Speaking of jeans and heels... what's with the 4-5" folded-up cuff?

[redqueen]

Has anyone else seen this? I've seen several women wearing this 'look' lately and I must say I find it disturbing. Heels or pumps, tank tops, and jeans with a folded-up cuff. Usually glitzy looking accessories.

Um, no.

Who started this fugliness? Apologize, now! :P

[skygazer]

1. Yeah, that's a goofy look

Next thing you know, leg warmers will be back. ~shudder~

[redqueen]

2. So it's not just here?

Gads I hate trends. x(

[fleabert]

5. oh, honey...

they are back. Expect to see them this winter.

http://www.tightsplease.co.uk/epages/tightsplease.storefront/EN/Catalog/1011

teenagers discuss:
http://www.gurl.com/react/dod/dilemmas/0,,666754,00.html

and, I knit, so usually a pattern will come out before the trend will hit the mainstream based on what is big in London, Paris, New York, etc...and leg warmer patterns are all over the place right now. Like poncho patterns were about two years ago.

http://www.knittingonthenet.com/patterns/sockslegwarmers.htm
http://www.moonarts.com/blog/free_patterns/pages/aspen-leg-warmers-print.htm

[skygazer]

6. Jesus wept...

:cry:

[Taverner]

9. Awesome!!!!!

Now I just need acid washed minis to come back, frosted big hair and string thongs

[Maine-ah]

15. gotta have those high-top sneakers with the two different colored

laces to go with those smashing leg-warmers. Preferably in silver and pink please.

[Telly Savalas]

18. I saw a number of leg warmers last winter.

But it was mostly by women going for a total retro 80's look. Why anyone would aim for such a look is beyond me.

[Sanity Claws]

3. Are the jeans wore above the ankle, too?

If so, I think I know the look you're talking about. Also worn with a newsboy cap. I thought that look went out a little while ago. It lasted just a couple of months. I blinked, and it was gone. Whew!

[Taverner]

4. I like it but...

well I like the hoochie mama look

[redqueen]

8. Is that what it is?

Oh, Lord... save us. It's OOGLY!

[youthere]

7. It's even worse when they wear the cuff with knee high fashion boots.

[4_Legs_Good]

10. Yeah, it's everywhere

For some reason they're making jeans with like a 40" inseam.

I agree on fashion with you for once on this one redqueen! I'm not a fan.

david

[henslee]

11. I think the look actually derives from a "ghetto- thang" in that

it represents what someone would do with hand-me-down, oversized clothing.

[FLSurfer]

12. I will have to take the blame for this trend.

It was started by my wife who is 5' tall.
She has been doing it since before I met her 14 years ago.
She has alot of trouble finding jeans to fit and we don't sew.

Solution- just roll 'em up. 4-5 inch cuffs are normal around our house.

I'll apologize for her since she isn't here.

[WindRavenX]

13. Some of us are short

:cry:

[redqueen]

20. Oh no... that's not it...

I'm only 5'2.5"... I know about short! I just buy petite, or sew a hem.

[Rabrrrrrr]

14. It's for people who are too fucking dumb to dress themselves

They go to the store, see "what's in", and that's it. No creativity, no self-evaluation, no critical reflection.

[bettyellen]

16. it's so over, the new thing is 50" inseams, skinny as hell, that you wear

all scrunched up.
hey, don't blame me, i'm just following orders, purchase orders, like from the stores.
and we live in a nation of shopaholics.
:)

[redqueen]

21. Shopaholics.

Yes, my mother- and sister-in-law both "suffer" from that affliction.

*sigh*

Oh, the agony. I get to hear about how fantastic IKEA is way too fucking much.

[bettyellen]

27. you know if it's not clothes it's electronics.....

people like novelty. :shrug:

[Lavender Brown]

17. I'm not a fan

I fear a return of the 80s rolled up jean. Or - heaven forbid - jeans tucked into scrunchy socks. :scared:

[LaraMN]

19. I am WAITING for the "good" mini skirts to come back.

Not the ones that they have now that are A.) so short on a normal person, that on a tall person, they are just like an ass-belt. or B.) Down to the vicinity of the knee and frumpy-looking. There's no in-between.:grr:

[4_Legs_Good]

29. I fear the return of the 80's high waist line

I know it's coming...

david

[El Fuego]

22. I like them!

I am going to buy a pair, glitz and all.

[Shell Beau]

23. Sorry! I like it!

I don't personally have any of those pants, but they can look cute if the rest of the outfit goes well with it!!

[chaska]

24. Well, in my neighborhoood...

which is at least half Asian, where the Chinese are obsessed with height (or so I've heard), the women wear 4-inch heels with the pant leg covering most of that heel. It makes the leg look longer.

I think this roll up thing is just a logical fashion extention of what happens when you take off those 4-inch heels.

Did that make any sense?

[pdx_prog]

25. I don't mind that as much as the muclucks....

[La Lioness Priyanka]

26. j-lo started

[Pithlet]

28. I've seen an explosion of bags with huge sequines lately

that usually accompanies that look. Yech.