This is some sort of sick joke, right?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Mousewife

And I have to comment, most women I see wearing the Juicy pants have rather, um, er, juicy rears. What do thin bummed women wear? Hmm???

Amazingly, they don't have to put words on their asses to make people look at them.

I don't follow fashion - fashion is people telling me what to do. I easily admit to limiting my spending on clothing to certain rules, such as how much wear it can get, how many places it will be appropriate at, and whether I could get something similar elsewhere.

I have to admit, I'd laugh in someone's face if they said they paid $130 for a piece of clothing to show that they were "rebelling". Who are you rebelling against - the employer that hands you your very large paycheck, or perhaps Visa/Mastercard? Third option - maybe you're rebelling against your very wealthy parents who bought it for you.

Shirts that are priced exorbitantly, whether it be a $100 white collared shirt for conservative meetings or a $100 "couture" shirt that looks like someone spilled something on it, I will not purchase. Not even if I had money coming out of my ears. The reasons for not purchasing them are different, but there's still a price threshold. I may buy the nice one for $30, but the gaudy/torn/faded/ugly thing wouldn't get $1 out of me, because I'd never wear it.

I've bought my share of "worn" or "torn" jenas, but in this specific case, YUCK.

The above is just my opinion...

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I don't follow fashion - fashion is people telling me what to do.

Nonsense - we all follow fashion - everytime we put something on or buy something we're making decissions that are at least in part aesthetic. Fashion is not an absolute - we all have it, and thankfully we're all different in expressing it (except I guess during certain teen years when Brand identity becomes for some reason very important).

You may not be Haut Cotour (sp?), or Goth, or Preppy - but you have a style, an aesthetic - and yes a "fashion" and it is dictated at least in part by other's unless your sewing your own clothes from fabric you wove and dyed yourself. Rejecting materialism is also a fashion statement.

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Amazingly, they don't have to put words on their asses to make people look at them.

Uh-oh! This isn't THAT thread again is it?