Really?

[ithildin]

Am I just seriously out of touch with the modern world? I was waiting for my mum in the doctor's office lobby, and this girl exits the elevator with her mom and little sister. Typical emo teen sorta kid. She's wearing a way too large red t-shirt, that hangs down past her butt, but she has the front tucked in under her belt buckle -- a huge rhinestone belt buckle that says 'BITCH'. I was a little nonplussed to say the least. Is this a common fashion for teenage girls? Seriously?

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[mprice.livejournal.com]

That's nothing! Yesterday at the grocery store, Jim and I saw a girl with a wearing and outfit so typically EMO she could have had a neon sign following her around.

Black boots, black stockings - one leg's full of holes! - black tutu skirt (!!!) spandex long-sleeve shirt - on side with holes - blond hair with black streaks pulled up in a pony tail with a black scrunchy. I was too far away, but I'd guess she was also wearing black nail polish.

I was seriously tempted to pull out my camera and take a picture.

[mischief5.livejournal.com]

If you're out of touch with the real world, so am I. What kind of parent would allow a child to wear such a thing?

[mprice.livejournal.com]

You'd be surprised! I work in the children's department at JCPenney. Some of the outfits I see walking through my door...

[mischief5.livejournal.com]

I'm glad my little girl is almost 30. Sheesh...

[mprice.livejournal.com]

LOL! My baby will be 25 next month.

[mischief5.livejournal.com]

Grown children are so much easier, aren't they? *snerk*

Glad you like the icon; feel free to snag.

[dejla.livejournal.com]

Ooh, ooh. Can I snag too?

[mischief5.livejournal.com]

Well, of course! (I was thinking of you when I made it. *grin*)

[dejla.livejournal.com]

Ooh. You thought of me--how sweet! Thank you!

[lara-everlong.livejournal.com]

what really puzzles me are the teenage boys who wear what look like jeans from the little girl's department...

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

I like to think the teenie-bopper girls come by it honestly, by way of queens proud to bear the title. But I, too, have NO idea what was going through the mother's head.

I had a conversation today with a 13-year-old girl who came to me to ask for a 2nd opinion on her skirt.
Her - "Is this too short?"
Me - "It looks a little too short to me. If you sit down, I think it'll ride up more. Could get pretty embarrassing."
Her -"Yeah, Mrs. X and Ms. Y got on my case about it. But look, when I put my arms down, the skirt's past my finger-tips!"
Me - "That's true."
Three minutes later she sits on the heater, which blows her skirt up it ripples around her.
Her - "Mrs. H, look, how cool!"
Me - "I think you should either avoid the heater, or make sure your underwear matches the rest of the outfit."
Her - "ACK!" *retreats to seat, tugging her skirt down as far as it will go*

[dejla.livejournal.com]

Yeah, usually the underwear showing does get them. Although there are a number of them wearing low-riders and thongs, which gives a bizarre back view...

[pat-t.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Well, you know what they say. You know you're getting old when teenage fashions shock you. I remember how shocked parents were by the Beatles haircut and mini-skirts!

But the word BITCH on a belt is in really bad taste. It just shows how each generation has to find their own *shocking* fashion sense.

Try not to be too hard on mom. I suspect she looked at risk and benefits and realized it wasn't a fight they needed to have. They may have much deeper struggles she has to save the big fights for.

[conjured-1.livejournal.com]

*SNORT* I thank god everyday that my kids are relatively tame when it comes to clothes and styles. My youngest likes the goth thing, but lately she's been adding color.

It's totally one of those pick your battle things. But I think as a mom, I would have put my foot down about the Bitch buckle. We also need to teach our kids to respect themselves and labeling yourself a bitch isn't the way to do it.

[quicksilverjen.livejournal.com]

*shakes head*

I suppose I shall be getting an education this afternoon, when I take my niece shopping for prom shoes.

[dejla.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think the modern era has gone too far in some things myself.

[mamabeast.livejournal.com]

i have several emo tweens/teens in my life and trust me, the "fashion" is out of hand.

now i wear smartassed teeshirts and what have you that would hae clinton and stacy screaming in horror but i'm neat and i wear things that are place appropiate

[blade-and-roses.livejournal.com]

The teenagers are one thing -- we all rebel when we're younger in our own ways -- but when they offer the same clothes for adults, that's just insane. Which is all that's in shops here. And they wonder why we aren't buying clothes!

[dragon-within.livejournal.com]

The ex's teenage daughter used to wear shorts so short that "Daisy Duke's" would have been too long. :P

[trystan830.livejournal.com]

i know my kids wouldn't be allowed to wear that, that's for sure!

[ohinternets.livejournal.com]

I live in Miami, where it's common to see girls as young as 3 wearing platform shoes, tube tops and microminis with handprints on their asses, so really. Not shocked.

[jerel.livejournal.com]

I have seen belt buckles (and shirts) that say things like "drama queen" or "princess" and that's one thing. Bitch? That's a bit far.

[anya2112.livejournal.com]

I have a tee shirt that says Bitch ( Babe in Total Control of Herself) and I am proud to wear it in public.

As for just a belt buckle on a teenager, even I would have to draw the line. At least mine comes with a positive explanation!

Just sayin'

[jinxed-wood.livejournal.com]

Well, in Ireland the eighties is back with a weird combo of curehead and new romantic. It's very out here, with mad, dyed asymmetrical haircuts, lots of black and red, short skirts worn with leggings, eyeliner, big belts, lots of navel gazing and pouting... having been an eighties teenager myself, I'm getting major flashbacks! (Also, I must admit, mprice's description of that girl with the tutu and big boots sounds very like me in my late teens and early twenties, except my hair was fire engine red - a redhead dying her hair red, get it?

Hey, I was young and an art student - it was practically the uniform!

Having said that, I was never a big fan of four letter words on clothing; I always considered it trying too much :-P