Willravel

Yes, these. They're popular right now and I cannot for the life of me understand why. It's like Great Depression chic or something. And it gets better: apparently, you wear these with skinny jeans that are rolled up at the bottom to look like high-waters.


What the living fuck?

What style trends have you skipped?

FuglyStick

I made it through the eighties without a rat tail, and I'm a redneck.

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Also, in this thread, we laugh at hipsters.

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Plan9

Graphic t-shirts... and not just the high priced Guido Gear (TM).

I feel that paying $40 for a mass produced torso covering with an asymmetric barbed wire/wings/chains/skulls print is a lousy idea.

Paying more than $20 for a t-shirt is stupid. I was incredibly disheartened to discover that a Misfits logo is to be found on an Affliction brand t-shirt.

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filtherton

Condoms

Crocs

The style that is particular to engineering students, which, if you are an engineering student or know any, you know what I'm talking about. Poorly fitting jeans, quasi generic sneakers, sweatshirts with the logo of your alma mater, the same haircut since 8th grade, etc...

For the record: if you care even remotely about style and/or give half a thought to how you look when you leave the house, someone, somewhere thinks that you're a hipster.

Plan9

As ugly and scrawny as I am... everything is poorly fitting on me.

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I wanna party with Filtherton.

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FuglyStick

I'm safe. My wardrobe has consisted of nothing but pocket tees, Levi's and boots for the last decade. Well, occasionally, if it's nasty hot, like it is now, I'll wear a tank, cargo shorts and sandals for working outside if possible.

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filtherton

You just need some tight leather pants, planny.

Anytime you're in the Northern Midwest you let me know. We can hit up one of the 20 shit hole bars within walking distance of my house.

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Oh you wear boots? Definitely a hipster.

Cynthetiq

fluorescent colored clothing

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Plan9

I'm still laughing about the "condoms" thing.

What were those color-change t-shirts from the early '90s called?

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FuglyStick

Doh! You got me

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Cynthetiq

I don't know but I did have one of those shirts.

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dlish

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Plan9

Aren't those the pants your harem girls wear?

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...why don't I have a harem?

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Cynthetiq

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Jetée

business magnate-formal

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Baraka_Guru

All of them.

If I'm ever in style, it's an accident.

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FuglyStick

This is me. When "white trash chic" comes around, I'll be ahead of the curve.

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dlish

actually...no. my ladies would never be caught in that state of dress.

but if you did want a harem, it's quite easy to organise. I could do it at a fee if you promised not to call me a pimp.



on a side note, the hammer pants are very similar to the traditional lebanese wear that were introduced by the ottomons.

The Shirwal

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noodle

Hypercolor, boys... the color-changing shirts.


I happily... gleefully, even... skipped the following:

Skinny Jeans
Heeled sneakers and flip flops
Harem Pants (my hips and ass are big enough, thank you)
All things Ed Hardy, Affliction, etc.
Ankle-length pants
Babydoll dresses with jeans
Leggings... and stirrup pants

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Plan9

Thank you, Dlish. You put the culture in my life.

And Hypercolor! Hah! Righteous, Noodle.

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snowy

Glad noodle caught it. I had a Hypercolor shirt, and Hypercolor socks. Those were really cool.

Definitely did neon.

I dunno, sometime in high school I stopped paying attention to what other people liked to wear and started paying attention to what I liked to wear. This usually consisted of gray slacks, some pair of funky shoes (I have some blue suede Hush Puppies, for example), a funny t-shirt, and a black cardigan.

If I wear something fashionable, it's likely just because I liked the look of it or thought it would be comfy. If it isn't comfy, I'm not interested.

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Starkizzer

This horrid mop hair style that seems to be so popular right now. It is like a fancy mullet and the girls who have it look awful.

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Manic_Skafe

Asian baby accessory.

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CinnamonGirl

I skipped the tightrolled jeans trend, but I'll be honest, it was more because I couldn't get mine tight enough...I just looked like I was getting ready for a flood.

I'm also proud to say that, with the exception of a spiral perm in junior high, I've had basically the same hairstyle since I was eight. I skipped the "big hair," the "jennifer aniston" cut, and the "color the underside of your hair a drastically different color than the rest." Although I WILL admit to playing around with my hair color when I have the money.

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Willravel

I'm going to let you in on a secret: everyone that wears tight rolled jeans looks like they're getting ready for a flood. They also make you look like a member of the Breakfast Club, and not in a good way.

Plan9

I didn't catch any bullets from a disgruntled high school student in 1999. Does that make me a square?

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Leto

Desert Boots are back? Used to be THE shoe to buy back in the '70's and again in the '80's because they were less than $30 and therefore had no sales tax.

I skipped the designer jeans thing (i.e. Jordache etc) and the wide Legs jeans during high school. Stuck with Levi's reg fit. I WISH that I skipped the double breasted suit era of 1994 through 98.

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Stick

Can't agree more. Our 17 yr old looks like this. Doesn't believe she looks horrible.
I've taken photos so I can shame her at some future family christmas dinner.
Hee hee hee. I can't wait.

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Wes Mantooth

Oh I'm with BG and Fugly on this one, I'm so fashion retarded its not even funny...hell I struggle to even get my clothes to match. I think I've looked exactly the same for about 15 years so I've probably been accidentally in line with the latest fashions but beyond that...I couldn't even hope to tell you what men's fashion is right now.

"white trash chic" that's funny...and disturbingly accurate of my own fashion sense.

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lurkette

I am (not) Spartacus!

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Shauk

I'm pretty utilitarian in what I wear, plain colors, plan for as many pockets as I need for electronic doodads. Other than that... yeah all of them.

Manic_Skafe

Haha. I always laugh whenever I see someone wearing a pair of those - just think of the tan lines.

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Baraka_Guru

In terms of hair, I've always disliked the style that I think was first popularlized by Paris Hilton (I could be wrong). It's best described as that style in which the woman has somehow made a bubble of hair on the top of her head.

It always had me asking to myself, how long did she take to get that to work in such a way that it stays like that all day?

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Plan9

You mean the Agent 99 "bump it" hair? My old roomie used to do that.

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cj2112

I was a teen during the 80's. I went from punk rock, to rockabilly, to new romantic, to break dancing, to metal, hell I even had a wicked mullet in the early 90's. I think I burned myself out...

Lindy

I skipped distressed jeans. The hundred dollar washed with a bunch of sharp rocks, torn, and finished with sandpaper look. I do have a couple pair of ten year old, naturally worn, wonderfully soft Levi's. But they are the real thing.
I will admit to washing new jeans a couple of times before wearing them, even with a little Clorox maybe.

I also dislike and don't participate in the faux poverty look in general, or the silly faux prison hip-hop style.
Having been poor, the idea of suburban kids and gentrified urbanites ( who wouldn't be caught dead in a thrift store) spending hundreds of dollars to look poor does not make sense to me.

Sheesh, talk about the high cost of living. It's even expensive to look poor.

Comfort rules with me too. And if you're true to yourself, you're always in style.

A fashionista is really nothing but a lemming in clothes.

Lindy

Plan9

Ultra low-profile shoes like those brown or black Puma "ballet flats" I see dudes wear on campus.

What the hell? If I wanted to wear leather socks, I'd be an elf. No padding with that footwear.

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Baraka_Guru

I guess a better way to describe it would be a female pompadour, which I guess is redundant because I think it was originally a female hairdo. It's variations on this:

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Lindy

P9 has some of the best one-liners.

Lindy

Sue

Fluorescent shoes. Not just this brand, but this was the first one I thought of.

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