trackies tucked into your socks, with cheapo trainers. You go round saying to people things like "Yer mum", "Yer Dad" and "I'm gunna bash yer". What my daughter (12) and her pals refer to as "Scallies". Apparently the last one that confronted her with "Yer Dad" got in return "My dad? Yes, I know him very well. Shame you don't know yours".

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Thanks! ;-)

I **NEED** a pair of those!!! Where where where???

--Karen M.

Seen just last night at a contra dance:

--several teen/20-something gals wearing a variety of the tank top/bra strap and hip hugger skirt combos. No place to put a stick-on nametag. One gal was so uncomfortable, she tried to adjust her skirt and top every time her hands weren't busy. It hurt to watch.

I pulled aside the head recruiter (herself nicely attired in a once-piece outfit) and mentioned that I always tell newbies to wear layers, short sleeves and loose neck underneath, broomstick skirt, comfy shoes. So please spread the word amongst the MTV'ers about the advantages of clothing with sleeves and waistbands.

--Karen M. wishing they'd have brought some Teen Spirit, too

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uttered>Seen just last night at a contra dance:What's a contra dance?

They also have some dominatrix socks that are hysterical... "master says faster...."

bike socks rule.

Any woman over the age of 40, or over the weight of 150 pounds, in shorts! Any shorts! Ugh, I don't want to look at your knees, and I don't care how hot it is.

And, yes, I fit both of those descriptions. Long loose slacks or a long skirt is just way kinder to onlookers than shorts.

And, don't even get me started on "skorts"! What an abomination! ;-þ

I'll be sure to warn you to stay inside with I go cycling with all my

40-something friends.

ps

On 2005-03-13 snipped-for-privacy@cet.com said: >Newsgroups: alt.sewing >PS wrote: >> ...socks that say things >> like "your bike sucks" ... My pfertile phantasy pictures me riding my sleek-and-swift cafe racer (motorcycle) past some hawg-mounted outlaw biker. Might even survive, if I'm fast enough and the road is twisty. Snort guffaw!

Tom

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