fashion for idiots

The biggest problem with fashion right now (besides its eternal problems of espousing styles that no one save for skinny 14-year-old girls looks good in and promoting sickening conformity and twisted ideals of beauty) is that they're trying really, really hard this season to foist upon us the worst item of clothing ever. I mean, of course, the gaucho pant:



(If you should take momentary leave of your senses and wish to buy any of these hideous vestments, I nicked these pictures from Nordstrom and Urban Outfitters.)

If these aren't the ugliest things the fashion industry has ever tried to get us to wear, I'm not sure what would be. Not only are they awful from a practical design perspective (they're not casual enough to replace shorts, but they're not formal enough to replace a skirt or proper pants in the workplace - they're being released as a fall/winter item, but they expose far too much skin to be sensible in cold weather), it's literally impossible for anyone, anywhere, of any age, ethnicity, or body type to avoid looking ridiculous in them. You could have the most amazing legs on the planet, but in those monstrosities, no one would ever know. The style is unattractive enough on skinny girls, but, as with most of the wretched crap the fashion industry churns out, it's extra-unflattering on anyone larger than a size 2:



I cannot fathom how anyone could think these ludicrous garments are a good idea, and I continue to be amazed at how many of the dumber-than-a-box-of-rocks bimbos sorority girls on the SU campus are actually willing to put these things on their bodies and go out in public.

Clearly, though, fashion people are not always the brightest among us. Take, for instance, the item description of a short wrap top in the Alloy catalogue I received today: "Item CA3F7115 Cropped Surplus" (p. 57 - emphasis mine). Too bad they meant "surplice." Further proof that spellcheck can't help you if you're stupid.