[redwitch]

I kinda envy the younger generation. They just have to live down multi-colored hair, pants that don't fit and underwear showing.

My brother's generation has saddle shoes and penny loafers (okay, not too bad), cuffed jeans (ugh!), white t-shirts with a pack of smokes rolled into the arm, poodle skirts and crinolines (talk about a word long gone), rabbit collars, cardigans (another dead word, I think) worn backwards, pastel sweater sets. Peter Pan collars and Peter Pan shoes were kinda on the dorky side, too. And let's not forget spit curls, beehives with petals, two-tone ratted flips.

My generation started with those styles but quickly went to English mod -- micro minis, hot pants, go-go boots, babuskas tied behind the head (unless you were from Chicago apparently), 30s-style gangster pantsuits and, of course, madras anything. And let us not forget the extreme black eyeliner with the wings and white lipstick. Yep, true things of beauty if you were into the vampire in neon look. Then, the hippie era: paisleys, tie die, Nehru jackets, bellbottoms (okay, those were cool and looked good), headbands tied around the top of the skull, neon colors, flowers and peace signs. Makeup was painted faces, no shaving anything, bathing was optional.

We won't even discuss the disco era. That was just too painful, especially those leisure suits!

Today's gangsta style is slowly losing some popularity -- I've noticed that girl's jeans are a little higher and the boys can actually walk a full stride.

(Do you get the feeling I rather like the history of clothing and fashion?)