Fake Pockets

[channlluv]

Fake pockets=bad.

Roxy, I have 2 pairs of Uggs. They are not so traditional Ugg looking. ...The reason people wear Uggs is because they keep your feet incredibly warm. You don't have to wear socks. In fact, I can't really wear them all day, because my feet get too hot. But, for running around when it's 20 degrees, they are perfect.

I meant the fashion trend of wearing short mini-skirts or really short shorts with winter boots. I wasn't clear, I'm sorry. I have nothing against warm tootsies.

At the bike race on Sunday, I saw this young woman with a weather-appropriate tank top and ripped-hem denim miniskirt with bare legs and these big, funky winter boots on. It was 80 degrees outside! And I've been seeing that same trend a lot this past week. Or maybe I'm just now noticing it. It just looks incongruous to me, to be decked out for summer on top, and ready for winter on their feet. And they're not even fashionable boots a lot of the time. I just don't get the trend.

I also don't understand these boys who wear their jeans pulled down around their thighs with their underwear showing. I mean, really, what are they trying to say with that?

And the girls with the really short shorts who wear their zippers half-way down with short, cropped shirts.

Geez, I'm getting old. I sound like my mother.

Roxy

[NbyNW]

It just looks incongruous to me, to be decked out for summer on top, and ready for winter on their feet. And they're not even fashionable boots a lot of the time. I just don't get the trend.

Yeah, I don't get it either. And I actually live in a climate that justifies Ugg boots.

I have a couple pairs too, but more like the styles Crankin described. I have been tempted to buy the classic style but so far I've resisted. It helps that I keep thinking I can get them much cheaper during my next trip back to the States. And then when I'm home, I look at them in the store and realize that I don't really want them.

[tangentgirl]

Originally Posted by channlluv:
It just looks incongruous to me, to be decked out for summer on top, and ready for winter on their feet. And they're not even fashionable boots a lot of the time. I just don't get the trend.

It's like a clothing mullet. I'm right there with you. Damn kids, get off my lawn.

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Pockets! Fake pockets are super dumb. And women really get short-changed in pocketland in general. I've never had a pair of jeans that would fit a wallet. I have lost more $$ than I care to admit by carrying it around in my pocket.

And while we're at it, how about putting some inside pockets on our jackets?
I swear I've looked at even cycling clothing, two identical versions of a jacket, one for men, one for women, and dangit if the guy's jacket has a million cool pockets, and the chick's jacket has room for ID and bubblegum.

Don't get me started on surfing rashguard incongruities.

[channlluv]

The first time I saw a girl with the halfway-up zipper thing going on, we were at a water park and I thought she'd just not finished dressing. She was about fifteen and I was about to stop her and whisper that she'd forgotten to fasten her shorts, but then her girlfriend had the same style going and I realized what it was. Shocked me into silence, I have to say. Sexy is one thing, but geez. Skanky is never attractive.

Roxy

[KnottedYet]

Skanky is never attractive.

Roxy

Oh, maaaaaaaan.... I was counting on that!
Guess I'd better zip up my pants and pull that strand of toilet paper out of my waistband.

[emily_in_nc]

The first time I saw a girl with the halfway-up zipper thing going on, we were at a water park and I thought she'd just not finished dressing.

OMG, I am so out of touch and spend NO time with tween girls (and almost no time at malls), that I actually hadn't seen this trend. I have, however, seen the thong "floss" that shows outside the top of jeans, which I guess is similar. Just don't get it!

I have also seen the Ugg boots with short skirts or shorts; I live in a college town, so they're very popular. I don't have Ugg boots. Actually, they look comfy.

[crazycanuck]

I am not a fashionista & am really really confused about the prositute look..Really really really short skirt, sexy top & the horrible high heels that remind me of the 70's..on a teen..i think it was a teen..

Someone want to explain this to me???? I walk around in sports type shorts and t shirt thinking i'm the one with the fashion issue...

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Sorry, about fake pockets...perhaps the manufacturer needs to buy extra material or something stupid like that..

[Crankin]

I like the short skirt and Uggs look, but of course my short skirts aren't of the skanky variety.
I don't get the underwear showing, either. This trend has been around since the late eighties, as I remember having to tell my students to pull up their pants when i lived in AZ. And the unzippered short shorts? Well, I never saw that at school, but I have seen it on the street. Frankly, I wear thongs so my underwear doesn't show.
My pet peeve is people who go to work with cleavage showing. Now maybe I don't like it because I don't have any, but I think it's quite unattractive under any circumstances. One of the other interns is in her early twenties and it amazes me how much she shows. A therapist should not be dressing like that! But, I know to her, that's the way you dress and she doesn't see it as "sexual" or skanky. I wear camisoles under some of my low cut sweaters or dresses and I am constantly making sure that the camisole is up high enough!

[Catrin]

I do have one pair of Uggs - but they don't look like traditional Uggs. I would never wear them with a skirt or shorts, but they look fine with slacks or jeans and I've no problem wearing them to the office. They are WARM, even for walking around downtown Indianapolis in our current Arctic temperature spell...

[Biciclista]

I don't get the underwear showing, either. This trend has been around since the late eighties, as I remember having to tell my students to pull up their pants when i lived in AZ. And the unzippered short shorts? Well, I never saw that at school, but I have seen it on the street. Frankly, I wear thongs so my underwear doesn't show.
My pet peeve is people who go to work with cleavage showing. Now maybe I don't like it because I don't have any, but I think it's quite unattractive under any circumstances. One of the other interns is in her early twenties and it amazes me how much she shows. A therapist should not be dressing like that! But, I know to her, that's the way you dress and she doesn't see it as "sexual" or skanky. I wear camisoles under some of my low cut sweaters or dresses and I am constantly making sure that the camisole is up high enough!

boy me too. Why do people think we want to see t heir cleavage? how did that become attractive? Why on earth do girls/women think they have to display their private parts? I guess they aren't private any more are they.

And all you UGGS people, you don't have to feel guilty about wearing them, just be sure to pull up your zippers !!