Winter Fashion Forecast

[voluptuary_manque]

Good news, Gentlemen,

From perusing the catalogs that come to the cave and surfing the major department store websites, it looks as though tunics, tights and high boots for the ladies are the order of the season for another year.

Yowzza!

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Yes, Bear, that's been the trend at my school so far: high, tight boots; tights, and off-the-(waaaay off-the) shoulder tunics. It's nice to see some traditions continue, isn't it?

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Helps a bear keep his mind on what's important.

 

[3113]

Ack!

Got the jump on me, heh? Let's see what we have here....

Ack! Pants tighter than tight AND (as if that wasn't bad enough) come in shiny and patterned fabrics! Ack! Ack! Ack! Gentlemen, should you really be celebrating this? Most of us don't have a flat tummy or long skinny legs or ability to pull off pants tight, patterned and shiny. Just think for a moment how an average woman is going to look in these!

Hm. Okay. I like the "Love Story" New England style coat--this seems to be very in vogue for Winter--and it looks like this is where we're also getting the inspiration for short skirts, tights and boots, as they all go along with the coat; and from the look of the models wearing such coats, I think this look also includes Ali McGraw's straight hair and heavy eyebrows. Can a Brooke Shield's revival be far behind?

And the colors for Winter (Warm browns! I look good in warm browns. Be warm browns....)

Do'h! Blue. Well. I look okay in blue. Also...

What the heck? Pink/Orange (and apparently hues that range between them)? Not quite reds? Come on! Can't we get past pink at least?

As for shoes....

The choice seems to be between dominatrix or saloon girl. Well, outside of a nice winter's coat (which I *so* need here in Southern California), I don't think I'm going to have much fun shopping this winter. But then, one has to remember, Fashion means never having to say you're sorry. I'm off to darken my eyebrows and straighten my hair....

 

[LettersFromTatyana]

As for shoes....

The choice seems to be between dominatrix or saloon girl. Well, outside of a nice winter's coat (which I *so* need here in Southern California), I don't think I'm going to have much fun shopping this winter. But then, one has to remember, Fashion means never having to say you're sorry. I'm off to darken my eyebrows and straighten my hair....

3113, straight from The Daily Shoe over at the NY Times (which assembles the best shoes of the day from the runway), do I have a great spring shoe for you!

The color doesn't exactly scream dominatrix, and the color is definitely post-saloon--they are described as "gladiator sandals on steroids." Granted, it might take you a while to put on your shoes in the morning, and heaven help you in the case of a fire or other emergency, but really, who doesn't want grape-gum-colored strappy things on their feet (and ankles, and calves)?

So chin up out there in sunny California! Just a few more months and then you, too, can get a pair of these classics.

 

[jomar]

Interesting porn choice there, Bear.

 

[3113]

3113, straight from The Daily Shoe over at the NY Times (which assembles the best shoes of the day from the runway), do I have a great spring shoe for you!

AHHHHHH! They look like polio braces!

 

[TE999]

Those are the fugliest damn shoes I've ever seen.

Winter fashions don't apply down here, thank the gods, but some of them are pretty. I would say one woman in 1,000 could carry off wearing those skin tight pants though; especially the copper ones.

 

[MSTarot]

if they were black or brown i would say Gladiator sandals

 

[TxRad]

AHHHHHH! They look like polio braces!

Now you're just showing your age.

 

[3113]

Now you're just showing your age.

Nope--I watch all those shows that take place in the past. Mad Men, Broadway Empire--I get all sorts of history lessons

 

[Cruel2BKind]

There are two fashions.

Fashions for batshit-crazy beautiful people who live in warm locales.

And then fashion for the rest of us.

Guess which ones they usually show in the magazines?

I still don't understand harem pants. And there is only one person who can wear them.

http://happyhourmom.com/wp-content/gallery/harem/harem-pants-trend1.jpg

http://qph.cf.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-4832e362aa478e4c7b7fdcdcefe1d060

Oppan Gangnam Style!

 

[3113]

I still don't understand harem pants. And there is only one person who can wear them.

Ugh! Harem pants! You're so right. They make women look like they're in some sort of cartoon where their butts just fell and went droopy.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Women wear those? On purpose? I thought only M.C. Hammer went around looking like a baby with a loaded diaper.

 

[Handley_Page]

AHHHHHH! They look like polio braces!

They reminded me of some of the supports used by Paralympic athletes.

Those are the fugliest damn shoes I've ever seen.

There's stupid and then there's taking the Pith.

There are two fashions.

Fashions for batshit-crazy beautiful people who live in warm locales.
And then fashion for the rest of us.
Guess which ones they usually show in the magazines?
I still don't understand harem pants. And there is only one person who can wear them.
http://happyhourmom.com/wp-content/gallery/harem/harem-pants-trend1.jpg
Oppan Gangnam Style!

They ain't harem pants; they're Turkish style.
Someone got the names wrong, I think.

And they look bloody terrible.

 

[loquere]

I don't really let fashion trends dictate what I wear.