It still really amazes me how indie fashion has percolated up into the mainstream. It seems like it was just recently that I was getting called "That 70s Show Guy" by jocks for having a shag haircut, and wearing thrift-store clothes. And now... boom, out of nowhere, every male under the age of 25 or so - including jocks - is rocking a shag haircut, and sporting thrift store - or rather, Urban Outfitter-ish faux thrift-store - clothes.
I guess I sort of understand a little better now the fretting some of my female friends do over not looking "boring." What's happening just now, in the world of men's fashion - the co-opting of a previously underground "look" - happens on an almost annual basis in women's fashion. What LES or Williamsburg girls are wearing today - that is, what's currently "edgy" - will likely show up in a JCPenney circular six months or so later.
Not that I necessarily feel "boring," but it is a bit of a blow to your identity - and I think that everyone, even the least superficial of us, defines themselves at least somewhat according to their appearance - when suddenly everyone and his little brother is rocking your look - or, at least, a sort of watered-down, filtered-through-Supercuts-and-Sears version of your look.
Anyhow, in other news, I'm once more posting at Catch, and I'm updating my blog
The lastest Linz set was fantastic. I don't know why, but Crumb Girls really do it for me. My only theory as to why this is the case is that it's some sort of anti-Oedipal thing, as my mom was very petite, and I don't have the best relationship with her.
I guess I sort of understand a little better now the fretting some of my female friends do over not looking "boring." What's happening just now, in the world of men's fashion - the co-opting of a previously underground "look" - happens on an almost annual basis in women's fashion. What LES or Williamsburg girls are wearing today - that is, what's currently "edgy" - will likely show up in a JCPenney circular six months or so later.
Not that I necessarily feel "boring," but it is a bit of a blow to your identity - and I think that everyone, even the least superficial of us, defines themselves at least somewhat according to their appearance - when suddenly everyone and his little brother is rocking your look - or, at least, a sort of watered-down, filtered-through-Supercuts-and-Sears version of your look.
Anyhow, in other news, I'm once more posting at Catch, and I'm updating my blog
The lastest Linz set was fantastic. I don't know why, but Crumb Girls really do it for me. My only theory as to why this is the case is that it's some sort of anti-Oedipal thing, as my mom was very petite, and I don't have the best relationship with her.
xo annabelle