I am finally old
Recently I was walking through a popular department store and I actually stopped mid-stride. I have never considered myself a fashionista and my style lends itself more toward comfortable and classic than trendy, but my goodness. Are they serious? I saw jeans that were just the sane side of hot pink paired with a neon yellow belt.
Striped red, green white and blue shirts that really looked like something from the early 80′s. In fact, a lot of the stuff looked like the 80′s on crack… and for those of us who remember the 80′s, it wasn’t a decade of fashion excellence. My daughter recently bought leg warmers…and tights with a semi-automatic rifle embossed on them. Um, yeah–won’t get into the political side of that, I’m all for the right to bear arms, but I did draw the line on those.
And should I mention the rainbow jeans?
The tapestry pants?
I may not wear mom jeans, in fact one of my favorite fashion trends was when the waist dropped to the hips, but they are blue or black.
I have come to the conclusion that it’s not that older people don’t want to be trendy, they just can’t understand the current fashion trends or why younger people would want to dress that way. Which puts me firmly in the old camp.
Are there any fashion trends you just don’t understand?
Feb 26, 2013 @ 05:39:12
ew… it’s bad enough looking for clothes that fit when you are 5’1 but neon? Actually, I had a neon striped dress: hot pink and chartreuse but it was 1968 and I was young enough to tear holes in my hot pink tights sliding into home base! LOL Thanks for reminding me that it is not my size or current styles –I’ve been fashion-challenged all along ROFL
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Feb 26, 2013 @ 09:58:39
I have never been on the cusp of fashion. Lol I prefer “classic” to trendy.
Feb 26, 2013 @ 05:53:30
Were we shopping together? Because my local Kohls has those same clothes on the rack. I think if a gal is size zero, she might be able to pull off neon jeans, but the fact is, most of us are overweight–even the teenagers these days.
Kids these days.
Sigh.
Anyone seen where I put my teeth?
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Feb 26, 2013 @ 10:03:05
I have seen them at Kohls but thus was JCPennys or JCP.
I think maybe if I was a size zero purple jeans might interest me but not ow or red. Lol gotta draw the line simewhere! And tapestry? I really didn’t like the 80s or teen years enough to revisit them.
your teeth are next to mine!
Feb 26, 2013 @ 11:14:23
Argh, sometimes I hate the spell check on my phone. How did yellow become ow? Really? The other day it changed “crib” into “show” Everyone thought I put the baby in the shower. smh. Is there a signature that says beware of evil spellcheck?
Feb 26, 2013 @ 07:05:09
Tattoos. I know I sound like my mom about Beatle’s haircuts, but really.
Honestly, what I can’t imagine most, is choosing a permanent body adornment at 18 that I’m going to still be behind at 50. I think I might have chosen a unicorn, or something. *shudders*
Feb 26, 2013 @ 11:15:48
I don’t have any tattoos. I’ve been tempted, but I’ve just never found one that I wanted to marry. And even with cover ups etc, it is to death do us part. So yeah, I hear you. My sis-in-law…who just turned 16. Already has four. FOUR! smh.
Feb 26, 2013 @ 07:57:18
True story – I was flipping channels one day and stopped to watch some dancers. One of the gals had on a cropped top that wrapped just under her boobs to tie in the back and then tied around her neck. I shook my head. So skimpy. Vulgar, even. I moved on then went back for a second look. Damn! I’d worn that (exactly that) when I was in high school! LOL
When I look at crap I wore in the 70s and 80s, today’s clothes aren’t that much more awful. I love the bright colors, but at my size, if I wore something like that, someone might mistake me for a hot air balloon!
When I don’t understand are these girls who cripple themselves with the high-high heels…including authors attending RWA National! Give me some comfortable shoes.
and those tight tight, skinny jeans? Incubators for yeast infections.
and while I’m at it…you kids get off my lawn!
Feb 26, 2013 @ 11:19:13
LOL I used to show off my stomach. Funny thing though, I never had a truly flat stomach. I’d stay home before showing my rolls now.
But I have to say, and maybe you knew this was coming, I am addicted to shoes. I like comfortable too, but I maintain three-inch heels can be comfortable for short periods of time. And wedges? Yup. LOVE them. Maybe it’s because I’m only 5’2″ and I like how heels make me feel but I wear them as often as I can…which isn’t often these days. I have some 2″ heels that I consider every day wear…
Feb 26, 2013 @ 08:13:53
Oh, I remember the tapestry jeans from the 80s. *shudders* The one I don’t get are the jeans with the rips on the thighs. I understand the ones on the butt and the knees, as those are spots that would naturally wear through, but the tops of the thighs? Suzanne Sommers doesn’t have thighs that powerful.
Feb 26, 2013 @ 10:20:04
I don’t think the Hulk had thighs THAT strong!
And I remember those tapestry jeans. I probably had a pair but I’ve blocked the memory
Feb 26, 2013 @ 11:22:14
Cynthia,
I probably wanted some but have blocked that from my memory. ; )
Feb 26, 2013 @ 11:21:12
I hear you! I have jeans from high school with all the “right” holes. : ) The kind made by wear! I could wear them too, right up until I married my husband and started cooking authentic Mexican food…of course then the baby added some weight and yeah…they are in the one-day box in my closet.
Feb 26, 2013 @ 10:58:37
I skipped the 80s out of protest. Seriously? Rainbow Jeans? Tapestry Pants? Shawna, I refuse to believe that you’re old or me either. Just we have decent taste
I still can’t get over the jeans that boys wear clear down to their knees. I’m begging for that to go out of style one day.
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Feb 26, 2013 @ 11:24:59
Donnell,
I refuse to believe that’s fashion. I told my sons if they ever wore their jeans like that I would personally embarrass the crap out of them. I mean if showing your underwear in public and walking like a baby with a full diaper doesn’t embarrass you, why would your mom showing up at school in a bathrobe and hair curlers?
Up side? I bet they don’t commit any crimes. I mean how could they run?
And yes, we have decent taste. I like that. : )
Feb 26, 2013 @ 12:59:16
I love reading these answers… Tattoos, teeth, curlers and housecoats. Darn right, we’re not old
)))
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Feb 26, 2013 @ 13:03:52
Working in retail, I tell ya, I see a lot of things I don’t understand. Clothes that are too tight or just not flattering to the body (if you don’t got it, don’t flaunt it. Please.). Tattoos in ultra-visible places (like necks… and faces). Rock star nails that make it impossible to take cash or card out of her wallet. Fake eyelashes. Okay, maybe not everyone I meet could be a model, but everyone is beautiful without all this extra “help.”
Feb 28, 2013 @ 09:10:05
All those fashion rules somehow got tossed out the window! The fashion police of my day would be speechless! LOL Comfortable classic….yeah, I like that one too.
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