If Fashion is so cool, why do people cringe when looking at their old photos?
115630
Being fashionable doesn't mean the clothes are timeless.  Taste changes and fashion today is more about marketing.
47244
i hate big and rich ,thier whole image looks like the 80s threw up . ill be so glad when theyre all washed up !
593024
Well, we all like what was "in" during our time. It's a comfort thing and only shows your age, lol. But I have moved on from the tight rolled jeans and now where baggier pants than I ever thought I would and my wife begged me to stop wearing the high top black reeboks when we were dating, so now I wear boots. Can't go wrong there, lol. And if you really think about it the clothes that are "in" now are almost identical to the clothes I remember when I was growing up in the 70's. It will all come back around eventually, so wear what you want and be happy!!! :)
148767
Left over fashion trend from the 70s, when everything had wide stripes (and ties were wide and hair was big and clothing was tight).  We looked stupid then.  I don't know why teens want to look like we did.
999570
Yes, yes, yes!!!  I am so glad you brought this point up.  I always talk about this with my friends.  We often ask each other if we were that ugly when we were teenagers.  We have come to the conclusion that they are a lot uglier than we ever were.  You often see teens trying to get away with the clothes, hairstyles, and all around fashion that only beautiful celebrities can get away with.  They often spend more, peirce more, bleech more, and end up looking uglier and uglier than they would without all the extras.  If this keeps up, we're in for some real nasty teens in the near future.
999614
Some people are overly interested in looking trendy. (like the rest of us care about your purse)\nI agree with you. Could have fed the hungry for less than what some people spend on the lastest fad.
877809
I don't have a problem with it. It just looks silly, especially on adults. You can still look presentable and still be "cool".
829080
Sounds like a mini fad or trend. Trendiness works like that.\nSee if a bunch of people start copying it, at a certain point the people who started it will stop because it isn't cool any more.\nIt kind of reminds me of Dr. Suess' star bellied sneeches.\nPeople like to be different in a way that is "cool".
886414
Simply fashion, theres no technical reason for it. \n\nHave to say the subject of this book of yours sounds a little bit dodgy...
433303
Doesn't bother me one bit. Just thought you were making a fashion statement, looks fine to me. Why would anybody think you are being disrespectful or whatever, to me you should be able to wear what you want and when you want to, that is what freedom is all about is it not?
260056
simple. society put out the image of what the perfect woman should look like. So we go through shirt after shirt, pants, skirts, until we find something we feel we look good in. well, at least other females do. I work overnight and sleep during the day so i dont car as much about hat im wearing. its just gonna get messed up anyway. we like looking for things that fit us in certain ways. the accentuate our good parts and hide what we think are our bad ones. plus somedays when people are bloated they feel they look different. its all in the mind really. i know i look good in whatever i put on. i wouldnt have bought it in the first place if i didnt.
453070
Generally people can’t get satisfied with what they got...\nSo they feel what has gone was better than the present
212005
It's because old men (older men) can remember back to their own teenage days when they were in highschool, it doesn't mean that what they do is necesscarily right. don't forget that you should dress correctly, if you don't like that type of attention, don't wear the type of clothing that will reveal what you want to keep private.
142454
Your personal style. Screw trends!
833374
People are obsessed because they're obsessed with celebrities in general.  Looks have a lot to do with "orientation" as you put it and that will not change; it's human nature.  You don't live in a Utopia where what you think should be is; you live in the real world where what is IS.\n\nYou adopt the stance that "these things" shouldn't matter, but just because you say it doesn't make it so.  The truth is, to most people it does matter because they are fundamental elements of what make a person what they are.
1125439
I'm not, (only 24) but my husband and most of my friends are.  Some wear band t-shirts and black jeans, some wear nice tailored clothing in black, and some just go all out and wear uber goth clothes.  For some reason, people don't mind as much when you're an older goth, they just think you're dressed up for something or have a job that requires that outfit.  For the goths that I know who don't appear to be goths at their work (like a high school teacher I know) they're just themselves at all times, and don't care if their clothes aren't "goth enough."  Most older goths have normal lives, many are married, most have regular jobs, but most also enjoy expressing themselves through various art forms such as sculpture, poetry, and painting.
406649
Are you sure that's a good idea? People may be afraid of you after they see your photos.