Is it bad that I agree with this?

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Well, damn - this conversation has progressed way too far for me to chime in with my intended snarky post. But I will toss in that, if we fear the influence of fashion on our daughters we can always take a lesson from the islamists and require our women to wear Burkas and head scarves to protect them from our irrational masculine lusts.

You men are never happy, are you? It's either hooha waxing, thong wearing, low-rise buttcrack flashing fashion, or burkas.*




*(J/K)


Personally, I really don't give a **** what people wear, but I also require that people not give a **** what I am wearing. I am not nor have I ever been a fashionista. I will say that it truly is hard to find age appropriate clothing for my kid, and all my friends with kids her age say the same.

I'm pleased to see so many self-posessed and totally non-influenced people on these boards. I cannot claim to be so myself- I very much recall feeling inferior to the skinnier, prettier girls in movies, mags and at school when I was growing up. I even had a bout with anorexia, but luckily I wised up and grew up. Looking at Keira, Nicole and the like, I think I was still on the chubby side even when I was anorexic. Thank goodness I no longer give a damn, but I do worry about my daughter going through the same thing.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

You're right. Undoubtedly the next trend will be bare breasted women in Fred Mertz pants with a prominent camel toe.

A boy can dream...

[Not Afraid]

Well, I don't know many self-posessed 10-15 year olds. That age sucks no matter what you look like.

The interesting thing now is that I get more shyt from women about my looks/way I dress/etc than I ever did from men. Your clevage is showing! Your make-up is harsh. Your hair is too wild. Blah blah blah blah blah lang a lang a ding dong.

Ahhhhh, how boring life would be if there wasn't always SOMETHING negative to ofset the happiness I feel.

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I go out of the house 90% of the time wearing nothing BUT red lipstick.

[Not Afraid]

Well, I usually have clothes on as well.

[Alex]

Though if she puts on enough of the red lipstick, she's technically legal.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Personally, I really don't give a **** what people wear, but I also require that people not give a **** what I am wearing.

I'm pleased to see so many self-posessed and totally non-influenced people on these boards. [/quote]I for one never claimed to be such. All I said is that I'm well aware of the inevitable influences and do my best to work within them for my own benefit.

[wendybeth]

Have you always been so, GD? You've never succumbed to stupid, even dangerous things in order to look good to someone else or because it was the hip thing to do/be/wear?

I'm simply saying that we're all grown-ups. (Mostly). We have some ability to filter out crap and think for ourselves. I can't speak for all kids, but rumor has it lots of them seem to act in not-very-adult like manners. To say kids are not influenced by the media and other types of outside sources is (imho) naive. I guess my kid in an anomaly.

[€uroMeinke]

Isn't that part of growing up? as Kids we dress like our friends to demonsrtate how alike we are as friends, but as we get older comes the desire to differentiate ourselves from our friends as well as parents. We develop our own style through trial and error. If you're uncomfortable exposing your butt-crack, you'll probably not buy low rise jeans again.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Have you always been so, GD? You've never succumbed to stupid, even dangerous things in order to look good to someone else or because it was the hip thing to do/be/wear?

He answered your question before you asked it.

Originally Posted by GD

I for one never claimed to be such. All I said is that I'm well aware of the inevitable influences and do my best to work within them for my own benefit.