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Okay so I am a grumpy old square of a dude.
I don't usually sneer at the fashion foibles of the young. For goodness sakes I grew up in the '70s and it doesn't get any worse than that.

However, lately have noticed that what was once just sagging trousers through lack of a belt making the gusset dangle haplessly half way down the legs, has now been designed into the garment.
This afternoon a lad had some trews where the crotch seam was 6" above the knees!
It looks ridiculous! It's like he's filled his nappy. ie looks like he has kakked his kegs!

What is that all about! It cannot be considered cool surely?
Maybe our youthful members can explain this phenomena please!

Also any other fashion crimes?
One that comes to mind was the training shoe...
with a platform sole

I for one don't dress like that. I usually just wear whatever is within reach when i wake up.

Its a public service announcement. It simply says:

CAUTION Do not breed with this male

This country's going to the dogs.

If the clothes were designed for it, it probably isn't cool.

Ok maybe thats an exagerration but this looks really stupid.

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Okay so I am a grumpy old square of a dude.
I don't usually sneer at the fashion foibles of the young. For goodness sakes I grew up in the '70s and it doesn't get any worse than that.

However, lately have noticed that what was once just sagging trousers through lack of a belt making the gusset dangle haplessly half way down the legs, has now been designed into the garment.
This afternoon a lad had some trews where the crotch seam was 6" above the knees!
It looks ridiculous! It's like he's filled his nappy. ie looks like he has kakked his kegs!

What is that all about! It cannot be considered cool surely?
Maybe our youthful members can explain this phenomena please!

Also any other fashion crimes?
One that comes to mind was the training shoe...
with a platform sole

Is it one guy trying to stand out or are there groups of kids doing this?

I see blokes wearing these around Manchester a fair bit...

STOP!

Better them than skinny jeans...

Clifton in Bristol is full of gakkers like these:



All I can hope is the lack of circulation will render these hipster bastards infertile.

Albatross wrote:I see blokes wearing these around Manchester a fair bit...

It wouldn't be too bad if it was just a few guys trying to stand out but if it's a fairly popular style then I'm disappointed since when did looking "like you pooped your pants " ever become cool?

Ugh. Skinny jeans are so bad. They even make girls look bad, that's how powerful their badness is.

Skinny jeans are bad? Get over yourselves, you're just pissed that you can't fit into them anymore.

I know I am.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:Better them than skinny jeans...

Clifton in Bristol is full of gakkers like these:



All I can hope is the lack of circulation will render these hipster bastards infertile.

Personally think skinny jeans are sort of neat they look good on thin people and show a lot more of girl's figure. Plus the black ones have become increasingly more common among punk and metal-head sub-culture after they have been suitably

ripped and torn of course, with added band patches. Red tartan drainpipe jeans (as they were then called) were popular in the punk subculture of the late 1970s, worn by many bands and scene leaders such as The Clash, Ramones and Sex

Pistols. Plus they have an 80's heavy metal nostalgia with them especially during the Thrash scene.

Those are the sort of overfilled nappies i saw
They make the abdomen look massively elongated and the legs too short.
I guess i would wear some if I was going to a fancy dress party as a meerkat.

What a wonderful costume idea Chibi! cosider it stolen! I too am a hater of the new fashions we are seeing become more and more popular today! I am especially not impressed with the skinny jeans look that is belted below (yes below) the buttocks! omg lol! (young people speak) it looks ridiculous not only does it look like they've filled thier pants but i have had the misfortune to observe this fashion phenomena during summer when the sweat mark between your butt cheeks is out there for the world to see! not cool or hip! just gross and silly looking!