Word: fashionable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This is okay, since I'm living in the fashion time-warp better known as college. But while I sit impervious to style in my saddle oxfords and argyle socks, I am struck by a sinking suspicion that leads me to squirm over the static nature of my wardrobe. For unlike those of us born in the Carter administration, when the high school kids of the new millennium begin to strut their stuff, they won't be doing so in L.L. Bean flannel...
...kids who chill in carpenter jeans. They never owned jams or velcro sneakers. They've probably never even heard of Gotcha T-shirts or Zubaz pants. They may have worn plaid in elementary school, but that was when mom was doing the shopping. Now that they're becoming fashion conscious, it's all about the stripe...
When I was a kid, I'd always squirm when I thought I saw an adult trying to dress in the style of his children. There is a fine line between wanna-be fashion and no-clue fashion. Right now, that line is the stripe. Many people my age and older seem to pull off the racing stripe, but even they appear uncomfortable at times. The most conspicuous example of stripe-discomfort is found in the person who just can't quite believe that the black and white stripes lining his or her blue jeans are really supposed...
...young don't create fashion, but they confirm and legitimize it. Older people must work harder to inhabit the fashion of the young, and in a deliberate manner. My transition to the stripe will come, for it must, but only in good time...
...certain extent. In a few years striped clothing will become as passe as plaid clothing is now. Nevertheless, we must slowly begin to push our plaid to the back of the closet, earning our stripes slowly, so that we can prepare for the next shift in the winds of fashion...