The Budget Fashionista

So I work in a shoe store inside a mall. So basically I stand around and people watch in btwn customers. I can honestly say my biggest pet peeve is the super short denim mini skirt… That everyone has to wear. I saw one girl who could be no more than maybe 14 wearing a skirt so short that her butt showed, topping it off with a spaghetti strap tank top that showed the top part of her bra. I am 25 and I wondered why her mother let her out of the house like that. Also I don't know why people think it is acceptable to wear pj's in public. Spongebob on a grown woman in a mall. Not Cute. I think I hate everything supershort, super low rise, super tight.... Am I just getting old?!

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So I work in a shoe store inside a mall. So basically I stand around and people watch in btwn customers. I can honestly say my biggest pet peeve is the super short denim mini skirt… That everyone has to wear. I saw one girl who could be no more than maybe 14 wearing a skirt so short that her butt showed, topping it off with a spaghetti strap tank top that showed the top part of her bra. I am 25 and I wondered why her mother let her out of the house like that. Also I don't know why people think it is acceptable to wear pj's in public. Spongebob on a grown woman in a mall. Not Cute. I think I hate everything supershort, super low rise, super tight.... Am I just getting old?!

NO you're not getting old, you just have class. Someitalian girl, you have kept me in stitches for a few days now. LOL!!!

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So I work in a shoe store inside a mall. So basically I stand around and people watch in btwn customers. I can honestly say my biggest pet peeve is the super short denim mini skirt… That everyone has to wear. I saw one girl who could be no more than maybe 14 wearing a skirt so short that her butt showed, topping it off with a spaghetti strap tank top that showed the top part of her bra. I am 25 and I wondered why her mother let her out of the house like that. Also I don't know why people think it is acceptable to wear pj's in public. Spongebob on a grown woman in a mall. Not Cute. I think I hate everything supershort, super low rise, super tight.... Am I just getting old?!

You're not turning into an old lady..lol...I sometimes feel the same way and yeah what is the deal with pj's in public? We use to do it in college on campus but that's because we were always rolling out of bed and heading off to class. On a grown woman shopping at the mall?? No way!!! I see it a lot especially around were I work. I just don't get it.

After reading our collective comments I think we are pretty much agreed that:

1. Some styles should be worn by only a small segment of the public for which the style is flattering and age-appropriate.

2. SOME but not ALL stylish trends can be modified to fit one's age and figure type as a way to update one's wardrobe without looking pathetic. This does require, however, RUTHLESS self-examination in a 3-way mirror and if necessary a good tailor/dressmaker.

3. If one follows the TBF's or the WHAT NOT TO WEAR team's advice and takes the time, effort, and, yes patience, to develops a PERSONAL STYLE one is less likely to become a FASHION DON'T because you have more confidence about what works for you and are less likely to fall for a seasonal trend that is out of your league.

4. Finally there are just some people who throw caution to the wind and wear whatever they damn well please and are blissfully unaware of how they look to others. Perhaps that is the ultimate test of PERSONAL STYLE (or NOT!)

5. P.S. Style should be FUN but with the cost of clothes today it does take a bit more effort to be a FASHIONISTA.