tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post5117784777664394684..comments2024-03-08T21:26:51.950+08:00Comments on A geriatric grandmother: MONDAY MURMURINGSMimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-20566525479257981872014-04-08T18:34:55.610+08:002014-04-08T18:34:55.610+08:00Much food for thought in your comments which is al...Much food for thought in your comments which is always good.<br />It's definitely the money hungry proprietors of stores that push constant fashion changes so those that want to keep up with the Joneses will spend more money.<br />I am not surprised you didn't ask further about the way your brother preferred to wear his pants. Not perhaps for we mere females to understand?Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-24718435594810050912014-04-08T18:30:39.722+08:002014-04-08T18:30:39.722+08:00More's the pity Buttons. People today seem to...More's the pity Buttons. People today seem to follow fashion faithfully whatever the trend and I can't say I think much of some of today's styles.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-61257110759356261922014-04-07T19:14:03.570+08:002014-04-07T19:14:03.570+08:00Oh I love a well fitting pant with a crease but ne...Oh I love a well fitting pant with a crease but never see that very much anymore. Hug BButtons Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029439906543077861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-10397329141347707872014-04-07T18:11:14.838+08:002014-04-07T18:11:14.838+08:00Hari OM
EC was on the money - in general historian...Hari OM<br />EC was on the money - in general historians will tell you that fashion reflects an image of the society mores; a classic example of this is the massive shoulder pads of the 1980s, demonstrating "power"... an echo of similar 'square' shaped fashion from Tudor and Elizabethan times. Then, fashion was driven by the royal court; now it is driven by celebrity and money-hungry fashion stores determined to fit the world into 'one size'.<br /><br />For suit pants the excess leg-length does look like they just haven't bothered to get proper measurement. However I must say that the other day I saw a fellow in 'trews' fitted as you mention (to laces) and I found myself looking because they did seem too short to this modern eye! Think there must be a happy medium. I noted once that my brother made a thing about his pants having to 'brush the floor' at the heel; this (apparently) allowed for 'lift' but also prevented 'drift'. <br /><br />I didn't ask further... YAM xx<br />Yamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-20807672355420491092014-04-07T18:04:53.077+08:002014-04-07T18:04:53.077+08:00Perhaps by putting more fabric into the trousers t...Perhaps by putting more fabric into the trousers they can charge a higher price? <br />I think women have the advantage over men if they are big. We can wear looser fitting clothing whereas men seem to have to wear more fitted shirts etc which shows their belly bulge much more and we have pants with elastic waists which stay up whereas they either rely on braces (which Phil doesn't like) or you see their trousers droop below their belly bulge which also look awful. My first hubby's 4 uncles were all like that. We used to say "it isn't the beer it's the bulge!" whatever that meant.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-68522512067342311742014-04-07T18:01:13.692+08:002014-04-07T18:01:13.692+08:00Yes I am certainly with you on that one and I feel...Yes I am certainly with you on that one and I feel many young men in particular do it on purpose, and sometimes more than underwear unfortunately. Yuk!!Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-43186809850501638882014-04-07T14:44:24.203+08:002014-04-07T14:44:24.203+08:00I accept it as the current fashion, but it does lo...I accept it as the current fashion, but it does look sloppy, as if the wearer doesn't care. I think though, that cuffs just touching the shoelaces is a little too short. I'd like to see them an inch longer, but if the pants are narrow, that would look silly. <br />What's worse is the current baggy fashion of wearing pants buckled (or not) below the buttocks or halfway, so the crotch is dragging around the knees. The young men wearing these cannot walk without holding onto their pants in case they drop right down. So, So, STUPID!!!Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-42527547055037001192014-04-07T13:46:25.907+08:002014-04-07T13:46:25.907+08:00I am not a fan - but it is trousers which hang so ...I am not a fan - but it is trousers which hang so low on the behind that underwear is on display which really irk me. Really, really irk me.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-42623265261018108542014-04-07T12:51:43.758+08:002014-04-07T12:51:43.758+08:00Delores I think you've summed it up exceptiona...Delores I think you've summed it up exceptionally well. Society is obviously going backward rather than progressing. Too many minds focused on technology these days and very little else pehaps?Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-65649796409560747192014-04-07T10:17:21.746+08:002014-04-07T10:17:21.746+08:00Pants that hang half way to the knees with underwe...Pants that hang half way to the knees with underwear showing, rips in the legs, bunched up over the shoes...just generally sloppy looking. Shirts hanging out and half done up...just more sloppiness. I think this sloppiness in appearance is a reflection of society as a whole...sloppy thinking, sloppy behaviour ... it has to show up on the outside too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com