I don't know if you've noticed the recent clothing trend or not, but in my humble opinion, it looks like clothing designers believe the best outfit is the one that makes the least amount of sense. It almost looks like the country is in a cloth crisis because manakins and models can be seen sporting blue plaid, purple argyle, and yellow polka dots - in one outfit. Fortunately, I rarely see real live human beings running around in these atrocious outfits, but when I do (and don't judge, you think this too!) the thought of "do they not own a mirror or do they really think that's attractive?" always crosses my mind. Now, I don't claim to be any sort of fashionista. But when something looks terrible, it just looks terrible. The situation has become so appalling that I have started a collection of sightings of terrible get-ups. Articles from my collection include things such as these masterpieces:
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( I couldn't decide if the employees were having a bit too much fun or if these were a meticulously planned part of the men's department.) |
Or, my personal favorite:
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| And yes, that's actually a seperate shirt with matching pants, found in the main entrance to Macy's
Like I said before, I don't know many (or, really, any) people who would wear, much less spend money, on any of these outfits. So how do these stores stay in business? Because there are some of us who are willing to look at the rack hiding in the back that has any sort of clothing worth wearing. The good options are there but they are't being advertised. The motto my mom and I find ourselves saying more and more these days: just because they sell it, doesn't mean you have to buy it.
What's even more appalling is that this trend of advertising terrible outfits is branching into the world of politics. Turn on just about any news outlet today and you will find yourself faced with a whole slew of terrible ideas being advertised. For example: Republicans don't care about women's health. Well, most logical people would see this as very illogical because many women are Republicans. So what, they don't care about their own health? Maybe, the issues behind this particular conversation have a whole lot more to do about unborn children than about women. But that's not what's being adverstied.
Another popular thing for sale: More gun control laws will prevent events such as the Colorado movie theatre shooting and the Virginia Tech massacre. But I think the more logical train of thought would be: people who want to kill other people probably don't care about any laws in the first place, much less laws that would prevent them from doing what they want to do. But again, logical isn't what's trendy.
And, of course,this one: Evolution is technically a theory, but there's no need to teach any other theories because we all know evolution is actually a fact......to the unknowing biology consumer in college, this might look good. But if you actually look into it, this is indoctrination, not education.
These are all fairly broad issues, I know, but they are all presented differently from what is actually true. So who says fashion and politics aren't related? Dig into the issues and find the truth behind them. Go look though the racks in the back to find the non-atrocious outfits. It takes a little more work than just accepting what you're told, but it'll pay off in the end.
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