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Steve - 2007-12-13 14:08:33
Nice videos. I wonder if HHP has ever considered covering a certain Game Theory song.
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Here comes Lucy - 2007-12-13 14:43:57
The pants tucked into boots issue really only showed up because Kate Moss started doing it about 5 years ago, and did for tucking in what she did for gold lame dresses teamed with wellies at glastonbury, back in the day when she wore what she wanted whether it rocked or not, and that alone was probably enough for everyone to copy her. It then became all the rage everywhere, and horribly overdone. That kind of thing really turns me off. Any kind of 'trend' at all where everyone is wearing multiples of the same design at the same time, is deeply unappealing to me. And that's really what constitutes the lion's share of fashion. Style, however, is something else. Hm. I seem to have a lot to say about this topic. Maybe I'll just blog it (lucytakesoff.blogspot.com, by the way..kching)
However, lately I have been doing the turn up thing with a variety of styles of boot, and my stripey socks up over the knee visible when I sit down. I am also exploring other ways of rocking out with my stripey socks on show.
I'm still not keen on tucking in, tho I am not anymore entirely averse. It's just a question of making it your own, I think. Funking it up, you might say.
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Paula - 2007-12-13 15:08:04
Thanks for weighing in, Lucy. I agree with you about the ubiquity factor--wearing what everyone else is wearing is always a drag, and you can either invest a lot of energy into being creative about it, or you can go the opposite route and stick with the jeans and t-shirts, which has pretty much been my approach, post-Grranimals.
The thing that makes the boots issue compelling is that it isn't so much a trend as a choice one will always be presented with as long as there are boots and pants and legs. The tuckers are saying, "Look! Here's another way!" and the non-tuckers are balking. This issue will be with us for a long, long time, and perhaps our children's children will find the true answer.
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Tom G. - 2007-12-13 15:23:53
YIKES! Those yoga gauchos ARE hideous. I literally laughed out loud when I clicked the link.
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Paula - 2007-12-13 15:45:19
Yeah, women have been wearing those things on the street for the past 3 springs/summers. I thought for sure that summer of 2006 would be the end of it, but they popped up again this year!
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Greggio Armani - 2007-12-13 15:59:02
Gauchos are gauche-oh!! Yoga gauchos especially no-no. Boot cut jeans roooned the 70s for me.
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bad meow - 2007-12-13 16:44:23
It must be in the air; I was just contemplating jeans-into-boots. Well, probably it was because I just got new jeans. And new boots.
I think it looks nice, and Paula, it definitely would look nice on you.
I don't think I'm going to go there. I am still reeeling from the 1985 fad of tucking your jeans into your slouchy socks.
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more bad meow - 2007-12-13 17:21:43
furthermore, i dare all of you to say "fad of tucking" ten times fast . . .
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Paula - 2007-12-13 17:41:19
...or "slouchy socks"!
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Gauchno - 2007-12-13 18:10:01
The first kama gaucho photo (Golden Dawn) is borderline NSFW. Those gauchos are in the Cameltoe Pose.
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Here comes Lucy - 2007-12-13 19:06:10
The tuckers are balking
the tuckers are balking
the tuckers are balking
the tuckers are balking
the tuckers are balking
the tuckers are balking
the tuckers are balking
the tuckers are balking
the tuckers are balking
the tuckers are balking
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Sir Miss-a-Lot - 2007-12-13 22:42:04
I did not know that this site was also a fashion-educational site. Anyway: had no idea about most of these trends, although seeing what you're talking about in the links, I can confirm that lots of folks indeed are trending them. The "yoga gaucho" thing (izzat what they're called? The name is awful...) - I dunno, I've seen those look pretty good on some people. My current fashion peeve is pants-too-tight - particularly on women who aren't model-svelte. I don't have a problem with rounded tummies or butts (I'm not Sir Mix-a-Lot either), but contrary to what appears to be popular belief, tight pants do not diminish such features (if diminishment is what is desired), they emphasize them. Pants that fit hips end up flattering their wearers even if the wearer is slightly on the heavier side, whereas clothes that don't fit almost never do.
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Bina - 2007-12-13 22:46:40
The only time you should wear your jeans in your boots is when you're going horseriding.
And I agree with Sir Miss a Lot - skinny jeans were invented by the devil.
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Sharon - 2007-12-13 23:33:34
I think pants tucked into boots would be a great fashion trend to see more of==on men. Think 18th Century Russian intellectuals having a duel. (Poor men, they get to wear crazy stuff as everyday wear only every couple centuries or so, like the middle ages or the Sixties (a la Jimi Hendrix on the Dick Cavett Show). As for Brooklyn gals in groovy bands, I think a black or gray (like the one you wore at Delancey!) or navy simple short dress with black tights would be a fun way to show off your boots.
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Baby Party - 2007-12-14 13:32:18
My legs are so skinny and stick-like, I don't think I can pull off the tucking in. Even when I wear my boots with skirts, it doesn't look quite right, but I soldier on.
Oh, and sometimes people whose pants are too tight have gained a little weight, and can't yet afford to buy all new pants a size larger. Not that I would know anything about that.
When I was six years old, in 1969, I desperately wanted a pair of black, zip-up go-go boots, like my best friend Jennifer Boggs had. I wanted them to be soft, and cling to my legs, like hers. I spent a whole day shopping with my mother, and we couldn't find anything that fit properly in black, and I somehow ended up with white boots that fit more like rain boots - you could easily put your whole hand between the boot and my matchstick legs. It was my first fashion freakout, and I pouted like a little bitch, and even cried, and my parents were understandably annoyed. Oh, it starts early, this crap. Anyway, now I really want those Madden boots, dammit!
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Baby Party - 2007-12-14 13:46:28
I have a pair of black yoga gauchos (I didn't know they were called that. I hate gauchos, and for some reason I never made the connection..). They are useful for those of us who are short, and can't easily find yoga pants that are not too long. I sleep in them; once or twice I have worn them to the grocery store if I have no clean laundry; and yes, sometimes I wear them to a yoga class. I've never had any problems doing yoga in them. Sure, it might look funny to others when I'm doing a headstand and the material is falling down and exposing my knees, but I'm not supposed to give a shit about that, am I? I would really hate to have one more excuse for not going to yoga class (like, "I need to buy some proper yoga pants.").
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Paula - 2007-12-14 14:23:50
Re: the yoga pants--no, it's not about how they look in class, it's the fact that they fall down (or "up") in inverted postures. I would find that distracting, potentially chilly, and if exposed underwares were involved, then a little embarrassing. If you don't experience those things, then you are indeed wearing the "proper" pants. Although, in my reckoning, almost all designated "yoga pants" are overpriced. I wear sweat pants that I get at Duane Reade--2 for $9.99.
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Paula - 2007-12-14 23:42:27
I pouted like a little bitch, and even cried, and my parents were understandably annoyed.
You were six years old--you were frustrated and upset and you felt powerless. I think your emotional response was not unreasonable.
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