Teenage Fashion Wasteland
Saturday, July 18th, 2009
Am I getting old? I see tweens, teens, and early 20-somethings today and I just don’t get their fashion choices and statements. In particular I am talking about …
1. Shaving off your eyebrows. Isn’t this something that drunken frat boys do to each other when one of them passes out? When did frat boy pranks become inspiration for a fashion trend. And yes, it is a fashion trend not just a hipster look — read about it in New York Magazine.
2. Wearing tights as pants. If you stretch a piece of clothing and the material becomes see through, then it is an undergarment or an accessory. This one particularly goes out to the girl walking downtown this week in hot pink footless tights and two tank tops: take a look at your rear in the mirror while walking. Tights are cute under skirts, but are by no means meant to substitute for the skirt entirely.
3. Hair that is purposefully cut uneven. On some people this look can work if it is executed skillfully by a talented hair dresser. On most, however, it tends to look messy, matted, and butchered.
4. Sloppy eye makeup. I can’t figure this one out. My best guess is that slapping too dark black eye shadow on haphazardly, above and below the eye, is supposed to make you look super emo, as if you have been crying.
5. Oddly placed headbands. They are meant to hold your hair back, out of your face so why are teens today using them to press their hair down flat in their face? Why are they being worn across the middle of the forehead? Why?






I never cease to be caught off guard by celebrity spokesmodel choices made by companies or the endorser. In this case, it’s more the willing model that surprises me …









