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There are a few things about fashion trends that I either don't understand or they bother me, or is it both? I can forgive the person who doesn't realize they're too fat for those stretch pants or the kid who wears his jeans five sizes too big. Yes, these are indeed dumb, but that's not what I'm referring to. I'm speaking of the folks who wear certain items because they are now suddenly in vogue. The items which started out with one person or a small group as something original and as a definitive statement. The articles of clothing that have now been adapted by textile companies into something which is mass produced. Yes, I'm speaking of the bulk manufacture of poseur clothing.
I knew a guy way back when who actually chewed holes into the sleeves of his long sleeved shirt so that he could have thumb holes. I watched him do it in art class; as he gnawed away and then triumphantly had a small tear he could stick his thumbs through. I thought it was extremely weird when about two years later I saw that there was a line on long sleeved shirts with not only thumb holes, but also full fingerless gloves on the end if you wanted. Now, I don't know where he got the idea to chew thumb holes in the first place, and I'm not claiming he "invented" it, but isn't it odd that a few years after watching him do this, it becomes a manufactured trend? You see what I mean?
The current largest offender is the people who wear pajama bottoms as regular pants. I remember when I was in high school TEN YEARS AGO there was a girl who did this, and back then, she would have been the only one. She was the girl who wore Doc Martens with her prom dress. The girl who honestly did not give a damn about what you or anyone else thought and she'd wear what she wanted when she wanted. So she wore her pajama bottoms as pants with a Tori Amos t-shirt and her boots and got weird looks from all the people who cared way too much about how they looked. It was the sort of passive statement that the teachers couldn't really do anything about. I mean, she wasn't indecent, so they couldn't make her go home and change. She successfully made everyone scratch their heads and stare. These days, TEN YEARS AFTERWARDS everyone is doing it, and I have to tell you that en masse you just look like a bunch of youngsters too lazy to get dressed properly. Seriously, when you all do it, it means nothing. You probably don't even see a point to it other than your jammies are cute.
Do you know what else happened in the 90s? Well, grunge happened. You all remember grunge? Sure you do. There was grunge and their posterboy was Kurt Cobain. You know what Kurt wore? Ripped jeans. You know what happened then? You could BUY jeans in shops with rips already in them!! Nothing against the ripped jeans, in fact sometimes I quite like them, but what the heck, right? I'm guessing Kurt ripped his himself, kiddies.
Something I'm starting to see in shops now that really bugs the crap outta me are ladies' belts made to look like seatbelts. Oi, here we go. I betting someone somewhere probably actually took the time to rip out an ACTUAL seatbelt, stitched the back together, and wore it to hold up her pants. See, now THAT's cool. Buying one premade in a shop on the other hand.... come on!
I saw once on the internet a girl made step by step
instructions on how to make a belt out of Police Line-- Do Not Cross
tape. In it, she mentioned having to locate a spot on the street with discarded
Police Line tape. Using discarded tape to make a belt like that is pretty
cool, but how long until such an idea is "stolen" and put out on an assembly
line? I guess my problem and point is that with fashion, it's the general
unoriginality that gets to me. I disliked the trendy cliques and popular crowds
because, well, they all dressed the same and listened to all the same music and
were pretty much, automatons. I can't stand looking at youngsters walk down the
street who are all pretty much wearing the same clothes, and now they're sort of
stealing the originality and coolness out of other people's fashion statements
by buying a manufactured version off the rack. If you want to look cool and
cutting edge, then do something different, be creative, and don't go looking at
the mall for the latest "look" to swipe.
William (searching for something original)
