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[antiphon]

Thankfully (?), the skinny jean has moved the low-rise into second place. For the younger set, it's all about late 70s/early 80s revival.

Oh, not necessarily.  At least in the sense that pouring yourself into a pair of skinny jeans when you are not skinny produces obvious, unattractive bulges in other places. 

Oh, of course. But "skinny jeans" refers to the cut of the pant - it has a thin, very tapered leg -  not to the physical attributes of the wearer. And at least the bulges are higher up, and more likely to be covered by a top. Hopefully the wearer is at least wearing the correct size.

The problem, of course, with skinny jeans is that unless you've got the body of a 10 year old, you'll almost inevitably look like a snowball with sticks for legs. They simply do not create an attractive silhouette. Period.

Um, I had those jeans back in the decade the designers are emulating.  I think I'll go burn every picture of myself I can find so I don't have to admit I made the same "fashion don't" mistakes.  Or maybe I'll take some pictures and send them to the offenders in about ten years.  I can't wait until the Hammer pants come back.  Now those were really heinous.  Yes, I had some of those, too.

[onion]

Thankfully (?), the skinny jean has moved the low-rise into second place. For the younger set, it's all about late 70s/early 80s revival.

Oh, not necessarily.  At least in the sense that pouring yourself into a pair of skinny jeans when you are not skinny produces obvious, unattractive bulges in other places. 

Oh, of course. But "skinny jeans" refers to the cut of the pant - it has a thin, very tapered leg -  not to the physical attributes of the wearer. And at least the bulges are higher up, and more likely to be covered by a top. Hopefully the wearer is at least wearing the correct size.

The problem, of course, with skinny jeans is that unless you've got the body of a 10 year old, you'll almost inevitably look like a snowball with sticks for legs. They simply do not create an attractive silhouette. Period.

Um, I had those jeans back in the decade the designers are emulating.  I think I'll go burn every picture of myself I can find so I don't have to admit I made the same "fashion don't" mistakes.  Or maybe I'll take some pictures and send them to the offenders in about ten years.  I can't wait until the Hammer pants come back.  Now those were really heinous.  Yes, I had some of those, too.

Hammer pants!!! Bwahahahaha!  I had some of those that I bought at a street market in Paris when I was studying abroad.  I then returned to haunt the hallways of my Midwestern high school, imagining that I was tres chic.  I looked (and acted) like an a$$.

[grasshopper]

Hee hee. Hammer pants.

And stirrup pants.

[onion]

Hee hee. Hammer pants.

And stirrup pants.

Stirrup pants hooked around the bottom of brightly colored pumps, of course.  ;D

[grasshopper]

Sergio Valente

[antiphon]

Thankfully (?), the skinny jean has moved the low-rise into second place. For the younger set, it's all about late 70s/early 80s revival.

Oh, not necessarily.  At least in the sense that pouring yourself into a pair of skinny jeans when you are not skinny produces obvious, unattractive bulges in other places. 

Oh, of course. But "skinny jeans" refers to the cut of the pant - it has a thin, very tapered leg -  not to the physical attributes of the wearer. And at least the bulges are higher up, and more likely to be covered by a top. Hopefully the wearer is at least wearing the correct size.

The problem, of course, with skinny jeans is that unless you've got the body of a 10 year old, you'll almost inevitably look like a snowball with sticks for legs. They simply do not create an attractive silhouette. Period.

Um, I had those jeans back in the decade the designers are emulating.  I think I'll go burn every picture of myself I can find so I don't have to admit I made the same "fashion don't" mistakes.  Or maybe I'll take some pictures and send them to the offenders in about ten years.  I can't wait until the Hammer pants come back.  Now those were really heinous.  Yes, I had some of those, too.

Hammer pants!!! Bwahahahaha!  I had some of those that I bought at a street market in Paris when I was studying abroad.  I then returned to haunt the hallways of my Midwestern high school, imagining that I was tres chic.  I looked (and acted) like an a$$.

Got mine at a rather pedestrian mid American mall.  Lucky dog.  Paris.  What if neon Lycra makes a come back?  Or big hair.  Jack it up to Jesus, girls.  I, unfortunately, did all that, too.  Shrug.  I suspect everyone looks and acts like an a$$ as a teenager.  It's part of the rites of passage.  I admit I'm amused by the whole fashion thing.  Watching the shifts is better than TV.

[onion]

Thankfully (?), the skinny jean has moved the low-rise into second place. For the younger set, it's all about late 70s/early 80s revival.

Oh, not necessarily.  At least in the sense that pouring yourself into a pair of skinny jeans when you are not skinny produces obvious, unattractive bulges in other places. 

Oh, of course. But "skinny jeans" refers to the cut of the pant - it has a thin, very tapered leg -  not to the physical attributes of the wearer. And at least the bulges are higher up, and more likely to be covered by a top. Hopefully the wearer is at least wearing the correct size.

The problem, of course, with skinny jeans is that unless you've got the body of a 10 year old, you'll almost inevitably look like a snowball with sticks for legs. They simply do not create an attractive silhouette. Period.

Um, I had those jeans back in the decade the designers are emulating.  I think I'll go burn every picture of myself I can find so I don't have to admit I made the same "fashion don't" mistakes.  Or maybe I'll take some pictures and send them to the offenders in about ten years.  I can't wait until the Hammer pants come back.  Now those were really heinous.  Yes, I had some of those, too.

Hammer pants!!! Bwahahahaha!  I had some of those that I bought at a street market in Paris when I was studying abroad.  I then returned to haunt the hallways of my Midwestern high school, imagining that I was tres chic.  I looked (and acted) like an a$$.

Got mine at a rather pedestrian mid American mall.  Lucky dog.  Paris.  What if neon Lycra makes a come back?  Or big hair.  Jack it up to Jesus, girls.  I, unfortunately, did all that, too.  Shrug.  I suspect everyone looks and acts like an a$$ as a teenager.  It's part of the rites of passage.  I admit I'm amused by the whole fashion thing.  Watching the shifts is better than TV.

Mall hair is making a comeback among the more "avant garde" (?) hipster art-school girls here.  It scares me.  Gives me nightmares. And nausea. 

[antiphon]

Thankfully (?), the skinny jean has moved the low-rise into second place. For the younger set, it's all about late 70s/early 80s revival.

Oh, not necessarily.  At least in the sense that pouring yourself into a pair of skinny jeans when you are not skinny produces obvious, unattractive bulges in other places. 

Oh, of course. But "skinny jeans" refers to the cut of the pant - it has a thin, very tapered leg -  not to the physical attributes of the wearer. And at least the bulges are higher up, and more likely to be covered by a top. Hopefully the wearer is at least wearing the correct size.

The problem, of course, with skinny jeans is that unless you've got the body of a 10 year old, you'll almost inevitably look like a snowball with sticks for legs. They simply do not create an attractive silhouette. Period.

Um, I had those jeans back in the decade the designers are emulating.  I think I'll go burn every picture of myself I can find so I don't have to admit I made the same "fashion don't" mistakes.  Or maybe I'll take some pictures and send them to the offenders in about ten years.  I can't wait until the Hammer pants come back.  Now those were really heinous.  Yes, I had some of those, too.

Hammer pants!!! Bwahahahaha!  I had some of those that I bought at a street market in Paris when I was studying abroad.  I then returned to haunt the hallways of my Midwestern high school, imagining that I was tres chic.  I looked (and acted) like an a$$.

Got mine at a rather pedestrian mid American mall.  Lucky dog.  Paris.  What if neon Lycra makes a come back?  Or big hair.  Jack it up to Jesus, girls.  I, unfortunately, did all that, too.  Shrug.  I suspect everyone looks and acts like an a$$ as a teenager.  It's part of the rites of passage.  I admit I'm amused by the whole fashion thing.  Watching the shifts is better than TV.

Mall hair is making a comeback among the more "avant garde" (?) hipster art-school girls here.  It scares me.  Gives me nightmares. And nausea. 

Aquanet lives.  Let's see if they do the pink hair.  I saw a rat tail the other day, too.  And a modified mullet. 

[pikachu]

I saw female grad students in tight short shorts walking around in a graduate department this week. We don't just need a dress code, but rather an exorcism around here.

[grasshopper]

I saw a rat tail on the bus the other day.

Yes, 80s hair has been on its way back for a few years, and is now hitting the mainstream. The trend has been popular with guys for a bit, especially in the form of a mullet and trucker ball cap, but is now moving into the ranks of women, too. Watch out for those sunrise bangs, folks!

I'm thinking of catching a jump on fashion, and going for the bobbed spiral perm right away.

[antiphon]

We need a sound track.  Here you go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hksil-KkebQ

[notaprof]

For those who didn't know what a muffin top was

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyO-z_7Ip9c

Even this slender young woman has a muffin top in this fashion mistake.  I am glad to see it waning.  A belly should only be displayed in public on toned belly dancers and at the beach or by Buddha.  I think I have seen one, maybe two people who looked good in this style.

The newest look here involves one long, snug t shirt that covers the skin of the muffin top, then a second or even third shorter and tighter top layered over it, still with the hip-hugger look for the lower clothing items.  So now the muffin top is highlighted in a lovely contrasting color to the rest of the outfit. 

Also seen on campus, skirts that look like someone took their tube top or cut off a turtleneck and pulled it down low around the hips.  Some come down to mid thigh but most just barely curve around the behind.  It has to be really, really tight to stay in place and it leaves nothing to the imagination.  I guess you could call them a bun warmer or a bun cozy.  It looks like torture to me. 

My daughter just left wearing both of the above.  She has a perfect figure but the bun warmer was not attractive and she will see the error of her ways as soon as the next fashion trend arrives.  Me pointing out that fact will only make the style stay around longer. 

However, the babydoll look and cute and very tiny sundresses that I have also seen are not so bad but very skimpy.  Cleavage is apparently coming back in style again.  I much prefer cleavage above the waist rather than below it but I think it is unfairly distracting in the classroom.

I think students should all dress in shapeless flour sacks so they can all properly concentrate on their studies. 

[trabb]

I think students should all dress in shapeless flour sacks so they can all properly concentrate on their studies. 

Ah yes, the medieval look.  Maybe tonsures will make a comeback too. 

[patchouli]

Notaprof,

Smart move, not saying anything to the daughter.  I spent a whole semester of my son's high school years gritting my teeth while his girlfriend laboriously put eyeliner and mascara on him during his rock-star-and-poet period.  But I took pictures . . .

Now we look back and laugh at them, as he is now Mr. Button-Down Conservative in appearance . . .

My daughter just left wearing both of the above.  She has a perfect figure but the bun warmer was not attractive and she will see the error of her ways as soon as the next fashion trend arrives.  Me pointing out that fact will only make the style stay around longer. 

[notaprof]

But I took pictures . . .

Now we look back and laugh at them, as he is now Mr. Button-Down Conservative in appearance . . .

Pictures... hmmm, a very good idea to have documentation of the bad decisions and with my photoshop skills I could make things look even worse!  This bun warmer thing may be very short-lived in our house.    Thanks for the idea patchouli.  I do have mohawk pictures with which to torture my oldest son.  I always said I would never worry over the hairstyles and clothing choices of my kids.  I just won't pay for anything I don't like.  They have to earn their own fashion mistakes.