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« Reply #45 on: September 01, 2007, 08:28:09 PM » |
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The link for the muffin top--bwahhahahah, oh, no. I need to get some paper towels...
Seriously though, let's not completely blame the style. I can rock the low-rise, belly baring look. I choose not to, something about less is more, in amount revealed at least.
I remember my mother saying, "leave something to the imagination" and "when your ready to go out, look in the mirror one more time and take off one piece of jewelry."
Sounds like good advice at any age.
Baring the belly, even a hawt one, is not attractive. It's very unattractive on an instructor though.
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« Reply #46 on: September 02, 2007, 01:27:07 AM » |
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Leg warmers are coming back, too. I hear Flashdance in the background...
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« Reply #47 on: September 02, 2007, 07:57:52 AM » |
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Fashion nostalgia is always on a 20-year cycle. Remember the 50s craze in the 70s. This look back to the 80s is just part of the cycle. It happens when the high schoolers of the previous period emerge as the tastemakers of the current period.
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« Reply #48 on: September 02, 2007, 08:45:45 AM » |
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Fashion nostalgia is always on a 20-year cycle. Remember the 50s craze in the 70s. This look back to the 80s is just part of the cycle. It happens when the high schoolers of the previous period emerge as the tastemakers of the current period.
Elsie you're brilliant. I never thought about it that way. Seriously. |
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« Reply #49 on: September 02, 2007, 09:10:22 AM » |
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I saw jellies yesterday. Shoes and jewelry. For sale, in a store.
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« Reply #50 on: September 02, 2007, 09:11:54 AM » |
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I first noticed it in the mid 70s when Happy Days and Grease were coming out and my brother's high school was having sock hops. Over the years I figured out the 20 year cycle and finally connected to 30-somethings' high school fashions.
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« Reply #51 on: September 02, 2007, 09:25:07 AM » |
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Someone once told me that most people tend to wear the basic style that was popular during the period of their life when they were happiest.
My Dad has never gotten over the mid-70s. He of course buys contemporary clothes, but he wears them the same way he did then: always one button too many left undone in his dress shirts, pant rises just a *little* too high, his fabric/print preferences reflect the mid-70s... you know?
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« Reply #52 on: September 02, 2007, 09:50:54 AM » |
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Someone once told me that most people tend to wear the basic style that was popular during the period of their life when they were happiest.
My Dad has never gotten over the mid-70s. He of course buys contemporary clothes, but he wears them the same way he did then: always one button too many left undone in his dress shirts, pant rises just a *little* too high, his fabric/print preferences reflect the mid-70s... you know?
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« Reply #53 on: September 02, 2007, 01:18:46 PM » |
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It wasn't in the classroom, but I saw a young woman (maybe late 20s) in a store yesterday with four or five (I didn't count) different tops on, with this look, (all were with spaghetti straps and in different, contrasting colors) and not only a muffin top but love handles as well, for a total of two rolls. It wasn't pretty but she sure thought she was hawt.
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.
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« Reply #54 on: September 02, 2007, 04:56:26 PM » |
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It wasn't in the classroom, but I saw a young woman (maybe late 20s) in a store yesterday with four or five (I didn't count) different tops on, with this look, (all were with spaghetti straps and in different, contrasting colors) and not only a muffin top but love handles as well, for a total of two rolls. It wasn't pretty but she sure thought she was hawt.
Of course, she looks hawt. I am not foolish enough to comment on my students' sartorial choices, but I have an artist friend who has no such qualms. One day she asked a couple of these wannabe hotties why they would wear such unflattering outfits. Their response (paraphrased into grownup speak) was that it was better to be stylish in a slightly unflattering outfit than to choose an unstylish outfit that might better suit their body shapes. I kid you not. They would rather be unattractive but obviously with it than attractive and unstylish. On another note, I am ready for my clothes that I have been carting around since high school to come back into style (and, yes, most of them will still fit). My Hammer pants are ready and I will stock up on Aquanet. |
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« Reply #55 on: September 02, 2007, 05:11:18 PM » |
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I'm hoping and praying that 80's hair comes back in. My hair is completely puffy and wavy without any product, and in the 80's I actually had good hair - the kind that people worked hard to get. Aahh, vanished youth...
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« Reply #56 on: September 02, 2007, 05:55:07 PM » |
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I'm hoping and praying that 80's hair comes back in. My hair is completely puffy and wavy without any product, and in the 80's I actually had good hair - the kind that people worked hard to get. Aahh, vanished youth...
I hear you. I look fantastic in a bob with bangs. A friend of mine was telling me the other day that 80s glasses are coming back in style. You know - the with the big plastic frames. |
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« Reply #57 on: September 02, 2007, 06:12:09 PM » |
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But the sad truth of fashion nostalgia is this: if you wore it the first time around, you're too old to wear it the second time around.
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« Reply #58 on: September 02, 2007, 06:29:58 PM » |
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But the sad truth of fashion nostalgia is this: if you wore it the first time around, you're too old to wear it the second time around.
Truer words were never spoken. Although I have caved with the slightly flared jeans and the modified peasant look. I have one gauze top that's exactly like one I had in junior high. And I am considering the wrap-dress concept. But I will never wear these items from my youth: 1. Hip huggers (remember those coca cola pants?) 2. Wedge or platform shoes 3. PONCHOS! (for the love of all that's holy!!! WHY???? WHY BRING THOSE BACK?!!! Although they seem to be on their way out now.) 4. Coulots/gauchos |
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« Reply #59 on: September 02, 2007, 07:11:28 PM » |
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I'm hoping and praying that 80's hair comes back in. My hair is completely puffy and wavy without any product, and in the 80's I actually had good hair - the kind that people worked hard to get. Aahh, vanished youth...
I hear you. I look fantastic in a bob with bangs. A friend of mine was telling me the other day that 80s glasses are coming back in style. You know - the with the big plastic frames. I saw a bunch of middle aged women walking around in cut-offs made from Mom Jeans that were about 3 sizes too tight. It was not pretty. |
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