baronessekat | Somethings should never be allowed out of the zoo

When I got out of work today I didn't feel like going home. It was nice out. I wanted to do outside stuff, but fun and social.

I got in the car and the radio reminded me that today is Thursday. That means "Thursday in the Square" which is a free concert ever Thursday downtown in Lafayette Square. I call the Boo and see if she wants to go. Score. I go pick her up and after a 20 minute game of "how many blocks can we circle until we find a parking space" we go.

Today was Blues Traveller. We didn't stay long enough to see them but their warm up band was OK. Some group called "Carbon Leaf". Whatev.

What got me was the great dynamic of people there. You had your businessmen and women in their high end suits who obviously just left their plush downtown offices at Bank of America or some swank lawfirm in the Liberty Building. You had the high school kids who obviously had hopped the metrorail from the suburbs downtown for the free concert. And you had everyone in between.

It was the in-betweeners that got me.

Now, I never claimed to have much of a sence of fashion. But... I would like to think I have some small clue about how not to dress. Especially when trying to look "attractive" to what ever gender you are trying to catch the attention of.

Skin tight spaghetti strap tank tops, layered over painted on hot pants (these couldn't even be considered capri's. They were hawtpants.). When did dressing like a sausage become fashionable for anyone over a size 4? (And I'm still wondering how anyone can be a size 2 or less... don't these women have pelvic bones and rib cages?) When did wearing an oversized bandana tied around your chest constitute a shirt?

When did mixing neon plaids "jams" with vertically striped pastel polo shirts become "cool" (they werne't cool in the 80's they sure as heck ain't cool in the 00's). T-shirts over longer sleeved and hemmed shirts.... add a belt and call yourself a Norman.

Why can't fashion, attractiveness, glamour and comfort go hand in hand? Why is it wrong to dress for what makes you feel good and comfortable? How can you be comfortable if you are constantly having to pull your pants out of your ass crack because they are so tight they automatically give you a wedgie with every step?

If woman were meant to walk around on 3 inch platforms (not counting the heel), the devine would have made our feet bigger.

I just don't get it.

I might be able to now walk into just about any store and get stuff... but I see what's out right now for clothing and wonder... why? It's a good thing I have friends that threaten bodily harm if I wear certain types of clothes. It's too bad the rest of the world doesn't have more friends like that.