Are fashionable ladies in Europe wearing the skinny-legged jeans?
Aug 31st, 2006, 10:05 AM
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Are fashionable ladies in Europe wearing the skinny-legged jeans?
Are fashionable ladies in Europe wearing the skinny-legged jeans and long tunic tops? I'm hoping that this is just an ill-advised US trend that will come and go quickly. If not, stirrup pants can't be far behind!
Aug 31st, 2006, 10:08 AM
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Its MUCH worse than that Missypie - Leggings are back in!!!!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1879
I stick by the fashion rule: If you wore them the FIRST time around, you are too old to wear them the SECOND time around
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1879
I stick by the fashion rule: If you wore them the FIRST time around, you are too old to wear them the SECOND time around
Aug 31st, 2006, 10:24 AM
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Yeah, I found out about the leggings-under-skirts look this summer, from ny 10 year old. She bought a very cute little skirt in Rome and I said it would be too short to wear to school - she said, "No mom, you wear leggings under it." First I'd heard.
I tend to agree with the "if you wore it the first time" rule.
OReilly, I agree that leggings are much more terrifying than skinny jeans...the image of super-sized ladies in white leggings and short tops, allowing us to see every bump and dimple, is still burned in my brain from 15 years ago.
I tend to agree with the "if you wore it the first time" rule.
OReilly, I agree that leggings are much more terrifying than skinny jeans...the image of super-sized ladies in white leggings and short tops, allowing us to see every bump and dimple, is still burned in my brain from 15 years ago.
Oh the horror! The 80s are back 
Aug 31st, 2006, 11:22 AM
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Yes I wore leggings the first time around...had great legs, wore them in the winter with tall boots, but....I have NO intention of EVER wearing them again unless it was UNDER pants or jeans, to keep my legs warm in the winter. I agree with you OReilly, and unfortuneatly, that rule applies to more than just leggings. LOL
Aug 31st, 2006, 11:37 AM
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I believe I actually still have a pair of pink leg warmers from 1984.
However, about three years ago, I got rid of all the skinny jeans, stirrup pants and tunic tops. Maybe the resale shop to which I donated them still has them and I can buy them back.
What about the "claw" bangs? Are they back in, too?
However, about three years ago, I got rid of all the skinny jeans, stirrup pants and tunic tops. Maybe the resale shop to which I donated them still has them and I can buy them back.
What about the "claw" bangs? Are they back in, too?
Aug 31st, 2006, 11:38 AM
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Anything is better than the ubiquitously insidious <b>capri pants</b> we've had the displeasure of looking at for years. They make me want to <i>scream!</i> -- but often I find myself laughing.
<b>http://ihatecapripants.blogspot.com/</b>
<b>http://ihatecapripants.blogspot.com/</b>
Aug 31st, 2006, 11:47 AM
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Ok, I know I'm getting old when I've been around long enough to see an old fashion fad come back around again. I remember wearing the leggings-under-skirts look when I was back in college.
I flip through the magazines with the pictures of today's celebrities in that particular fad and I swear it looks just like the stuff from my closet circa the late 80s/early 90s.
I flip through the magazines with the pictures of today's celebrities in that particular fad and I swear it looks just like the stuff from my closet circa the late 80s/early 90s.
Aug 31st, 2006, 12:35 PM
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I'm on the same page with OReilly and Missypie ... the first time for a fashion was fun, the second is disastrous. The "been there, done that" rule ought to be obligatory. And, having just read Vogue as well as the NY Times Fashion section this past weekend, I hate to tell you, Oreilly, but leggings are back with a vengeance.
Capris are a whole other story. I wore them when I was about 8 or 9 but (gee, how much am I dating myself with this?), they were called "pedal pushers" back then. Hated them then, haven't worn them since.
Capris are a whole other story. I wore them when I was about 8 or 9 but (gee, how much am I dating myself with this?), they were called "pedal pushers" back then. Hated them then, haven't worn them since.
Aug 31st, 2006, 02:05 PM
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The last time leggings under a skirt was The Look in the US I wore them to Italy and people looked at me in amazement. I think they thought I hadn't taken off my long underwear. It was pretty funny but I wore them anyway.
