trash culture

[dr greg]

I've followed protocol and not put in the link, but I noticed on feebay people paying big money for imitation old Levi's that are trashed to resemble a pair that spent 80 years at the bottom of a mineshaft or something, and they look pretty bad, even down to the homemade patching of specially designed rips and tears...now I can fully understand someone coughing up a few hundred for some NOS Levi's that turned up in a trunk untouched for decades, but this strikes me as ridiculous...what is the POINT?? Any old pair would look the same with enough damage! In my day we had the decency to buy a new pair, put them on in the bath to shrink them, end up with blue legs for days from the dye, and wear them until they faded....this current fashion seems idiotic to me...am I wrong?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Truth be told, I find it insane that people pay a lot for pairs that actually have been in a mine for 80 years. Even worse, those jeans are usually missing the parts that cover up our own "parts".

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[magneto]

Agreed, dr. greg. I always seem to see a lot of people wearing the jeans (or worse, the suit jackets) that look like someone wadded them up and ran them through a sewing machine so there's a random seam running around. For Pete's sake! And the "fake" mending, why?!
Once I had the nerve to ask a gal who was wearing a pair of these, "Oh, nice darning job. Did you do that yourself?" It would have been funnier if she knew what I was talking about...

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

Alas,...we are still stuck in the awful "Grunge" era of fashion.

I've seen that too. Raggedy, ratty looking cut-offs.
Also the same sort of thing on the racks in stores!
I put it down to the power of peer pressure generated by the media's lust for money, which I fear is worse now than ever before in history. :eusa_doh:

 

[MK]

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[mysterygal]

From observing kids/teenage fashion, it's like they like the lazy, sloppy look. But what further amazes me is that the parents are buying their kids these outfits. Most of what I see in stores is not what I would call appropriate attire or ever have my kids wear, even around the house!

 

[mysterygal]

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[Maj.Nick Danger]

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Yes! Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

 

[jamespowers]

Now should this Grunge be considered Trash Culture or Culture Trash?

Regards,

J

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

Just plain trash.

I wonder what archeaologists 2000 years from now will think?

 

[Paisley]

But what further amazes me is that the parents are buying their kids these outfits.

I'm even more surprised that the parents are wearing them, too, along with glitter tops and low-rise pants. Blech!

 

[mysterygal]

I wonder what archeaologists 2000 years from now will think?

They will wonder if there was a huge increase in temperature due to the fact that the majority of humanity was wearing as little clothing as possible [huh]

 

[Rosie]

I'm even more surprised that the parents are wearing them, too, along with glitter tops and low-rise pants. Blech!

Those glitter tops are Blech! There was a time when sequins, glitter, etc. was reserved for night time wear only, now people wear them all of the time and not in a nice tasteful way.

What confuses me I think is the fact that adults and children wear the same clothing now. When I was a little girl, which wasn't that long ago, my clothes didn't look like teenager or adult wear. I dressed like a child. Now, there are halter tops, midriff tops and low rise jeans for children. A child in my class came in today wearing big thick wedgies and a skirt that was WAY too short . What makes people think this is okay? What happened to pretty sun dresses and nice short sets for children? I will never, ever dress my children in such a fashion.


Off topic: Yeah!, I'm one of the regulars now!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Fashion feeds and promotes desire for change. Good, bad or ugly, it doesn't matter.

Folks of the '50s stopped wearing fashions of the '30s and '40s (wonderful though those were) because they wanted a change. Of course, manufacturers "encouraged" consumers to have that desire. Today we shake our heads and say :eusa_doh:. Unfortunately, anything -- reason, understanding, even liberty itself -- can become "boring" for a while and "go out of style".

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[J. M. Stovall]

I just watched Quadrophenia over the weekend. I haven't seen it in many years, but wouldn't it be great if the youth of America emulated that mod look again, Bespoke suits and stingy brims (although we could do without the parkas this time around).

 

[Blackgrass]

I have a pair of 1937 LVC repros that I really like....complete with holes, oil stains and fading....I like them and wear them often.

 

[Feraud]

I tend to give the teenagers leeway when it comes to fashion do's and don'ts. They are young, impressionable, and trying to find their identity. I can never understand the parents who let their child dress in ways that are inappropriate with regards to short skirts, thong fad, or low cut tops.

What boggles my mind are the adults who dress this way!! What inspires a grown man to wear a shirt that is 3XXX large and pants hung around his butt? Fashion be damned! At what point in life do you look in the mirror and say, "geez, I am too old for this stuff" :eusa_doh:

 

[LizzieMaine]

Funny you should mention this -- I just now had the unfortunate experience of being exposed to the worst example of this I've ever seen in public. A workman at the supermarket was lying on the floor fixing a refrigerated cooler -- with his huge shirt hiked up above his belly and his low-rise baggy jeans hanging at half-mast below.

For a moment I considered performing a citizen's arrest, charging him with public impersonation of a hamhock.

 

[Paisley]

Funny you should mention this -- I just now had the unfortunate experience of being exposed to the worst example of this I've ever seen in public. A workman at the supermarket was lying on the floor fixing a refrigerated cooler -- with his huge shirt hiked up above his belly and his low-rise baggy jeans hanging at half-mast below.

For a moment I considered performing a citizen's arrest, charging him with public impersonation of a hamhock.

lol

Maybe someone should take up a collection to buy Seymore Butts a pair of overalls.

 

[dr greg]

porn pop

I find children's fashion alarming these days, I don't know what it's like in the US but it's common to see 9-10 year old girls dressed up like street whores over here. The endless TV exposure to semi-naked women on rap videos seems to be the driver, but it's very noticeable, and at the same time, the society is in a moral panic about paedophiles, but apparently deems that there is no connection between these two facts.