So, I went to Macy's today to indulge in my $10/day crack caffeine habit. While there, I did some browsing, and saw:
- A crusty, stretched out, diseased looking flannel shirt with splatters coated into the material (not a part of the fabric -- actual appliques designed to look like, at best, white paint). And it can be yours for $34.99!
OK, I admit, I don't get much of the fashion choices of today's youth. Then again, my elders certainly didn't get mine, 2+ decades ago, as I tottered around in sky-high heels wearing skin-skin-skin tight acid wash black denim jeans that tapered to nothing at the ankle. Wait! That's pretty much what fashion-forward youth of today are wearing right now! Well, it was a bad idea then. It's just as much of a fashion atrocity today.
So, I'm strolling through the skyway and contemplating just who in the hell is going to buy a ready-made "you're a freaking slob with no fashion sense" flannel shirt when I see a young man ahead of me. Wearing afore-mentioned skin-skin-skin tight black acid wash denim jeans. Only, they've also got the also afore-mentioned white splatters crusted into them. And, he's wearing chunky bright red tennis shoes with the ensemble. And a beanie. I'd think gay (not that there's anything wrong with that) but I know better -- a gay man wouldn't be caught.dead.in.that.
So, what's with the newest "fashion" trend of looking as much the slob as possible, while paying for the privilege? I could pull a stretchy old flannel right out of my closet today, splatter some paint on it, and be good to go. And save myself $34.99.
So that's my crusty "showing my age" rant. Interested in seeing if others have observed this "fashion" trend, and what others put their teeth on edge.
- A crusty, stretched out, diseased looking flannel shirt with splatters coated into the material (not a part of the fabric -- actual appliques designed to look like, at best, white paint). And it can be yours for $34.99!
OK, I admit, I don't get much of the fashion choices of today's youth. Then again, my elders certainly didn't get mine, 2+ decades ago, as I tottered around in sky-high heels wearing skin-skin-skin tight acid wash black denim jeans that tapered to nothing at the ankle. Wait! That's pretty much what fashion-forward youth of today are wearing right now! Well, it was a bad idea then. It's just as much of a fashion atrocity today.
So, I'm strolling through the skyway and contemplating just who in the hell is going to buy a ready-made "you're a freaking slob with no fashion sense" flannel shirt when I see a young man ahead of me. Wearing afore-mentioned skin-skin-skin tight black acid wash denim jeans. Only, they've also got the also afore-mentioned white splatters crusted into them. And, he's wearing chunky bright red tennis shoes with the ensemble. And a beanie. I'd think gay (not that there's anything wrong with that) but I know better -- a gay man wouldn't be caught.dead.in.that.
So, what's with the newest "fashion" trend of looking as much the slob as possible, while paying for the privilege? I could pull a stretchy old flannel right out of my closet today, splatter some paint on it, and be good to go. And save myself $34.99.
So that's my crusty "showing my age" rant. Interested in seeing if others have observed this "fashion" trend, and what others put their teeth on edge.
