Styles

Why is it that we all think that the way that we dress is so cool when we’re young, but years later, looking at those old pictures we realize that our fashion sense was not what we thought it was. Later generations look at those same pictures and chuckle quietly to the themselves (or sometimes loudly and in public) convinced that their parents and grandparents didn’t know how to dress, but that they do. And the great thing is that some styles spring back to life, even after e thought that the stake through the heart had done its job. For instance, when did the 70’s Greg Brady boys’ hairstyle come back into vogue? You know, the big mop of hair that looks like the kid has been wearing a too-tight hat on top of it. And afros! Who would have suspected that big afros would make a comeback? With picks stuck in them? And what about the girls clothing where the sleeves are cut long enough to actually cover the hands; did that fad go away, or is it still “in style”? I know that the layered look, with the inside layer longer than the one on top of it, I still see that every day. Tell me that those styles aren’t going to get laughed at during a 30th reunion in 2038. But one thing is common to every generation’s clothing choices: most people will follow the herd, and express their individuality by being like everybody else.