Fashion baffles me. I don’t get it at all and I never will. People say that fashion is a form of self-expression. If that’s true, I’ve basically been stuck in a stutter every since my parents stopped dressing me. I wonder what my clothes say about me? No I don’t. I know what they say about me. They say, “This guy buys all his clothes at Uni Qlo.” Or they say, “This guy doesn’t wear clothes because he enjoys them. He wears clothes because he has to.”
Not that I want to be naked or anything. I’m just saying, if society didn’t expect me to wear a shirt and jeans, as opposed to, I don’t know, some Underoos, I’d probably be at the bar looking like Shazam.
Here in Korea, which, I’m told, is “fashion forward,” I get to see a lot of different looks. I won’t lie, I’m often impressed
by how well the Koreans and the ex-pat teachers dress. But once in awhile I see things and I think, “Hmm. I couldn’t do that.” It isn’t that these things are bad, per say, they just aren’t possibilities for me, for a variety of reasons. So here, directly below, are four things I’ve seen recently that I don’t understand.
Exhibit A: Coat with No Sleeves
It’s cold outside. Real cold. You put on your coat to warm up. But then you realize that your coat has no sleeves. Your arms are still exposed to the bitter cold. What kind of loopy coat is this? Is this some sort of lame joke, like the solar powered flashlight or the book on how to read? How can a coat have no sleeves? That’s like buying deodorant that smells like B.O.!
Okay, in all seriousness, the sleeveless coat is kind of cool looking. If I had muscles, maybe I would wear a vest coat. Scratch that. As cool as it looks, the practical aspect of the sleeveless coat is too much for me to handle. A coat has a specific purpose, which is to keep me warm. And since I don’t have muscles to help with that, I need sleeves.
Exhibit B: Headphones around the neck
I like the look of the sleeveless coat (which some people might call a “vest”); on the contrary, I feel wearing headphones around your neck while in a social setting makes you look like a douche bag. I don’t know why…they’re just headphones…but damn, man, why are they around your neck? What are you, a DJ? Go play some techno then, and stop hitting on the cute girls in the bar. To me, wearing headphones around the neck is as obnoxious as some dude in a band wearing his guitar around his shoulder all night. Listen, DJ Shadow, get your giant headphones off your neck before they give you scoliosis. Cause you’re annoying me.
Exhibit C: Glasses with no lenses (or glasses with plastic lenses)
Wearing glasses with no lenses reminds me of that episode of Seinfeld where Costanza pretended he was wheelchair bound so people would be nicer to him. Glasses make a person look smarter, and glasses can be sexy. But the thing is, you actually have to NEED glasses for these things to be true. Wearing glasses frames alone doesn’t cut it. You must deserve to wear glasses. Personally, I think it’s pretty interesting when someone has a cast on his arm. You don’t see me walking around with some fake cast, do you? No, that would be ridiculous. Only people with broken bones get to wear casts. And only people with vision problems should get to wear glasses. That’s the way God intended it when he made vision problems and glasses.
Exhibit D: Ear Hoodie
Now, this isn’t something a guy would wear anyhow, although it would be hilarious if I started showing up places with the “ear hoodie” on. The “ear hoodie” is more of a kid thing – my girl students at school wear them. It’s not just for Halloween or something; they wear them daily. Is it adorable? Absolutely, 100% yes. However, like Underoos, one can reach an age where wearing the “ear hoodie” becomes creepy. You know how you have to be 18 to smoke? Well, there should be a law saying only people under 14 can purchase the “ear hoodie.” They should check IDs. “I’m sorry, miss, but I’m going to need to see some identification. Oh, you’re 17…under law I can’t allow you to purchase this item.” And if you’re dating a Korean girl and she wears the “ear hoodie,” you really should be ashamed of yourself. It’s questionable to want to dress your Korean girlfriend up in a school girl uniform; the “ear hoodie” is totally over the line. If you want your girlfriend to have teddy bear ears on her head, you’re a disgusting Westerner. Remember, she never would’ve dated you in the first place if you didn’t have those glasses and the headphones around your neck.
Hmm, maybe this post is getting a bit mean. It’s further proof that fashion brings out the worst in me. If you wear any of these things, I still love you. All I ask in return is that you love me, and my Uni Qlo sweater vests.
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Oh my goodness, it’s like you’ve read my mind! I completely 100% agree with you, especially on the headphones and “ear” hoodies! I live in Vancouver but Korean trends still makes their way over here and it’s getting extremely popular among Asians. I sometimes think it’s really pretty but majority of the time it makes me go… WTF?!
Korean fashion is really cute and simple but sometimes they gotta tone it down.
Yeah, there are tons of Koreans in Vancouver. So odd…seems like that’s a hot spot. And Seattle in the States. I think that’s great that they’re spreading the ear hoodie look! I wish I had my camera earlier today because I was in an underground market and saw, on display, and entire FAMILY set of ear hoodies! Father, mother, and child.
This is only going to grow bigger, I fear.
Thanks for the comment! : )
I don’t think any of this is unique to Koreans but I’m
not familiar with the depth of it there.
As a person who’s ability to read road sines is impaired by
a slight astigmatism I really need to exercise my right to
wear glasses more frequently – this article made me feel
like a priveleged elite. 😉
Headphones around the neck sends another message too,
large sets are often specially made to block all noise. So
what your telling the lady folk is – “just keep talking, I’ll
put these on when your innane female chatter becomes
too much for my far supierior brain.”
“Ear hoodies” manifest as animal head wool caps in the
states. I saw a grown man wearing one at a renisaunce
fair – (where geeks dress up as Knights and maidens etc,
to renact the middel ages.) What bothered me was that
he also wore an authentic looking suit of armor – or perhaps
he was only returning from a quest – having the slain the
mighty sock monkey.
This is the funniest thing I’ve read in a long time.
I will be back.
You are so hilariously right. The vest does have a (limited) practical element, but the headphones are stupid, the glasses are just sad, and the ear hoodie is creepy. I obviously have nothing to add to your argument, but I just had to comment because you’re awesome.
boooooooo!!! Dont try to dissect what people wear just let them do it. Punkers were misunderstood in the 70’s and they revolutionized a style of music that is rock scripture today. Who is anybody to judge another persons wardrobe without knowing what went behind making that sweater, that look, that upside down middle finger patch on the crotch. Its easy to dissect, its not easy to create.
You booed me! That’s cool. I have to say though, I totally disagree with your premise. I think punk rockers in the 70s were completely understood. They dressed to combat and, in a sense, ridicule the accepted norms of how people are supposed to look; punk openly embraces the concept of being against the system, and I think people got that pretty clearly. You seem to imply that punks WANT to be accepted and understood…doesn’t that go against the entire point of being a punk? I mean, aren’t punks SUPPOSED to draw the ire of school teachers and authority figures? Doesn’t acceptance sort of diffuse the rationale behind someone wearing an upside down middle finger on their crotch in the first place?
Just saying man! Although I hate to represent the mainstream in this scenario…I do agree of course that it’s easier to “dissect” than create, but that goes for anything. Dang, can’t a guy bitch about an ear hoodie anymore without people getting all offended?
Thanks for the comment! Peace!
do you think the vest can be seen at da club?!
http://spotthestereotype.wordpress.com
How about taking all of those pieces and wearing them together? 😛
Spot on!
Can’t believe the things people wear sometimes.
This is even cooler – one of my friends messaged me to alert me of the more male-friendly variation of the ear hoodie. Check it out – hoodie with wings!
http://www.saintcream.com/475-1534-large/js-wings-hooded-sweatshirt.jpg
As always, thanks for the comment! : )
That must be for the retro Morphine fans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V36SarpX6uY
I was retro before retro was retro. But I would not wear that.
Enjoyed your blog today. (“Shazam!”)
So is the guy with wings telling potential partners that he’s a macho jerk (Thor) or that it will be over really fast (the Flash)?
Thor is allowed to have wings on his head, cause he’s really old. He’s retro before retro was in. I’ve seen that guy out at clubs and he gets a hell of a lot of numbers. Girls really go for him. I hope he’ll chill with me, cause he would make a pretty good wing man. Bam – get it? Wing man! The comedy never stops.
Shoot me. Thanks for the comment Frankie! : )
That’s just . . . wow. I don’t even know how to respond to that.
Fashion has taken things way too far…
OMG! People and imagination!
Oh my! yep… that certainly is… well… special. yep. It’s just special. And that’s what it says about anyone who would wear it. Special clothes for special people. Yikes!
Thanks for the chuckle, and congrats on being Freshly Pressed. 😀
HAHA!! Thanks for the idea! I am getting one of these for my husband (or, as he likes to call himself “the middle-aged-fat-man”) for Christmas ’cause then he’d be a middle-aged-fat-man-with-wings and that’d be just too cool. Lol.
OH WOW! Hahahaha!… The wing hoodie…whoda thunk it.
The latest thing is a hat that looks like an animal with very long straps hanging from both ears that have MITTENS built into the end of them. SO not for anyone over 12 years of age! Never understood a vest coat, how can I stay warm? I never wear headphones of any kind, I like to hear what is going on around me! And lucky me I have to wear glasses, although I never really feel sexy in them, no matter how good my hair looks! Fun post, great for Freshly Pressed!
O.O I’d Definitely be distressed to see a GUY wearing that
I agree!
Thanks for taking the time to comment, River Under Water!
I fantasise about walking up to people wearing those ear hoodies and saying to them: “WHY???” (with a pained look on my face) and then, before they can reply, I can see myself smacking them on the back of said hoodie and walking away..
I know.
I’m not a very nice person .. I’m at peace with this, tho.
You know, maybe people like you and I need to be a bit more open minded. I think you should wear an ear hoodie on your next date. Maybe it will work wonders. You never know.
Nothing says ‘I’m ready for a relationship’ like having ears on your head!
Thanks for the comment, farcelane! Dig your blog. : )
OMG can I steal that line? LOLOL
You’re fabulous 🙂
Absolutely. I plan on stealing full paragraphs from you, so it’s cool.
Love ya farcelane!
Um . . . not to be a jerk or anything, but don’t most of us have ears on our heads?
Haha – nicely played!
Hummm , I don’t have a ear hodee but with this blong i think i want one now lol
I am glad I have Only seen babies wear those ear hoodies and no grown ups or teenagers. I am only imagining what a horribly obnoxious sight would that be when you see big boys and girls walking around shamelessly with a pair of bunny ears over there head. *Shudders*
Hahaha. Can you imagine your boss getting into work with his bunny ear hoodie snug around his head? Or Mitt Romney wearing one? The possibilities are endless…and awesome.
Photoshop anyone?
Right, next time I see someone in town dressed in one of these bloody monstrosities I am going to take a pic and post it here somehow! (Will you all come visit me in jail when I get done for harassment??) 😉
I’ve got a lot of loose change…think it should cover bail.
hmmmmmmmmmmmm bit risky, think I will simply stick to sneering at them.
I’ll send you one for Christmas.
Oh I am on to you .. If I send you my address, you’re gonna bundle up as many of the douche bag hat wearers and ship them my way, admit it!!! 😉
Totally agree with you on the headphone thing. No one actually looks cool with those. You totally hit the nail on the head…”douche bags”
You know, I agree with both of us. Unless you’re Pete Rock, you shouldn’t be wearing headphones in social situations. Not even if you’re listening to Pete Rock.
Thanks for the comments, Shoeless!
I agree with Tortilla, Exactly, I used to walk to my course whilst listening to music on large Panasonic headphones, they do stick out quite a bit, so where else do ya stick em if ya want to take em off whilst out, say doin the groceries after course? you let em hang round ya neck. simple!
Ok, People dont wear headphones around their neck to look cool, but when you have huge HIGH QUALITY headphones that fit around your ear, where do you plan to put them? Your pockets? No.
Maybe there should be a case for them. It’ll be like carrying around a guitar. I don’t know…I fear you have a point. : )
Thanks for the comment, Tortilla!
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Exactly, I used to walk to my course whilst listening to music on large Panasonic headphones, they do stick out quite a bit, so where else do ya stick em if ya want to take em off whilst out, say doin the groceries after course? you let em hang round ya neck. simple!
“Not that I want to be naked or anything. I’m just saying, if society didn’t expect me to wear a shirt and jeans, as opposed to, I don’t know, some Underoos, I’d probably be at the bar looking like Shazam.”
HAHAHA! Gosh, I love this post. 😀
Man, I had a pair of Shazam Underoos when I was a kid, and apparently they made a lasting impression. I find myself referencing them a lot…maybe just cause I like to say “Shazam!” It’s a fun word to say.
Thanks so much for the comments! You rock!
(Shazam!)
It’s one of my dad’s favorite words, coincidentally. 😉 (not to make you feel old, or anything)
Oh, well, I really love feeling old. Feeling old is the best! It’s the bees knees!
I really dig the photography on your blog btw. Nice stuff!
Thank ya, thank ya vera much.
I don’t understand the “Ear Hoodies” either. For me, clothes should be comfortable and cheap. I’m told I have one of the worst fashions for being a girl. Haha. Oh, well.
Great post and congrats on being Freshly Pressed! 🙂
Hey, if you go around through life bare foot by palm trees, you got nothing to worry about. Thanks for the comment!
Interesting. Ok. If you’re really interested in learning more about fashion, may I recommend Barthes’ “Language of Fashion” ? : )
James
http://dayreturn.wordpress.com/
Okay, I certainly do need to learn some things. Almost daily I have to Google my outfit…”Does dark blue shirt go with light blue jeans?” I’m clueless. And unmatching when the Internet goes out.
Thanks for the comment James!
There’s nothing wrong with mismatching! : )
a fashion look that distresses me are those ankle boot things. I just plain don’t like them.
Phew, I feel better. Fun post, enjoy the weekend!
Ankle boots? They sound like a nightmare. I thank God everyday that I haven’t uttered the phrase “shoe bootie” since the 80s. I have no idea if that relates to ankle boots, but it’s what I thought of.
Thanks for the comment Simple Life!
“… which some people might call a vest…”
What? It’s not a coat it is a vest!! You don’t wear it when it is bitterly cold outside, you wear it when it is chilly out but you plan on being active. It’s actually very effective when you need to layer clothing – generally your arms don’t need the same kind of protection that your core does.
It’s a coat vest man! Hybrid! Haha – and yes, you’re right. But, you know, what if, by coincidence, you freeze to death while wearing one. I for one would feel silly. That’s not really a good point…
Peace, Mitch! Thanks for the comment!
Yay yay YAY!! You’re Freshly Pressed! I’m WAY jealous…
And you already know my take on puffer vests, right?
😉
Congrats, blogging friend!
omg he’s gonna get all world famous on us and ignore the little people in hats now *sigh*
Thanks Mikalee! Keep on keeping on, girl!
I love little people in hats! You’re referring to Mexican midgets, right?
Loved this post! I am particularly distressed by distressed jeans and leggings that are worn as pants.
Also, as a life-long glasses wearer I totally agree with you. I wrestled through years of punishable nerdom and now that my specs have been deemed fashion forward, I feel like this is a reward only myself and my long-suffering spectacled compatriots can reap!
Well said! Seriously, what’s gonna become hip next? A retainer? Rubber band braces? It’s really not fair. Kids have it good these days.
Thanks for the comment, Ethel!
I love ear hoodies (and beanies), but I also like cute things and Lolita fashion. We Asian girls look underage regardless of what we wear so why not be playful with our clothes? I will admit that some of them are ridiculously furry to where one does look like a stuffed animal, but a few Japanese punk brands have simple black cat-eared hoodies that add just enough whimsy to your outfit to make someone look twice without wondering if they just saw a Sasquatch.
Glasses without frames are kind of weird, but if I ever got LASIK, I’d start wearing them because I’m too used to how I look with glasses.
Korea really needs to get a punk scene…I saw a Korean “rock band” at a club last night and every song was a crappy ballad. I love Japanese punk and am envious! Is Gito Gito Hustler still around?
Anyways, love the comment, especially the part where you said “one does look like a stuffed animal.” Cheers Hibari!
OK…ears on a hoody just isn’t right for “adults”. Find your inner child somewhere else please! Great post btw. 🙂
Totally agree! Or maybe just keep your inner child inner.
Thanks for the comment, 4 skin! (haha – sorry, couldn’t resist : ) )
Yeah, pretty much all those things annoy me. I really don’t get the vest thing because if I’m cold, my arms are usually feeling the worst.
I agree! I mean, that’s what people do when they’re cold – they rub their arms! If I see some dude in a vest coat rubbing his arms, I shall laugh at him. Secretly of course, because he could probably hurt me.
Thanks for the comment Rae!
I love your post – absolutely hilarious. I thought the model with the ear hoodie still somehow managed to look adorable. Maybe she can pull it off because she’s gorgeous? As for the sleeveless coat thing (we call it a gilet in the UK), as a student I used to wear one with a sweater underneath on fairly chilly-but-not-quite-freezing days and felt fine. My youngest brother practically lives in his gilet; he’s pretty muscular from stuff like kayaking and Wing Chun. For a guy, it definitely helps if you have the physique for it.
Yes, I agree. Which is why I don’t wear anything that’s sleeveless. My wife beaters have sleeves.
And yes, the girl in the ear hoodie does look adorable. Nice Hello Kitty gravatar too btw. Yay Asia!
I agree with all but #1… I like wearing vests… I wear them over sweaters when it’s too cold for one layer, but too warm for a jacket.
When the weather is like that, I don’t even bother going outside. Too perplexing.
Thanks for the comment Liv! : )
It’s like the fingerless gloves! Although, the glasses, as a glasses wearer, do take it to a whole new level.
Yeah man! Good connection – the fingerless gloves look badass though. Stallone really owned that look. Way cooler than wearing just the finger part of the gloves with no palm part. I think everyone agrees with that.
Thanks for the comment, Rufus!
Ah! You have perfectly described fashion in Korea and why it is so baffling! Makes me want to go back more than I already do, simply so I can go to the mall and stare at all the kids wearing lensless glasses and couples outfits! LOVE IT!
I can’t really close to putting the couple outfits in here! They’re HILARIOUS! What happens if the couple breaks up? Does one person keep the outfit and look for a new partner who fits in it? Love the mouples (matching couples)!
Thanks for the comment, Waiting!
In Toronto – I see the Ear hoodies and hats on all the little kids – I think The “14 and under ” is a great idea 🙂 lol – for all the world ….They are so cute on the little ones 🙂
I have to admit i bought a raccoon one last year – wore it about 5 times and felt like i was majorly regressing as i suddenly wanted to go to Toys R Us and shop ……
Great Blog …….
🙂
Cat
Hahahhahaha – raccoon hoodie! That’s outstanding! Is it me, or has Toys R Us gotten depressing? Like, maybe it was always this way, I just didn’t notice because I was a kid, but when I go in Toys R Us now, it tends to have a really run down feeling to it, and there’s nobody there and I feel like I’m at some drug warehouse or something. Like the place could go out of business at any moment. It’s depressing man!
I’m rambling. Thanks for the comment, Cat!
Great post, and I definitely agree with you on all counts! Anything passes for fashion now, and people wear the strangest things! Congrats on being freshly pressed 🙂
Thanks Dounia! Appreciate the comment. : )
Hey, I shop at Uniqlo… and I do have to say, YES – the fashion there is not really forward, but sort of stagnant, like me.
It’s pitiful – I’m not being hyperbolic, everything I own is from Uniqlo. I have half the store. My coat is even from there, and my socks. I’m like a walking Uniqlo add, only I’m not getting paid and I don’t look good. Love me some Uniqlo!
Thanks for the comment, Lost China!
I have never understood fashion, either. It’s a complete mystery to me.
Thanks for the comment, brother! F*** fashion!
If you happen to come across someone who looks like they’re wearing Winnie the Pooh on their head WHILE they have headphones around their neck, you need to run. Fast. But only after you have slapped them firmly across the back of the head, preferably with one of those huge novelty foam hands that they sell at sporting events.
Congratulations on being Freshly Pressed, and thank you for an amusing read.
Yeah, I generally keep my novelty foam hand with me when I go places. You never know when you need to chant about being number one. Sometimes I’ll tell someone, “I’m number one,” and the person is like, “Oh yeah? You got a foam hand to emphasize that?” Why yes I do! I’m number one! I’m number one!
Thanks, Disseminate! Appreciate the comment. : )
I hear the japanese came up with an ear hood that reads your brainwaves, interprets the emotions you’re feeling and translates the data into ear-movement expressions.
Like a kitty.
They’re so far ahead of us. No wonder the subway is so quiet there. They’re talking with their ears.
Nice comment, man, I enjoyed it. Thanks Lances!
Have you seen them? I reckon they’d be right up your street: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w06zvM2x_lw
I’m floored. Hilarious and amazing!
OH MY GOSH, YES!!!!!!!!
As a person who has been afflicted with glasses since the 5th grade, I resent it when people wear glasses that don’t need them. It seriously pisses me off. I’m not even kidding. My hubby and his brothers Mii characters on our Wii have glasses. Do they need glasses? No. But they want to wear them & think they are cool. What’s up with that?!?!
Sorry for the mini tirade. Congrats on Freshly Pressed 🙂
I really liked the mini tirade. Something needs to be done about this. And complaining seems like the appropriate action.
Thanks Polite and Paranoid!
I totally agree with the sleeveless coats and the lens-less glasses. whack.
I love the word whack! I really do. Thanks for using it!
And thanks for the comment, Nanitree!
THIS is amazing; love it! You know, I often wonder how the term “fashion” is interpreted these days, it has become really hard to tell…which leaves me very confused (and feeling old)!
Congrats on being FP!
Don’t feel old. There’s no benefit. People don’t say “respect your elders and the people in your age bracket that feel old.” You know? And…I have no were else to go with this…
Thanks for the comment Nour! Appreciate it! : )
On my one year old = tilt head, say “awee aren’t you so cute!”
On my 20 year old cousin = pull strings of hoodie tight around face.
Haha – exactly! Well put!
Remember the days when those who wore glasses were *beat up*? They were called nerds. Now it’s cool to be a nerd. Or get beat up. I’m not sure which one. Regardless, it confuses me–this is the antithesis of my childhood, that’s all I know. And I wanted to punch a girl I saw at the airport with said ear hoodie/hat last week. Wouldn’t it be funny if we started to see animals sporting human hoodies? Hmmmm, you get me thinking differently about the world. ha!
Yeah, it’s like these nerd posers want all the benefits of being a nerd with having to endure the pain that’s supposed to come with it. Your human ear hoodie idea freaks me out! You crazy, Cara! I love it!
It’s why I spent so many years hospitalized (the crazy part, that is)…
I don’t understand these fashions either! Great post! 🙂
Thanks! You have one of the craziest names ever! Elvish Jesus Freak??? I’d marry you on the spot just for being able to think of something like that!
“It’s cold outside. Real cold. You put on your coat to warm up. But then you realize that your coat has no sleeves.”
This is my reaction to every sleeves or shortsleeved turtleneck sweater I’ve ever seen in my life. Like a tipless condom.
Tipless condoms! Hahahaha! Love it!
That is funny and so true.
What is this 🙂 look stupid
Word!
You’re a hoot, and I agree with you all the way. Dress to impress yourself!
Val
http://valentinedefrancis.wordpress.com
Thanks Val! Appreciate the comment. Will def swing by your blog. : )
Exhibit A : Back to the Future, anyone?
Excellent call! McFly rocked the vest coat. I think I can even picture it – it was orange if I’m not mistaken…in part two. I might be wrong there. I love Back to the Future Part Two by the way. It’s brilliant.
Thanks Movie Guy!
i guess i am one of those creepy weird old people. too bad for me. i guess i will give the ear hoodie to my son and leave it to the kids to enjoy pretending life is a warm, fuzzy, cuddly fairy tale.
Hahaha – I fully support that. When I have kids, their closets will be filled with goofy stuff.
I have a puffy vest, but it seems like I can never find an appropriate time to wear it.
You know, just wear it whenever. It sounds cool. It’s puffy. That’s my fashion advice.
Haha – Thanks for the comment, 48 color rainbow!
Why can’t people just like what they like? I’m sure there are numerous people who could dislike something you wear. It’s just personal preference. It’s not hurting anyone.
Of course! Don’t take it so seriously – I’m just goofing around. Trust me, I’m the worst dressed person ever. One time I wore an all denim outfit and haven’t heard the end of it since. Apparently that’s a no no!
Thanks for reading!
May we see a pic please?
*dies laughing*
What a great blog post idea!
I would go for slightly more extreme looks that baffle me – like it’s WINTER – it’s FREEZING and boys are wearing shorts and flip flops, a zip-up hoodie with their chest fluff blowing in the arctic breeze?!
Glasses with plastic lenses is really a weird one. Also, what’s the deal with wearing pyjamas//tracky bums in public? You’ve got yourself out of bed and shown your face to the world, so dress like you’ve got out of bed too!
Haha – good points, good points. Are tracky bums the pants with the writing on the butt? Sometimes I’ll get caught looking at a girl’s bottom when she wears that, and it sucks, cause then I have to explain all about how I’m not a pervert, just an avid reader. Seriously, though, those pants suck! It’s impossible not to look at the word and then I feel guilty.
Gee, I kind of went off on a tangent there. Thanks for the comment, loved it!
Tracky bums are the same thing as sweat pants I think. Major lounge-wear. Sometimes with writing on, sometimes not. Those girls only wear them so you look at their bums! Shameless “asset” advertising.
I love the one about glasses! That totally grinds my gears. As one of the vision impaired creatures out there I resent those who wear the black acetate frames just to try to be Hipster. Perfect post.
Bastard hipsters! I’m with you 100%.
Thanks for the comment and the compliment. I like your name – I was raised on a lot of Sinatra and the Rat Pack, and occasionally that influence will cause me to slip and say “broad” from time to time. Now, if that happens, I’ll try to cover and pretend that I said “abroad.” Brilliant!
Glasses with no lenses??? As a prescription glasses wearer myself that is new news to me. It reminds me of when I was in middle school in the early 90’s and there was a silly trend of taking a paper clip, straightening it, putting it in your mouth, and pretending that you were wearing a retainer. I have no clue where that came from but it was a really bad idea.
Now with the ear hoodies, I’ve only seen them on babies which are cute….but i’ve also seen them on Anime otaku’s that hang out at Chinatown.
There was a retainer fad? That’s ridiculous! Man, when I was in high school I had a retainer but, get this, I had to glue it to the roof of my mouth with denture cream. It was hell on earth. Bad, bad memories.
Thanks a ton for the comment and for bringing back painful thoughts of high school. Peace!
I agree with you on all but the ear hoodie. I think they are cute (and comfy!) but I only wear it at home. I was the first at my school to wear one and soon everyone was copying me, so I stopped wearing it. There’s a guy in my Spanish 4 class who has a book bag with I hood meant to look like a dinosaur! Quite honestly, it’s the most creepy thing I have ever seen.
Hahaha – I’d love to see the dino pack. I change my mind. Ear hoodies are the best. I encourage you to start wearing it again.
On another note, I congratulate you on making it to Spanish 4. That is an achievement. Muy bueno!
Thanks again on the comments today Catcher of Stars. : )
the ear-hoodie thing has made it down to Dallas, I’m afraid. So it really is contagious. No idea it had it’s origins in Korea tho…Hrm.
What fashion pisses me off? Open toed boots. It makes my head hurt.
these guys, for example.
it looks like someone bit the end of your shoe off and now your poor toes are going to freeze and fall off. O_O
Does it originate in Korea? I just see it a lot, but I’m no expert when it comes to trends or anything. I think George W. Bush would look cute with an ear hoodie! But Dirk Nowitski would be scary in one and people might shoot him with a tranquilizer dart out of fear.
Anyways! Open toed boots. Good call. Those are some mean shoes in the link. Dirk Nowitski would be horrifying in those too. What the hell am I talking about? I need coffee!
Thanks for the comment and love your gravitar pic!
*sniff sniff* what’s wrong with westerners…but i agree with everything except the lenseless glasses. they’re like any other accesory. Earings, Bracelelts, necklaces. They serve no purpose except to jazz up an outfit. If you don’t like them then okay.
It’s tough to say, cause I might really be irritated by person in the lenseless glasses. Perhaps the glasses themselves are okay. Depends on the person wearing them.
You look really young! Are you in high school? If so, have you made it to Spanish 4 yet, because the girl a few comments above did, and I think she’s set the bar! If not, that’s fine because I didn’t either.
Thanks for the comment! Yay westerners!
What if I told you that right now I was wearing an ear hoodie, fake glasses, and headphones around my neck? My sleeveless coat is in the wash.
… lol
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I think that’s great. Can you wash the sleeveless coat like that? I would imagine a lot of things get spilled on it, due to the cold causing the person’s uncovered arms to shake.
Thanks for the comment, Cardinal!
Sleeveless jackets rock. How else can you play sports or do things that need you to move your arms around for.
Playing frisbee with a heavy coat on is no fun.
Touche. I didn’t consider the frisbee angle. Point goes to Dan!
Thanks for the comment, man!
i live in hawaii and the asian population here blows me away with their epic fashions. i fallow the trends, choose a couple i’m into and go with it… but i’d say by far and away i have my own weird style.
your remarks on the ear hoodie are hilar. there should be age cut offs for certain things… but hey man, don’t take my overalls away from me!
no, your post isn’t mean. it’s funny!
Thanks! I would never, ever think of taking your overalls away. I’m really envious that you live in Hawaii. I have a friend there named Enrique…you know him?
Anyways, I also like your name. Happy Hippie has nice alliteration and, really, hippies should be happy. You could go big and call yourself Happy Hawaii Hippie Rose, but that might be overkill. Take care!
In addition to your list I might add not only ear hoodies but ear woolly hats!
I don’t know what that is, but I don’t support anything that can be described as being “woolly.” The mammoth is the only thing that should get that adjective preceding its name.
Peace, mixtape!
I’m a girl, and I confess to wearing my headphones around my neck. My reasoning? 1) They look cool, 2) if I leave them at my desk, some jerk might steal them (it happens). Also, plug them into my mobile phone to listen to stuff without bothering people.
I’ll accept it on a girl, because it’s preferable to the girl actually having the headphones on.
I think they have versions of the ear hoodie here in California. I’ve seen store displays with winter beanies that are modeled to look like fox, wolf, and bear ears. Possibly a skunk one, too. It’s a bit…much.
Loved the rant about headphones. Totally true. It’s like the people who wear sunglasses indoors or ALWAYS have their bluetooth in their ear.
Oh man! F*** indoor sunglasses guy! That’s a good one Maureen. He’s just as bad as headphones guy if not worse. Good call, my friend!
Thanks for the comment. I’ll be on the lookout for skunk people.
The ear hoodie!!! I love the carding idea. Love it. The animal fashions of today not only expose what was once a skulking human desire — the yearning to be treated like a lap pet — they also lend credibility to these natural urges. Back in my day people said, hey, she’s a fox or she’s a foxy lady. They meant she was sexy, like a fox. But now we have reified these anthropomorphisms. Now we aren’t just like a fox, we are a fox. Wow, I’m freaking myself out, I’m gonna go howl at the moon now.
Hahaha – nicely done! This made me laugh. Can you imagine having, I don’t know, kind of a homely girlfriend, and having to tell people “Yeah, my girlfriend isn’t a fox…she just dresses like one”? The humiliation!
Thanks for the comment, Patrice!
This post is just too funny, but even more so are your responses to the comments. Skimming them, I had to stop at this one– gotta share it.
Thanks Val! I think at some point I got delirious from writing too many responses and started typing total nonsense. Glad you’re finding it funny! : )
lol That’s nothing ; )
It appears you have a green hat on in this photo…kind of a Mike Nesmith look. I just wanted to say I dig that. That is all.
Thanks for the comment, prudent cup cake!
I totally laughed out loud reading your thoughts on the vest because I’ve often thought the same thing! I LOVE fashion, always have – as a 4 year old, I would put together and change outfits 4 times a day! Drove my mother insane.
But like you, there are certain fashion options I just don’t get. Vests are one of them due to the cold arms aspect. So are shorts with tights/stockings in cold weather – it doesn’t work, you freeze!
I think fashion is fun and an expression of how you feel or want to be perceived that day BUT I believe it should fit the occasion/environment/age. Other than that, have fun!
Yeah, I had a conversation with a Korean girl the other day about this skirt-with-stocking thing, and she said the stockings here are actually warmer than pants. So I’m gonna give it a go. No, seriously, I find that difficult to believe. The K girls kick the short skirts all year and I worry about them!
I’m gonna check your blog out pronto because I don’t know of any Bahamians in Austria. I’m intrigued. Thanks for the comment!
Yeah, I’m the only one that I know of – have met folks from everywhere here except the Caribbean. Seems we don’t do cold weather or maybe we just haven’t figured out how to rock the ear-hoodies & vests yet, lol!
You had me at Shazam! I love this post, I’m glad I found your blog!
Thanks a lot! Shazam needs to make a comeback. Millions of super hero movies – where’s the love for Shazam? I’m sure you feel me on that.
They should start checking ID for lots of clothes. Lots and lots of clothes. The world would be a less traumatizing place.
Yeah, but then people would just get fake ids. Like, they’d ask their 10-year-old cousin to borrow her ID and try to pass. “How old are you?” “Ten! I hit a growth spurt recently! I swear, last week I was three feet tall and now I have breasts!” Ok, I don’t know what I’m talking about. Thanks for the comment, Bobe! Interesting name, that’s cool. : )
Hilarious. Totally agree on everything… especially the glasses! You have to earn the right to wear them. Sheesh.
I hear that! It’s like wearing a hearing aid when you hear perfectly fine. Asinine!
Thanks for the comment, crhthsks! Or however you spell that. : )
Haha love it! Completely true!
Awesome! Thanks Forty one!
Puffy sleeveless vests and ear hoodies I thought were taboo to discuss. Glad your willing to take a bullet for the team.
Yeah, I’ve been watching my back. It’s been real taboo to talk about ever since the Bloodz and the Crips started wearing the ear hoodies. I gotta admit that I’m scared. The Bloodz really look precious though, don’t they?
Thanks for the comment man! Peace!
shutter eyes! spot on!
Well- When I was getting on flight at Chicago, people started really looking at me as I was in pajama, long sleeve white shirt yet with BOSE noise canceler head phone, not that I was wearing all the while form my hotel room till the flight I board. people started gazing at me when I took it out and circled it around my neck just before announcement began to board.
I was kind a getting nervous yet i was not bothered as I was in proper position of my state listening to trance.
And Inside I was In flight and all that i had to do was to make my baggage fit ob the luggage compartment and just sit and put on my head phone and start my Droid phone to watch movie “WICKER PARK”.
the lady beside said me. You were all prepared for flight ha and she like my pajama, I was white with non-religious logo on it . well i said I am always this way. I believe i n me being comfortable on a non-conflictory note and I believe in wearing or living life style that suites me and not others..
-rD
This could be a movie – Pajamas on a Plane. Get these motherfucking pajamas off my motherfucking plane!
I dunno! Good story rishi! Thanks for sharing. : )
rabbit with ears! lolz,.. I like your picture thou! the one in orange hoody with ears:)
Oh how I wish we had UniQlo here in Canada! Fell in love with it while teaching English in Japan.
They don’t have UniQlo in Canada? Dang, I know where I won’t be living in the future!
Thanks for the comment, Edebock. Peace!
Not all “headphones around the neck” wearers are guys! In my senior class picture, I had headphones (albeit small ones) around my neck. In my daughter’s senior class picture, she has headphones (again, small ones) around her neck. Then I found these $16 Koss UR20 headphones on Amazon. The cord is a quarter inch thick. They block out all sound, so my best friend has freaked out because she doesn’t hear from me for days. They are like small planets orbiting my head. I look like a techno Princess Leia when I wear them. I like them because I don’t have to listen to obnoxious guys in lensless glasses talk about their ear-hoodie wearing girlfriends. They also disguise the fact that I don’t wear jewelry. Unless a headphone necklace is the new “in” thing…?
A whole family of headphones around the neck people! I like the headphone necklace idea – you might be able to market that.
Thanks for the comment, mzklever! Peace!
And I thought I did not like these fashion trends because I was too old 🙂
Great post.
Thanks Manoj! You’re not too old. Fashion sucks. Peace! : )
Freshly Pressed! SHAZAM! 🙂
Shazam! It never gets old, does it kit kat? Love ya! : )
You know, something along the lines of the ear hoodies are the ear ‘scarves’ that have the hood with the ears and then scarf ‘arms that end up in ‘mitten’ hands. They’re popular here in the states, as a matter of fact, I’ve seen more of those than the ear hoodies. My niece has a unicorn head like that. I just don’t quite get it.
But yeah, I’d love to walk around in a pair of underoos. I LOVED em, actually I’ve been thinking of picking up a few pair of the adult ones just so I can feel like I’ve got a secret when I wear em like I did when I was a kid. 🙂
Cool post, thanks for sharing.
Great comment. I haven’t seen ear scarves but they sound awesome. And adult Underoos? Sign me up.
Amazing and spot on post. So true. It is strange how trends can filter across borders so quickly. I guess in the end we all just live in one world and interlink one way or another ^_^
Thanks for sharing post
It’s funny and cool because I thought the “ear hoodie” thing was strictly Korean…crazy to hear from people in Texas wearing them.
Well put! Couldn’t agree more, Vixstar. : )
Oooh, I gotta chime in. I HATE Uggs! Especially when the wearer is actually walking not IN them but NEXT TO them. Urgh!
Congrats on being FPed.
What do you hate about Uggs? Why does everyone hate Uggs? (This is a learning experience for me. In the education profession, we call this a “teachable moment.”)
Well, let me teach you then. The problem is that not enough people hate Uggs, that’s why so many people still wear them. They claim they are nice and comfy but they are just shapelss and give no support, so if your feet are not 100% straight you will end up walking next to the sole because the boot just take on the shape of your wonky feet. And that’s not a pretty sight by any standard. I think I have ranted about this so much, there is definitely a blog post in it in the near future.
Peace man, I love your attitude!
I’m wearing lensless glasses, a hoodie with ears, a sleeveless coat, neckphones and pajamas with feet! Your jealousy is so transparent.
omg I’ve never wanted you more, hotspur..
Wait til I put on the bathrobe and swim ring!
In my head: Farce dressed in her habit, seducing Edward Hotspur in his bathrobe. I picture this happening at a seedy motel somewhere.
And I feel dirty.
And you like it…?
Press you, my child.
You are such a wit! Love your post.
Thank you! I love Medusa! Appreciate the compliment. : )
I have never understood the sleeveless coat.
Apparently, from what I gather, it’s good for sports. Who knew?
I so agree with you! When I was small my parents bought me 3 coats with no sleeves at once when they were on sale. I had no idea what to do with them because I never understood their purpose! Like are they supposed to keep me warm? Then why are there no sleeves???? WHY???
hahaha – cracked me up! 3 could be overwhelming. That must have been one heck of a sale.
Thanks for the comment!
I say let people wear what they will. When a decade or two has passed the outrageous of today will be replaced with something even more ” baffling”. I can imagine a world where people transmigrate themselves into cyborgs…which sounds pretty cool actually.
Transmigrate? Does that mean you wear a dress and look like a girl but have male genitalia? I think there’s a transmigrated bar in Itaewon here. Big transmigrated community in Korea. I like that movie Transamerica. She was transmigrated.
Thanks for the comment man! Sorry for the stupid response!
Loved this! I have actually earned my glasses, so I totally agree with your thought on that. I kind of wonder where people get these ideas . Do they go to daycares and look at the toddlers? Oh, yes, let’s put people in an animal/hoodie/shrug thingie. That would totally look cool on a 30 year old. But then again, my idea of a fashion risk would be changing the color of my Converse to something other than the black and whites.
Lol – yeah, maybe sometime you could go wild and wear red Converse! I have a pair of those and they never leave the closet. I haven’t worn anything unorthodox since the one time I bent over and my UniQlo skinny jeans split (jk jk).
Thanks for the comment Ruby!
I never fall into fashion trends, but I do like to look presentable always 🙂
Love this post, however, and agree with you on all 4 🙂
Thanks for taking the time to comment! : )
#3! WHYYYYY?!?!?! Just don’t wear glasses! Problem solved!
Haha – well said! Thanks for the comment movie blogger! I really like the movie A Place in the Sun. That’s a random movie comment. Take care!
Funny…how about winter gloves that have no fingers!! That’s a trip.
Haha – very true! I like your name…Red Toenails are pretty sexy. If I was going to have a name in that vein, it might be Trimmed Toenails. Anyways, thanks for taking the time to comment!
hahaha, this post tickles me funny. I also live in Korea, you see, and I’m one of those ex-pats who have no clue about fashion and am gladly left in the dark when it comes down to it. However, since I’ve come here, I’ve noticed some things. I agree with you largely on the things you mentioned, and, coming from Texas, we don’t get all that cold so I acquired a puffy jacket because the puffy vests don’t do it for me; my arms have feelings too. I already wear glasses (it surprised me when one of my 3rd grade boys came up to me and showed me his fashion glasses) and for something a little extra for Halloween, I went to a local optometrist to get colored lenses. This was when I was introduced to the Circle Lens which makes your eyes incredibly large. O_O Rather like that. It worked well for the season.
I have to say that you also missed a couple of things, though no harm done. 😉 Other than how both males and females sometimes appear as if they’ve walked right out of a magazine cover, in addition to the few you’ve touched on, there are other things I don’t get. Like shopping or even going hiking or an amusement park in 6 inch heels. Perhaps it’s because I tend to dress a bit like a tomboy and how I can’t wear even 2-inch heels without feels like I have amputated my feet, but it’s absolutely mind-boggling to me… but it all makes sense when I see my Coteacher’s feet and you can see some scarring from shoe damage. What people here do for fashion… Not to mention the short shorts coupled with leggings underneath in freezing weather. Really? Must you? I’m here wearing my jeans and I STILL feel like I’m not wearing any pants.
Anyway, props to you and your post and your humor on the no-no’s in Korean fashion. 🙂
Yes! The heels are out of control here, aren’t they? And I feel really bad for the school girls walking around in a blizzard wearing a skirt. The biggest benefit of being male in Korea is that you get to wear pants to middle school. These poor girls! Korea is a weird place to live, and I didn’t notice that so much until I went to other Asian countries like Thailand and Vietnam, where the people look like real people and not cover model/doll people. God bless the Koreans!
Anyways, thank you for the comment, Airiseu!
Thanks for a good laugh!
No probs! Thanks for leaving the comment. : )
I completely agree with you on these points! I think a lot of it is also what some of us grew up with. It would be amazing to see a celebrity wearing an ear-hoodie and frames that nobody really liked to show some people how pointless some trends really are. But I guess to each his own, right?
Yeah man! Where’s Lindsay Lohan in the ear hoodie? That would be cool. Or Mel Gibson. Or Joe Paterno!
Thanks for the comment Jose, appreciate it.
Haha I agree with all of your fashion peeves. “coat” vests? Qu’est-ce que le point?? Glasses without prescriptions–I take offence, as I sometimes wear glasses and there is nothing fashionable about them, I’m sorry! Headphones around the neck==unless someone interrupted you while you were jamming out, they shouldn’t still be around your neck. And those bear-ear hoodies? How old are we??
Great funny post!
Thanks a ton! I like that you involved French. Makes my blog a little classier.
I love your post – it’s so true!! I almost bought my daughter a hat that looked like a monkey head – of course, she’s 11, so it’s okay…..
Congratulations on being FP’d!!
Only almost? How did you turn down the monkey head? It sounds outstanding!
Thanks for the comment, Karaboo!
ooer .. all at the same time, yes?
I couldn’t agree more about the glasses without glass thing. I sat behind a girl wearing just frames a few weeks ago at a choir rehearsal, and all I wanted to do all evening was poke her eyes through the empty space. It was really distracting.
Yes, it’s hard not to poke the eyes! I know exactly what you’re saying. Maybe you should pretend to be blind and poke their eyes with the cane. That might be a good way to go about it without seeming mean.
Anyways, thanks for the comment May!
Bill, congrats on Freshly Pressed. Also, this serves to drive up my hits as well, so keep up the good work.
Hahaha. Shit guy! I drank so much in Hongdae last night…I put that Facebook post up around when I got home. It was like 7 in the morning man…I’m just sitting here trying to respond to comments…my body hurts so bad.
I’m so confused.
Is it shameful that I’ve done the same? I’ll come home, and like a neurotic freak check my email and my stats, notice the spike, rejoice, and then browse through half of the comments, while also barely conscious.
Like a good blogger should.
I actually quite like the ear hoodies. Being young and adorable is a big part of most modern Asian fashion. I really love the innocent look. I would wear them butI look like I’m thirteen even without those kinds of hoodies. That being said, I am only 16. I also have a tendency to be more attracted to guys with headphones around their necks.
The other two though, I agree with you. I never liked vests. And the glasses make me made. Don’t wear glasses if you can see, mmkay? I also don’t like how people are buying that certain style of glasses lately too. It’s just doesn’t look good unless you are a legit nerd/geek/basement dweller.
Nice rundown! These Asian kids really ARE adorable. The first time I saw the ear hoodie, my student “Amy” came running into class with one on and I seriously melted. Love it! I want an Asian kid of my own now!
Thanks for the comment, maz!
Loved it! …but you missed the uggs! So soft and comfy and shapeless!
I had to Google Uggs – yeah, these things look dope. I support Uggs 110%
Thanks for the comment, truth! : )
At least the glasses with plastic lenses try to look like the real thing. The lensless glasses can’t even be bothered.
Yeah, I have like a reflex or something…every time I see someone with the lenseless glasses, I HAVE to put my finger through. Not poke them in the eye, per say, but just show them that I could poke them in the eye if I chose to.
Thanks for the comment, background!
You should do it, really! I think it’s one of the dumbest looks I’ve ever seen and it makes me want to throw things!
Such a great post.
As trivia (and I don’t know how old you are, so you may already know this, but my guess is you’re . . . younger than I am):
Sleeveless coats made their debut in the 80’s. When I registered my own puzzlement at their purpose, I was told that “science” had discovered that, unless it was FRICKIN’ COLD, you only needed to keep your trunk/core warm, and the rest of your body would feel warm, too.
Being another one of those people who has trouble following trends, I never tested this assertion.
No kidding. Great info there, Jenn! I felt the 80s were somehow responsible.
Thanks for the comments! : )
Excuse me, what about wearing sunglasses in the night or in the room? 😛
That’s true – that really sucks. However, at least I get the excellent song “I Wear My Sunglasses at Night” by Corey Hart in my head when I see someone doing that. So there’s a perk.
Thanks for the comment Irwan!
hahahahaha some students in campus do that, they wear it in class. I mean yes, here is super hot like hell at day but in class with air conditioner? I’m like (‾.‾’)
Ha Ha Ha I found this delightfully hilarious! Thank you!!! I was just talking about the ear hoodie tonight… on toddlers and babies ADORABLE… end of story!
Hey, you have a picture! Yes, one can’t argue with an adorable baby. And it is absolutely adorable. You know what? I’m gonna get one for my niece back in the States! Woo Hoo! Ear hoodie Christmas!
Thanks for the comment! : )
Ha Ha Ha I found this delightfully hilarious! Thank you!!! I was just talking about the ear hoodie tonight… on toddlers and babies ADORABLE… end of story!
Where’s your picture?
LOL so true about the headphone thing.. I did that by accident once and I actually felt like a douche for some reason (I guess it wasn’t all in my head!)
Hilarious!
Edwin
Hahaha – I don’t know why but that made me laugh really hard. Thanks for sharing that Edwin. Peace!
Tokyo here. I see all this and other shit I cannot even begin to address in a comment box. I have to say, aside from the Japanese Host dyed and feathered ’80s hair, the headphones around the neck thing is the king of douche baggery.
Lovely post!
I’m sure Tokyo is mind blowing. Can’t wait to get to Japan – ridiculous that I still haven’t been. Korea seems to be stuck in the 80s too. I suppose that’s a good thing, as I prefer to make-believe it’s still 1987.
Thanks for the comment, my friend in Tokyo!
Fashion is what you make it. The only interesting thing about fashion is the fact, that it is what you make of it. It’s nothing in it self. It is other peoples opinions. It is in our minds. Noone dies. Noone starves. Nobody really cares, but since all the rest of them do, I might as well – and later on it’s hard to remember how little it really matters.
What matters is fitting in, or not. Because we’re all scared of not being loved, more or less. What matters is the love we give and get. The rest is just cheap plastic gimmicks that only those (with money) envolved like to think are important.
I totally agree with knudsandbaek. I mean…. if a person really like to wear an earhoodie then so be it. It doesn’t kill someone. It’s annoying to some people, but really… whatever. I find it hilarious how some people make such a big deal on how people dress… these things should be ignore. There are better and bigger things to notice such as, say, the economy?!
Very true, and well put, knudsandbaek. : )
Two Toned! Chill guy! It’s okay to chuckle about what a person is wearing; it doesn’t mean I hate anybody or think it’s a big deal. I love everyone man. Except for people who talk about the economy too much.
The extent of my fashion knowledge is differentiating between clean, dirty, work and non-work clothes. As a NET in Korea, there is one fashion trend, here, I just don’t understand. English words on shirts that; A) make no sense ( one I really remember is; a sweatshirt that had ” dog like truck yellow.” I have no idea what it was supposed to mean). B) profanity on kids clothes. One of my 3rd graders has socks that have a skull with the message ” Fuck You”, under the skull.
Nice post. Congratulations on being Fresh Pressed.
Lol! You’re 100% right. The Konglish shirts are jaw dropping, aren’t they? Sometimes it’s like they just stuck a bunch of random English words on them. I haven’t seen the profane kids clothes, but I’m sure it exists. I saw one little girl on the subway once who had a shirt with a fully nude woman on it. Crazy!
I’m gonna Google NET – I was a GET, I think, and I don’t know the difference!
Anyways, thanks for the comment. : )
I think it depends on the circumstances with the headphones. Like, I own a large pair of headphones because they’re noise-canceling and when I’m going to the park to read or walking around, I like them. And when I walk in somewhere to order food on one of these endeavors or someone stops to talk to me, I put them around my neck. But I put them in my bag during class, and try leave my iPod at home altogether if I’m going out with friends. And I’ll also confess to having an ear hoodie, but that’s again something I wear either at home or hanging around being silly with friends, and I don’t usually keep the hood on (a few minutes is entertaining; more than that is kind of weird… even to the owner). It’s all circumstance. Except the vest. The vest is silly; invest in a sweater.
I like your very thoughtful response. You seem like good people. And you’re obviously 100% on the money.
Thanks a ton for taking the time to comment, Last Verse. : )
I agree with you. Silly, silly fashion. I have given up understanding it. In Australia many people wear thongs (flip-flops for those in America?) and socks. If you’re feet are cold PUT SOME REAL SHOES on. Or the girls who wear mini shorts in winter and then furry ugg boots. If you’re cold, PUT SOME DAMN PANTS ON.
/Rantover
– Ermisenda
People hate Uggs! Crazy!
Loved the rant. Thank you for it!
I agree wholeheartedly. For the very same reasons as the sleeveless coat, I despise the ugg boots and miniskirts/shorts combinations. Or a scarf with a summer ensemble. Pick a season, asshat!
Lol! It’s like the a-holes who go to football games in January and take their shirts off. There’s a time and a place for you to have your shirt off – the time is fucking August and the place is nowhere around me, man!
Thanks for the comment, Lulu!
sooooo true… just because you see all the celebrities wear these in their pictures doesn’t mean they wear them on the street (do they?…). Though the funny thing is sometimes they do look good in those things, but it doesn’t mean that it fits some of us…duhh… but true if they are your friends then you’ll still love them despite all the fashion thingy… and I’m hoping that they love me to even if I’m out-of-trend…
p/s: congratulation on being freshly pressed… ;D
Thank you! I love the little kitten in your picture.
“And only people with vision problems should get to wear glasses. That’s the way God intended it when he made vision problems and glasses.”
yes!
Right on Nancy! Thanks for commenting.
I guess Korean fashion doesn’t include “saggy” which mercifully didn’t really catch on until after I was out of high school. Saggy… because nothing says, “I’m ready for a relationship” like your entire underwear showing and pants that look like a diaper being dragged off by load.
Oh God! I do wear headphones around my neck.
It’s okay Viv. You have time to repent. : )
hahaha…. great post^^
and how about men wearing pink tee/shirt, green or yellow pants and red shoes??
you can spot it often in Korea 😉
Yes! The men dress pretty colorfully here sometimes. Good call!
What’s worse that wearing headphones around your neck are actually wearing them when you’re not listening to any music. It’s hilarious because my friend Jacob used to do it all of the time, and although he said it was so he could ignore people I know he did it because he felt cool. Of course, he didn’t wear DJ headphones that were bigger than his head that cost 200 dollars too much so it wasn’t as bad as it could have been but Still…
That’s an interesting move. Maybe you should buy the guy an Ipod for Christmas. He sounds desperate.
Thanks for the comment! Best wishes!
I honestly haven’t seen the 3rd or 4th trends (but I’m sure fashion in Kentucky is very different from in Korea) but I completely agree about the headphones. It’s one thing to have a set of earbuds around your neck if you were actually using them. People listen to their iPods & phones all the time. But if you’re wearing the big mega-earphones, like the kind that came with my parents’ stereo back in the 90’s, you’re clearly just wearing them for attention. It’s like you said about the glasses, if you’re not actually using them, don’t wear them.
Ha! I like the line about the ’90s stereo. Well put!
Thanks for reading and commenting, Gamer Dame!
I have no problem with wearing headphones for function as well, the problem is that when you wear them at a party, it means there is sound playing through them and you don’t want to hear or talk to anybody; there is nothing more antisocial!
So indeed, wearing them as a fashion accessory is like carrying a guitar you can’t play everywhere you go…
God didn’t invent glasses but I can let that slide 😉
Best wishes
Congratulations on FP
He didn’t? I thought he did that on the fifth day or something. Right after inventing puppy dogs, hoop earrings, and Kool Aid. I had some trouble reading the bible, tough language. I could be wrong.
Thanks for reading and commenting!
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Thanks for the shout out! Freaky pic man!
Disagree with you on the ear hoodie thing. The young lady in your sample pic was doing a fine job of representing the style’s merits.
Then again I’ve worn the bunny suit from Christmas Story into a local bar in the middle of the summer. What do I know?
Haha! Nice man! Yeah, the girl in the picture sells it pretty well, eh?
Ha I have had a beef with the lensless glasses for sometime now! Glad to know I’m not the only one who feels infuriated when I see them. Good post!
Thanks! I got your back. Good to see Rosie the Riveter. She wouldn’t wear no stupid fake glasses!
oh my.. haha if hansome boys or beautiful girls wore these looks, it would be good cuz the complete of fashion is face ..
Having a good face helps. I tried to get a refund on mine, but apparently I can’t return it. No receipt. : )
I always loved the idea of having glasses and then I needed them. Best day of my life.
That’s great. You’re a lucky gal. I wish I could say the same. I faked good vision through the whole 4th grade before I admitted to myself and the world I needed glasses. That whole year is a blur (get it! drum role!)
I’m tired. Responding to all these comments has been like a full time job. It’s fun though. Thanks for reading, Random Girl!
I find the ear-hooded stuff adorable. I order it from ebay online once in a while. And I am 30, living in Norway, where almost everyone think that these hoods belong on children along with everything with “Hello Kitty” on it. But I choose to wear what I like despite what others might think of me 🙂
I do agree 100% on the other stuff 🙂
That’s great! I’d love to see you walking around Norway with your ear hoodie. Crazy how international these things are! Norway – neat. : )
Love the attitude! Thanks for the comment.
This is hilarious! HAHAHA.
Thanks Lara! Love your pic – hope life is beautiful in Istanbul. : )
Great post! I’m totally with you on the glasses with no lenses in them! Glasses are made for people who can’t see clearly. That’s their only purpose.
Absolutely! Thank you for the comment.
About the dude with his guitar slung around his shoulder all night while he’s playing a gig…yeah, I’m probably the female version of that, and I’m like, American.
One thing about fashion in general has always befuddled me into extremes of befuddledness. Bunny slippers. I mean, my mom, her mom, and her sister own those things. Please. Who in their right mind would want to wear poor BUNNIES ON THEIR FEET?
Ashley
Hey, you’re young and a rock chick so I support it. You should maybe wear bunny slippers at gigs. I hear Mick Jagger did that at first. So did Phil Anselmo. Haha.
Thanks for the comment, Ashley. Peace!
People who wear glasses in nightclubs freak me out… 🙂
Me too! Nightclubs in general freak me out because I’m expected to dance and that’s really not a good thing for me to be doing.
Thanks for the comment! : )
I love this and all the comments. You all have great names. We have to wear clothes so have fun with them if you enjoy it or go basic if you’re not interested. It is just not important.
Couldn’t agree more! Thanks for the comment. Your name reminds me of the song by Lobo “Me and You and a Dog Named Boo.” That’s my random feedback.
I’m 50/50 with you on this post. I don’t have a problem with the sleveless coats or vests and the earphones around the neck, but I have a problem – actually, a very big problem – with people who wear glasses with no lenses and “overaged” people who wear ear hoodies. Wearing glasses with no lenses just looks absolutely ridiculous because it makes the person seem like one who has dropped his/her glasses, broke the glass part, and then removed every single glass piece and wore them again for the purpose of “fashion”! Say what? Forgive me for saying that although I don’t think you would mind that I said that. After all, you are as mean. Nevertheless, I still love this post!
Haha. Nice insights!
Thanks for commenting, Cherszy. Very much appreciated! : )
This made me smile ^^I really should be studying but got distracted and found your blog. I love Korea, I’ve only been there once last summer when my friend complained, ‘We are not dumplings’… now it would probably be ‘We are not ice cream’. It must be cooooold there at the moment. I’m undecided about the bodywarmer’s contribution to this situation! Like you, I’m not convinced.
I’m always happy to distract someone from studying. Today was freezing, but it hasn’t been that bad. Last winter was brutal man. If you come again, do the summer like you did before.
Thanks for the comment!
i kinda like the ears…! i always wished i had a tail 🙂 hmm tailed-pants.. new fashion trend perhaps?
Tail pants could work. You should market that idea. I would want a pig pair with the little curly tail.
Thanks for the comment, love train!
Don’t be baffled. Sometimes, we wear clothes not because of their original purpose, but simply because we look good in it.
Take example of a “tie”. Its of no use. yet it looks cool and we wear it…
Actually I think that neckties are supposed to conceal the buttons of your shirt… well okay, it’s not an actual purpose, but at least an aesthetic reason.
Also, I’ve heard it reasoned that neckties survived in men’s clothing as a phallic symbol, additionally indicating quite directly the virile region, so maybe there’s an evolutionary aspect to it as well! =)
I agree that fashion doesn’t have to have a reason or even make a statement, but the tie seems to be more than a short fashion fad.
Love the tie. Never thought of it as a phallic symbol, but I’ll go with that. Wonder what that says about guys in bow ties.
your post is nice and educating.cool
Thanks guy! Appreciate the comment. : )
Here in my country, what people sport are their humongous Nikon/Canon SLRs. They wear it everyday in every place like a necklace! It’s a status symbol for them but to me it’s crazy! What interesting subject would you actually capture inside a mall or church? Oh please.
I’m a Filipino, btw.
That’s really interesting, actually. I might use that in a short story or something. Thanks a ton for sharing that.
Can’t wait to visit the Philippines. Flying into Manila next month to spend some time there. Very excited! I will be sure to wear a big camera.
Take care. : )
I’m too old for such trends, but the ear hoodie is pretty cool
Yeah, I’ve changed my mind. Never too old for the ear hoodie. Go rock it!
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Those ear hoodies creep me out. So do the beanie caps with little sock monkey faces on the front. It’s like the monkey it eating your head. Gah!
That sounds awesome. Monkey beanie. Something tells me you won’t see a lot of those at Synagogue.
Thanks for the comment Derek!
Good observations!
I have two things that make me crazy:
The first is when people wear rash gaurds out in public as a shirt. Rash gaurds are what surfers wear (and little children) in the water to keep the sun off their backs and to provide some protection from undesirable things in the water. It is awful when you see some doofus at a bar wearing one.
The second is aqua socks. Again, for children with tender feet to wear when walking around in the ocean or a lake. They are not tennis shoes!
Anyway, good observations! Thankfully these trends have not shown up in my locale…only people wearing pajamas to Wal-Mart at 3 a.m.
I have no idea what these are but I’m sure if I was a surfer I would be annoyed. Wal-Mart at 3 AM sounds like a blast. I would go just so I could say “I’m the best dressed person in this place.”
Thanks the comment brother!
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Damn! I’ve got this exact ear hoodie.
For realz? That’s awesome! Or I’m gullible.
I am so out of the fashion loop that I didn’t even realize headphones around the neck was a “thing.” So this post was both entertaining AND informative. I agree with you on all four points. Only yesterday I went on a rant about how ridiculous ear hoodies look.
How funny! Is that you in the picture? It’s gorgeous. Love the whole flapper thing. I fully support that style. You didn’t see them drinking and smoking with bear ears on their heads.
Thanks for the comment, Em!
Great post. I agree! I would add one thing…..the kids that wear their jeans below their butts. And they have a belt on to keep them there. Really? I do NOT want to see your Hanes, dude. Some cities are thinking about making this ridiculous “fashion statement” indecent exposure.
When I worked at the public school in the US, we had major problems with the boys sagging their jeans. We tried sending them home for dress code violations but had to give up after awhile because it was a fight we weren’t going to win. Love it or hate it, I think one must accept sagged jeans. Maybe it’s all a conspiracy by Hanes to get real-life product placement.
Thanks for the comment, Missey Twisted! Love your crazy cat pic.
A very nice post. You forgot to mention sandals and black socks (or even, gulp, argyle!) as one more distressing look. Or how about the people who are always in exercise clothes, whether they’re exercising or not? That look works best when you first apply a little baby-oil to all exposed parts to give yourself that “slick and sweaty” vibe….
Haha – you got me with the exercise clothes bit. That’s pretty good. : )
Thanks for commenting, brother James.
It’s the age old attempt to look cool by doing something different and when you think you’ve got it just right you realize you look like a total moron but can’t admit it to anyone else. Acid wash jeans with two different colours of converse high tops were cool in grade eight but none of us will admit we did it now!
I still wear Converse high tops. I’m highly offended by your comment.
(kidding of course!)
Thanks for reading, School House Rock! : )
Haha! It’s true, we do get carried away with fashion over functionality. I agree with GG though: “Take example of a “tie”. Its of no use. yet it looks cool and we wear it…”. There are just somethings that are worn that don’t make sense, yet we do anyways.
Hilarious post! 🙂
Yeah, very true. I’m wearing a tie right now and I don’t even have a shirt on. No sense! Thanks for the comment, Fmerza! : )
This post is funny and I agree with you on the first three ideas. About the four, Ear Hoodies, I think it is cute. I don’t know about how is fashion on Korea but here in Puerto Rico, even if we dont wear it because it isn’t common, i think it’s cute and I could wear it 😉 . It is true: what is the use of a coat with no sleeves, or headphones around the neck not in the ears, or put glasses that would not have any use, I think they think they are “cool” by wearing that. 🙂
Thanks for the comment! First from Puerto Rico I believe. Enjoyed reading your thoughts. : )
I must admit I find this article amusing lol, but I can’t help feeling a bit targeted. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go cry in a corner in my eared hoodie.
No tears, Lexi. You have been brainwashed by too much K Pop. It’s not your fault. I blame T-ara.
Thanks for all the fun compliments. You’re great! : )
I find this hilarious because I absolutely agree on everything yet I have tried wearing the glasses with clear lens. Its kind of like a fashion statement. And the bunny/bear ears look cute and slutty.
Slutty! What kind of bunnies have you been hanging around? Haha. I love that you wrote that.
Thanks for the comment, An Deelicious. : )
I feel incredibly annoyed when I walk through a mall and see groups of teenage girls all dressed alike. Not just in similar styles (styles of the times if you will) but dressed in almost “mall ” uniform. Trends don’t always make sense. Trends sometimes stick around, but mostly they’re short lived and usually just serve those that are in the mindset to follow trends– the teenagers and tweens. It’s normal for them to want to fit in and be like the crowd, however confusing they are to the rest of us. I’m in my thirties and boy howdy, I’ve seen some head slappers. That said, being in my thirties allows me to remember that I too followed some pretty crazy trends that served no practical purpose other than to dress in what was popular at the time… What fun would life be if everything were practical?
Very true! I remember when I followed the tube-socks-to-your-knees trend and the flood jean trend and the wear-the-free-shirt-you-got-at-the-baseball-game trend. Those were trends, right?
Just when I switched to contacts, eyeglasses become fashionable. Who would’ve guessed?
Haha – life is cruel! Thanks for the comment, Mohan Mohan!
Ear hoodies remind me of another fashion I find baffling: huge, oversize pants, where the rear hangs down to the knees and the legs are too long, so they bunch up around the ankles. In both cases, I think: Who else wears this stuff? Two-year olds! Babies can wear anything on their heads and look cute, and kids wear big stuff because they’ll grow into it so fast. But teenagers? Grown-ups?
And now let’s talk about wearing pajamas in public . . .
You have a very traditional view on pants. It’s true giant oversized pants look silly – I blame inept salespeople.
Thanks for the comment, Sarah D!
I love wearing my sleeveless coat, because sometimes it’s crisp out but not cold enough for a coat.
Rock it girl! Thanks for reading. : )
haha that was fun. thanks
Thanks for reading! Peace!
Haha. So true!!! 🙂
A lot of girls in California wear the ear jackets . But they’re 1000000x more obnoxious.
Thanks for the comment! I can’t help but comment on your name, Miss Momma Bear…being an unwed mother is hard and I wish you the best. Dumb joke! Take care. : )
How interesting and entertaining. I don’t wear any of those thing; however, I have always wanted a sleeveless coat but I understand the purpose of them now. They are really for when it’s a bit chilly out but not enough to where you need your whole body bundled…just your core. Being as allergic to heat, as I am, even when it’s really cold outside, I can only stand my coat long enough to make it from point A to point B. Once I’m in an enclosed space (or have briskly walked a distance) I start getting really hot…even sweating (in 0 degree weather, mind you) so off with the coat as soon as I can. With a sleeveless coat, I would be less inclined to take it off since I don’t have to free up my arms. I get a lot of sleeveless coat appropriate weather here in Denver, CO.
Thanks for the post!
Wow, I wish I had your problem! I’m freezing over here, and I have sleeves!
Thanks for the comment, Ekictc!
I wore my ‘DJ’ headphones around my neck intermitently whilst walking around in London. Now that I’m back in Nigeria I would look ridiculous walking on the street with it, wearing it whilst driving, or just going for an outing with friends. I just find myself using them indoors when I work on my laptop (sigh). Great post and congrats on getting Freshly Pressed – well deserved!
Thanks my friend! Great comment – awesome to hear from someone in Nigeria!
you nailed it with ‘wearing his guitar around his shoulder all night’
cheers!
Thanks Slaves! Cheers!
We should be wearing clothes that serve a purpose and make us comfortable with ourselves but hey, they think it’s “cool” or a “trend”. Some trends are just not meant to be followed. The thing that I agree the most is when people wear glasses without actual lenses. I mean, they’re not exactly something you like to wear every single time of the day. Take it from me, I wear glasses and sometimes, I really wish that my vision is perfect especially when you want to play a game of netball or basketball or even maybe frisbee. It can be quite troublesome. But who are we to say? People are people.
Maybe people should start wearing clothes that are comfortable yet look good at the same time. Now, that would be awesome.
Anyway, I enjoyed reading it. =)
Haha – good call. Too bad we can’t brainwash everyone into believing sweat pants look good.
Thanks for the comment, Aimizz!
I’m sorry sir. But you could NEVER be a hipster.. you should go to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. You will find someone wearing ALL four of these items….no lie
I’ve only been to Brooklyn a couple times but I really loved it. If I ever go back, I’ll make sure I wear all this stuff so that I’ll blend in.
Thanks for the comment, Moderate Christian!
Definitely agree with the frames thing. Have to say that the vest are dope!! Coming from Minnesota. I can say that they do actually keep you somewhat warm, at least your core. But you will definitely need a sweater under it. Preferable a winter ski holiday sweater! lol
Too, too funny. Fashion is for the young and/or easily led. At least that’s my theory, as in high school and my early 20s I thought it made sense to wear mini-skirts and other inappropriate clothing in the winter (and I grew up on the East Coast of the U.S.). But once in a while someone comes along who is both young and wise (I’m assuming you’re young; your post makes it clear you are wise) and who sees through the nonsense. I do actually love some of my clothes, but mostly I wear them so I won’t get arrested. Extra stuff, like 1970s-style headphones around the neck, puffy ears on the hoodie, don’t interest me or impress me, but that’s what happens when you’re 40+. 🙂
Enjoyed your post!
Nicely said. I hope you haven’t been arrested since posting this.
Thanks a ton for taking the time to comment. : )
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hahahaha it totally put a big smile on my face! Fantastic observations and accurate statements, true story man-good job!
Thanks! Glad you got a kick out of it.
Hehehe! I think headphones are cool, and practical too! I don’t have anywhere else to put them in a school hallway – and I always need SOME sort of readily available defense mechanism against the stupidity of popular boys. 🙂 It’s great we can all have our preferences. ;D
Please write a book. Hahaha.
Oh you are funny! I have a nephew who wears superhero outfits of his own combination and lately he has taken to wearing his clothes backwards! I hope that one catches on. He’s only four, though I wonder how his fashion sense will continue to develop. His creativity is amazing! The ear hoodie people are trying to be creative and individual but there are too many of them now. Now they are sheep! They should wear sheep hoodies. The first two people who wore them were creative, everyone else…..baaaah!
This made me laugh… a lot… out loud at work haha thanks for the good laughs and of course amazing fashion advice! 😉
go for quality over quantity…the more you spend the more you save….stick with a good pair of jeans, a nice blue shirt and fisherman’s jumper and a good pair og brogues (trickers) and you’ll never need to shop again….problem solved..! 🙂 🙂
I kind of like the ear hoodies. I want to buy one. I fear this is a sign of some kind of psychological disorder.
I agree as well, But I have to admit that I do wear the vests when it is first starting to get cold. Then I graduate to the full coat when it’s really cold.
I would totally wear an ear hoodie!
If you’re an American in South Korea, I’m a Filipina (close, but not quite) on an exchange studies in New York City. Picture a girl who wore a school uniform all her life in a top-100, fashion-conscious liberal arts school. Doom.
Love this post for calling out crap fashion trends. I also feel the same way about leggings. They are NOT PANTS, people. Have some class and cover your ass!
This post is really funny!
Totally enjoyed it! 🙂
Great post. Congrats for making it onto Freshley Pressed! Only yesterday, did I see a girl wearing one of those ear hoodies, yes, it was cute, and so was the girl but it made me wonder WHY you would buy something like that. Fortunately, she looked young. On someone older, well, it would be creepy and disturbing as hell…
Funny!
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Some of these are so obviously worn to get attention.
Sleeveless coats/vests are surprisingly warm. The head, neck, and torso are more vulnerable to cold than the arms, so a hat, scarf, and vest will go a long way if you want more freedom of movement. Gloves help, too.
Given the right ear hoodie, I’d happily wear one. It would need to be pink though.
I feel you can accomplish this if you set your mind to it.
“Fashion baffles me.”
Join the club! I wear superhero t-shirts under my clothes five days a week!
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed!
That’s dope! You must have a lot of superhero t-shirts. You got a Shazam one by any chance?
Thanks for the comments Hook. You rock.
So you’re telling me you don’t like dressing up like a bunny rabbit everyday? You’re like sooooooo out of touch with (whispering now) FASHION.
Lol! Love it Jason. Picturing Ralphie from Christmas Story in his pink bunny outfit.
you just made my night, thank you for the funny insight 🙂 i wonder if i’ll dream of bear ears tonight lol.
Ha! Thanks Isabella! Love your picture and your piercings. : )
This made me laugh, but stop hating on westerners! Do you KNOW where you’d be without the USA? You’d probably be under communism! So stop the hatin’! We’re all people, here!
Haha – Joe! I’m American, man! I guess I was referring to the Western guys I see living in Asia who are here specifically to find themselves an Asian wife. Not hating on all Westerners by any means! That one particular sentence was written with the old-white-guy-with-the-little-Asian-trophy-wife in mind. I see them sometimes in Korea and definitely have seen them in Thailand.
Anyways, didn’t mean to diss my own people! Peace Joe!
Very interesting. If only people would realize that it’s not what we put on to cover our bodies that’s important. God looks at the heart. Connie
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No, God dislikes headphones around the neck. It’s in the Bible. I’m not sure where exactly, but it’s in there.
Thanks for the comment, Connie! : )
Haha, I soo agree with you on the headphone fasion statement 🙂
Awesome! You rock! : )
ha ha! I like the ear hoodies!
The rest I’m with you on, though 😉 The vests were popular here in 99/2000 -pink and purple for girls. I couldn’t get into them then. headphones for no reason are just weird. Same with lenseless glasses.
I seriously want an ear hoody now…. :p
Me too, strangely. I’m going to buy an ear hoodie next weekend I think. Not for myself, but for my niece. I feel I love them now.
Thanks for the comment, Joleene!
Cool post! I live in China and I am baffled by the glasses without glasses! Seriously wtf? I have glasses because I need them to read, I have had them since i was young and as a teenager I hated wearing them! Here, my students wear them for fashoin?!
On the other hand, teddy sweaters are cute, cute, cute! I don’t have one, but I wish I was younger so I could get away with it, “look mommy, I’m a teddy!”
You know what really drives me insane? When people wear socks and flip flops. The hell…. makes no sense.
About the headphones, I kind of lol’d xD
But, the glasses with no lenses is more of a Korean trend. But, maybe people who wear glasses and don’t feel comfortable wearing them would be less embarrassed if it became a trend ~ Just a thought.
Funny post though (:
Nice insights! I was specifically told about the socks-and-flip-flops once because I was guilty of doing that. It wasn’t on the beach…it just was too lazy to put shoes on and I had socks on…excuses, I know.
Thank you so much for the compliment. Peace!
Sometimes I wear my headphones around my neck ’cause I don’t have a bagpack. (Maybe a hip pouch, not large enuff. Of course.) I’ve been blamed all the time. Maaan, I’m not Shiva to hold everything in my hands. x’)
Haha – I like the confessional tone of this. Thanks for leaving the comment, my friend. : )
I totally agree with you about the glasses without lenses. No matter how good they look on someone, I find that it’s pointless to wear them unless they are sunglasses (of course there are people who wear sunglasses inside or at night which I don’t understand). And then there are times when people wear contacts with glasses without lenses which just makes me think why not just wear your actual glasses. I’m sure that they look fine since you picked them out to wear. It’s a waste of money on perfectly good glasses. I have yet to see people wear the “ear” hoodies and headphones as a fashion trend, but I’m okay with the vest coats.
P.S.-Loved your post. 🙂
Thanks, now I have to change my undies. I laughed so hard I peed. ‘DJ Shadow” Mohahah. I though you where going to make remark on his floppy hair.
Lol! The DJ Shadow line might be my personal favorite part of the post. So awesome of you to pick that out. : )
I HATE NUMBER THREE SO MUCH AND I AM SO GLAD YOU SAID THAT! AH! My first experience with it was my senior year of high school, 3 years ago, in my Calc A/B class. You think an AP Calculus class would have… idk. Dignity? But this girl came to school one day and my teacher said “Hey, I didn’t know you wore classes” and she giggles “I don’t. These lenses aren’t real” and giggles again. High school girls are still high school girls. I was baffled. But now I am annoyed like heck by them.
Number One is also super annoying. My mom wears them. She says it keeps her warm and hides her tummy. I vote that it does nothing. Alas, we live in Southern California so maybe we don’t need big heavy jackets. Still. Super annoying. I am never wearing a jacket vest for the pure reason of my mom and grandma do.
Hahaha – This cracked me up. Yes, I won’t wear anything my Grandfather would wear. Like bolo ties.
I like how you write, Jaymie. I’ve never been to California but I think I would like life there; the people I’ve met from California are just beautiful people, not meaning they look amazing, but they have a great way of thinking that I really like. It’s sort of spacey-yet-smart, with a really unique perspective. Thanks for your comment. : )
Have to agree with you there. I’ve never actually seen anyone wear an ‘ear hoodie’ in my country but the rest of those trends do annoy me. But I think it’s important to understand that fashion isn’t about being practical and as cringey as it sounds, it is about self-expression. Comfort isn’t always the number one priority when it comes to fashion.
Absolutely not. If I knew I’d look cool wearing something, I’d sacrifice comfort in a heartbeat. But when I wear heels, I tell you…embarrassing AND uncomfortable.
Thanks for the comment Bee! You’re absolutely right. : )
My fashion pet peeve is those black (usually) tights that women wear. Only thinish or perfect shape should wear these as basically you are walking around naked with a little bit of color on. And please please at least wear a shirt that covers your butt. Or else you look like an ass.
And yes I think ankle boots are stupid. Ear hoodies on anyone except kids. Toe socks are just plain stupid. I’m sure I have more but I will let it go for now.
No wait I have to coment on the stupid stupid ugly as hell big black rimmed air force issue eye glasses real or fake. UGLY. If you wear these by choice I have no idea how you would ever get a date. Not you personally. Just anyone. They are so ugly. Butt ugly.
I like your emotion. You’re my kind of people.
yyyeah right. agreed with most of this. except if you’re really listening to the music atm or just listened to the music and didn’t give a damn to put it back to your bag, then I think it’s fine.
Only if you got Thriller on. Then it’s okay. Specifically PYT, cause that’s the best song off that album. Really every song off that album is great. Great album!
Hugh Hefner made a multimillion dollar enterprise through a business based on grown-ups wearing animal ears…perhaps the hoodie inventor was just going for a more PG version of that.
I love it! PG Playboy Bunnies! Maybe they should make a Playboy magazine aimed at kids. Ewww – awful idea, awful awful! Forget I said it or thought it.
Thanks for the comment, resrieg. : )
You can’t really fold your headphones and keep them in your pocket can you? Hence it goes around the neck.
Can’t argue with that. Just saying, when I see a dude walking around the bar/club for 4 hours with headphones around his neck…no excuse. None. That bastard!
Haha. Cheers sami!
modern day youth, they are not on this planet!
I haven’t seen anyone over here in Hong Kong wear the ear hoodie yet, but I fear it’s just going to be a matter of time…
Love Hong Kong – I don’t remember it being as weird as Korea. I hope the ear hoodie makes it out there. I want people wearing it as they visit the Buddha on Lantau.
Thanks for the comment, my friend in Hong Kong!
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Sweet! Thanks ngull!
Hahaha! Right on the money, I hate stupid fashion trends. I live in Melbourne, Australia where the boys often dress weirder than the girls. The current in look for the “indies” is to wear skinny pants that are rolled up past the ankle. Why? I don’t know. Fashion!
Skinny pants are here to stay I think. And obviously they are rolling them up because their ankles are hot.
Haha – I dunno. Lovely to hear from someone in Melbourne. Thanks for commenting. : )
Haha. Clearly you have never been to Melbourne. It is seldom nice weather…
Love the blog! You have a great tone of writing 🙂 (tone of writing? Does that make sense? Oh well)
You are just too funny!!!!!! Although you are very right! Loved the post;-)
Thanks a ton. : )
Loved the article! Totally agree. Sometimes I wonder if some industries exist purely to provide employment for people. I’m certain fashion is one of them. Sheep will always follow. 😉
this is very funny well written. I know you’ve got lots of comments but you deserve them all
Thanks! Love ya squiznit!
“What are you, a DJ? Go play some techno then”
“That’s the way God intended it when he made vision problems and glasses.”
These are the parts where I came to the conclusion that you’re a christian douchebag. You believe in a god and even capitalize the word out of respect. Why do you associate a DJ with only techno music?
What do you do if you feel like listening to music in good quality when you’re out and have to put the headphones away if you need to talk to someone? Do you stuff them into your jeans pocket?
Facepalms everywhere. Your blog entry isn’t even well written.
Whoa! I can’t tell if this is serious or not. Is this serious?
If so: You took offense to capitalizing “God” and implying that DJs play techno? Um, you’re not a tough person to offend, are you? Headphones-around-the-neck lover!
Also, if you are serious, don’t bother writing a snide reply because I’ll just delete it. Not getting in silly blog-comment-section feud.
If not serious: Very funny. God bless ya!
Mamma mia! That guy’s an angry blog reader! I don’t get the whole “being mean just for the hell of it” thing! Nice adult response by the way!
Seeing groups of kids in my small town wearing those animal hats that look like raccoons and monkeys and such just make me laugh. I’m no fashion expert, but this, “never never land/lost boys look,” to me, just screams… “i have developmental issues.”
Haha – well said TJ! If Citizen Kane were written today, maybe instead of a sled it would’ve been a raccoon hate.
Thanks for the comment!
You are absolutely right… some of people may forgot of how old they are (including me), I almost buy those ear hoodies just because they’re so… CUUTE! But anyway, I didn’t buy it.. I bought netbook instead. Remembering when I was child almost leaded me to buy some childish things, but fortunately I could pull myself together. xixixixi
And about headphone around thy neck.. err… if I meet someone wearing it, it looks weird especially when thy just wear it daily to look cool. But if my friends wear it with the same reason… err.. it will be very awkward. It’s okay if they’re going to use it later (I mean, when thy meets someone thy knows then they have an interesting chat, it’s okay to put it around the neck, afterward put it on again to listen hip hop music, or classic), but it’s rather uncommon if make it as a fashion.
Just add little bit of my point of view… 😉
Hi again Yodia! I’m glad to hear you resisted buying the ear hoodie…no I’m not! Go buy one. Your number of friends will go up exponentially.
Thanks for the comments, lady! Having fun checking out your blog as well. : )
Gosh I agree with everything here haha, you’re hilarious, good job!
Thanks so much!
the entire concept of fashion is way over my head i have been wearing the same cut lee jeans since i was a kid and i have 2 piles of shirts, T-shirts that can be worn at work and a pile that can not be worn at work.
it really makes getting dressed in the morning really simple pants from pile a and shirt from pile b, put on my boots and out the door.
unlike my wife who needs to turn on the lights at 6:15 am, even though i don’t need to get up till 9am, lay stuff out and then spend god only knows how long picking what t0 wear.
Love the pile method. If you can get dressed in the dark, you know you’ve lived your life the right way.
Thanks for commenting! Tell your wife to stop waking you up!
Way funny!
Thanks Russ! Appreciate it.
OMG! This is totally interesting and hilarious @topiclessbar!!!!
I like the topic alot~aswell as the way you put this all!
Thanks a ton! Stay random and abstract!
I loved your post, your comments, and your blog name! You have a very entertaining way of sharing your viewpoint. Mitt Romney in bunny ears! Priceless.
That could clinch him the nomination. Thanks so much for the compliments, Lighten Up!
I love this. Funny as hell, and very true. I agree because I am a walking fashion disaster, and love every minute of it, even if people around me find me weird, hehe 🙂
Yeah, I don’t have that kind of confidence. I went through this one phase where I wanted to wear, like, paper boy hats. I bought three of them and it was gonna be my thing. But any time I wore one out I felt like a poser tool…so unbelievably self-conscious. Ultimately I had to quit trying to wear the hats. All that is to say, I admire your confidence immensely!
Thanks for taking the time to comment, Hadass420!
Haha, you’re cool! Have the same opinions….
Awesome! I love people like me! They’re the coolest. Thanks for reading, Lobjen. : )
Hey! what is this all about?????????? it is kinda stupid no offense there!
No offense taken! I’m all about stupid stuff. It makes up the bulk of my life. Your call is accurate. I recommend you lower these apparent standards you have and start, liking, getting into stupid stuff too. Stupid is the new smart!
Need to start a club for “Fashion baffles me. I don’t get it at all and I never will. “
Start it – I’ll join. At least I won’t have to worry about what to wear.
For a long time I did not get the vest thing either. Then I bought one. It works! It doesn’t work in really cold weather, but in cool to moderately cold air it’s okay. Your arms are more maneuverable too. Keeping your trunk warm is more important than the arms.
I was not aware that people intentionally wore headphones around their neck.
Never heard of an ear hoodie, and I did not know people wore empty glass frames.
Hmm…maybe I’ll buy one just for the hell of it. Seems like the vest coat is getting a lot of love.
Thanks for the comment, Felipe!
Wow, and I thought Snuggies were weird.
Ear Snuggies, perhaps?
Or maybe sleeveless Snuggies?
Someone should get cracking on that!
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I kind of wish I had a Snuggie. It has sleeves. I could wear it with my vest coat.
Thanks for the comment, Imagineer. : )
I agree with a lot of this too. I like the look of the vest coat but, if it’s cold enough to wear, I want sleeves.
I want sleeves too. Maybe the vest coat is the perfect Christmas gift for your friends who have had their arms amputated.
Thanks for the comment, Pamela!
At one point young black men were wearing black jackets with skeleton bones covering the front. I think some of us desire to have a year round Halloween, complete with wings, ear hoodies, skeleton jackets and oh, did I mention……skinny jeans for men?!@#
Great post!
I would rock a skeleton jacket. The skinny jeans I’m sort of trying to pull off…not sure how well I’m doing. Bone jacket with skinny jeans…I think I would frighten people. I’d look like a stick figure zombie or something. Don’t put these ideas in my head Blu, it’s bad for me.
Thanks for the comment!
Awesome post. I don’t understand the glasses without lenses. Can’t you just buy them with clear plastic, or glass?
Yeah, it isn’t like no lenses enhances the look. Maybe they don’t want to have to clean the plastic lenses when they get smudges on them.
Thanks for the comments, MJ. How’s your friend that looks like Princess Di doing? haha
I am so pleased to annouce i have never owned any of these items! Although I think you are forgetting the famous ‘Snap Backs’ that every guy seems to be wearing now, it looked good at first, but now its just awful!
What are snap backs? The boys here are wearing snap bracelet watches, which I find odd. Is that what snap backs are?
The fashion in Taiwan is hilarious too. What about the ear hoodie for the cell phones? Are those animal cell phone cases popular in Korea too? Makes you wonder if they cell phone companies are wasting their time making them more compact. They should make a model with large bunny ears.
Congratulations on being Freshly Pressed! I was stationed in Korea for two years. I had the best times in my life there and still like the people, the culture, and most especially the food.
But you are right…their fashion sense is no better than our kids.
I hadn’t noticed the prevalence of ‘ear hoodies’ before reading this blog. Now I can barely walk more than three paces without seeing one. Breathtakingly irritating.
I’m also in Korea and can’t stand the glasses sans lenses. I asked a bartender why she wore them once and she said it was her alternative to wearing makeup.
But I’m really leaving a comment to share my million dollar idea. It’s even better than the “Jump To Conclusions Mat” in the movie “Office Space”.
It’s a SLEEVELESS EAR HOODIE!!
Tell me that shit wouldn’t sell.
Oh, the glasses thing got me! I hate when people wear glasses but don’t need them!
Ear Hoodies have certainly taken many attractive women and turned them into a feeling of guilt for men whom are now weirded out by being attracted to a child’s style of hood. Headphones around the neck was an interesting addition. Other than the big cans which are obnoxious, even when I see someone with buds around their neck I seem to always note them. Like what are you getting at? Are you cooler than me? I feel weird talking to you now, should i just be listening to music instead?
I couldn’t agree with you more. The only other fashion disaster accessory that annoys the heck out of me is the Robocop-wanna-be wearing a monster bluetooth everywhere. I mean, seriously, if you want to be a phone operator that badly, go work for Verizon or Dell. Maybe then I can stop dealing with Ahmed in Dubai for all of my communication needs. I once dated a man who insisted on wearing his bluetooth everywhere…even while we were at a five-star restaurant having a lovely dinner. I finally stopped dealing with him when he wore it while trying to get me “in the mood.” UGH!
haha i like the head phones around the neck thing though i dont wear it myself. i didnt know it was some kind of fashion
Ooo! Sweater-vests for the win! The only thing I enjoy about winter is the chance to break all my beloved sweater vests out of the closet.
~RCS
I was laugthing all the way ,until I reached “ear hoodies” I was like ” damn that’s me lol”
ya know why we wear head phones around our neck? cause theres no where else to put them! there to big for pockets, and its simple and easy cause you can go right back to listning to music after you say bye to friends. so ok im a duche for liking music and having headphones? ok your cool. the rest i agree with though lol
This is were I get annoyed at myself for not just letting things go, firstly, the coat thing. They are very popular over here in the UK and the design is really to do with the fact that it keeps your core warm, it’s not really meant for freezing cold weather, more for days when it’s a little chilly. I’ve worn one, a lot, they are brillaintly comfortable and very, very warm. The no arms thing isn’t really a problem. secondly, the headphones thing I sort of agree with, and sort of don’t. If you find that ear buds break too often you may decided to use the full sized headphone, and unless you keep them around your neck they stand a good chance of being damaged in a bag, and just won’t fit in pockets.
The glasses, I have to completely agree, only on hallooween or at a costume party can someone wear fake glasses. The rest of the time it’s just strange and impracticle in my opinion. I love the ear hoodies though, I have not seen them before! What’s wrong with still loving adorable and slight childish items, I went to see Lion King 3D the other month, it was entirely teenagers in the cinema! There is something about disney and small furry animals that is simply irresistable, and also disney is hilarious to watch when you’re older because you get all the jokes you missed previously, but not I’m rambling so I’ll shut up. Fantastically written article though, shows real talent as a writer and I’m defiantly going to try and keep up with what you post. I say try… I have very little of a social life so I probably won’t have much difficulty… but anyway, well done!
I agree with you on the headphones around your neck. Even better yet, when I’m working at my job (I work at a movie theater at concessions) I have customers come up with their ear buds in acting really bad ass with whoever they are with and letting them order for them. It irritates me so much. Why are you coming to a movie theater with ear buds in? Come in you’re seeing a movie!
I totally agree with you, especially on the fake glasses things. HIPSTERS. That is all.
This was totally hilarious!! I feel the need to join your website. I just loved your thoughts. Oh my gosh, I laughed to many times at that, “I’m sorry, miss, but I’m going to need to see some identification. Oh, you’re 17…under law I can’t allow you to purchase this item.” That just made me ROFL, and SMH, AND LOL, AND LIRLZ!! TOO much, too much, hilarious, I feel the need to say what I just said all over again.
Personally I think ear hoodies are very cute. And extremely warm.
guys with headphones look annooing like my brother does it. your right about they are douche bags.
I live in the UK and we suffer exactly the same problem — although if I were writing this same article over here in England, I’d probably substitute ‘ear hoodies’ for ‘wearing skinny jeans halfway down your legs’ … which should definitely be outlawed.
But anyway, this was a hilarious read, brilliant idea ❤
Ha. Random quirky stuff. Been ill for a few days and that post really made me laugh. People do wear some odd things don’t they? Brighton (UK) is full of odd-dressers so I guess I’m used to it.
Just saw this on WordPress page tagged humor. Congrats! Well deserved.
You are absolutely hilarious! Love this. And love how you’re just so yourself and dont care what anybody else says! – Show some love and visit my blog too! We have it in common that we’re individualistic. Indie x x
Nice job!! Well written and witty. Plus, I totally agree with your point on the hoodie ears. Anybody over 14 should never wear them, or pigtails, either.
Yup. I live in a circle of friends that are exactly this. Each one seems to show off the looks that are quite unique. Well. I just don’t know what to say. People like Lady Gaga for a reason and she wears meat.
This is why I love living in Brazil: it’s the perfect country for the fashionally-challenged. It’s completely acceptable to wear a soccer jersey, board shorts and flip-flops all day even though you’re 5 hours away from the beach.
Totally agree with Exhibit C. I had Lasik a year ago, and then was like “Damn, I miss my cute glasses.” And people keep saying, “Oh, just get some fake glasses or something.” But it just seems wrong. Definitely not going to pay several grand so that I don’t have to wear real glasses, and then pay $20 for fake glasses. No matter how cute they are.
LOVE this.
Congrats on being FP, or I never would have discovered this. I totally agree with you!
I can’t say that I agree 100%, because…I’m the girl that takes her glasses off to read things.. Yes, I’m a fake glasses wearer, because I’ve just always liked how I looked in glasses, BUT I have 20/20 vision. Life is soo hard, isn’t it?
However, this blog cracked me all the way up, and I can’t agree more that fashion is…ridiculous? Is that what I man to say? I mean, the only reason I don’t wear vests is because I don’t understand them..
Glasses without prescription are just silly, BUT they make me cute 🙂
I’m drunk from cold medicine. The moral of the story is: I really liked this blog, and didn’t want to “Like” it.
haha! I’m a huge fan and avid supporter of vests and you are completely right, your arms do get kind of cold but that’s what wool sweaters and leather jackets are for! As long as your neck is warm and you have gloves you’re golden. You should try it! 😉
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totally agree with C ! glasses should be reserved for those with visual problems – we’re aloud to look smart and sexy in them! To make up for the lack of 20/20 vision!
you people who where frames without lenses piss me off + look totally dumb and please don’t try put on glasses with fake lenses either, stick to wearing sunglasses if you wanna look cool lol
*wear
damn typo!
*allowed
I should not type at night…it’s 3am here O_O
I recently wore a splint/sling combo around ( legitimately, for the record ) and went into a little state of mourning when the time came to remove both and go back to being a boring-looking healthy person again.
This entire post is hilarious. I only wish you included more!
I was totally enjoying your post, and agreeing, and doing that little chuckle thing, half to myself. I called a friend who was sitting across the room over to my computer to read the post with me. I’ve seen some of this around the States where I live.
Then I got to see the line “disgusting Westerner.” Wow, don’t really know what to say about that. Instant deflation. Guess you were getting a little mean.
Hi Frugal! I’m going to repeat what I wrote before in regards to that phrase, because I think in my mind it has context but that context is rooted specifically in living overseas. There’s a small group of Western men who come to Asia specifically to have sex with Asian girls or to find themselves an Asian bride. In that little part of the post, I was writing about the whole Asian fetish thing, but I guess I didn’t make that clear enough. If I’m walking down the street and I see an old white guy with a much younger Asian woman, it creeps me out. So when I said “disgusting Westerner,” I was referring to those people. They are disgusting and I don’t care about being nice to them, although I’m sorry that some readers have taken that phrase to be a swipe at all Western people. Of course not – I’m American and, though disgusting in my own ways, I’m not by any means ashamed of that.
Thanks for taking the time to comment! Love ya!
Maybe they’re soul mates? If he’s got an Asian Chick fetish, she’s probably got the White Expat fetish. I just hope he doesn’t run out of cash. And that she doesn’t run out of botox, although it’s probably not a problem since it’s South Korea we’re talking about, mecca of plastic surgery and all that.
One of my Korean housemates wears those huge glasses even those she’s beautiful without them (no plastic surgery for this one). I can forgive the cute-eared hoodies, actually, so long as it situationally appropriate (no Mr. Governator with bunny ears please). But those aren’t so bad, really. You should look up pokemon kigurumi.
Thanks for clearing that up – and I have gotta say, I see your point – old guys with any young girls, for the most part, creep me out, and old women, too, with young guys. But if I ever get a 18 year old boyfriend (I’m a grandmother,) now I’ll know to dress him in a kitty hoody…
Ha! Exhibit A and C are puzzling. Whatever happened to simplicity?
Hahah I had a good laugh, specially with the coat with no sleeves.
🙂
haha…i totally understand your headphones exhibit.
but i wear my headphones around my neck because, frankly, i can’t put the ones i have in my pocket, and i don’t have a bag with me anywhere, so i put them around my neck because i have to, not because i want to. wanted to put that out there.
I agree. I also wear headphones around my neck for practicality. I can’t wear those earbud things, because they make my ears hurt even at low volumes. Being a girl, I do often carry a bag, but when I’m only taking them off for a short time – say, listening for announcements at the station, or bumping into a friend and stopping to talk – it’s easier than stopping to pulling them off, especially as they get tangled when i just put them in my bag.
Interesting and funny post. I just went to a dub step outdoor rave party here in Hawaii and I felt as if I were surrounded by Ewoks the whole night. Everyone was either wearing the hoodie embellished with ears or some furry hat version. Since I thought I was surrounded by what seemed to be only 15 year olds they were substantially shorter than me and therefore seemed like Ewoks. Oddly enough, a majority of the cute raver girls were wearing what seemed to be a trendy rave outfit here in a Hawaii, a mix of shiny sparkly American Apparel booty shorts, fishnets, Britney Spears (I’m a Slave For You Britney) Bedazzled Bras and get this…….fake glasses! It was a hideous sight to behold but more than half of the girls were dressed like this. I’m also not a fan of the dj headphones look but mostly see dudes at the gym sporting the look or art students, to which I usually air scratch some vinyl as soon as I walk by them. Lastly, I have to disagree with the “coat with no arms”. They are called vests. Although I do not wear the puffed up A&E or North Face versions, they do usually serve a function and I have yet to see someone wear them with nothing on underneath, especially on a cold day.
Dude, the Ewoks thing cracked me up big time! Hilarious – wish I thought of that.
Thanks for the comment, and keep on living the life in Hawaii.
Funny!
Hahaha. The glasses with no lenses. Agreed. It’s kinda like me walking around in crutches saying “it’s in fashion”.
I must be really old because I remember kids in the 80s doing the fake eye-glasses in order to be chic nerdy. Art student-wannabes were either trying to attract the MIT-type students or simply trying to be different than their peers who didn’t have to wear glasses… (I was one of those that had to). While at the time I thought it insulting, later on I sort of found it amusing that someone was actually trying to imitate something that I had to do.
The headphones? Yeah, it’s a bit douchey, but chances are if you get close enough you’ll probably hear their music playing instead. I’ve caught that on occasion when wandering about the world and my not actually having my earbuds in and listening to my own music. Then again, how much different was it from the douchey of the 80s and parts of the 90s with the big boom boxes carried on one’s shoulders playing hip-hop and rap so loud that it can be heard 2 blocks away?
The rest? Well as a wiser female impersonator once said, “life is one big drag show. Make the most of it by being fabulously different.” Be it teddy bear, or cat ears — kids nowadays like our generation before them, our parents generation before us and so on down through the ages, are trying to define their generation’s individuality by… well these little furry nonsense sweatshirts. I mean how much worse can it be than flannel shirts tied around one’s waists, grungy unwashed hair and backwards baseball caps of the 90s, Parachute pants of the 80s, flairs and bell bottoms of the 60s and 70s… Greaser looks (and poodle skirts) of the 50s?
Congrats on Your Freshly Pressed!
I love ear hoodies! !!
Just wanted to add a quick word regarding people who wear heavy snow boots in climates where it never snows. You know who you are.
Show me a foreigner in Korea that doesn’t shop from UniQlo. It’s the only place they stock our sizes…
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Who cares what people wear, it brings a bit of colour to the world. And they’re not hurting anyone. I myself wear big headphones, over my ears to listen to music, but sometimes when I’m walking the battery runs out, and if I have no bag to put them in I put them around my neck.
Also I see a guy all the time pushing a bike around, in silk boxer shorts. And a lady with a beard who obviously does not wear a bra. I’m just glad these people wear anything at all!
I think those ear hoodies are cute….on children….on adults they just looks plain stupid! 🙂
About the headphones, perhaps there is no where else to put them. As a college student, I listen to music while walking through campus using my stage headphones (for an in-ear monitor), I dont want to put them in my backpack when Im not using them because they are expensive and I do not want them to break. I certainly do not do it to “look cool”. It is purely for function. Perhaps thats why many others may do it as well.
Totally agree with this : Exhibit C: Glasses with no lenses (or glasses with plastic lenses)
So ridiculous looking!
I am behind you 100% ! My daughter asked me for the “vest” and I don’t understand why you want a jacket that won’t keep you warm…..it is crazy! and the other three should go without saying, but we have all seen them walking through the mall. Love your blog!
… I agree with what you said about glasses… BUT what about the quite big number of people who are in fact short-sighted and have before been wearung contactlenses and then, because of a fashion-trend, go “back” to glasses again!!! this is a grey area 🙂
oh, by the way: sunglasses ! … there are a lot of sunglass-haters out there – I do not understand why … in old venice the chic people wore masks to dress for a party today people wear sunglasses so its tradition… 🙂
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Ha ha, funny and pretty true! However, I may not be the first one who’s going to disagree with the “sleeveless coat”… I mean, come on, anybody with a pseudo-education knows that the body isn’t the same temperature everywhere, therefore not every body part needs to be kept equally warm. The torso needs much more warmth than the arms or legs, and if you care so much about keeping your arms warm, why don’t you worry as much about keeping your face warm? Poor face never gets any attention, yet it’s not only uncovered by any coat, sleeveless or not, but your *skin* is directly exposed to the freezing air… But watcha gonna do? You can’t go out like a mummy… It’s impractical.
Oh my. Took the words right out of my mouth. My brother is a headphones-around-the-neck wearer, and it drives me up the bend. You’re not even listening to music! At least put them in your hipster satchel, for crying out loud!
“Hipster satchel” LOL!!!
Thanks for the comment and the laugh, Hungry 4 Momos. I have no idea what your name means, so I like it.
Haha, the ‘sleeveless jacket’ – absolutely despise them. People call them Gilets in the UK. Pronounced in a french ‘jeelaay’ way, maybe to make them sound more sophisticated or something… who knows. Either way, they’re very expensive and absolutely ridiculous.
The “Ear Hoodie” is cute though! I’d totally wear it. For real!
interesting looks. I actually like the teddy bear hoodie… for my five year old. The wings on the other hand are definitely the kind of oddball thing I’d wear on cold drizzly Texas nights in with the family. I only wear oddball stuff around them. in the real world I dress to blend in and disappear.
hahaha i just died laughing. thank u for adding a humorous twist on your misunderstanding of these crazy trends…bravo ❤
Love it! I just don’t get the glasses without lenses. I saw a pair today; a big ugly pair and thought why!!!! I heart Korea though.
I agree with you on those. I’ve never seen the ear hoodie, but I don’t get when people wear the hoods of their hoodies up inside. It’s not raining in here, put it down. I don’t understand fashion, either. And the things I want to wear are either sloppy or old-fashioned. If I could wear what I wanted, I’d go around in Renaissance Faire outfits, top hats, or my Paper Mario pajamas. But, society won’t let me, even though they allow ear hoodies and neck headphones.
I found this blog extremely interesting. I also do fashion blogging and, although I look for trends or statements within the fashion industry, I cant help but relate to what you are saying. While there are so many unique styles out there, people have really started to express themselves in very unique ways (most of which you touched on in this article). Makes you think: where did that all start?
I have to agree with the sleeveless coat. I am all for vests but when they become puffy, they make people look…well not so cool.
You did forget wearing uggs with shorts, wearing crocs, and the snookie hairdo.
Seriously, this post is hilarious. I totally agree about the sleeveless coat. I’ve just never been so cool that I want to be cold to prove my coolness. That was a weird sentence. But really funny post!
LOL this was a hilarious post. loved it. It made me laugh 🙂
These are four excellent points; especially about the glasses. The worst part is the every one is wearing the same style of glasses! At least change it up a bit.
Any way, fantastic blog!
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Thanks for this! I had a good laugh 🙂
*waves hand* I’m an adult and I recently ordered a parka with ear hoodies. I couldn’t help myself; it was SO cute and I have always wanted one. The ears are understated, though, and hopefully no one pops me on the back of the head for wearing one. Heh.
Pencil skirts on 10 year-old girls top my list, followed by $275 UGG boots on a 3rd grader (just…don’t) and lastly, anything pink on a man.
wing hoodies may be more retro than retro but what’ll really make you flu are winged shoes! and HELLO they come in gold! Can’t get any better than that
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Haha, so true…
This post made me laugh so much! Thanks for sharing your fashion thoughts with us. 🙂
Hey – this was funny! I had to laugh about the vest/coat/no-arm thing, because after years of living in Idaho (where sporty hippies abound), I still can’t manage to spend the same amount of money for a puffy vest as a puffy coat! I’m way too cold! I hike, ski, and other random things outside but I promise you that I can only think of a time or two when a vest would cut it. But girls in the Northwest wear them everywhere, even out to dinner. Maybe it would be less offensive if more of them shaved their armpits. Who knows!
this is hilarious! and brillant. makes perfect sense and very well written. hoodies with ears…what are we? 5. My 3 year old son has a hat with ears and refuses to wear it because he says it’s for babies. i love your blog and will stay tuned for sure! thanks for sharing.
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This post made me think and laugh at the same time.
It’s kinda complicated to be objective, my oppinion is that you got to have the right attitude, so you can wear those things and not be weared by them.
Also the age is VERY important even if i would love to see some grannies wearing those ear hoodies 😛
¡Thanks for the article!
The one I see a lot here in Germany.. Easter, southern Germany, is the so called “hip hop” look. We all know what it looks like. The stereotypical person is described as follows:
White Male, between the ages of 17 and 29, but can be younger or older depending on the way the certain man matures. He has his VERY baggy jeans ( meaning they look like they are 4 sizes too big) sagged down passed his also baggy boxers. The belt, or his hand, or “something” else is holding up these huge pants. To complete the look of drowning in one’s clothes he puts on a Tee shirt, the shoulder lines of the shirt come down to his elbow, so the TEE shirt sleve reaches his forearm. He usually wears a gold or silver chain, sometimes with a HUGE medalion on it of some kind. A NOT worn in baseball cap with the tags still on is also part of the “outfit”
I have NO idea WHY this is considered a look, why some women find it attractive, but they do. Personally I wonder how huge his penis has to be to hold his pants up all by its little self. I wonder why a very skinny boy would wear a size large, or why a white kid from the subberbs thinks he “connects” with the rappers who also wear these clothes, he has not grown up in the projects, he has not been in a gang bang ( ok MAYBE he has) .. but he DOES have a girlfriend who looks like a model, wears baby phat, and is probably WAY out of his league…
remember I said Stereotype…
I like to be comfortable like everyone else but damn man pull your pants up!
If I had a lesser sense of shame I’d be one of those people who wears fake glasses all the time. I’m one of those unfortunate/blessed people who don’t need glasses at all. Sigh.
You say you don’t understand fashion but your criticism of fashion trends indicates that you do! Not liking a trend like wearing headphones or ear hoodies indicates you are fashion-conscious! BTW great idea requiring ID for ear hoodie wearing 🙂
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Haha, classic. Love this.
Oh my goodness, we have a chick in my medical school class that wears a hat with ears EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Would it be too obviously rude to post this to her wall?
the glasses with no lens. you have said what I cannot say about this horrendous fad. kudos
Korean fashion is absolutely adorable. Their ability to mix and match and wear layers after layers of clothing is totally beyond me. Problem is, it only works for them! Them with uber-tiny bodies and cute chinky-eyed faces.
Agree on the lens-less glasses; and the earphones are just so phony. It says nothing really, except that they have Beats. Haha i’m so mean. @_@
But hey, we can all be vain and shallow sometimes.
The sleeveless coat and the fake eye glasses, LOL! I agree with you. 🙂 Congratulations for making it in the freshly pressed
Yeah seriously got annoyed of the glasses thing.
Thumbs up on this blog!
You got headphones around the neck in your picture!!!!
Oh, that’s a makeup brush. My bad.
Thumbs up to you, Simply Lexy!
I live in Korea too. I have and always will hate the fake glasses thing (although I love how cheap glasses are in Korea as a result of their popularity). But the ear hoodies are starting to grow on me… I’m 25 and I’m getting really close to buying an ear hoodie or an animal-head toque as a Christmas gift for myself. Korea has changed me!
Do it.
And yes, love the cheap glasses here.
Maybe I’ll run into you and your animal head toque! Thanks for leaving the comment! : )
Totally dude! I 100% agree with you! The ear hoodie thing is the most ridiculous of all!
People nowadays are weird! And ridiculous! 😉
Nice post btw! 😀
Wicked bird you’ve got there!
Thanks for the comment. Stay cool!
Funny!! Some fashion statements make you scratch your head and ask, “Why???”
Basically all of life has me asking why. Fashion would be included.
Thanks for taking the time to comment, Rebecca!
In all honesty you just sound a bit disgruntled because other people can go around wearing a certain thing, or looking a certain way, which you do not have the interest or could we say confidence to do. Could be something to do with the fact that you may be closed minded, do not feel completely comfortable with your looks and generally worry about what others think about you. You, are a teacher. However, I agree with your views, you must be opened minded enough to say, ‘well, you’re wearing a sleeveless jacket and glasses without any lense, but thats OK.’ Chances are the same people that you have commented on in this blog, are probably doing the same thing about people who dress like you on theirs.
Good day
Yes Eduardo, I am closed minded because I cracked some jokes about ear hoodies and headphones. The facts that I live in a foreign country and have basically been a raging liberal my whole life…one might think those things make me open minded. But nope, I cracked jokes about headphones. Closed minded son of a gun. Self-conscious, disgruntled, close minded hate tank. Right here. This guy.
If your name really is Eduardo Shark, I gotta say, that’s a bad ass name. You’re a lucky dude! Thanks for commenting man!
I did several legit LOL’s whilst reading this!
I am guilty of the sleeveless jacket thing, but that’s because I’m always hot. Wearing a heavy looking vest is enough to keep people from busting my chops by saying “You’re gonna get sick! Wear a heavier jacket!” while still not keeping me overheated!
Also, I’m a dude, but if I found an ear hoodie in my size, I would wear the crap pout of it!
Fuckin’ go rock the ear hoodie guy! You could own it. I’m gonna get one myself now. Hell, I’ll buy a women’s one, I don’t care.
Thanks for the comment, Garrett!
I totally agree, some of these fashion trends are just odd. What do you think about the trend that is over the knee boots? They are a pretty big trend over here in America, I don’t know about Korea. I find them to be interesting, and on some people they work, on others, not so much.
This post is absolutely hilarious, I love your thoughts on these odd fashion trends.
This was very amusing to read as it has its points. Especially with the ear hoodie and glasses with no lenses! I completely agree.
I don’t agree with your issues with headphones though. I wear mines around my neck all the time but only during casual settings where people won’t take me that serious. In my opinion, music connects and even influences you on what you feel/don’t feel like wearing on any particular day. It just shows that individual might have a deeper connection with their music than you do…
You had me at the law for buying ear hoodies.
Hahaha that was really funny, especially the bit about the “sleeveless coats” aka “vests.”
You know, I love this post, because all of these things offend me as well. Like when I had to go get new frames since my old glasses had seen their last day (tape only holds out for so long). I prefer black frames that are bigger, it’s easier to see more, which is what I would imagine we all want. So I had a picture up on Facebook, and someone commented calling me a “hipster”. Excuse me, little girl, but I’ve had the eyesight of an 80 year old woman since I was 12. And I’ve always had some sort of huge glasses on my face.
By the way, my number 1 offender was my father 5 years ago because he still wore tight jeans (think 70s) and black cowboy boots. To introduce him to jeans that didn’t suffocate him was like pulling teeth. But easier on our eyes.
I feel you on the sleeveless jackets, but I do personally think glasses without lenses (or with lenses, I think the important point is the thickness) looks really good. It’s the return of the clark kent fashion, and I like it.
Haha I actually love the ‘ear hoodie’ thing but unfortunatly for me I am well over 14 so it would be illegal, & as for the Sleeveless coat (we call them bodywarmers over here) my boyfriend wears one & although it looks good I like you do not see the point in a coat with no sleeves lol
Hilarious! As a mom of a 19 year old, I totally laughed at Exhibit C! She used to wear those glasses without lenses and I just did not understand it! Fashion is so odd these days!
I gotta say, you are one of the most agreeable, and comical people I have seen on the internet. An honor it is to meet someone like you because all too often we see people on the internet being stupid…Especially the ones trying to be funny, who really, just aren’t. Your blog makes me happy 🙂 which is hard to do these days. So thank you!
” If you want your girlfriend to have teddy bear ears on her head, you’re a disgusting Westerner.”
LOLS. I expect my Western boyfriend to have hooves for hands. I’m a disgusting Asian.
As much as I enjoyed reading this post, I was a little bit bummed that you never mentioned Ugg boots.
Hilarious. I just cried laughing.
I have to agree and disagree in terms of the earphones… I’m one of those guys that carries them around… I have had the same pair for at least 2 years now, and I use them a lot!!
Now, I carry them around almost every day! And use them in the bus, in the street, everywhere but when I’m working or talking to someone… I don’t think a pair of big ass headphones is something to “wear”… They are something to use and enjoy music better… Plus they keep your ears warm!!
Often times I travel via public transit to a party… And you know how boring is the ride. So yes, I entertain myself with music; once in the party or whatever social activity I put them around my neck to carry them…
Also, I absolutely disagree on a comment around there about a pair of headphones on a guy is something to tell the females that he is superior… That is a total bullshit!!! That’s the reason you can get them off your ears and put them on your neck… To talk to everyone!!!
However, if people “wears” them around WITHOUT using them at all, that’s completely lame…
And also, we criticize ear hoodies and all the other stuff (100% agreed) and we complain about society not letting us do something… Like wearing Paper Mario pajamas… Now think, these people are in fact being different, and we are the ones judging them!
I’m just saying, give peace and receive peace!!!
Peace out!
What’s worse than headphones around the neck? Those t-shirts with fake earphones draped around the neck. I don’t know why, but those really get on my nerves!
I’m probably to old to laugh at this.
Break out of the box – that’s what’s important.
Buy some clothes that are not ‘you’. Buy some that really embarrass you – some that make you look what you don’t want to be.
Wear them for two days, maybe three, and go somewhere you are not known and get our in public wearing them.
Feel what it feels like to not be you.
Absolutely hilarious! I don’t think absurdity is limited to Korean or Japanese or any other nation though…I’ve seen some ridiculous things in so-called fashion magazines which aren’t just weird but downright ugly! Fun post!
Sometimes it’s just for fun and the non-functionality of it just makes it more fun. And really, you should try dressing like Shazaam at the bar. I dare you. 🙂
Bahahahaha. So much yes. You forgot the “Heels in impractical places” though. Like… climbing mountains, or going to the soccer field. I have seen both in Korea, and it absolutely perplexes me.
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Can’t stop laughing. Ayayaii this blog killed me. I liked the subtly blunt
humor.
Can’t believe the things people wear sometimes.
Hahah what a great post, made me smile (:
All of these things are quite popular in Canada, and honestly, I don’t get it either. I mean I don’t mind vests or the headphone thing. But the “hipster” glasses missing the lenses, I think it looks retarded. Same with the animal ears, that’s just ridiculous. I love this post, absolutely hilarious.
I feel your pain, I am a walking talking PSA for conservative dress that fears places like Lands End and Brooks Brothers might not exist some day, then what…
some of my looks that distress: Pants drooping (jailing), do they not know how stupid this looks? Hats on crooked or backwards, really? Keeping the sun off your neck? Tags left on shoes or hats, why? and drum roll, way over sized shirts and jackets, just don’t get it. I guess Im not gangster enough
Great post!
I agree with you and like the way you have explained and justified each in your post, especially on the ear-hoodie part. Though I do not seem to see the earphones thingy too bad, I mean one wearing it means to do it for a purpose and there’s nowhere else you can put those chunky phones apart from hang them around your neck.
I’m sorry, that last girl could wear a muumuu like Mrs. Roper and she would be hot. The guy from LMFAO wears glasses with no lenses, and he’s kinda cool. The rest of the LMFAO clothing line is silly though. It was silly in the 80s, and it’s silly now.
Very cool post, and in reference to guys wearing “ear hoodies” I have normally would agree with you (that they shouldn’t) till I saw a guy wearing one last night.
I have to admit that it actually looked pretty cool. He looked like a very tall werewolf or something, though I think that I would rather be caught dead than actually wear owe, though.
If you want your girlfriend to have teddy bear ears on her head, you’re a disgusting Westerner.
This comment surprised me. I’ve always thought the same about Asians. But then I remembered there are probably quite a few young US millitary in Korea. Bad behavior, in short.
Here in the states if you want to go to prison for a really really long time, touch someone under 18. Even prisoners kill/hate pedophiles.
Absolutely hilarious. Straight shooting on ALL of it, ESPECIALLY THE EARPHONES!!! Lol DJ Shadow and Underroos. Love it.
I think I can help all of you to understand both fashion and coolness.
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Read it so I can feel fulfilled.
I’m living in China now and completely agree on the glasses thing. I mean… taking the lenses out of the glasses is like taking away the glasses’ essence. There’s no point to them anymore!
Seems you’re not alone in your Looks That Distress – I must add, perhaps redundantly, that an item of fashion that has always bothered me must be the sleeveless polo neck. What? It’s cold enough to wear something up to your earlobes but not to cover your whole naked arms? *sigh* people are odd. Saying that – I doubt I have a leg to stand on, dressing in clothes that I can move in is not the height of fashion either. Really enjoying your blog – thanks for the entertainment.
i totally agree with you about all this fashion nonsense that dresses us. there is a point of being unique or having a unique style: for people on ocassions wear to express themselves/ideas/veiws/thougts/feelings as a person, not expressing the item itself…
awesome! i like Uni Qlo!
I used to live in Korea, too. Teaching ESL…I’m subscribing to your blog. I’m subscribing to your blog, right now.
Okay, so now I really want to see you in a picture with an ear hoodie, over which is a coat with no sleeves, under which are earphones around your neck & glasses with no frames. DO IT PLEASE!!!!! hehe
I see many different ways that “fashion statements” could be interpreted and think that maybe those of us who aren’t “trending” just dont understand because maybe it means something totally different all together. So I’ve decided to unbox some ideas:
1. “Coats without arms”: Maybe you just feel lost, or left out, unsure about your future because your coat without arms signifies a only half remembered past. When you stepped outside this morning with keys, sunglasses and coffee in hand you thought “Damnit, where did I leave the sleaves!?!”
2. “Headphones around neck”: This type of fashion statement may just mean this person is a secret agent trying to seem unsuspicious by looking cool and also not letting his/her gaurd down so they can hear ninja’s when they attack…but since ninja’s are silent maybe they just forgot their iphone.
3. “Glasses with no lenses”: Okay I’ve got it. Your like number one, you have every thing else that you need for the day but when you go to put your sunglasses on you realize that…no. Hmm…this one’s tough. How about this, you have an extreme fear of tempered glass and you’re worried that if you touch it or have it shadow your eyes you’ll begin to melt away like the wicked witch of the west screaming “Im melting! Im melting!”
4. “Ear hoodies”: This one is to me the one that makes the most sense. Now don’t get all “Whoah ear hoodie lovin’ dude, you’re weird.”. Because no I don’t love them, but that doesn’t mean that I hate them, infact Im just not cool enough to wear an ear hoodie and walk around with my ears bein’ all like “Im a boss, look at my ears. You don’t have any damn ears on your hoodie!” Thats just straight up ballin’. My suggestion is that the next time you see someone wearing an ear hoodie is that you pay that person $5 bucks and thank them for the opportunity to be in their presence…LIKE A BOSS!
Bad news, now they make ear hats that extend down into paws to put your hands in:/
Hilarious but so true, particularly ditto on “glasses with no lenses”. I am completely confused by this look when i see it everywhere on the street back home this fall.
I do love ear hoodies; I think they are so adorable but only when you under certain age and have an angel face. LOL
How about an ear hoodie with no sleeves pairing with those lenseless glasses, and don’t forget those headphones around the neck!
Having been oftimes been known as “Headphones” at my school, I must say I indubitably look like a complete douche. But what is a poor douche to do? I listen to music all the time and my hipster pants are far to tight to fit my headphones in, when I’m talking to people.
We headphones people should probably never talk to other people, thus eliminating the need to take our headphones off entirely. The world would be a better place.
Hilarious! Well done on a great post.
LOL!!!!!!!
Okay, personally, I like my vest. I have broad shoulders in comparison to the rest of me, though, so in order for me to have any freedom in the arms, I prefer vests. 🙂 Of course, the winter coat I own has those fabulous zip off sleeves, which I ONLY use in the worst weather. Translation- under 30 degrees F. Or lower, if I’m shoveling the stupid snow off the stupid walk.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for saying that about the glasses. I have glasses too, for legit purposes, and I don’t get why people want to look like a nerd. And those huge frames are just painful to look at, anyhow. Like some bad school pic from my parents high school yearbooks.
I kinda like the ear hoodies, though I’d never wear it. It’s one of “THOSE” things. Trust me, I’m over 14. 🙂
No comment on the earphones.
So now I have to ask, what SHOULD middle school gals wear? If ear hoodies have been exiled to Middle School world, what else is in those isles of despair?
Katyj94- Middle school gals should wear absolutely anything they want to wear! You’ll come to find over time that your fashion sense will change, drastically and often. Try everything, it will help you find yourself! As long as you rock it with confidence, you can wear anything! stay cool.. Tara 🙂
As a person who needs glasses to see clearly, I’m a little annoyed by the glass-without-lenses thing. I just moved to Taiwan and only knew about this when I saw my roommate buying one for her much healthy eyes. LOL. So when I read your comment on it, I totally agreed. You have to deserve to wear glasses. Haha.
Nice post! Very interesting and entertaining. 😀
I haven’t heard anything about the headphones around the neck for fashion, though personally it sounds pretty goofy and makes you look like one of those people who wear the bluetooth ear pieces without taking to anyone. I have glasses and am sight impaired, but I definitely love the look of glasses.
I never thought of a vest as a sleeveless coat, haha brilliant. I’ve never found the ear hoodies charming. When I see a girl wearing an ear hoody, nine times out of ten it’s fair to assuming that she has an annoying personality – based off my experience interacting with people of such fashion. My personal fashion tends to be classic and simple, if a guy approached me wearing headphones I would mentally insult him and later inform my friends of the content of my thoughts. Jeez, fashion does bring out the worst.
i’ve seen the ear hoody thing at both h&m and target… i think it’s pretty much mainstream now… h&m also has a guy’s version, just in case you’re into it now… 😉
I just stumbled across this and I have to say this was absolutely hilarious. Fashion irritates me. I have always wanted to wear what I want as long as it is comfortable. If I like it I wear it. My clothes tend to be ones that never go out of style, maybe a bit “normal”. The ear hoodie I put my kids in one of those at infancy. Maybe people who wear them have this incredible need to go back to crawling or they just simply miss being “little”. If I ever saw a guy like 17 or older walking down the street with one of those I suppose I would feel sorry for him. One thing I wish you would have mentioned is what about all the people, guys mostly walking around with their pants down?! It really makes me feel like I need to be on a special “mommy” mission to pull them all up. It took all the self control I could muster one day when I was standing in a grocery isle with my daughter and this guy was there with his undies in full view. His pants were really low and he was walking and standing with his legs looking really bow-legged just to keep them from falling further down. It just looks like an obnoxious style at best and a money maker for chiropractors. Oh by the way he should have been told that he was supposed to have boxers on. Maybe his fashion style was a bit confused.
Anyway thanks for the great laugh!
By the way would anyone who wears eye glasses just for fun like to trade eyeballs so I could get rid of my glasses and have the choice?
love this… people dressing like animals is the absolute worst. glamourdonts are my favorite!
Wait a minute. You’re wearing a sweater vest? Sweater arms would make more sense. People are warm at their core, extremities like arms get cold.
Hmm…touche.
You are a smart gal, Laura MT.
You have to admit sweater arms are a little impractical. Falling down all the time, no shoulders to hold them up.. and no doubt topiclessbar would call someone out on wearing a sweater-arm with connector combo 😉
Very cool, very funny, very fabulous. I grew up in Tokyo with tons of expats, so I get where you’re coming from! Great writing.
well, i agree fully with you on all points. thing is, i listen to music on my ipod pretty much every time i get the chance. and a lot of times, only a few minutes pass between these times. i put my headphones around my neck because it’s convenient and i really can’t be bothered to put them away every time i have to remove them from my ears. so yeah, more often than not, it’s not a fashion statement.
I still struggle with words on the butt of pants. Before you know it there will be ads there. Like McDonald’s written on some guys butt….Hmmmm….Wonder if I could market that?
I only pay attention to what I wear if I need to look presentable, otherwise, its just a crappy pair of trousers and my beard.
Thank you for writing this!!! Hahahaha! This made my day!
Oh my goodness this was such a funny post! I pretty much agree with everything you said! The sleeveless coat has always baffled me! I know if you keep your core warm you stay warmer and having free arm movement is nice and all but your arms still get cold…cover those things up hahaha.
I live in Japan and half of my wardrobe is from Uni Qlo. Mainly from Uni Qlo’s sport section as a matter of fact. I just can’t stand all those ruffles and colorful prints on the clothes for girls. As for the ear hoodies, once I saw a woman wearing an elegant evening dress paired with one and I realized there was no hope for Japanese fashion.
So I agree on hoodies and glasses but I can argue on the other two. Sleeveless coats are pretty useful in the autumn when it is cold enough for warm clothes but too warm for a winter coat. And in my country where some buildings are poorly warmed during the winter a lot of people use clothes of this type to keep them warm indoors while still giving them freedom to move and do their job. Headphones don’t bother me at all. The reasons were already explained in a few comments before mine.
I have bad eye visions but wanna be trendy and wear glasses with no lenses. Do you have any advise? Also do you know anything about a hooded sleeveless T-shirt sold in Korea? Where can I find those? l consider myself a pretty fashionable man btw.
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I love it. I agree. These are fashion faux pas. I just wrote a blog on shoes. What looks good and what don’t. Have you seen the bagel head trend yet? You will really like that one. Some people just do not have a clue. Oh well, it gives me a laugh, so I am fine with it.
I had bought a couple of the sweater jackets that are super short. My boss asked if I went to a half off store to get them. Another bad trend: men in super tight skinny jeans. I dont care who you are, it is ugly. Oh, and Justin Bieber hair.
I know I should be totally hipster and agree to your disagreement of fashion.
Buttttt…. my inner Asian absolutely will not let go of my yearlong dream of wearing a panda cap with long earpaws to tuck my freezing cold hands in.
Care to convince me to stop looking anime eyed at these hats every time I pass by them in mall carts?
I think your site just crashed as I posted my comment and I lost all the killer charm I poured into that 25 word work of wit.
So, I am just going to say Congratulations on being Freshly Pressed!
Man, you’re funny – and so damn right! At the same time! Awesome post 🙂
Haha… Awesome post!
Your right, that hoodie is really disturbing, on grown women…. And men flock around them, are they pedofile?! Its scary…. Are some men just looking for wemon, that looks like little girls, or do they just think it looks… Cute?
I never had a hoodie like that, most ”cute” thing I ever had, was a Tee with a teddybear.. 😀 (And I sleep in that tee) … Im 23 years old, I cant wear a bear hoodie.. Its just wrong. o.O”
Your philosophy pertaining to fashion really fascinates me. >:) I’m from the Philippines and like Koreans, Filipinos also possess that unique and odd fashion sense and like you, I don’t really get it 🙂 The headphones around the neck? you see them everywhere in the Philippines! THUMBS UP TO YOU!
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what a funny post, me being a fashion victm myself even have a cut off point and will not wear hats with ears, but I did start dressing my cat to make up for it, take a look at him on my blog, you’ll even think he’s cute
love your blog, you are very funny!
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I couldn’t agree more! Those sleeveless vests are just not flattering, they always make you so round and large in your mid area, plus if its cold why would you wear something that you’ll prob freeze to death in! And another thing regarding the ear hoodie, i think if you are a kid then so be it, they don’t know poor thing, its their parents making the choices at that age but if you are making your own choices and wear this then erm lol perhaps look in the mirror 😛
Either way thanks for the entertaining post!
Adorable and dead-on. Keep it up!
Oh this made me giggle. You’re posts are cute! sleeveless vests or ‘gillets’ are they are called where are come from, are something that have baffled me and my friends since i can remember(actually if i am honest i can remember owning one voluntarily as a child, but i’m just going to skip past that embarassing fact). And them hoodies with ears on, sorry but they make me cringe. Agree, should be illigal for 18’s/overs to buy them!
But fashion isnt all bad! these are more what i would describe as trends, just things that have caught on in certain cultures.
This post made me laugh a little. “Fashion” is quite the broad topic and leaves people questioning its purpose quite often. However, when someone deems a certain item “cool” that’s when a trend starts. I myself can’t understand why certain things are popular in fashion these days, but I somehow get pulled into it all and start wearing the item! I guess that’s how things work! 🙂
Awesome post! I agree!
Especially on the headphones on the neck (they are just show-offs!) and glasses without lenses! I just couldn’t understand why people would wear those frames like they’re so stylish! If they want to be different and/or other people to notice them, then I guess they’ve achieved their aim. 😛
Well said! Thanks for commenting – love your name Spider Monkey Cat!
Hahaha, this is fantastic! So true, and so funny to read. Thanks!
Thanks for the compliment, Thunder Goes!
You know.. I think you’re right about some trends in fashion I definitely would never wear many things I see on the street everyday. But what I think you have to appreciate is how much it inspired you. You wrote an entire blog about your perception of fashion trends. That means, one, you can’t help but take notice of it in society, and two, it’s led you to create a perception about the person wearing it. That’s pretty powerful, isn’t it? I just launched a blog about fashion and law and I’m writing a post on the non-frivolous nature of the fashion industry.. I’d be curious to see what you think of it once it goes up! 🙂
Hey Tara, thanks for the comments!
I think that’s a very interesting topic – fashion and law. I don’t know that I’ve ever thought of those two things together.
I will definitely check it out. : )
Yeah 😉 i agree with You in 100%!
Thanks for stopping by, Ignovinska!
I’m lucky to not have seen those hoods with ears- they quite disturb me. We’re no cats people, were humans… although I have seen those lens-less glasses, and I don’t see the point, if you don’t have glasses, why wear them? One look that distresses me, is wearing anything that ends in -egging as pants, when they clearly aren’t.
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The ear hoodies have grown on me. I love them now.
Lots of leggings around here! You’d hate it! : )
Thanks for commenting, So You Wanna.
I think you really nailed this post, haha! Very funny indeed and something for ppl to think about! Here in Sweden, some dumbasses walk around in their one pieces outdoors. Mostly kids, but senior high school students too! Not seen any “adult” wearing one outside the house… yet. Brrrrr! :S Thank’s for a great post!
Thanks for the comment, Lee! Sweeden! That’s outstanding. That place is like heaven, I’ve heard. It gets cold in Sweeden? I’m not buying that for a second. : )
It do gets cold in winter, but differs from year to year. This winter we have about 3+ and no snow. But last winter we had loads of snow and at one day in early Jan the temperature showed -24 … :S
How funny you live in Korea btw. I several Korean friends and a B.A. degree in Korean language studies with focus on Hallyu that I took some years ago at Stockholm Univ. Korea being an interest since I was teenager, but nowadays I’m heading towards new territories. 😉 Cheers!
And by the way, Sweden is heaven! Esp in summer when it gets really sunny and warm. 😉
Today it’s -8. That sucks. Just felt like sharing that.
You can speak Korean? And yet you’ve never been to Korea? That’s really bizarre. Wanna trade places?
I agree with you on some points but not so much on others. For example, I don’t quite like the ear hoodie thing either, or the headphones-around-neck. It’s just pointless if you’re not going to use those headphones, or, like you noted, are not a DJ. However, I think the vest (or coat, or whatever it is) is a really handy clothing item to have in your wardrobe… Especially during late spring and early autumn. I guess tastes differ. Good post nonetheless.
fyi: i’m 18 years old and i’d look pretty damn cute in a ear hoodie. i can’t manage to find one anywhere because i’ve been looking for the light blue one with the devil horns in avril lavigne’s ‘Dawn Abbey’ line and it’s nowhere to be found. but if i ever do find it, i will rock it, even if I’m 40.
amazing post and so true.
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good read nice post :]
your post actually makes a lot of sense! 😀
Glasses with no lenses is a new one!! But ear hoods are so cute :p
I think if you can pull it off you can pull it off, who cares what anybody else thinks 🙂
LOL! So hilarious. I swear I read this post before, but now I question whether I have since I laughed pretty hard as though I was reading it for the first time =P
Anyways, so good. Love it. I will accept you as you are 🙂
Hi Cafe 23~Thanks for taking the time to comment and send such a lovely compliment. And also thanks for accepting me as I am. That’s mighty beautiful of you. : D
Haha my pleasure! Thanks so much for following =P
Thank you for the follow as well! That’s a killer pic you have in your new post of you with the enormous gun!
Haha thanks! 🙂
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