Fashion Trends and Revivals Of Past Atrocities

[Cazzi]

Also what's with the floral jeans? HIDEOUS!

I had a pair of those, tiny little flowers on bootleg jeans.... about 30 years ago.

Harem pants though.... they just don't look comfortable!

[fireheart17]

New horrible trend at the moment that I'm seeing....

knee-length harem pants.



Also what's with the floral jeans? HIDEOUS!

[blas87]

I don't get over-sized headphones at all, either.

And don't worry Greenday, I don't judge all Jersey people because of those idiots. But I do blame the idiots on the show for inspiring idiots in places like, oh, Wisconsin, to try and look and act like they do.

[Greenday]

Too many posts to quote. So I'll just respond without them.

First off, blas, I haven't seen an episode since Season 3, but Jwoww was hot. Snooki is definitely a dumb whore though and the poof doesn't look awesome by any means.

tropicsgoddess, it does indeed take a lot of gel to do it. I've done it a couple times as a joke and it's tough to do. Never tried popping balloons though.

It's uh kinda starting to upset me that "guido" has been replaced by "Jersey Shore". It really gives the Jersey Shore and the people there such a bad name. But because I'm from there, I get lumped in with the guidos we hate so much. My poor state and the most awesome part of New Jersey are being tarnished by people who aren't even from here. It's the damn benny's.

Stuff I've noticed out here - People who wear large headphones and have to super rock it out. When did it become cool again to wear oversized headphones? It confuses the hell out of me. Also, people who wear sunglasses everywhere. For the past few days, there has been so much dust that after about 10 meters, you can't see a thing. And that's in the middle of the day. But I'd still see people walking around with sunglasses on. Even if you are just trying to keep the dust out of your eyes, that's what ballistic goggles are for. Idiots.

[Boozy]

I don't think the goal of these Jersey Shore girls is to look as cute as possible to as many people as possible. They're trying to appeal to a specific kind of guy -- the Jersey Shore guy. The Jersey Shore guy digs the Jersey Shore girl look, and vice versa.

It's like Goths. I think that (with rare exceptions) men and women with light colouring look ghastly when they dye their hair black. Goths also tend towards overdone make-up and sometimes fussy clothes. It's "Jersey Shore" with darker clothes and paler skin.

The music's better, though. I'll give them that.

[blas87]

I really try not to judge people on how they want to look, but when it's done to purposely mimic a famous "trend" going around that is just obnoxious, it bothers me.

Most of these girls would look so much cuter with a more natural hair color and skin color, less eye makeup, a cute pair of jeans and a cute top, not the overly slutty minidress that barely covers the crotch.

[Bloodsoul]

Except with ganguro girls I believe they bleach-blond their hair, no? Looks freaky in all of the photos I've seen, but translates surprisingly well in anime (I actually dropped a stereotypical tall/dark/mysterious character in "Adventure Quest" for one because I thought it felt a tad more unique.. or, at least, I haven't seen any other Battleon character with brown skin and blonde hair).

[fireheart17]

Girls going tanning to get as dark as possible, and dying their hair jet black.

I'm talking about girls naturally as fair in skin and hair as me, getting as dark as someone of another race, and dying their blonde or red hair black. It looks so fake and stupid.

For some reason, I'm getting a mental image of ganguro girls. (those Japanese girls who do exactly the same thing)

[Tanasi]

I don't know what they're called but those "boots" that look like someone has shoved their foot and leg down a small hairy dog's throat.
I noticed the other day my middle daughter had what looked like jeans on but they were so tight you'd have to grease up to get into them. I don't know if those are skinny jeans or not, I do know they leave very little to the imagination.

[tropicsgoddess]

Our equivalent would be the Jersey Shore retards.

On that note, ANY guy who goes tanning more than to just get a little bit of color, who spends hours on their hair, who wears those ridiculous busy glittery and sparkly tight low cut tshirts..........you're a douchebag.

I am so tired of seeing girls who are trying too hard to look like that fat little troll Snooki and her bud JWoww. Honestly, you look better as yourself than trying to look like a Guido skank. Get out of the tanning bed, unpoof your hair, take off some of that eyemakeup, for Pete Sake.

I mean, I thought I wore a lot of eye makeup. Holy crud, not compared to those girls.

Ugh...they look like overgrown carrots if you ask me. Especially the guys with the Dragon Ball Z Goku hair. Man, with the amount of gel they put on their hair combined with all the spiking is enough to pop balloons!

[guywithashovel]

I'm not sure how I feel about this "boot craze" that seems to have come over women recently. It's considered stylish to wear boots with almost any kind of clothing. Personally, I don't think knee-high boots are the best shoe choice when you're wearing jeans. It doesn't look offensive, but at the same time, I think there are better choices to make.

[blas87]

Our equivalent would be the Jersey Shore retards.

On that note, ANY guy who goes tanning more than to just get a little bit of color, who spends hours on their hair, who wears those ridiculous busy glittery and sparkly tight low cut tshirts..........you're a douchebag.

I am so tired of seeing girls who are trying too hard to look like that fat little troll Snooki and her bud JWoww. Honestly, you look better as yourself than trying to look like a Guido skank. Get out of the tanning bed, unpoof your hair, take off some of that eyemakeup, for Pete Sake.

I mean, I thought I wore a lot of eye makeup. Holy crud, not compared to those girls.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Orange tans, fake eyelashes, spadefuls of makeup etc in the "WAG" or "TOWIE" style.* It looks trashy and fake. Note; if you require industrial paint stripper to remove your makeup every night, you're wearing too much. Save the fake eyelashes for parties, and don't trowel on the fake tan so that you look as tho you've been Tango'ed.


* For the Americans who may not know what I'm talking about; a WAG is a woman who's married to a footballer (soccer player) or is his girlf. TOWIE is a TV "reality" (seems scripted to me) show featuring several brain dead Essex people; the full name of the show is The Only Way Is Essex. It's the origin of the vajazzle. If you want to know what that is, google is your friend.

[Dreamstalker]

if I can get the pants over my hips/butt, they're too big in the waist. Weird, but true.

Huh, I'm the same way and am otherwise fairly thin (somewhere around a 28 waist). If a pair fits in the waist, they're too tight across the thighs and I a) can't move; b) it looks bad.

The only brand of jeans that actually fits me well (Chicos) are sadly a bit too expensive right now. I can't find just straight-leg jeans anymore (when I started college they were all over the place), everything's skinny or bootcut.

[blas87]

Girls going tanning to get as dark as possible, and dying their hair jet black.

I'm talking about girls naturally as fair in skin and hair as me, getting as dark as someone of another race, and dying their blonde or red hair black. It looks so fake and stupid.

I have nothing against tanning, I still do it once or twice a month so that I don't have people coming after me with garlic and stakes, and I think I look better in the summer when I've had some color, but DAAAAMN that bronze looks awful on a lot of people. And I have nothing against dying your hair black if it's what you want to do, but just because a bunch of drunken Guido skanks and people who work at The Buckle do it, doesn't mean it will suit you.