Seniors, what fashion trends could a senior never have imagined that are here today?

The facial piercings; nose, tongue, eyebrows.

Remember when we saw these in National Geographic and thought it was strictly a barbaric thing?

Not to mention the piercings that we can't see.

Can you imagine coming across a nice looking young man 100 years ago with 12 holes punched in his face with jewellry hanging from them?

What in the world would the pioneers have thought?

Completely agree about the ripped and torn jeans. Exactly how is that fashion? And, as you say, why buy them when it would be so easy to create the look by ripping up an old pair you already have.

I didn't think bikinis could get any smaller, but they have. It's OK for the whole rear end to show as long as you have a strap that hides the crack. See this on TV all the time. Why is only the crack considered offensive? Women can also wear things cut so low their breasts are completely exposed - except for the nipples. That would be considered offensive also.

I think the thong is something I never could of imagined anyone wearing, at home or at the beach.

i wounder what people can afford to buy a $3,000 coat for anyone in their family, let alone growing kids.

My grandfather used to send away to Germany to buy us 3 grand daughter nice winter coats back in the 1950's.

Of course over the years I as the youngest got to wear all of them.

I love thrift shops lately.

i never thought I would ever buy anything to wear in one after going throguh my second hand store craze as a teen but with the economy so bad and funds tight, I have actually found a few nice items lately at the Goodwill stores.

It's worth the searching as the prices are great on their senior discount days.

The first style that comes to mind, are the shirts that look shrunk showing their midriffs and

stomachs. Someone must have been seen wearing a top that did shrink, and another teen

thought it looked cool and different.

But what about the too long shirts that hang well below a vest or jacket? Those are also a

bit too much. No tucked in shirts anymore? What happened to neat and tidy? I'm all for returning

to the well kept styles and the clean look that went with it. If people dress to such extremes,,

it looks like they don't respect themselves and we need a return to those days for everyone

to feel better about themselves again.

That's right Patti, I never thought those scruffy looking jeans would last long and those that drop down exposing a vast amount of the nether regions.

I don't know is it an age thing do you think as I really don't see the fashion or attraction in that.

The cost is ridiculous, I agree just cut up an old pair and there you have it the personal designer look !!

A trend from 2000, was the strange one of women wearing full slips over their clothes. An example of this is from the tv series "Monarch of The Glen". Katrina, played by Lorraine Pilkington, was often seen wearing this type of underwear over her clothes. This was a fad here in the U.S.A. about the same time. I was happy to see this one go away.

The boys or men wearing their pants so low that the crotch is at their knees, exposing their boxer shorts and then exposing their BVD's under their boxers. Then, there's the girls trying to do the same thing, zippers open exposing their underwear. I think to myself, why even bother putting on pants?This trend comes from the wanna-be gangster kids and it's just repulsive to me

I saw a young father waiting for his small child to get out of school, standing there with his pants waist completely at the bottom of his boxer shorts. It made me sick, to see all these small children around him and it's just the norm. In my day it would have been indecent exposure and he would have been taken to jail. Yeah, everything is going to he(_(_ in a handbag.

I think the most ridiculous clothing product out now is the "Booty Pops". Underwear with padding in the back for those girls who what a bigger butt.

Saggers almost wearing jeans.

Is this a campaign to show off the printed waistband?

My next door neighbour keeps score. The other day she

spotted three Calvins, two Aussiebums and one pair of 2xist.

Handkerchief dresses look somewhat odd to me, girls/women

wearing these things that looked ripped around the edges.

Thongs seem weird too, I only notice them when women bend over,

but they look Yukky. My Grandmother would not have approved!

I think we had the strangest combination in the 70's with mini skirts worn under maxi coats. Sure needed those long coats with the skimpy skirts we wore. They do have pretty dresses these days. For a long time you couldn't find a decent dress but seem to have remedied that.

About ripped or faded jeans ... I've always felt that if the wearer (or wearer's parents) could only afford jeans in that condition, they would be embarrassed to wear them. You rarely see them paired with scuffy shoes with flappy soles or soles lined with newspaper

A current fashion trend that I find unattractive ... a skin tight T-shirt advertising a 'baby bump' at a very advanced stage ... or at any stage really. I think skin tight clothing should be restricted to hosiery, gloves, hats and swimwear.