Trends: You Can Take Our Word for It, or Not
Thank you for your comments (“Sooooooo ‘90s,” Dec. 24). I had come to believe that good taste in fashion had become an oxymoron. Ponytails worn by men, “over a certain age,” look very silly, and baby T-shirts belong on babies.
HARRIET NEAL
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You guys are right on the money! Having headed southeast from the shores of SoCal, I have these to add: hair bows and huge collared blouses/dresses on anyone over 10 years old (a Southern favorite). Look forward!
SARA DIAZ
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Cool article, so we are all gonna look like Gap ads. Think not. And, if everybody dressed like that, we wouldn’t have anyone to look at. Fashion faux pas (especially on other people) make life interesting.
ANDREW ZICKLIN
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I am a 15-year-old girl from Palos Verdes. I like to read what the fashion staff has to say about what’s “hot” and what’s “not.” I was very amused by your article with fashion tips from middle-aged women to teenagers.
We don’t really care. Now that sounds very rude, but let me say something before you get offended: We listen, we might take advice, but we like our fashion. So you can’t call me rude for saying we don’t care, when it is you who are rude thinking we have bad taste and trying to tell us what to wear.
Since you have the right to tell us your taste, I’ll tell you mine and my reasons.
I’ll start with the “Stop” column. Pierced tongues--teenagers do it to make a statement--I’m tough, I’m cool; others do it to fit in or to intimidate people--like you, which I believe is why you don’t like them. Exposed bra straps--which would be more offending--bra straps or no bra at all with tank tops?
I think it is a little hypocritical to say boys can’t have ponytails even though you probably had one. I mean we are all equals, right? Did the ‘60s not teach us anything about men and women being equals? Was that just a waste of a decade?
Power-bead bracelets--they’re cute and chic, that’s all I have to say. What regular teenagers would want diamonds, even if they could afford them?
[From the “Go” section] ruffles, leather eyelet, frilly and pretty, beaded pants--eeeeeeeeewwwwww! We’re not going to a tea party with Mr. Bear!
The fashion we have now is way better than what you want us to look like, and bleached hair on guys--way hot! Spikes on guys--very hot!
We are a bold generation, being different from each other, making statements, and some just want to be the same, but if they want to be followers, then let them.
BRENNA ISAACSON
Rancho Palos Verdes
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On your “get over it!” list, something so obvious: the cell phone as fashion accessory. The odious device is bad enough, but it only gets worse. Belt clips are bad enough, but do we really need designer cell phone carrying cases? If Fashion Victims and their phones absolutely must be inseparable, conceal the darned thing in your pocket or purse when not in use. Better yet, just hang up for good and get a life.
MARIELLE E. SMITH
Long Beach
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