Did somebod-d-d-dy c-c-c-c-call?
Posted on 08/21/2006 9:39:37 PM PDT by pissant
If you're planning to expand your fall wardrobe, somber colors and '80s rock 'n' roll apparel should top your list.
That's the style reflected at Colonial Mall-Decatur's fall fashion show Saturday. The mall's Teen Board strutted favorite cool-weather clothes from Sears, Parisian, Rainbow Fashions, Dillard's, Maurices, J.C. Penney, Pac Sun, Gap and Aeropostale.
"All of our stores have really cute and casual back-to-school items," said Tammy A. Burks, marketing director at Colonial Mall-Decatur.
Since the late '90s, most fashion trends have trickled down from adults to teenagers. Fall 2006 breaks this routine. Trends are starting with teenagers and trickling up to adults.
The show's hottest items for women included camouflage prints, cropped jackets, vests and belts cinched at the natural waist. Gray and black with a splash of red or bright pink dominated the color scheme. Mini skirts with leggings are expected to be fall's biggest trend.
Cropped pants and wedge shoes, popular in spring, are still huge for fall. Stiletto heels make a comeback, but in moderation.
In the men's department look for hoodies, polo-style shirts with upturned collars, burnt orange colors and unstructured denim and khaki. "Relaxed" is definitely the buzz word. Surprisingly, the season's favorite outerwear item channels the old Member's Only-style jackets from the 1980s. What was always considered a dorky windbreaker, is now thought of as hip and fashionable.
"The show featured really cute things," said Ashley Bolton of Decatur. "It made me want to start shopping for fall clothes immediately."
Another spectator enjoyed the show, as well.
"I'm going to buy leggings right now," said Beth Holland, also of Decatur. "I wasn't sure about them at first, but after seeing them in the show, I'm convinced."
While many of fall's trends aren't office appropriate, they're definitely weekend and classroom friendly. It might take women in their 30s and 40s a while to adjust to these new looks, but once they see their versatility, they're sure to raid their teen's closet.
I guess I'll just wait for the Nair girls hot pants resurgence.
The 80s, huh? Well...there we go again.
Where's Max Headroom when you need him?
Sweet! I get to peg my pants again.
I loved when girls did this thing to their hair. It look like they took a waffle iron to their hair and it made these waves in it. Anyone remember that?
Did somebod-d-d-dy c-c-c-c-call?
Where are the Lee Press-On-Nails?
I had the best jean jacket that had these draw string on the top and the bottom. Never saw another one like it. My buddy in the USAF borrowed it one night and forgot it in a bar.
Some lucky guy in Monterry CA is looking really cool to this day.
I'm with you, pal. As they used to say in the commercials, "Nothing beats a great pair of legs."
LOL. An icon of uselessness.
And the Members Only jackets and Jordache jeans?
Sounds like you were the lucky one in that tale. LOL
Holy poop on a shingle batman. That's what I call legs.
Pegged pants? I'm sorry to say this, but that was big in the early 60s as well (I was there!).
"Were you calling?"
That's evil. With that, I bid all goodnight.
I think you are probably right.I thought I was the bomb.
Being in the military it as hard to get your hair to be spikey. Even with tons of gel, it just didn't work.
Really? I guess its every 20 years everything comes back.
As long as thin leather ties that have piano keys don't come back.
I did like the thinner ties that Ronald Reagan wore.
When I was in Tokyo a couple of years ago,*all* the teenage girls were wearing knee socks.It looked to me as if it was a national uniform...although there's more to Japan than just the capital.
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