Being Trendy Must Endy

I consider this a social responsibility issue, though others might beg to differ. But. God, I hate trends. Social trends. Cultural trends. Even counterculture trends. Trends of all kinds, I hate: but especially fashion trends. Because to me, they never look like anything anyone likes: people who wear them just like being told they’re wearing something safe that is sanctioned by the social police. So they know they fit in. They are wearing the uniform the culture is currently condoning. But I’m not. Legwarmers will always look stupid to me. Skinny jeans look unflattering 75% of the time. Trucker hats are stupid. Occasionally along the way, a functional or actually nice-looking piece becomes trendy, and sometimes that’s even worse. Because then the trendy jerks hijack a style I like, so I can’t wear it until it becomes untrendy again. That’s the social responsibility humor of irony at work right there, eh? This happened with oversized sunglasses for me. I’ve been wearing big sunglasses since I started buying my own, because they provide more sun protection and suit my face. Plus I like to hide my little introverted self as much as possible behind them. So when all the stupid little rich, famous girls started wearing them and everyone in our culture followed suit, I was bummed. I laid low with some small aviators as much as possible. Thank god they’re now wearing those stupid colored Ray-bans™ from the 80s again, looking as stupid as ever. So what fashion trends have you hated on? NOTE: you can tell this was made several years ago by A, the trends I talk about and B, the BLONDE HAIR. Which I immediately dyed back when suddenly everyone was going blonde.