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.
Any bets as to Joe Bob being bald now? Hehe..I like the names...especially the non-gender specific Junior.
I miss 501s. If a button came undone it might not be noticed. Unlike if the zipper slips. LOL
Absolutely - it's still the Revereah Beach look!
"In the men's department look for hoodies"
That's where I usually am! Always shopping....
They already are, along with a *lot* of other 80's vehicles. I recently sold my 85 300ZX Turbo to a collector for an absurd amount of money.
That tells me a lot about where this country is going - the 90's are getting consigned to the ash heap of history, just like the 70's are. People are starting to realize just how good the 80's were and just how thoroughly the liberals wrecked it in the 90's.
"In the men's department look for hoodies, polo-style shirts with upturned collars, burnt orange colors and unstructured denim and khaki."
So in other words, men's fashion is to still look like a slob.
Ah yes...the 80's. Second only to the 70's as the greatest music decade.
Remember all these "etc's"?
Cheap Trick, Soft Cell, Pure Prairie League, Dan Fogelberg, Robert Palmer, Huey Lewis and The News, Bob Seger, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, The Cars, Dexy's Midnight Runners, A-Ha, Billy Squier, Littel River Band, Living Color, Wang Chung, The Fixx, INXS, Tears for Fears, Molly Hatchet, Motley Crue, Sniff and The Tears, Thomas Dolby, Warren Zevon, Survivor, The Bangles, Pat Benetar, Ian Drury, Extreme, Chaka Khan, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Modern English, Level 42.....I could go on all day.
Drummer Roxie Charmichael on the far left.....Hubba, hubba.
Thanks for posting that. =;^p
My gawd, you Revere Beach babes were the hottest.
Sittin' on the wall, sippin' a PBR tall. Yikes. What memories.
And, when i was stationed in Boston, they were a nice cheap, and nearly sure-thing kind of date, unless they expected a real motel room.
On KFOG-FM San Francisco, at 10:00 am every morning M-F, there is a show called "Ten at Ten". Dave Morey (a great DJ despite being a bleeding-heart liberal gay guy) plays ten songs from one year. When the music is from a year between 1980-85, I sometimes forego Rush for 40 minutes to listen.
Leggings keep you warm! I love 'em!
;-)
Buddy, there's a frigging PULSAR CLUB here in Dallas.
The last-gen Pulsars with the modular-exterior-by-frogdesign (that's a real firm) actually command a premium, and if you can find the "Sportbak" module that converted it from a hatchback into a wagon, you can pretty much get whatever you ask for it.
Yeah, they're actually getting popular, along with the 80's Chrysler turbo cars. I mean, even the Chrysler Starion has a cult following now. On the other hand, the vast majority of 80's GM and Ford products are still worth what they always were: Nothing.
Just how many men are out looking for you? ;-)
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