I never really paid that much attention to fashion but here lately I have been noticing things some fashionable and some failures, what have you seen latley?

I have two fashion peeves women wearing sandles or open toed shoes and unpolished toes, come on girls put some paint on those toes, and my second one is age appropriate clothing, I'm sorry but a 60 year old woman has no business in a mini skirt and tank top........

never understood ugg boots.
the clue is in the name.
nor crocs.

Crocs, I don't care how comfy they are, ugly is ugly.

and it's not like their aren't other comfortable summer shoes.

crocs are only ok for one situation.... you are also wearing scrubs.  that is the only situation where it looks like they fit to me.

i think ugg boots are cute.  (on girls, not me)

Quote from: isterriis on October 22, 2008, 03:37:53 PM
I have two fashion peeves ... my second one is age appropriate clothing, I'm sorry but a 60 year old woman has no business in a mini skirt and tank top........

SIGH!

Rats! Do you have to rub it in? I know, I know, my mirror tells me the same thing. But, blast it, miniskirts are just so adorable! And so are prom gowns! And knee-length skirts and A-line dresses and mother-of-the-bride gowns make me look so damned old!

Just kidding, dear! I know you're right. Unfortunately. 

Quote from: isterriis on October 22, 2008, 03:37:53 PM
I have two fashion peeves women wearing sandles or open toed shoes and unpolished toes, come on girls put some paint on those toes, and my second one is age appropriate clothing, I'm sorry but a 60 year old woman has no business in a mini skirt and tank top........

OK OK ...is this where we line up to admit to our sins?

....Guilty as charged....

...but I only wore the tank top with jeans.....

..and I do agree that Ugg boots are ugg...

...and the catsuit was only for fun...but...but..

..thats it..."20 years" ...Take Her away.......

Screeaaammm!

Quote from: isterriis on October 22, 2008, 03:37:53 PM
I have two fashion peeves women wearing sandles or open toed shoes and unpolished toes, come on girls put some paint on those toes, and my second one is age appropriate clothing, I'm sorry but a 60 year old woman has no business in a mini skirt and tank top........

My toes are painted for that reason.  Mini skirt, Ahh, No don't even own one short, Yes but not mini.  Tank tops are a must with jeans for me.  But I agree, one must dress ones age.  But that does not mean you have to dress doubty.  We can wear some of the things that the younger girls wear.  But keep in mind that you are older.

And yes, Chrissty that means you too, Hon.  

LOL! I just recently got rid of a very short mini. it was light purple corduroy and barely covered my butt cheeks. The 80's called, they want their mini skirt back! 

I have always hated Crocs, but today I met this hipster Librarian guy (kind of cute) who had the shaved head, thick framed ractangle lens glasses, a long sleeved green shirt that was rather form fitting, jeans engineered to look worn in, and of course those normally horrid Crocs.

The color was a drab olive which blended well with the dusty look his jeans had so you had to pay attention to notice he was wearing Crocs.

Still though Crocs...EEEW!

I dunno I think my toenails look fine without polish.

Quote from: Emme on November 28, 2008, 09:54:19 AM
1) Spandex is a priveledge, not a right.
2) If you are over 60 and not height/weight proportionate, please step away from the Speedo rack.
3) Just because you can does not mean you should.  There are mirrors in fitting rooms for a reason.

And if your height/weight is appropriate for a Speedo, check yourself into a eating disorder clinic and get treated for anorexia, girlfriend! 

Quote from: Emme on November 28, 2008, 09:54:19 AM
1) Spandex is a priveledge, not a right.

Totally agree.. lol !

....The problem is trying to explain this to an increasing number of ageing overweight male cyclists, who use my local commuter train.

Chrissty

Quote from: Chrissty on November 28, 2008, 10:19:38 AM

Quote from: Emme on November 28, 2008, 09:54:19 AM
1) Spandex is a priveledge, not a right.

Totally agree.. lol !

....The problem is trying to explain this to an increasing number of ageing overweight male cyclists, who use my local commuter train.

Chrissty

Ah ... put mirrors on the train? Take pictures with your cell phone and show them what they look like??

Although I would have thought that "overweight cyclist" was an oxymoron. The cyclists I know are all in good shape.

Worst comes to worst, remember that an "ageing overweight cyclist" won't last long. Either he'll lose the weight, or he'll die from a heart attack. 

Quote from: MarySue on November 28, 2008, 11:05:06 AM

Quote from: Chrissty on November 28, 2008, 10:19:38 AM

Quote from: Emme on November 28, 2008, 09:54:19 AM
1) Spandex is a priveledge, not a right.

Totally agree.. lol !

....The problem is trying to explain this to an increasing number of ageing overweight male cyclists, who use my local commuter train.

Chrissty

Ah ... put mirrors on the train? Take pictures with your cell phone and show them what they look like??

Although I would have thought that "overweight cyclist" was an oxymoron. The cyclists I know are all in good shape.

Worst comes to worst, remember that an "ageing overweight cyclist" won't last long. Either he'll lose the weight, or he'll die from a heart attack. 

Arrrrghh! .......But there's no way I want to see "even" more of them...! 

...and if I start taking pics I might branded a Phsyclofile ! 

..but I think a lot of them don't cycle very far... they are not "cyclists" in the sense you mean.... they just don't want to walk to and from the station...

...a lot of them also wear quilted "stay warm" jackets on top...they remind me of fancy dress outfits...oranges or lemons etc...

...but they expose everthing waist down....it's scary!.. 


Chrissty

Quote from: Chrissty on November 28, 2008, 11:28:45 AM
Arrrrghh! .......But there's no way I want to see "even" more of them...! 

...and if I start taking pics I might branded a Phsyclofile ! 

..but I think a lot of them don't cycle very far... they are not "cyclists" in the sense you mean.... they just don't want to walk to and from the station...

...a lot of them also wear quilted "stay warm" jackets on top...they remind me of fancy dress outfits...oranges or lemons etc...

...but they expose everthing waist down....it's scary!.. 


Chrissty

Eeeeiiiiwww!

*Shakes head, trying, without success, to get rid of that image.*

Maybe you could wear blinders? Or put on dark glasses and unsnap a white cane?

Stirrups and perm-bobs...need I say more? Okay I will. Wait you mean current styles. Oh you know you were checking out the guy in spandex lol.

"Age appropriate" usually translates to 'secretarial' if over 21 it seems. It's okay to have a little fun after 21 isn't it?

I live in a place where seeming nothing is really inappropriate.  Which can have tragic overtones for sure.  I see people everyday and I wonder "Gee, do you have a mirror at home?  Did you look at it and say 'Yeah, this is just what I want to look like today'"?  I got huge tattoos with 1950s style prom dresses, combat boots and the betty page look (OK, that is way cute), and kid with the Black and Decker Facial Piercing Collection, and the far too aging punk rocker and his must have had a few million miles put on her girlfriend (Kids, punk don't look good after about 30 or so) the hippies with the look of a rainbow throwing-up on them (the hippie look ages well though, in that no one ever looks good in it), tourists in shorts (where do they get such patterns?) and the SF fleece they had to buy because they wore short and a t-shirt thinking 'hey, its SUNNY California' or perhaps the emo kid with the way too tight pants who's mascara is running because he's sad the bus is late.   

Camden is fun for that, once saw a woman in a turquoise all in one fleece sleepsuit, the legs tucked into a pair of eight eye red doc martins and an orange scarf.

A human traffic cone, you're not going to miss her are you?