Lifestyles of the poor and nameless

This week's throwback goes to "back in the day fashion".

I was in the supermarket looking at DVDs and I came across the movie "Flashdance". I think I might have seen it at some point, but I don't remember. The movie jacket featured a dancer wearing high heels, a leotard and an oversized sweatshirt that hung off one shoulder. You know, the ones with the neck hole so big that your shoulders peek out. She had a sweatband in her hair. Did you ever have a sweatshirt like that? Did you ever wear big ugly leg-warmers with your heels? Those leg warmers used to crack me up...just wear pants! Or get a long coat if you must, but why the leg warmers?

The '90s brought us a new horrendous fashion: clothing in colors for the color blind. I will admit, grudgingly, that I had Cross Colours clothing---and I fought my mom tooth and nail to get it. Yes, I owned a pair of lime green Levi's and I thought I was stylin' (don't tell anyone). I also had a bright purple pair of shorts, as well as some electric blue jeans. I happened to watch a scene from "Juice" last week and I could have died when I saw the stocky guy wearing a black and white striped turtle neck with some kind of red plaid jumper. Eeek. Please remind me why that ever looked good.

I see that the over-sized sweaters have made something like a comeback...at least they did at Old Navy and H&M last season. I hope that the crazy colors never come back. Maybe I'm weird, but I would like to see some '50s clothing come back. Hey, we've done everything else. Might be nice to see young men in cardigans and button down sweaters. I think I could do without the poodle skirts, saddle shoes and "bobby socks" though.