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Remember the days when girls would leave the house and actually wear clothing that didn’t look like they slept in them? Yeah, I don’t either. —Sugar Sammy Sosa
This article appears in Feb 17-23, 2011.
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yeah but o.p., then we came to that thing called the 21st. century. where a skank, can actually be herself. and yeah, guys are just as bad too.
Maybe because you’re talking about “girls” not women. A woman will only leave the house in sweatpants to run an errand or go to the gym. A girl will wear them everywhere. Also when a girl does go out of her way to make herself pretty with clothes and makeup you guys call her ‘high maintenance”. WE CAN”T WIN EITHER WAY!!
I hear ya SSS.
The Equestrian Look is back I see. No horses, just the clothes.
http://site.irissinger.com/search-images/i…
Lolz, it’s just like the’ Biker Wear’, for the wannabes who don’t have a motorcycle.
SSS: I’m with you on this one, I miss the days when pajama pants belonged in a residential context only and when gym pants were worn at the gym.
RC: I respectfully disagree. I see “high maintenance” more as an attitude the lady has towards her significant other, not the personal pride she takes in her appearance.
Hugo: Nothing says “I’m a wild one” like a Harley-Davidson bumper sticker on your minivan.
“I give up. I can’t compete in normal society. I’m miserable, so I might as well be comfortable.” Jerry re George.
Normally I don’t really care what other people wear but this is one ‘trend’ I haate. I think it’s because all of the snobs at my jr high and high schools who would make fun of everyone, including me, would sport this shitty attire and were still considered supa hawt n kewl. I didn’t get it… it looked awful and it seemed like EVERYONE was doing it, it’s not like it was them trying to be unique or something. And then there was this one girl who was an uber bully to anyone who wasn’t in her posse, who would wear socks with sandals and all of her friends thought it was completely okay. But anytime anyone else wore something hideous like that, that wasn’t one of them, they were made fun of like “why is she wearing that?! She can’t pull it off because she’s not one of us!”. Bleh. Sooo glad to be away from that shit :).
C’mon, the unkempt look has been popular for years now. Did you just move to the city or what?
In the 90’s we had blue spiked hair, cargo pants and the like. Whatever happens from then on is perfectly okay.
BTW, the 90’s was beautiful.
The next fashion statement:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-…
Every bum in Halifax will want one!
if i went outside in what i sleep in i would be arrested.
“It’s more like a jacket that turns into a cheap coffin.”
Ha ha.
Cargo pants, ew.
I’ve been called high maintenance by complete strangers (drunk men) who only seen me walk by – not a word from my mouth. People stereotype on looks alone. Sorry. But I don’t think this bitch is about dressing up and not dressing up – I think it’s about the thousands of girls in the jogging pants and uggs, with the messy ponytail/bun/WTF on top of their head.
PS: Pyjama pants should never be worn past the end of your driveway. Especially when you are a grown adult!!
Apparently, this is the new fashion rage:
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/6AlbpOtA6zE/0.jpg
Don’t forget the short baby phat jacket with the matted fake fur around the hood, RC 😛
Aww nothing wrong with dressing nicely, RC — if they say you’re “high maintenance” then let them 🙂 Some people just look great no matter what they put on 🙂
You obviously don’t have to get up in the morning to stoke the fire, Anglo…brrrr.
…of course, if you have central hear and a hot partner, you’re dressed perfectly for stoking the fire ; )
You’re talking about rude drunks here, RC–their idea of high maintenance means they’d have to get a job.
..those body suit idiots are everywhere now
Good one TT-girl! I saw that too and wondered what happens when you gotta pee in the middle of the night. Hard to leave the tent when you are wearing it!
Ok no. I do this “trend”. Sweat pants, now are we talking those ballooning grey ones or fitted ones. I do fitted ones, and yes, I will tuck them into my shearling boots. I do this because I don’t want the pant bottoms to get wet. Contrary to popular belief I’d never sleep in my sweat pants, well at least not the ones I’d tuck into boot, that’s what pjs are for. It’s pjs I can’t e=understand being worn in public.
TTFN, at least the JakPak is useful for those rainy day concerts on the Commons or for the hunter/fisherman er person as long as it comes in orange.
Donk – what you call a jogging pant – is a yoga pant – often confused by many around the city with tights/leggings that should only be worn under dresses or very long shirts. Yoga pants are fine…but don’t dress them up – they are suppose to be for exercising – not everyday wear.
…also I have to say it…I’m sorry for all of you who wear them…but I’ve seen too many grown woman wearing animals hats….like the ones kids wear that look like monkeys and stuff. I seriously don’t understand why on earth they think that’s appropriate for their age.
“Again with the sweatpants?”
“What? I’m comfortable.”
“You know the message you’re sending out to the world with these sweatpants? You’re telling the world, ‘I give up. I can’t compete in normal society. I’m miserable, so I might as well be comfortable.'”
– Jerry and George, in “The Pilot”
Uh ohes, RC — I just changed into my lulus. I’m the only one left in the office and my entire body is pretty pissed off at me today so I figured I might as well wear comfortable pants. Jeans just weren’t cutting it today.
AND, just to add to the ensamble, I have a pair of dress flats on so i can flip my shoes off and sit comfily on my desk chair.
I’m not one bit ashamed, either 😉
The “yoga pants” I wear aren’t actually meant for exercising and are not marketed as such.
You wear a stretchy type pant Donk….if they are called a “yoga pant” then they were intended for yoga. Enjoy the comfort ability. I can’t wear jeans to work on Fridays and I have to dress up every day for work…heels and all.
Fuck semantics.
I’ve seen those body suits about, they’re called Morph suits. You can actually drink while wearing them!
They’re French Terry. I suppose you could do yoga/exercise in it but I wouldn’t dare, it would bulge. Whatever, just no pjs in public!!!
oh dear rc, high heels…i couldn’t swing that. those morph suits give me the heebies mel
Cranky – I believe… I beat you to that…
I LOVE THOSE BODYSUIT GUYS…
hell, these days, they’re more entertaining than the actual hockey game.
🙂
RC, feeling particularly hormonal today?
you seem to be very opinionated…
and I can say that because luckily I’m not within slapping distance. 😉
it’s a fact.. people are stupid and will wear crazy shit.
If people of walmart taught us anything….
yes you did snubiz, but it’s the bitch and that’s how it rolls^^
I’m crying at my desk for the third time today. 🙁 Just a little hormonal.
ah fack, sorry snubiz.
Anywho, white tight sweatpants are the worst.
and another thing- overweight girls who wear Lululemon pants or tights/leggings WITH T-SHIRTS (not dresses) in the hopes it will make them look smaller or maybe they can’t find jeans in their size..whatever the case..it ain’t working, honey. Step away from the Lulu’s..they may make SOME asses look amazing..but if you weigh 400 lbs, your ass is still going to look like over-packed cottage cheese.
I think I’m feeling a little hormonal today too. Hmph.
I remember girls in high school complaining about the size of their asses(80s). The asses are the same, but now college girls wear these grey sweatpants with their college name emblazoned across the cheeks.
Girls, if you want your ass to look nice, don’t wear lumpy sweatpants with a billboard across the ass cheeks. You’ve made your butt an advertising space(ugly one) for your school. Your asses are nice, treat them as such. (and I mean girls- women give a fuck about what they look like, and RC, you’re not high maintenance, you’re a woman, the guys who judge you deserve being ignored, period).
I agree with you, SSS. And pj pants at the movies drive me nuts too. Can you muster the frigging motivation to change out of yer sleepy-pants?
The LuluLemon pants made me tingle though. There’s a site of girls in yoga pants. I saw a legit yoga site complain about them. The majority of girls in those pants aren’t wearing them for yoga. They are the Pants of The Future(futurefuturefuture…) that make a butt look even better. Hard to improve on perfection, but those pants do it.
The week after I moved back to NS when my marriage failed I thanked the Flying Pesketti Monster for my new address by the Y on SPark. Nice latte and a pair of sunglasses, I could hang out here all freaking day.
Sorry to objectify your butts, ladies, but they *do* look quite yummy.
wheelie, me thinks I love the way you think. You’ve likely never seen my bum in yoga pants, but I still feel flattered! ha ha.
mmmmmm, female asses.
Put on your corsets and poofy dresses ladies, OP is a douchebag that demands it.
Ralmn,
I was a shy boy, devoid of game and confidence, when I was younger. I thought beauty was a specific and narrow thing.
I’m scarred up like a motherfucker, can’t walk, lost a leg. If I can be beautiful, someone with a little junk in her trunk(not saying *you* do) has nothing to worry about.
Variety is the spice of an awesome frigging life.
I bet yer can looks sweet in them pants, Ralmn.
Screeeeeeeeeeeee!
Dang! And I was gonna wear my yoga pants to work today!
hey snubiz, i’m sporting a dress, leggings, a vest with toggle buttons, a coat and work boots…and my hair looks funny. i am such a fashionista^^
LOL Flying Pesketti Monster. That’s *awesome*, wheelie 🙂
I wear lululemons for a couple of reasons (and yes, currently I do have some junk in my trunk — but I’m working on it):
1. I wear them to the gym (yes, I’m currently overweight and *shock* I DO go to the gym — 3 days on, 1 day off, repeat…imagine that!);
2. They’re comfortable as fuck (comfier than any gym pant I’ve ever worn and given my disdain for pants in general, this is a nice compromise);
3. They’re durable: I have other gym pants that just don’t take the wear and tear like my lulus have; and
4. I work all fucking week — I get my ass up at 5am and dress up for work in uncomfortable pantyhose and skirts and heels and dress pants and fuck anyone who thinks I’m not going to be comfortable on my days off. Do I wear them out when I go out with friends? Usually not, but if I’m going to run some errands on a Saturday or spending a couple hours at starbucks reading or in the summer spending a nice day wandering downtown I’ll probably have a pair of lulus on. Unless it’s summer and I throw a cute little sundress on ^_^
…and they make legs look great too, along with [most] asses.
http://girlsinyogapants.com/
I’d much rather see a female in jogging pants or even the pants that look like sleepware, than see a size 12 lady in a size 4 pair of spandex, or lulu’s -ssssshhhhuuuuddddddddddddeeeerrrrr-
Funny size 12 isn’t even large. I’m kinda against LuLu. Since they did that naked competition and the drugs clear your mind things … not so much into them anymore.
Sounds good and comfy to me PG! Speaking of funny hair, I currently have a haircut that I would say is in the top worst 5 I’ve ever had! Sigh.
now see that’s the first mistake. just do what i do…don’t cut your hair. the shop is like a meat locker so the hair helps http://www.addamsfamily.com/addams/itt-01.…
I used to do a good Cousin It when I had long long hair!
I compromise and wear heels with my sweat pants.
Today was a yoga pants kind of day and I was thinking about this thread! Yoga pants – also excellent for skating on the oval. How was the doggie show painiey?
How the hell did I manage to do THAT? Geez, apparently I’m not good at this on the weekends. Work day only from now on. 🙂
But It’s much easier to fuck them.
I could not agree more with PK! 100%! If any one thinks that I’m going to put on real pants when I’m just lounging around and running errands, you are sadly mistaken! After wearing uncomfortable pants, pantyhose and heels for 5 days, I’m going to wear lulus on the weekend if I feel like it, and I couldn’t care less if this bothers you. If you don’t like what you see, turn the hell around and look the other way!
PS – All that being said, I do not agree with wearing PJs in public, those aren’t pants, they are sleepwear, they are sold in the sleepwear section in stores and you sleep in them. If you don’t give a crap, at least have the decency to put on a pair of sweats rather than show off to the world that you sleep in Hello Kitty PJs…
I agree with the no pj pants in public…on Saturday i saw this chick on the bus wearing pj pants and HIGH HEELED HOOKER BOOTS.
I just can’t wait until summer when I can finally start wearing skirts, sun dresses and sandals again 🙂 I’m already acquiring some cute little sundresses now! Sooooo comfy!
Ohhhhhhh Sundress season >: ) Cannot come soon enough. Giggity.
I bought a little strapless little number last fall I’m itching to wear — just waiting for a 20+ day 🙂
That’s just gross (PJs with hooker boots..).
As for sundress, I love wearing dresses (minus the pantyhose part), they are much comfier than pants any day! I can’t wait to go shopping for a few new ones and sandals. That thought alone almost makes my bad mood disappear : )
I refuse to wear pantyhose in the summer. I wear tights (the panty hose tight-type not the stretchy pants type) allll fucking winter, so I sure as hell am not wearing that shit in the summer. Thankfully, my office isn’t super super formal so I can get away with it. And as long as my toes are painted (I’m a stickler for perfectly pedicured toes/feet) I can wear cute little sandals 🙂
I just did my toes last night and I’m sad I can’t show them off 🙁
I did that Saturday and picked the summery-est hue to get rid of this winter funk I’ve been in.. So far no luck hahah
I watch the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes…
i will not wear hosiery…i like the gap between feet and legs
Ever watched the girls dressed up like it’s a wedding at Taboo getting out of a limo? They all look smokin and then you watch the dirtbag scumbag guy who gets out of the limo last. WTF? Girls shouldn’t wear sweatpants outsi the house? Maybe us guys should fucking pull our pants up and try to look half decent once in awhile.
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