I know I’ve been out here on the mountain awhile, but when I finally got a chance to spend some time in some big cities the last few months, I thought I had stepped through a time warp. Bags in the shops were big and gaudy, and clothes were covered with sequins. I thought a Bedazzler had vomited in Macy’s. Thigh boots, big shoulders, wide belts, multiple belts, fringe, tassels, and big, big jewelry.
Everything I have not thrown out of my closet since I was a teen is wearable again. And that means all the fashions in A Distant Soil are fashionable again.
Wow, I really have been working on this book a long time.
I’ve got this incredibly gaudy jacket I made back in the day that I dragged out for a show, and actress Rosario Dawson went gaga for it. Maybe I should open a shop.
I suppose my new goal should be to finish A Distant Soil off before the fashions go out of style again. I’m not sure if mullets are set for a comeback. So, there’s a mercy.
Anyway, just to show I’m not imagining things, here’s a style feature on 80′s fashions.
And a previous post flashback, Total Eclipse of the 1980′s. Because I love Bonnie Tyler, and that spoof of Total Eclipse of the Heart video is the funniest thing I have seen in ages. Click and replay, as I did, at least ten times.
BTW, don’t forget, the Leonid meteor shower is this week. The peak is on Tuesday.
noooooo! not again! I don’t want to be a pirate! XD
You are not going to believe this, but I am actually drawing a bunch of people in puffy shirts in a book I am doing right now. I just walked over to check my email, and this post cracked me up.
Alas, you will not see my drawings of the puffy shirts until 2011, but keep this moment in mind when you do.
yeah, but your puffy shirts are historically accurate. But if I see Irish immigrants in stirrup pants and leg warmers, I’m so outta here :-p
The puffy shirts are in — they’re steampunk.
But I don’t think parachute pants for men will ever return. Thank goodness.
They’re kind of middle eastern, aren’t they? I used to have a pair. Or two.
But I don’t know if we’ll be seeing the likes of MC Hammer fashion again. I hope not, anyway.
The Bedazzler-vomiting is an unfortunate trend that started about two years ago out here in LA. I would like it to die in a fire, please. Along with the wretched trend toward loud patterns in large women’s clothing. For three years now, I’ve longed to be able to buy plain black shirts. At least the very unfortunate low-rise waistline edict has died.
Loud patterns should be outlawed on just about anyone.
The death of low-rise waistlines…praise Jesus. That’s just not a good look for most people.
Sorry about neglecting the blog. I am being punished for procrastinating last month. There is no page in this book that doesn’t take at least 12 hours to complete, and I have to do a page a day. For the next two weeks.
Ow.
I both love and hate low rise waistlines. My belly button ring loves them. I hate them because they are constantly falling down.
Go and work, Colleen, we understand.