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Tom Ronca - 2004-10-03 12:58:52
. . . And let's not forget the one MAN who could wear a poncho convincingly -- Clint Eastwood (a l� all the spaghetti westerns he did w/ Sergio Leone)
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2fs - 2004-10-03 14:46:49
My observation is that women who succumb to the poncho fad (and by the way...is that a real poncho, I mean is that a Mexican poncho, or is that a Sears poncho?) have also succumbed to the belly-baring fad, but alas have further succumbed to the too-tight-too-low pants fad and the believing-that-any-body-fat-at-all-is-bad fad - and so the poncho serves to ratify their fashionability while simultaneously covering their tummy flab. I have never seen Paula anything but impeccably and fashionably attired. We should all listen to her fashion advice.
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bad meow - 2004-10-04 10:50:27
Ponchos: depends on the gal. One of my buddies looks adorable. I would probably look like a Hummer. But the silk print ones: isn't that Grandma territory no matter what? I do love many of the (mass market) fashions this season. I'm semi-ashamed to say I bought a fake fur scarf, but it's from the 50s so that absolved my anti-trendoid conscience.
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Paula - 2004-10-04 11:00:09
I like the new trench coats. I like that the dreaded super-low jeans have influenced designers to make regular pants a little lower-cut, which is flattering for most figures. I like the skinny scarf look, but I guess that was a 2003 phenom. And I've gone on record before as really appreciating the variety of cool-lookin' t-shirt cuts that have revolutionized the very basis of my shirt wardrobe. To these trends I am a yay-sayer.
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bad meow - 2004-10-04 11:15:14
Low rise jeans are a blessing to the low waisted. I tried on a Gap pair in the 80s that zippered up to my bra. It was sad. In the 90s I tried on a pair that didn't even cover my crack. It was scary. Please, friends, let's have a compromise.
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Paula - 2004-10-04 11:19:50
Rest assured, the Land's End catalog will always provide the compromise between what's trendy and what soccer moms (or the new "security moms") can get away with.
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Poncho & Jon - 2004-10-04 13:34:49
It's all the knitterchicks who've graduated from making scarves what's spawned this terrible trend! Call me difficult, but ponchos are downright fugly on pretty much everyone, and I refuse to contribute to this fadlette.
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Paula - 2004-10-04 21:01:45
Thank god you are using your knitting skillz for good and not evil, Poncho.
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Baby Party - 2004-10-05 10:14:06
Ponchos: I looked great when I was six in my orange-and-green macrame number, but cringe when I remember my mid-20s Peruvian crunchy granola poncho. Low cut pants: on the one hand, they let me belly stick out a bit, on the other hand, a higher but holds my belly in bit. Security moms: article in The New Republic (possibly subscription only) says there is no empirical evidence for the existence of the "security mom." A few interviews and the odd opinion column do not a trend make. http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=express&s=scheiber092404
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Baby Paty - 2004-10-05 10:15:59
Excuse me, that's "higher waist," not "higher but."
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Paula - 2004-10-05 10:31:40
A few interviews and the odd opinion column do not a trend make.

No, the scary thing is, it does.
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