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Rhett Miller
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Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 01:20 PM UTC #
Ok ladies, enough already with the big tinted sunglasses and sandals with the long straps. There's a reason why this shit went out of style the first time around, and it's not just because some corporate god though up a different ugly fashion trend to root more money out of your fickle wallet.

And men, cut the label off of the blazer sleeve. We the general public are not going to get all excited when we see that label on the outter sleeve and say "Wow, he saved up a pretty penny to buy himself a plaid tweed Polo Ralph Lauren blazer to wear on a hot summer day in July." No, we're going to say, "What a fucking dork."
paige
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 01:21 PM UTC #
I too, hate those weird sunglasses a lot of women (and men) wear, especially in miami. They aren't fully tinted and the darkness fades.. it looks like trash. You are trash. Get real sunglasses before i gouge your eyes out. :p
MaLo
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 01:34 PM UTC #
my mom wears those sunglasses..they're pink…drives me crazy
ggw
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 01:36 PM UTC #
Fashion advice from a guy who still wears a 1987 Cure concert t-shirt……
Rhett Miller
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 01:46 PM UTC #
Kind of like taking musical advice for Mankie, right? I'm sure we all jumped on the Carbon Leaf and My Name is Cloot bandwagons once Mankie told us what great bands they were!

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Fashion advice from a guy who still wears a 1987 Cure concert t-shirt……
ggw
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 01:56 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Kind of like taking musical advice for Mankie, right? I'm sure we all jumped on the Carbon Leaf and My Name is Cloot bandwagons once Mankie told us what great bands they were!

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Fashion advice from a guy who still wears a 1987 Cure concert t-shirt……
I'm still looking for that one band Mankie keeps going on about. Unchained Melody or something…. What was their name?
emmy
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 02:01 PM UTC #
Let's get rid of the flip flops with 5" soles too. Nobody should be wearing shoes that could function as a life preserver.
sueandnotu
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 02:08 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Ok ladies, enough already with the big tinted sunglasses and sandals with the long straps.
What are the sandles with the long straps? Ankle straps?
MaLo
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 02:12 PM UTC #
Originally posted by SueAndNotU:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Ok ladies, enough already with the big tinted sunglasses and sandals with the long straps.
What are the sandles with the long straps? Ankle straps?
the ones with the straps that wrap up your legs…the wash post did a little article about them in the Sunday Source section a couple weekends ago…come to think of it, they just did a peice on Rhett's fave sunglasses this past weekend
mankie
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 02:16 PM UTC #
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:


I'm still looking for that one band Mankie keeps going on about. Unchained Melody or something…. What was their name?

Procal Harem! ;)

On the subject of stupid fashion….in the gym, why do some women wear spandex pants then tie a sweatshirt round their waste so we can't see their arse? I am personally there to exercise not check out girls arses so couldn't care less, but if you don't want men to see your arse then wear baggie sweat pants or just wear a long tea shirt that goes below your arse…you look like an idiot on the treadmill or stairclimber thingie trying to tighten the knot in the sleeves all the friggin time. Sorry for the rant, but it's a pet peave of mine. Oh the other thing that bugs me is the blokes that wear those almost not there tops and psychadelic sweats…they don't look gay but they don't look straight either, they just look like twats.
Rhett Miller
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 02:16 PM UTC #
Yes, I saw both of those articles. And couldn't believe how many DC women I saw wearing both within a week.

Originally posted by MaLo:
Originally posted by SueAndNotU:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Ok ladies, enough already with the big tinted sunglasses and sandals with the long straps.
What are the sandles with the long straps? Ankle straps?
the ones with the straps that wrap up your legs…the wash post did a little article about them in the Sunday Source section a couple weekends ago…come to think of it, they just did a peice on Rhett's fave sunglasses this past weekend
mankie
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 02:47 PM UTC #
One more thing…what's with this new trend of blokes hugging each other all the time? You know like girls do when they meet.

Is America a nation full of wuss… oh, never mind
Rhett Miller
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 02:51 PM UTC #
Been hitting the 17th Street bars again Mank?

Originally posted by mankie:
One more thing…what's with this new trend of blokes hugging each other all the time? You know like girls do when they meet.

Is America a nation full of wuss… oh, never mind
kosmo
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 02:53 PM UTC #
Originally posted by mankie:
One more thing…what's with this new trend of blokes hugging each other all the time? You know like girls do when they meet.

Is America a nation full of wuss… oh, never mind
when in American at least use the proper word to insult us - Is America a nation full of Metrosexauls
ggw
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 02:54 PM UTC #
Originally posted by mankie:
what's with this new trend of blokes hugging each other all the time?
I love you, man.
mankie
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 02:58 PM UTC #
Is that what it is? Metrosexual…guess I'm not one after all.

Seriously though Rhett, I see it all the time now. Admittedly it's the 18-22 age group, but if a group of say, 6 lads meet they all go round and hug each other.
Celeste
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 02:59 PM UTC #
Originally posted by mankie:
One more thing…what's with this new trend of blokes hugging each other all the time? You know like girls do when they meet.

Is America a nation full of wuss… oh, never mind
maybe they should start doing like the gay bears do and sniffing each others' pits
Rhett Miller
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 03:06 PM UTC #
Probably gives evidence to the claim that my brother once made…he thought over 50% of the male population in DC was gay.



Originally posted by mankie:
Is that what it is? Metrosexual…guess I'm not one after all.

Seriously though Rhett, I see it all the time now. Admittedly it's the 18-22 age group, but if a group of say, 6 lads meet they all go round and hug each other.
paige
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 03:15 PM UTC #
Originally posted by MaLo:
Originally posted by SueAndNotU:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Ok ladies, enough already with the big tinted sunglasses and sandals with the long straps.
What are the sandles with the long straps? Ankle straps?
the ones with the straps that wrap up your legs…the wash post did a little article about them in the Sunday Source section a couple weekends ago…come to think of it, they just did a peice on Rhett's fave sunglasses this past weekend
those shoes are the ugliest things i have ever seen. you aren't a ballerina, and those straps pinch your fat and make you look uglier than you already are. ugh.
mankie
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Re: Fashion Faux Pas August 07, 2003 at 03:28 PM UTC #
Do you mean those large frames sunglasses that look like something from that 70's show?

Actually if a bloke is dressed like that, I think it can look okay as long as he has "that look" himself, with the hair do and all, and there's not a group of them..Most look like the hipster morons but once in a while it looks good on the 30-35 age bloke. The retro look doesn't quite come off as good on the ladies though.
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