Fashion Forward
The other day my cute boyfriend and I were driving around and we passed by a young person. After I finished giggling at his crazily baggy pants, down around his knees with his chunky flannel undies bulging way out over top of them, I started to wonder.
I mean, we've all done stupid fashion things. Feathered hair, harem pants, backward overalls, the list goes on and on. But I couldn't seem to remember anything quite so ridiculous as the baggy pant thing, at least not one that's lasted this long.
Which made me think I'd take a look around the web to see if that could jog my memory. While I can't say I found anything I thought was more ridiculous than the baggy pant phenomenon, when putting the words "fashion" and "nightmare" into the old google image searcher I came up with some pretty interesting stuff nonetheless.
First up I ran into some pics from behind the scenes at a fashion show. I will never, ever be fashionable because I can't see anything other than extremely bored stick insects in feathers, g-strings and glitter lipstick whenever I watch a fashion show. I can't help but feel I'm having a huge joke played on me. I'm just trying to get over the pointy-toed shoe fad of the 80s and now it's back, longer and pointier than ever. (I thought my grandma's pickle-stabbers where bad, they ain't got anything over this new breed, lemme tell ya.)
Anyway, I saw some pretty bad chick fashions but then I took a gander at some of the guys in the show. Wow.
Tee hee hee! The netting tickles my nipples!"
That one dude looks like he missed out on the last tab of ecstasy just before he fell into a vat of lethargy. Poor guy. I only hope Chad there can bring his spirits up before the big show!
Next, I ran into some good ol' gals, never meanin' no harm. Although, they don't seem to be having that good of a time, come to think of it. Logic would suggest that they've done this to their t-shirts themselves. But they seem to really be upset about it, as well as so very earnest... I wonder just what in god's name they're doing. I mean, who couldn't have a good time with an oversized Tom Wopat on their stomach?
"Excuse me. Have YOU seen my daddy?"
Ah, them Dukes, them Dukes!
After my brush with the girls of Hazard County I stopped in to a club. I don't really know what's fashionable or even nightmareish about this picture, but it struck me as funny. The Gooftroop are all being normal idiot guys at a bar, while the one guy looks like he'd rather be off somewhere with Chad, hair all gelled up, draped in seaweed, and purging this morning's blueberry muffin before the big walk down the runway. A boy can dream, can't he?
Trevor, the sensitive goofball.
Just before I left off cruising the web for fashion faux pas I thought I'd get back to nature. I thought I'd take a quick peek at what Renaissance Faire folk do on their days off... never a good idea.
King of the fringe groups.
Ah, is there nothing sexier than sucking on a hunting knife?
Well, that's it for my look at fashion on the web. Hey, and you know what? Even though I didn't think I would, I did find something that's just as stupid and ugly as baggy pants, and it's been around for much longer: socks and sandals!
Indeed, I found a whole website devoted to the phenomenon (see my favourite pic below). So if you didn't get enough hideous fashion in this little space, feel free to browse around there til you get your fill!
See y'all next week!
Welcome to my batch... won't you come on in?
I mean, we've all done stupid fashion things. Feathered hair, harem pants, backward overalls, the list goes on and on. But I couldn't seem to remember anything quite so ridiculous as the baggy pant thing, at least not one that's lasted this long.
Which made me think I'd take a look around the web to see if that could jog my memory. While I can't say I found anything I thought was more ridiculous than the baggy pant phenomenon, when putting the words "fashion" and "nightmare" into the old google image searcher I came up with some pretty interesting stuff nonetheless.
First up I ran into some pics from behind the scenes at a fashion show. I will never, ever be fashionable because I can't see anything other than extremely bored stick insects in feathers, g-strings and glitter lipstick whenever I watch a fashion show. I can't help but feel I'm having a huge joke played on me. I'm just trying to get over the pointy-toed shoe fad of the 80s and now it's back, longer and pointier than ever. (I thought my grandma's pickle-stabbers where bad, they ain't got anything over this new breed, lemme tell ya.)
Anyway, I saw some pretty bad chick fashions but then I took a gander at some of the guys in the show. Wow.
Tee hee hee! The netting tickles my nipples!"
That one dude looks like he missed out on the last tab of ecstasy just before he fell into a vat of lethargy. Poor guy. I only hope Chad there can bring his spirits up before the big show!
Next, I ran into some good ol' gals, never meanin' no harm. Although, they don't seem to be having that good of a time, come to think of it. Logic would suggest that they've done this to their t-shirts themselves. But they seem to really be upset about it, as well as so very earnest... I wonder just what in god's name they're doing. I mean, who couldn't have a good time with an oversized Tom Wopat on their stomach?
"Excuse me. Have YOU seen my daddy?"
Ah, them Dukes, them Dukes!
After my brush with the girls of Hazard County I stopped in to a club. I don't really know what's fashionable or even nightmareish about this picture, but it struck me as funny. The Gooftroop are all being normal idiot guys at a bar, while the one guy looks like he'd rather be off somewhere with Chad, hair all gelled up, draped in seaweed, and purging this morning's blueberry muffin before the big walk down the runway. A boy can dream, can't he?
Trevor, the sensitive goofball.
Just before I left off cruising the web for fashion faux pas I thought I'd get back to nature. I thought I'd take a quick peek at what Renaissance Faire folk do on their days off... never a good idea.
King of the fringe groups.
Ah, is there nothing sexier than sucking on a hunting knife?
Well, that's it for my look at fashion on the web. Hey, and you know what? Even though I didn't think I would, I did find something that's just as stupid and ugly as baggy pants, and it's been around for much longer: socks and sandals!
Indeed, I found a whole website devoted to the phenomenon (see my favourite pic below). So if you didn't get enough hideous fashion in this little space, feel free to browse around there til you get your fill!
See y'all next week!
Welcome to my batch... won't you come on in?
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