Fashion
Posted by: Char Wallah on 12 March 2011
In an ever changing world of fads and gimmicks, it is reassuring to know that some things are perennially cool. Vinyl replay is one of those; never have I regretted my vinyl collection.
What about the dark underside of fashion though?
I look back in horror at my teenage years when I used to wander around with a blonde "wedge" haircut, drainpipe jeans and parka. I had to "flick" my hair out of my left eye every two seconds.
For years, after I had a more sensible hair do, my head would still suddenly jerk to the side convulsively during a conversation; the phantom wedge lodged in my memory like a nervous tic or conditioned reflex.
And there were the slang words :
"wicked" ~ good.
"mega" ~ good.
"sound" ~ good.
"go for it" ~ do it.
"gripper" ~ a person born of parents not married to each other.
"old gripper" ~ see above.
"know what i mean" ~ ibid.
O.K.; maybe you weren't as stupid as me. Maybe you have always been a sharp dresser; although you may have enjoyed a trundle along the high street in your brand spanking new Sinclair C5?
Remember Soda Streams; what party would be complete without one? Along with Von Dankien's "Chariot of the Gods" on the coffee table and Edward De Bono's latest theories as major topic of discussion.
Use this thread to "fess up" your fashion disasters, or denounce your friends for their shell suits. "It's the latest thing, man", everyone is doing it.
What about the dark underside of fashion though?
I look back in horror at my teenage years when I used to wander around with a blonde "wedge" haircut, drainpipe jeans and parka. I had to "flick" my hair out of my left eye every two seconds.
For years, after I had a more sensible hair do, my head would still suddenly jerk to the side convulsively during a conversation; the phantom wedge lodged in my memory like a nervous tic or conditioned reflex.
And there were the slang words :
"wicked" ~ good.
"mega" ~ good.
"sound" ~ good.
"go for it" ~ do it.
"gripper" ~ a person born of parents not married to each other.
"old gripper" ~ see above.
"know what i mean" ~ ibid.
O.K.; maybe you weren't as stupid as me. Maybe you have always been a sharp dresser; although you may have enjoyed a trundle along the high street in your brand spanking new Sinclair C5?
Remember Soda Streams; what party would be complete without one? Along with Von Dankien's "Chariot of the Gods" on the coffee table and Edward De Bono's latest theories as major topic of discussion.
Use this thread to "fess up" your fashion disasters, or denounce your friends for their shell suits. "It's the latest thing, man", everyone is doing it.