Trends where YOU live!

[VioletB]

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Originally Posted by jennzy hahaha! i have never seen that!! i heart spy sunglasses cuz they're really sporty but for goggles, i'm all for roxy!!! they fit me and looks sleek cuz its just made for us girls yeah... i'm a boarder anyways speaking of snowboarding... I HATE when ppl wear bandanas as a triangle scraf. ok i thought it was cute in the winter when all the snowboarding kids would just leave their bandanas on after hitting the pipes... but in the summer WTF! its hot!!! why would u want to add extra fabric on ur neck!??!!??! it pisses me off!

LOL.. I have never seen bandanas?

I have a pair of spy goggles. I love them.. I haven't ever been too impressed with the roxy stuff.. I have a pair of board pants that are roxy and I do NOT stay dry. Maybe I will get some new ones this season!! I am pretty bummed though I haven't been in two years. My husband was in a car accident two years ago and broke his back and the doctor said NO SNOWBOARDING so I would feel pretty guilty if I was like peace out I'm going boarding and ha ha you have to stay home and watch TV!!

The season before he broke his back I even got these new badass burton boots that I've only used like twice.
Hopefully I'm breaking shit out this season!! Wahoo!!
PS Don't believe all the lies. Park City sucks. It's too expensive and we have awesome resorts that are just as good if not better.. and it's not ten bucks for a stupid hamburger for lunch.

Sorry just a little local shit for yah.

 

[sitasati]

Ok ..what's up with the "I heart Ny" shirts? Didn't that die down like in 1997? lol ...Mostly I've been noticing lots of older women of color wearing white eyeliner, purple lipstick....yes purple. Also, I don't know why guys and girls have this new craze for rainbow colored shoes with matching hoodies? Don't they know they look like clowns?? ...This summer I saw a lot of neon colors, mini denim skirts with leggings ..and loads of girls with black eyeliner.

 

[vica]

Im in the Bay Area (San Francisco, Oakland..)...

Whats in:
-ALLLL the high schoolers wear colorful printed hoodies and they have the neon kicks to go with it.
-Im startin to see guys with the triangle bandannas on their necks.. Now where the fux did that come from?!
-Every dude has the LRG Skully hoodie.. the sweatshirt where u can zip it all the way up to your head and look like a giant glow in the dark skeletor. AND wats weird is that you can buy the matching skull foot vans or dunks on ebay
-Guys AND girls have fohawks
-Monroe piercings... (i was doing highlights on one of my clients last week and she said that everyone in her middle school has theirs done, and they pierce it themselves!!!!) AHHH! i felt like taking mine off..its not that special anymore. =(
-All the high school girls have their "unique" "urban" style... "unique" as in.. they ALL have their brand new vans, chucks or dunks, with the printed hoodie, layered tops, skirts with leggings, boombox tote bag, cheap plastic 80's earrings.. these 90's bitches act like they came out of the 80's! LOL
-Everyone emphasizes the "We say 'HELLA' and fuck the biters" phrase.. hahha
-OH yes, and cant forget the bratty "im richer than you, therefore i can afford more shoes than you" attitude.
-Yes we are shoe crazy here.
-We also have the scene and prep ppl of course and yeah typical typical

 

[xbrookecorex]

Boston Suburbs

I feel like we're a lot more casual here than what I'm reading in the rest of your posts! Out in public, most women/moms look like they just rolled out of bed, no one flaunts nice clothes/hair/plastic surgery here EVER. Guys/Dads always look like they just came from a cookout.

NO ONE here wears makeup.

Here is what stereotypical college student looks like:
Girl
-FAKE TAN, year round
-No makeup
-Sweatpants with 'Pink' or your school name on the ass, rolled up at the top and cuffed at the bottom
-Flipflops (year round, even through snow)
-Northface jacket/Tshirt from your sports team/a walkathon you did
-Hair is either down and straight, or up and messy. Sidebangs. Brown hair.
-If you're wearing jewelry its a too-long necklace and fake Chanel earrings
-Vera Bradley bag, or totebag of your Sorority

I personally think all of the above is super ugly and girls are TRYING to look like theyre homeless, even though they spent a shit-ton of money on this stuff.

Guys
-T shirt that makes a reference to beer pong, big nuts, or the gun show
-Sweatpants/pajama pants
-Adidas sandals with socks, or Nikes
-Nothing special hair

Honest to god, everyone here looks like a slob. It's nice on days when I don't feel good and have to go to class, but my usual attire of jeans and a sweater with a matching headband and eyeshadow is considered 'why are you so dressed up?'. Anyone who comes to class with makeup on is immediately labeled a freshman who still thinks theyre the shit from highschool. Sucks.

Then there's the non-college attenders. A whole other breed. Skinny Jeans, Leggings, Ballet Flats, Long Tunic Tops, a million way too long beaded necklaces, really bad hair extensions clearly done by best friend who is in 'beauty school', ironically topped off with a Juicy bag. Don't forget the cigarette. Guys wearing their little sisters jeans, a youth small shirt with local hardcore band on it, out of control hair, shitty leg tatoo, Nike Dunks, Red Sox hat, ready to mosh. LOL @ non college style.

 

[BloodMittens]

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Originally Posted by xbrookecorex Here is what stereotypical college student looks like: Girl -FAKE TAN, year round -No makeup -Sweatpants with 'Pink' or your school name on the ass, rolled up at the top and cuffed at the bottom -Flipflops (year round, even through snow) -Northface jacket/Tshirt from your sports team/a walkathon you did -Hair is either down and straight, or up and messy. Sidebangs. Brown hair. -If you're wearing jewelry its a too-long necklace and fake Chanel earrings -Vera Bradley bag, or totebag of your Sorority

I hate when girls dress like this. Only difference here in Chicago is that most of the girls here who dress like that are 13 year old cheerleaders

 

[mzreyes]

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Originally Posted by vica Im in the Bay Area (San Francisco, Oakland..)... -Monroe piercings... (i was doing highlights on one of my clients last week and she said that everyone in her middle school has theirs done, and they pierce it themselves!!!!) AHHH! i felt like taking mine off..its not that special anymore. =(

wtf!!!! pierce themselves?!!! eww... I've heard of ppl piercing their own noses and belly buttons, but monroe?! you should never pierce anything yourself, but it seems worse because it's in your mouth. I have a monroe too, and I just started noticing how common it was. I was thinking of taking mine out as well, but when I went to get it changed, it was SO ugly without it! definitly noticable

 

[vica]

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Originally Posted by mzreyes wtf!!!! pierce themselves?!!! eww... I've heard of ppl piercing their own noses and belly buttons, but monroe?! you should never pierce anything yourself, but it seems worse because it's in your mouth. I have a monroe too, and I just started noticing how common it was. I was thinking of taking mine out as well, but when I went to get it changed, it was SO ugly without it! definitly noticable

YES! thank you! thats wat i thought too!! and i was shocked to hear all that from a little girl.. i took mine off to see how i would look without it but all i saw was this big ugly black dot on my upper lip. lol

 

[Carmelita]

The area I live in is one of the most ecomonically depressed areas in Canada, so pretty much whatever they bought from the Salvation Army five years ago or whatever they rolled out of the alleyway wearing after a week long crack binge. Also tons and tons of tattoos, I saw this lady riding a bike around not long ago who had easily 50 tattoos all over her, maybe ten of them were on her face. Lol. That's downtown for you, and in the more suburb areas; too much cheap makeup, too much tan and not nearly enough clothes. Yay Bford.

 

[Bernadette]

San Diego, CA.
We have a few things going on here. The emo thing is still raging but has morphed into a slightly more punk emo. Tight jeans, vans, variations of mo-hawks/punky chopped layered hair with crazy colors, facial piercings (especially on girls. The monroe is mandatory as well as the lip, sometimes double lip.)

The 70's thing is also big here and has been since last summer. Kind of vintage hobit if you ask me. Girls in drapey droopy frocks, guys in tight jeans with denim jackets and beards.

The mod look is also kind of being revived, very scenester-ish at the moment.

 

[GreekChick]

Montreal, Quebec (CA):
Everything (shoes, purses, jewelry), is from Aldo. Everything! It's all become so commercial.
With that said, the trends that just won't die are here the long necklaces with the big plastic fruits (apples, pineapples) hanging of of them; the skinny jeans, the leggings, the bright neon greens and reds that were trendy this summer; LONG hair! Everyone here looks like a brunette version of Jessica Simpson. Long wavy hair, etc; french manicures; french pedicures; fake everything...
The rest is too long to list, but if you go to www.aldoshoes.com you can pretty much get an idea of what the trends are here. The shoes copy what the designers are creating, but since it's made for the masses, everything is losing it's originality. I've fallen victim once or twice to the aldo jewelry, but picked myself up when I saw how 50 other women were wearing the exact same earrings as me.
And for weddings or formal occasions, all dresses are from BCBG. It's extremely difficult to create your own style here, especially when women look you up and down because you're not following the latest trend. You like Dita Von Teese's style? You're going to have to get over it because that is so fall 2006. Wedges? No, in August, people are already wearing the latest boots. It's funny, but at the same time, extremely pathetic. Women here do not create their own style.

 

[Dark_Phoenix]

Oslo, Norway

Designer jeans are really in style. Miss Sixty, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Energie are pretty hot. I live in the "artsy" area of Oslo (Grünerløkka) and other than high end denim, increadibly large handbags are in style. Fur is acceptable, I've never heard/seen anything nasty about it around the city. I think Oslo follows European trends really closely but things can be a season ahead (i.e. it's cold, we're wearing boots before they come out in Vogue next month).

 

[beth_w]

Manchester, UK here...

I think it varies so much. There's a lot of fake Victoria Beckham/Rock n Republic jeans about (you know, the ones with the crown). G-Star Raw is everywhere (which I despise) and so is Bench (which I also despise). I think Topshop pretty much owns all the students (we have lots and lots of students, I think 1 in every 4 people in manchester are at uni) but I think generally Manchester's pretty fashion-conscious, especially in the last few years when we've got almost every decent store here now (apart from a MAC stand-alone store! Grrr!!). Not very clear answer, but there you go. xx

 

[Hilly]

big clunky plastic jewelry...

 

[Tralalaa]

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Originally Posted by zombie_candy i'm from toronto, canada. adding to the tunic, patterned top and endless leggings, let me add the TNA BAGS from Aritzia (for those who don't know, Aritzia is quite an expensive store that has their own house gym wear TNA). ughhhhhhhhh......you can count 10 girls in 5 seconds while you're walking down the street. it doesn't matter where you are, downtown or the suburbs, EVERY freakin girl/woman is carrying a TNA bag. i honestly never liked them (i find them boring), even when they weren't so saturated into everyday life.

I live in Toronto as well. It's always a long top, leggings, and flats.
As well as TNA sweaters and bags. I HATE their bags! So many people have them since they're pretty cheap for big bags like those (If they can't get puma, lululemon, etc.) Every other girl has them in my school...and they're always in my way on the bus!

 

[gabi1129]

ed hardy everything. i love the shoes and the hats with the rhinestones on it. girls are wearing really bright colors, it hurts my eyes sometimes. and leggings/tights in crazy colors, really cute. and baby phat/rocawear fanny pack things. i think they're ugly. for guys its also been a lot of bright colored hoddies. it reminds me of pride excpet most of the guys are striaght lol.

 

[Doowop]

leggings, which most of the times doesnt look that good on the girls. Also layering of clothings, they wear a t shirt under a tank top or spaghetti.

 

[Azuresyren]

Essex, England - UK.

All the girls are still wearing leggings around here... Leggings, flats, and long tops. It's become so common I've decided to keep dormant in my wardrobe anything remotely resembling this trend just because it's so *everywhere* lately!

 

[ambidextrous]

Vienna, Austria: George, Gina & Lucy Bags (horrible Nylon and camping kinda hardware...), it was Longchamp Pliage Bags before (again horrible Nylon lol), skinny jeans on not so skinny people

 

[MissMcQueen]

Here are some trends I could never understand from Indiana USA

*sequined purses
*Sweet pants
*overalls
*NasCar everything
*coach bags
*Having Hawaiian lays hanging on the rear view mirror
*letting you roots grow out so long it's embarrassing
*Nike's
*The preppy Hillbilly look

I live in a small town where people never give up trends no matter how old they are. They think if it was popular once than it will always be. Come to Indiana and you will have stepped into a time warp of horrible fashion.

 

[j_absinthe]

I think NASCAR everything and Indiana go hand and hand.