OK, the way some men dress!

Now THIS turns me on!!

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NancyNGA said:
Here is the secret. Garter belts.:)

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seriously, is that how they do it. How the heck could I have not guessed or at least considered suspenders. They really go all out for the look huh? Well I'm just glad to know there isn't likely to be any pants falling completely to the floor, but still, the ones that have underwear showing needs to be nixed for sure.

Thanks Nancy. I learned something new.
 

My husband's scrub bottoms fell down once while he was involved in a code on a patient in cardiac arrest. The nurse bent down and pulled them up for him! And he continued with CPR.. lol!! Not that's a good nurse for ya..
 
Ken N Tx said:
The wearing of pants like this was originated in prisons indicating that they where available..
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That's not what I heard.. I've heard that the look originated in jail as people have their belts taken from them. Why would gang bangers want to look like they are available for gay sex? I think it's more a statement that they are so bad they have been to jail or prison... therefore not to be messed with.
 
Sorry I posted that picture now. Just the only picture I could find of the garters. I think it's just a typical young person's fashion rebellion statement.
 
Our parents didn't like our styles either.. My dad was particularly upset by my huge boufant hairdoo.. I had to Rat my hair AFTER I left the house.. and brush it out before I got home.
 
Every generation will have something that offends the old folks and will relish engaging in it. My parents didn't approve of my tight jeans, bared midriff and bangs down to my heavily-mascaraed eyes. Worse than that, I went out and had my ears pierced...horrors! My grandmother sniffed that only gypsies and Catholics had pierced ears and she was absolutely sure I hadn't been raised to be EITHER one of *those*. I turned out OK.

I let my daughter engage in pretty much any fad that passed by, as long as the fad stayed within my "decency" standards. Multi-colored hair (temporary spray-on colors), neon clothes, legwarmers, wearing 10 watches on each wrist (they didn't have to work, just be a watch), Michael Jackson hats, tons of rhinestone jewelry, black lace Madonna gloves and three or four crucifixes around the neck were only a few of the hot-hot-hot fads. As long as she dressed respectfully for school, church, weddings, funerals, etc., I was ok with her looking like a circus clown for a party on Friday night (heck, 90% of the kids there were going to look as bad or worse than her). A lot of her friends spend a fortune on the stuff at the mall; we haunted flea markets and garage sales and found all the accoutrements for a song. One fad was black rubber thing bangle bracelets: you had to have at least 10 on each arm or you were hopelessly out of it. They sold for $2 each at the mall. We went to the flea market and bought black air conditioning gaskets at 20 for a dollar. As far as I could tell, they were identical.

Giving in on the "little" things bought me leverage on the "big" things, like when she wanted to shave a stripe in the side of her head. I said NOT IN THIS LIFETIME! and the usual "you never let me do anything!" started up. I just gave her *the look* and she knew she didn't have a leg (wearing a leg warmer, of course) to stand on. She turned out OK....two masters degrees and a six-figure income (well, I had a SEVEN-figure income, but you had to count the two figures on the right side of the decimal point....LOL)

When I see what the kids are wearing today, I just have to sigh and say "this too shall pass" because I KNOW, in the vast majority of cases, "this too shall pass". It's been "passing" for generations and it will continue to "pass". I can just hear the cavewoman saying to her teen-age daughter, "YOU ARE NOT LEAVING THIS CAVE UNTIL YOU PULL THAT TIGER SKIN UP, YOUNG LADY! "
 
Complaining about the younger generation is certainly not new... Check this out!

http://proto-knowledge.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-is-wrong-with-young-people-today.html

'The children now love luxury; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are tyrants, not servants of the households. They no longer rise when their elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize over their teachers ...... Socrates
 
Either I don't get out enough or this city is too conservative, because I haven't seen anything lately that the younger generation wears that is too crazy. I can sympathize with them some though because when I went thru my 60s hippie period, my parents complained bitterly about the clothes I wore, the hair, the boyfriend's hair, the shoes, etc. etc. etc., in contrast to my older sister's conservative fashion sense.
 
If you want to see some crazy clothes, stroll around a Seattle area called Ballard (which I have dubbed "The City Full of People Far Cooler Than I Will Ever Be"). I visit there frequently, as my sister lives on a boat near Ballard and Freemont. Last time I was there, I saw a young man in a bright pink floor length plush (think stuffed animal fur) coat and a Cat-in-the-Hat hat. Nobody was giving him a second glance. Guys wear "utili-kilts" routinely and tu-tu's worn with baggy mohair sweaters and striped knee socks are de rigueur for the girls. I love Seattle. And there's no way to describe what you can see in Pioneer Park on a good day.
 
horseless carriage said:
My new shoes arrived today. A tad yesteryear, but that's me. Does anyone actually like them?
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I do

I love yer shoes!
After high school classes, I worked in a high end shoe store in Cedar Hills OR
Had a collection of Florsheim wingtips

Actually, I'm a sucker for spats

But

That was then
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After running around the country a decade or so, things changed some

My faves now;
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My new shoes arrived today. A tad yesteryear, but that's me. Does anyone actually like them?
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I don't like them...

... I LOVE them! And what a gorgeous colour combination! So summery and fresh looking!

I see these causing a little heel blistering until they're broken in, so easy does it, Horseless, don't be getting out on the dance floor too soon and swinging your partner round-and-round. :giggle:
 

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