Given enough time, the old becomes vintage and the silly fashionable
Just as songs can take you back to an exact moment in time, clothing and accessory fads can help you relive the past, those great times and just how ridiculous you looked. It’s not the polo shirt, jeans and simple silver necklaces that stand out and make you reminisce about the good ‘ol days. Instead, it’s the trends that are enigmatic and fashionable in the nontraditional sense that provide the most fun and memories. Not long ago a friend posted a story link on my Facebook page about the “inexplainable fads” of our childhood. While I scrolled through the pictures, I realized that I had participated in most: jelly shoes, slap bracelets, chokers, the dreaded scrunchies, Hypercolor T-shirts, charm necklaces and stick-on earrings. All of these accessories reminded me of the latest craze among children, tweens, teens and some adults. The audacious rubber “bandz” in the shapes of nearly anything you can imagine are well on their way to being discussed on VH1’s “I love the 2000s.
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A few weeks ago I fell in love. However, my new “sole” mate has been cooped up in my house waiting for me to come through with the perfect outfit for our first night out together.
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Rarely a week goes by without getting into a friendly debate about fashion and why it’s important. And a month doesn’t go by without making one of my favorite purchases: Vogue magazine.
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Barbie’s fashion influence lives on
Earlier this week — March 9 to be exact — one of the world’s fashion greats celebrated her 51st birthday. We met this teenage fashion super model long before we knew Lesley “Twiggy” Hornby, Linda Evangelista, Kate Moss and Gisele Bundchen.
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New Jersey: there are 24-hour diners everywhere; it’s home to Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Atlantic City; it’s a short drive from New York City. But let’s not forget about the state’s oceanfront propert.
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Picture it: Snowshoe Mountain Resort, winter 2009, one person is trouncing through the snow and water puddles with ease while the rest of her party walks cautiously through snow and water trying to avoid getting wet feet.