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Fashion Pet Peeves & Predictions

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09:38 / 10.05.02

Er... so do you just stay in? Or streak through the streets of bradford?

Regrettable Juvenilia

09:42 / 10.05.02

Tell it like it is.

Can I just say how I never get tired of the "I hate ____! Except on cute girlies *drool, gibber*" stance? Yeah-heh.

09:50 / 10.05.02

Heh. The thought of me streaking through the streets of Bradford... now you know what caused last summer's riots.

Molly Shortcake

14:00 / 10.05.02

How in the world could I forget the 'I'm so urban, Mark Ecko is my personal fashion consutant' look and hip hop fashion taken to buffoonish, minstrel extreams.

Yes I am bitter.

14:27 / 10.05.02

Can I just say how I never get tired of the "I hate ____! Except on cute girlies *drool, gibber*" stance? – Flyboy

You sure can. Wake me when it's over.

14:36 / 10.05.02

Can I just say how I never get tired of the "I hate ____! Except on cute girlies *drool, gibber*" stance? – Flyboy

I'm guessing this was aimed at me and its totally not what I meant, there was no drool to be seen. Like I said it's more to do with the fact that I'm jealous, if you ever saw me in a vest (and you wont) you'd see what I meant

ONLY NICE THINGS

14:36 / 10.05.02

Personally, I'm a little bit disturbed by the generally favorable response to my hatred of gypsies...

14:41 / 10.05.02

I think everyone knew what you meant and they were just playing along?

14:48 / 10.05.02

I think, or I hope, that the Haus of Irony is not lost on anyone... it was not lost on me, and I, for one, was grateful to you...

14:51 / 10.05.02

no, I hate gyppos, thieving bastards, caravans, dogs, put curses on you, brad pitt

You know what fashion thing annoys me? When people wrap masking tape round their bodies and then stick gold and silver stars all over it. Everybody fucking does it and they think they're so original. Idiots. Oh, and when they staple budgies to their left earlobe - only the left as well. You must have seen that one. Why bother? Jesus.

14:52 / 10.05.02

As was I. It's a word that people use without seeming to know what it means - I hadn't heard it before coming to London. So I was glad when you mentioned it.

15:01 / 10.05.02

I hate sandals. by sandals I dont mean "anything strappy" or "open shoes", I mean those birkenstock types, all leathery and stank. doubly so if paired with socks

I hate big hair. I dont mean bog mounds of luscious curls or waves or corkscrews, I dont mean spikey or naturally huge. Im talking about the people who deliberately tease, fluff, and spray their hair into giant hair assault. Im thinking an 80s version of ricki lakes hairspray character, straight bangs under a complex wave is an extra no no

I have no idea what the future will bring, but Ive seen a lot of evidence that we are heading back to the 80s. spare us all

15:12 / 10.05.02

Oh, I'd forgotten about the sandal and sock thing. One more fashion mistake preventable with a little common sense. If your feet are too cold to be bare, perhaps sandals are not the foot wear for you. It seems so simple.

And don't tell me it's because you want to show off your socks. I will be forced to take your sandal off and beat you with it. The better to teach you, my dear.

Speaking of bad hair that won't go away and seems to be making a comeback. What's with the proliferation of mullets recently? Can't we all just say no?

15:23 / 10.05.02

its a celebration of the worst taste. a blatant assault, I tell you!

15:30 / 10.05.02

Oh, one for the Americans. Never, under any circumstances, wear white socks in public unless indulging in athletic activity. NEVER. Doing so is roughly speaking the fashion equivelent of admitting you like to fuck your own grandmother (and that, incidentally she give good head, cos she got no teeth...) You have been warned

15:33 / 10.05.02

I wear little white ankle socks, unless Im at work, which is when I break out the pleasantly ugly ones. and Im as cool as cool gets, dontcha know

however, you cant see them, because my pants cover the tops of my feet. but I appreciate the freshness of white cotton socks on my little pink piggies

Regrettable Juvenilia

15:57 / 10.05.02

bear, you always think I'm getting at you and I never am. Huggles.

It was kind of aimed at Utopia and the thousands of bonus points ze wanted to stick in suds' ear...

18:32 / 10.05.02

front pleats. really, who on earth thought this was attractive, appealing, or flattering?

00:20 / 11.05.02

Sleaze wrote: Oh, one for the Americans. Never, under any circumstances, wear white socks in public unless indulging in athletic activity. NEVER. Doing so is roughly speaking the fashion equivelent of admitting you like to fuck your own grandmother (and that, incidentally she give good head, cos she got no teeth...) You have been warned

Let me get this right. Your big pet peeve is..... white socks. Not white socks with dress attire, not white socks with particular types of footware, just white socks--flat across the board (save "athletic activity"), period.

(sits in puzzlement for about 2 minutes)

Y'know, I just thought it was one of his quirks when ZoCher said he hated white socks, but here you are going on about them, too. Just what the hell is wrong with white socks?!? Other than a few pair of black dress socks, that's all I wear. In fact, I have 30 pair of the exact same white socks, mostly because folding socks is for suckers.

And my grandmother wouldn't blow you for all of the tea in China, manko....

15:44 / 11.05.02

Perhaps it's a British thing. White socks outwith the gym or tennis court (or the early 1980s) are a glaring eyesore on these shores. If, on some perverse 'damn picky Limeys' whim, you wish to compound the crime, make sure they're white towelling.

Oh, and while you're at it, be sure to carry a camera slung around your neck, bellow at all times, stand on the left on Tube escalators and purchase London Tower Bridge.

17:58 / 11.05.02

and be fat and wear a baseball cap

Less searchable M0rd4nt

20:09 / 11.05.02

And sit around in pubs on Carnaby Street, and take photos of me being thrown out of for being dressed funny.

Bitter? Moi?

20:31 / 11.05.02

And see Stratford, the Lake District and the Isle of Arran in the same day by coach, and then talk about how small and quaint the British isles are.

00:40 / 12.05.02

But they

*are*

so

quaint.

02:49 / 12.05.02

It was kind of aimed at Utopia and the thousands of bonus points ze wanted to stick in suds' ear...

ah, i knew that one was aimed at me. it wasn't about brownie points it was about making myself not look like a prick. i didn't see the point in pissing someone off or whatever just for the sake of composure. are you not aware of all the customary niceties that are necessary for proper social fucking interaction? maybe i should have said, "Yeah bitch, and i'm sure you look like shit too."? that would have been nice, wouldn't it, and i wouldn't upset anybody by using "danger words" like cute... it meant nothing, it was a backtrack on my part to avoid confrontation or whatever that may arise at a later date because i was thought to be acting like a jerk in a thread that kinda forces you to act ike a jerk. you're proof of this. and if i offended you suds then ooh, i bet you look like shit. does that alleviate the situation, flyboy, or should i hide myself away in a dank bar with con-men and child molesters? and i didn't think there was a problem with being physically attractive.

i may not be as feminist-oriented, "equality for everything"-minded as you, but at least i've got some fucking manners.

11:30 / 13.05.02

Re: white socks

For people in Britain of a certain age, white socks are inextricably linked with the 80s and damp, grey pavements and school playgrounds. Back then they would be worn with black shoes and black Farrah trousers which were not only too short to hide the socks, but tapered towards the feet in a way which seemed to be deliberately drawing attention to them (the socks, not the feet). "Look, look at my socks! Look at my socks, won't you?" Of course, being humble socks they couldn't sufficiently reward the viewer for the repeated attention they gave them, that was demanded of them - no wonder they came to be despised.

I had to think about the damp playground/pavement association for a bit; I think it comes from having your attention focused on the feet, of having your eye drawn to the floor. The socks would have been at their most luminous during the winter months (strong contrast), hence the association with gloomy weather.

11:53 / 13.05.02

actually, haus, since i'm part 'pikey' i've been busy rummaging through my wardrobe and i don't seem to have the required gear. perhaps i should go out and steal some.

19:44 / 13.05.02

%...or maybe just read a few palms to earn the silver? %

sleaze: Oh, one for the Americans. Never, under any circumstances, wear white socks in public unless indulging in athletic activity. NEVER. Doing so is roughly speaking the fashion equivelent of admitting you like to fuck your own grandmother (and that, incidentally she give good head, cos she got no teeth...) You have been warned

"When I was fifteen I salvaged a large oval mirror from an abandoned shed and set it against the wall of my room. I'd sit there for hours pressing my hand against the glass, trying desperately to assess who it was that was staring back. For a reference I taped two images to its surface. A still from Funny Face—Audrey Hepburn in black beatnik garb and white socks. Fashionwise, that was tops." - Patti Smith

Read this sidebar, then tell me about "cool," DAD.

09:15 / 17.08.02

[rot] Man, I miss Ierne & SFD [/rot]

Anyways, I'm bumping this up to add polo shirts, as I will probably be wearing one as a uniform soon. Ugh, I fuckin' hate them.

(cleans up blood/puke mixture)

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

10:00 / 17.08.02

sfd vanished AS WELL? Fuck, I miss ALL the meetings.

I was actually planning to grow a mullet. And a moustache. Just for KICKS! (and yes, that's actually true... I bet money on it and everything.)

Then a hairdresser friend of mine caught me while I was drunk and said "I'll give you a trim"... halfway through which she said "Okay, I'm just making it IMPOSSIBLE for you to grow a mullet." Now my carefully-nurtured "neckwarmer" growth is back to the size of the stuff on top. I was well pissed off, I can tell ya!

10:23 / 17.08.02

SFD's gone? What the hell...?

Those shirts (of the ladies variety) which are just handkerchiefs with a loop for the head and a few bits of string to tie them on.

16:45 / 17.08.02

(Not gone for good hopefully, but she was more illin' than chillin' until recently)

17:04 / 17.08.02

i particularly hate those tossers who walk around wearing fcuk t-shirts, and those idioato's who pay 40 quid for a pair of ripped faded jeans in topman.

19:06 / 17.08.02

Baseball caps. Unless you're actually playing baseball at the time, these should never be worn.

Flip-flop sandals. The most useless, irritating piece of footwear imaginable.

Lip rings. .....? You're telling me that someone, somewhere, thought these were attractive or "cool looking"? I must be far too unhip to appreciate them.

As for a prediction, I think hats (real hats! not caps!) will come back in full swing. Fedoras, derbies, wide-brimmed sombreros, maybe even Sunday bonnets (all unisex, of course). They'll be a necessity after harsh UV and air pollution take their toll on our precious, precious hair.

20:19 / 17.08.02

Er.... I'm still here.

Nice to be missed though.

Has anyone else said this? - I find it amusing more than anything else to see all these young men (and a fair few dykes, come to think of it) in London sporting a Beckham style mohawk. They all look fairly self-conscious and I'm tempted to get the clippers out and force them to go the whole hog. Not half as depressing, though, as the children I've seen with the Nike tick shaved onto their heads. Do they get paid to advertise them? At one point I was determined to get 'Tesco's' shaved onto mine, as a massive political and ironic statement, but I don't think anyone would've got it.

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