<p>That would be kind of hard considering they are at least a generation or more removed from my generation and were mostly discredited by various actions ranging from what we’d now consider horrid stances on Civil Rights/Segregation, Vietnam War, Kent State Massacre, a more authoritarian mentality, and greater allowances for police brutality against folks not only for the crime of being of a different race/socio-economic class…but also merely for being young. </p>
<p>Moreover, considering the closest current equivalent are currently being lampooned widely on political satirists…and rightly so, I’m not so eager to embark on a Ship of Fools, thank you very much. :)</p>
You are missing the point. Those people who you viewed as the establishment, they have moved on. They are in there 70-90, they are more worried about their retirement than about what people are wearing or doing. We (40-60 yr olds) are the establishment that our kids are suppose to rebel against now. YOU seem to be stuck in your 20s and not able to move on.</p>
<p>Some of us have lived through enough fashion trends to be able look back at our old photos of big hair, giant bellbottoms and ruffle-front tuxedoes and think, “Man, that was an ugly fashion era.” I think the sloppy sweats era will go down in fashion as one of the ugliest, too.</p>
<p>The popularity of stretch “comfort” fabrics, I believe, is related to the rising incidence of obesity. Wearing yoga pants, sweats, stretch pants, etc. can make it easier to deny dealing with a weight problem.</p>
<p>My husband has a 10-year-old tuxedo that he tries on once a year as a reality check. That’s what tailored clothes can do for you.</p>
<p>Before anyone jumps down my throat, I am not suggesting that absolutely everyone who wears sweats is in denial about weight gain.</p>
<p>What I miss about fashion from the 50s and earlier is not the formality but the presence of tailoring. Whether you’re fat or thin, everyone looks better in fitted clothes. They can construct an illusion of a good physique. Flowy, elastic-waisted stuff makes heavy people look like shapeless blobs. You can be bigger than ideal and still look good in tailored clothes.</p>
<p>As someone with some middle-aged spread, I find myself wearing those no-iron blouses a lot these days, instead of T shirts. They are as easy to wash and wear, and I feel better in them. The person who invented no-iron shirts deserves a Nobel prize.</p>
<p>Well, the stretch accommodates a lot of extra pounds before you actually have to go shopping for bigger new clothes. If your clothes don’t have “give,” you really feel those extra 5 or 10 pounds. People are better judges of how they feel in their clothes than how they look in them.</p>
<p>I always look in a full length mirror front and back before I go out, I agree that heavier weight clothes like woven shirts and jeans, hide a lot more than knits do.</p>
<p>Let students be students, sweats are most appropriate for a college campus that values learning. Corporate America has it all wrong in the attire department- so superficial. College IS a job, one where almost anything goes. Students should enjoy this phase of life and hopefully not get caught in the ridiculousness of “business attire” or other fashion that dictates bad for you shoes and conformity. I have noticed good changes over the decades in what is considered appropriate wear outside of college- much more relaxed/casual. I pity/feel sorry for those of you who feel the need to buy and wear fashionable clothing et al. I suppose you attracted a mate with the same sensibilities (or lack of sense). It is your problem. GO Bethivet! We know our priorities. Scrubs for the OR, with a coat over them to see patients… in my work world. I suspect those with the most education care less than those with some education who are trying to prove they are SOMEBODY by the clothes they choose. </p>
<p>Fortunately all of this discussion is wasted on college students- they couldn’t care less what some parent thinks.</p>
<p>Ok–the “stretch” waist jeans–I love them, why, because I have a square build. Even back in my teen days when I was 100 lbs dripping wet, I had to buy pants a size bigger because I didn’t have an hourglass shape, so they were droopy in the rear and the thighs. Now, I can buy pants that fit in the rear and thighs and the waist :D. I used to buy shorts in the boys department when I was in high school (thankfully the preppy look was in then) because they are more of a square fit.</p>
<p>Yoga pants do NOT hide “weight” issues–too thin or too fat. Like someone said when leggings were stylish, just because they go all the way up doesn’t mean they fit :D.</p>
I think most of them do, but it doesn’t mean they all enjoy wearing sweats or see other students in PJs either. If that’s the only way for students to enjoy life or able to learn that’s rather sad.</p>
I won’t wear elastic waist jeans for that reason.</p>