Children Fashion

[Jan Taihwo]

What is it with this children fashion nowdays?
When I was young I dressed in whatever i wanted to be in, never caring about what other people thought (wich is pretty normal since I was still a child)
But now I am always seeing little kids dressed in very expensive clothes, with all these fancy text on english.

And I am highly disturbed by things like this: http://www.lapinhouse.com/fashion-ma...hion-trend.htm

What do the people on TWC think about this?
Can kids be kids? Or do we have to force our fashion onto them?

[Lord Tomyris]

True, there is too much pressure on a child to conform to materialistic standards these days. This in itself has given rise to a diverse range of culture-groups; it's also been postulated that this is one of the contributing factors to children losing their innocence at such an early age.

[GORE]

i think its aweful, just as bad as advertising aimed at children, its manipulating them into what they should think/like. let kids be kids, not just another way of maximising profits.

[Publius Scipio]

Wierd that people who are under 20 say "these days". I don't really think that it's the children who care how they look, but their parents. One of the most disturibing thins I have seen was a baby armani shop.

[Mad Guitar Murphy]

I suppose it shows how society is focussed on appearance and cosmetics. Parents showing of their children to each other.

[purple elf]

in a way fashion is uniform it controls the population by making everyone wear the same stuff people see each other wearing the same thing individuality is frowned upon

[Mathias]

In the Modern society people have (hopefully) learned that it is whats on the inside that matters, not the outside, but still they use thousands on clothes, makeup and such to look nice.
well I think its stupid, but what do I know Im a cheapskape (I almost NEVER use money because i think its too expensive...)

[RZZZA]

Fashion?


I dont know what 'fashion' is, what is this word you speak of? Is it French?

I know what clothes are...but 'fashion' is not ringing a bell for me.

[Jan Taihwo]

Fashion?


I dont know what 'fashion' is, what is this word you speak of? Is it French?

I know what clothes are...but 'fashion' is not ringing a bell for me.

If you are not being sarcastic..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion

[RZZZA]

I was being sarcastic...

As a guy, I am unconcerned with fashion, as all guys should be imo. I view the fashion world as an elitist rich mans haven, just like golf or art auctions. I think it hits a sensitive spot and says a thing or two about American decadence and just how far we've strayed from noble pursuits. When people like 50 cent are seen at fashion shows, and when he starts designing clothes, I think its time to pull the plug on this whole damn fashion world. Perpetuating a standard of beauty that is exaggerated and unrealistic, the models are on more "performance enhancing drugs" than Mark Mcgwire. One one hand, the fashion world is a result of what happens when so much money is floating around just waiting to be snatched up...and on the other hand, it symbolizes all that people find wrong with the western world.


edit- or maybe I'm overreacting...

[Jan Taihwo]

I was being sarcastic...

I should have realised that

As a guy, I am unconcerned with fashion, as all guys should be imo. I view the fashion world as an elitist rich mans haven, just like golf or art auctions.

Golf is fun!
But I agree with you, those fashion shows and the so-called "Fashion Police" is just bloddy stupid fenomen.

One one hand, the fashion world is a result of what happens when so much money is floating around just waiting to be snatched up...and on the other hand, it symbolizes all that people find wrong with the western world.

This is just something that the "upper" classes started with and then people from the "lesser" classes just followed along, eager to be like the rich.

edit- or maybe I'm overreacting...

Who knows? You maybe? :wink:

[Shaun]

I was being sarcastic...

As a guy, I am unconcerned with fashion, as all guys should be imo. I view the fashion world as an elitist rich mans haven, just like golf or art auctions.

First of all, why shood all guys be unconcerned with fashion? just because you dont like fashion dosent mean that ALL guys shood hate fashion, fashion is not just a woman thing. And BTW, you dont have to be rich to buy fashion, In the UK we have shops that sell very neat stuff for very good prices, but im not sure about the rest of the world.
And golf, its certainly not only a rich mans game. The stereotype that you maybe have about golfers being rich and wearing those god awful tartan pants is wrong. I wood know, because i play golf just about every non rainy day.

[Publius Scipio]

I think it hits a sensitive spot and says a thing or two about American decadence and just how far we've strayed from noble pursuits.

There is a world outside the us...

Anyway southern and central europe are the worst.

[the_mango55]

Fashion?


I dont know what 'fashion' is, what is this word you speak of? Is it French?

I know what clothes are...but 'fashion' is not ringing a bell for me.

actually yes, It, like much of our vocabulary, is French.

Middle English facioun, from Old French façon

But anyway, YOUNG Children (8-12) being all into fashion is kind of weird, but I think that, for girls at least, at 12 they start becoming more "fashion consious." I don't know if it is a good thing or not, but it seems to be normal. I have a group of friends who are 12-15 year old girls (yeah I know that sounds really creepy ) and they always have their fake gucci bags and their huge sunglasses, it doesn't seem to affect them in any adverse way, other than being a strain on their parents' wallets.

[.Socrates]

Almost all the kids at my school wear American Eagle, A&F, Hollister or some preppy store.
For the other people who don't wear them, we're labeled as "hicks" or "geeks".

[at0micfly]

Almost all the kids at my school wear American Eagle, A&F, Hollister or some preppy store.
For the other people who don't wear them, we're labeled as "hicks" or "geeks".

yeap, same at my school. Or they dress skater punk with long ass emo hair

[Last Roman]

It is sad that young parents dress their kids up in $100 worth of clothes. Even today I dont (though I come close)

[Honeohvovohaestse]

I'd have to disagree only with the sports entertainers comment, I don't have any use for them at all. And at the age presented those children have no use for fashion.

[RZZZA]

"For the fourth consecutive year the poverty rate rose, from 12.5 percent in 2003 to 12.7 percent in 2004. The number of people in poverty increased also, by 1.1 million, to 37.0 million in 2004. " -U.S. Census Bureau

http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/income.html

"The number of Americans living in poverty jumped to 35.9 million last year, up by 1.3 million, while the number of those without health care insurance rose to 45 million from 43.6 million in 2002, the U.S. government said in a report Thursday." -Washington, CNN

http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/26/news...overty_survey/

"New fully comparable figures on child poverty across the industrialized world and the 50 United States show a huge disparity from country to country and state to state. While Sweden leads the world with only 2.4 percent child poverty, New York State, at 26.3 percent, ranks last in the industrialized world – behind Italy at 19.3 percent, the closest OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) nation. California is not far behind with 25.7 percent, and in President Bush’s home state of Texas, 20.7 percent of the children live in poverty."

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/rele..._povertypt.htm

The point is, for such a rich country, is it any wonder that I expect a little more from our politicians? Denmark and Canada have a working national healthcare system, why cant we? Theyre taking great strides in providing free housing for the homeless, the U.S. is not attempting anything like that certainly not on a noticably large scale to make a dent in the statistics. Its one of the things that make me ashamed to be American sometimes, sure we're big and rich and powerful...but we also have amongst the biggest population of people living under the national poverty line, which is unacceptable considering we're supposed to be a 1st world country!

[the_mango55]

What does that have to do with fashion? The fashion industry has nothing to do with people being in poverty (well, not in the first world, they may be responsible for low wages in sweatshops). If the rich didn't have fashion to spend their money on, do you think it would go to charity? Absolutely not, it would go to something else, as completely unnessesary as fashion.