Adjusting other people's clothes
Now I know I'm out of touch with fashion. I was walking through Grand Central Station this morning behind a woman who was not fat but certainly wasn't model-thin. She was wearing a pair of low-rider jeans (which look horrible on about 99% of the population - nothing like wrapping something tight around one of the fattest parts of the body) and a tight tee shirt that wouldn't stay down. I ended up walking behind her from the train to 42nd St. And fighting the urge to reach over and pull her shirt down.
I can't decide if all this display of non-thin flesh is a good thing (Hey! Girls are so confident these days, they don't care if their less-than-firm tummies and butts hang out!) or a bad thing (Hey! Girls are such a slave to fashion, they don't care if their less-than-firm tummies and butts hang out!) All I know is that everything I go to the mall these days, I find myself thinking more and more "I'd never let MY daughter out of the house looking like that!"
And since my cats don't wear low-riders I really can't think how to tie them into this.
posted by Nemeria @ 11:56 PM
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one of my fav coffee shops employs a woman whose low-rider jeans continually reveal a surprising amount of ass crack (a degree heretofore seen only on plumbers of sizable mass). it's always funny to watch new and unexpecting customers react with surprise as she turns to fulfil their orders. we call her "the crack lady." I think that the lack of affection in our mocking lable speaks for itself. just say no!
I just had a similar experience today at the supermarket. I was following behind a large woman in tiny Abercrombie & Fitch knit, low rider shorts that weren't complimenting her behind region and a crop top that wasn't complimenting her middle region at all. The visible rolls of flesh were all too apparent. I too had the nagging desire to run up to her and adjust her garmets so that they covered more of her and tell her the truth, that these clothes looked incredibly wrong on her. Are women so naive that they think they look fetching in attire that is so undeniably wrong for their body types? Is this the legacy that Brittany has left us with. God help us all. Maybe we all need a long cold look in the mirror every now and then.
What scares me is that I bet these girls/women look at themselves in the mirror and think "I am so hot!" And yet, they are so not! I'm all for healthy body-image and loving yourself the way you are, but I'm also all for dressing for your body type!
In a slightly different vein, a friend of mine (see corner store link on my blog) posted this noteworthy observation on her blog:
"at the austin diner this morning: a couple was spotted in a matching outfit (i also love couples who match outfits). his purple t-shirt said: "I'm Abercrombie." hers said, "Abercrombie & Bitch". they were in their 60s."
he! he!
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