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Recently I've been out and about downtown, and I've noticed a terrifying resurgence of all that was ugly about the 1980s. The urge to scream "fucking hipster!" at every person in a white, wide leather belt over a striped shirt and leggings is almost unbearable. Really, leggings aren't so bad. They are useful and they can be comfortable. They are good for yoga.

HOWEVER - leggings are not pants. They. Are. Not. Pants. Wearing a fancy shirt and a jacket that just barely skims your hips does not magically transform your leggings into pants. WE ALL KNOW THEY ARE NOT PANTS! At the Erwin Center the other night I could only stare in numb bemusement at a girl dressed in such an outfit. I wanted to ask her if she left her skirt in the car, or perhaps on the bathroom floor.

Seriously, wtf?

I need to clean the floors, but the kitties are sleeping and it would be mean to wake them up. Perhaps laundry instead.

Date: 2009-01-06 07:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] norda.livejournal.com
I have to laugh, because we just watched DOCTOR WHO: Colony In Space, filmed in 1971, and Jo Grant was wearing that very style.

Barbara Wright, one of the first Doctor's earliest companions, really rocked the tunic-and-leggings look in 1963.

Everything old is ever-new again.

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