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May 29, 2005

A "There I Was" Story (UPDATED) « Humor »

There I was, in Circuit City, scoping out the hot Asian chicks buying a universal remote. I saw a girl in the proper modern fashion, i.e. tight, low-rise jeans and a shirt that revealed her midriff*. Okay, sure, I saw lots of girls dressed like that; it is the proper modern fashion, after all.

But this girl squatted down to look more closely at a TV or something. Her left hand went, almost automatically, to a spot right where the Good Lord split her. Apparently she didn't want anyone confusing her with a plumber or appliance repairman.

A word of warning to all you females out there: if you decide to wear the crap that passes as fashion these days, you risk showing your other cleavage to the world.

I can't wait until this style passes. Whatever other fashion problems the 80s had (garish, multi-colored eye make-up, anyone?), the jeans were usually flattering, at least.

UPDATE: Russ has an amusing take on his site. Sure, it's in the comments, but it's pretty funny so I want to highlight it.

*Is there a lowriff and highriff, too?

Posted by Nathan at 11:38 AM | Comments (4)
Comments

I once saw a gal wearing low-rise jeans and a thong. Her top came down far enough to cover the thong's waistband, so from a distance it looked like she had a colored stripe running up her spine.

Say what you like about the ridiculousness of the fashion, it is eye-catching.

Posted by: McGehee at May 30, 2005 05:52 AM

Come back to China Nathan.

You won't be disappointed.

:-)

Posted by: Gordon at May 30, 2005 09:33 AM

Heh. Reminds me of my own fashion observations.

Posted by: Russ at May 30, 2005 10:23 AM

I guess the thing that leaves me the most perplexed is that the percentage of girls who look good in this sort of clothing is so low as to be nearly ridiculous. Showing that much skin is unforgiving in the first place, but then the low-rise jeans just push any extraneous fat upward, making the "love handles" bigger.
And it breaks up the lines, if'n you understand what I mean.

I'm not sure which I find more distressing: that girls these days actually think they look dressed like that, or that boys these days think girls actually look good dressed like that.

Posted by: Nathan at May 30, 2005 11:12 AM