Comments on: bashing the trendbashing http://bitsandbobbins.com/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/ bits and bobbins Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:53:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Painfully Hip » fashion revolution! trend takedown! power to personal style! http://bitsandbobbins.com/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/comment-page-1/#comment-14187 Painfully Hip » fashion revolution! trend takedown! power to personal style! Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:45:42 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/journal/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/#comment-14187 [...] while i’m at it, here are a few uber-inspiring reads on similar subjects. vive la revolution! “let’s, once and for all, bash the trendbashing.” by tricia royal for bits and bobbins “i’m not cool:” an argument for safety and finding your own personal style by Gemma Cartwright for Catwalk Queen [...] [...] while i’m at it, here are a few uber-inspiring reads on similar subjects. vive la revolution! “let’s, once and for all, bash the trendbashing.” by tricia royal for bits and bobbins “i’m not cool:” an argument for safety and finding your own personal style by Gemma Cartwright for Catwalk Queen [...]

]]> By: Kate http://bitsandbobbins.com/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/comment-page-1/#comment-13723 Kate Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:27:06 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/journal/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/#comment-13723 I think some trends deserve to be bashed. Oversized graphic tees seem to be huge in the UK now, after those house of holland tees were out a while ago, and with this Klaxons/new rave/neon scene, i saw a £15 topshop tee with SAVE THE RAVE on it sell for £62 on ebay. What is worse is they have one out with same graphic but saying "I started this trend". That trend makes me want to puke. I think some trends deserve to be bashed.
Oversized graphic tees seem to be huge in the UK now, after those house of holland tees were out a while ago, and with this Klaxons/new rave/neon scene, i saw a £15 topshop tee with SAVE THE RAVE on it sell for £62 on ebay. What is worse is they have one out with same graphic but saying “I started this trend”. That trend makes me want to puke.

]]> By: soon lee http://bitsandbobbins.com/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/comment-page-1/#comment-13280 soon lee Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:16:08 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/journal/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/#comment-13280 For every trendbasher, there's a genuine style lover. Takes all kinds to make the world. I vote for opinions over indifference anytime. http://soonlee.wordpress.com For every trendbasher, there’s a genuine style lover. Takes all kinds to make the world. I vote for opinions over indifference anytime. http://soonlee.wordpress.com

]]> By: jennine http://bitsandbobbins.com/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/comment-page-1/#comment-13248 jennine Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:55:14 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/journal/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/#comment-13248 oh dear... i can hardly muster the energy to trend bash, it's much more fun to be inspired. i think part of it, a large part is insecurity, fear, uncertainty, external feedback loop... insert self-help reason here_____ it may be just a part of learning how to cultivate style, loving a look, hating it, wanting to be accepted, rebeling. It takes time and maturity to sort that stuff out. Besides, after seeing a number of cycles come and go, it ceases to be relevant to the actual things that matter in life. I read in Vouge once, "Fashion is at best a lovely distraction." I can't remeber what it is at it's worst... but i'd probably say... a distraction. oh dear… i can hardly muster the energy to trend bash, it’s much more fun to be inspired. i think part of it, a large part is insecurity, fear, uncertainty, external feedback loop… insert self-help reason here_____
it may be just a part of learning how to cultivate style, loving a look, hating it, wanting to be accepted, rebeling. It takes time and maturity to sort that stuff out. Besides, after seeing a number of cycles come and go, it ceases to be relevant to the actual things that matter in life. I read in Vouge once, “Fashion is at best a lovely distraction.” I can’t remeber what it is at it’s worst… but i’d probably say… a distraction.

]]> By: Mary http://bitsandbobbins.com/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/comment-page-1/#comment-13226 Mary Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:40:35 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/journal/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/#comment-13226 I have a blog all about trend-bashing (http://ripittoshreds.blogspot.com/) because I hate everyone mindlessly wearing the popular thing. At the same time, I love trends, because they introduce new things I haven't even considered wearing. Trends should inspire people to personalize what's popular, or ignore them if they don't work, never to follow slavishly or wear blindly because they saw someone else do it. But we don't live in a cultural vacuum, and I don't think it's always possible to ignore the history of a trend when wearing it. Clothing is a signifier, and I personally can't take it totally out of context and judge it purely on its own, especially when the clothing is super-trendy. But if more people took fashion out of a current/not current thing, and just wore what was flattering and creative, we wouldn't have to take pains about whether out clothes are trendy or not. I have a blog all about trend-bashing (http://ripittoshreds.blogspot.com/) because I hate everyone mindlessly wearing the popular thing. At the same time, I love trends, because they introduce new things I haven’t even considered wearing. Trends should inspire people to personalize what’s popular, or ignore them if they don’t work, never to follow slavishly or wear blindly because they saw someone else do it.

But we don’t live in a cultural vacuum, and I don’t think it’s always possible to ignore the history of a trend when wearing it. Clothing is a signifier, and I personally can’t take it totally out of context and judge it purely on its own, especially when the clothing is super-trendy. But if more people took fashion out of a current/not current thing, and just wore what was flattering and creative, we wouldn’t have to take pains about whether out clothes are trendy or not.

]]> By: lebonbon http://bitsandbobbins.com/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/comment-page-1/#comment-13141 lebonbon Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:46:42 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/journal/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/#comment-13141 Im with you all the way sister! Im with you all the way sister!

]]> By: Susan http://bitsandbobbins.com/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/comment-page-1/#comment-13126 Susan Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:33:07 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/journal/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/#comment-13126 I am not a huge follower of trends, but rather, I just try to stick to what I feel good in and in stuff that at least makes me look neat, clean and like I paid attention to my appearance. I wasn't going to buy into the leggings/tunic thing because I was paying attention to the, "I wore it the first time around"-mantra (from the late 80s-ish, early 90s era, I think). Ah, but I like the look and it can be flattering. And I don't care that the major fashion houses introduced the look and I am buying into it. No big deal. It's only clothing and trends are made to be tried and discarded. But I do wish I had not succumbed to the Duran Duran-style haircuts in the 80s like everyone else. That was definitely not a good idea. Let's just say my brother's decision to call me Mushroom Head was not inaccurate. I am not a huge follower of trends, but rather, I just try to stick to what I feel good in and in stuff that at least makes me look neat, clean and like I paid attention to my appearance.

I wasn’t going to buy into the leggings/tunic thing because I was paying attention to the, “I wore it the first time around”-mantra (from the late 80s-ish, early 90s era, I think). Ah, but I like the look and it can be flattering. And I don’t care that the major fashion houses introduced the look and I am buying into it. No big deal. It’s only clothing and trends are made to be tried and discarded.

But I do wish I had not succumbed to the Duran Duran-style haircuts in the 80s like everyone else. That was definitely not a good idea. Let’s just say my brother’s decision to call me Mushroom Head was not inaccurate.

]]> By: sarah http://bitsandbobbins.com/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/comment-page-1/#comment-13109 sarah Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:48:28 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/journal/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/#comment-13109 - trends and trend bashers are both part of the same system, which for the most part, should not divert any large amount of energy or attention - fashion is used both to distinguish from and to identify with other people/groups/ideas. just as one person may need to be current and astute to achieve credibility, someone else may need to imitate and conform. it's not what people wear, it's why. - originality lies not in doing what has never been done, but in doing what you have to do. i feel that if you do what you really feel, no one can reproduce it. - trends and trend bashers are both part of the same system, which for the most part, should not divert any large amount of energy or attention
- fashion is used both to distinguish from and to identify with other people/groups/ideas. just as one person may need to be current and astute to achieve credibility, someone else may need to imitate and conform. it’s not what people wear, it’s why.
- originality lies not in doing what has never been done, but in doing what you have to do. i feel that if you do what you really feel, no one can reproduce it.

]]> By: Sonia Luna http://bitsandbobbins.com/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/comment-page-1/#comment-13101 Sonia Luna Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:40:02 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/journal/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/#comment-13101 I agree with the general sentiment here ... blindly following trends is just not for me, I haven't bought a fashion magazine is years, simply because I use to spend too much money on them and now I rather buy a second hand book which will last much longer and feed my brain! Obviously, as I don't live in a bubble, I get influenced by trends all the same,: a shape that is current, colours, but they have to suit my overall style and personality and I would never wear something just because it is "in fashion" right now, and if I love something and it goes "out of fashion" (hate that expression, by the way) then who cares, I'm certainly not gonna stop wearing it ... what's gonna happend: the fashion police will come get me? I agree with the general sentiment here … blindly following trends is just not for me, I haven’t bought a fashion magazine is years, simply because I use to spend too much money on them and now I rather buy a second hand book which will last much longer and feed my brain! Obviously, as I don’t live in a bubble, I get influenced by trends all the same,: a shape that is current, colours, but they have to suit my overall style and personality and I would never wear something just because it is “in fashion” right now, and if I love something and it goes “out of fashion” (hate that expression, by the way) then who cares, I’m certainly not gonna stop wearing it … what’s gonna happend: the fashion police will come get me?

]]> By: Melissa http://bitsandbobbins.com/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/comment-page-1/#comment-13099 Melissa Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:01:04 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/journal/2007/04/20/trendbashing-and-thrift-rehashing/#comment-13099 YES!! AMEN!! Totally with you!! love your site!! RIGHT ON!!! YES!! AMEN!! Totally with you!! love your site!! RIGHT ON!!!

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