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Silliest popular fashion trends

Post by Bertie Wooster »

What are the silliest fashion trends that you remember?

1) Abundant Neon colors on clothes in '89 and '90
2) Those huge-ass jnco-style jeans with 40" pant legs popular around '95 and '96. I remember even Eric Clapton wore them at one point. :lol:
3) Skin-tight-testicle-hugging jean pants from the mid-80's

I'm aware of the mullet craze, but I've never seen anyone sporting them.

That's all I can think of now...
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Wearing sportclothes everywhere. They're often bright and make an irritating swishy noise.
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I don't understand low-hanging pants, and that's my generation. They're not comfortable and they look silly.

This is different from low cut jeans on girls which show ass clevage. I'm in favor of those.
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Wearing sweatpants with one leg pulled up to the knee... still don't get that.

And I'll second the whole I-have-to-wear-my-pants-around-my-knees problem. I really don't want to see your boxers so buy pants that fit goddamnit. Here's a clue for someone I once saw, if you have to use your hands to hold your pants up, they're too big and you need to buy a pair several sizes smaller. And a belt for fucks sake.
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Post by Einhander Sn0m4n »

That saggy-ass-pants bullshit is from American prison culture, via the black gangster underworld. I recommend a .410 shotgun loaded with rocksalt; aim for the buns.

Hey, I _LIKE_ tight jeans! Especially since they flatter me rather well :D
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The Spartan wrote:Wearing sweatpants with one leg pulled up to the knee... still don't get that.
I heard that it was a street signal. Depending on which pant leg you had pulled up was supposed to signify if you were selling drugs or if you were looking to buy. Once the suburban kids heard about that it was all over.
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote: Hey, I _LIKE_ tight jeans! Especially since they flatter me rather well :D
They'll make your nuts flatter too. :P
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Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:That saggy-ass-pants bullshit is from American prison culture, via the black gangster underworld. I recommend a .410 shotgun loaded with rocksalt; aim for the buns.
Soo much saggy denim. Throws off the aim, cushions the impact.

Though one suspects that saggy pants are there to cover for a saggy ass.

Anyway, despite having been there, done that, and possibly worn the far-too-loud shirt, I don't understand the thing with the neon clothing. It doesn't make you look special or clever under UV light, it makes you look like a giant luminous tit.
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-Piercings in anything besides the ears and navel.
-Pants. But, to be fair, nothing says that most guys want to wear them, which is what makes something a fashion trend.
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The current trucker hat thing; I have a couple baseball caps, and that's one thing, but these ridiculous stove-pipe, old man-style trucker caps are silly beyond measure.

To wit:
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Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:-Piercings in anything besides the ears and navel.
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Even more of a mystery - wearing piercings and playing contact sports. Had one game where a player was hit by the ball in a sensitive spot. Turned out a piercing made it much more sensitive (ouch), so passed out. Wished someone had videotaped the game - graphic example of why us refs want you to remove piercings (including earrings).
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Piercings.
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Frank Hipper wrote:The current trucker hat thing; I have a couple baseball caps, and that's one thing, but these ridiculous stove-pipe, old man-style trucker caps are silly beyond measure.
I have a hat like that! The DuPont people brought it when they met with my old boss. It's a really nice hat, actually--embroidered, not screen printed. It says "DuPont Tanos Fungicide", which gives me an excuse to say "You can't spell fungicide without fun!" in public.

DuPont always brought quality swag. It must be nice having more money than God.
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No fashion trend is worse than gangsta.
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Somewhen in the early ninties everyone and his dog would wear a bunch of little plastic pacifiers on a leather string aroung their necks, on their bags and around their arms:

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The current trend of wearing ball caps, forwards or backwards, so that they cover the wearer's eyebrows.

That and wearing gaudy gold/platinum crucifixes on chains with jearsies and/or sports tees.
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Spanky The Dolphin wrote:The current trend of wearing ball caps, forwards or backwards, so that they cover the wearer's eyebrows.

That and wearing gaudy gold/platinum crucifixes on chains with jearsies and/or sports tees.
never mind crucifixes, what I can't stand are the fucking platinum, jewel encrusted Cadillac emblems.
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Yeah, that's kind of what I meant, too. Any gaudy crap like that. I mean, really, what the hell?
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Thought of another one. Caping your teeth with platinum, gold, "jewels" and whatnot. Fucking waste of money.

And this whole carrying around gold, jewel-encrusted goblets. Really, what the fuck?
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Spanky The Dolphin wrote:That and wearing gaudy gold/platinum crucifixes on chains with jearsies and/or sports tees.
Funny you should mention that... I've been planning on getting an Inquisitorial seal as a sort of joke/counter to all that. :mrgreen:
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Pre-faded jeans.
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Darth Raptor wrote:Pre-faded jeans.
I'll one up you and say pre-ripped jeans.
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The Spartan wrote:And this whole carrying around gold, jewel-encrusted goblets. Really, what the fuck?
What? I've never heard about that? You mean litterally carrying around cups?
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A few weeks ago a young man came into the department and bought a two hundred dollar Calvin Klein Jacket. As he left i saw that his pants were slung so low they practically fell off. He wore the jacket out of the store and I damn near wanted to cry.
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Alex Moon wrote:A few weeks ago a young man came into the department and bought a two hundred dollar Calvin Klein Jacket. As he left i saw that his pants were slung so low they practically fell off. He wore the jacket out of the store and I damn near wanted to cry.
Meh, nice contrast. :)
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RedImperator wrote:I don't understand low-hanging pants, and that's my generation. They're not comfortable and they look silly.
This is actually a fashion trend I hope contintues. Sure it looks like shit, and it's stupid as hell, but a lot of the morons who are wearing these pants large enough for a family of four are people I have to arrest. And when they try to run away, they're a lot easier to catch.
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