I can understand things like Kate Moss and Sienna Miller kicking off the boho style, as well as Demi Moore brought back the pixie ca. 1990, so I'm not referring to that.

But c'mon... cheesy legwarmers and pencil-leg jeans? NO ONE looks good in them unless you are prepubescent or anorexic. Seriously now. People with a healthy weight (and I mean healthy, not average-American chubby!) look awful in them. They are TACKY. Almost as tacky as thong-bikini-underwear-shoved-up-one's-ass-crack-visible-with-low-rider 2005 TACKY.

... and what about the idiotic clown-silly bubble skirts? They look STUPID. On ANYONE. They would look stupid on Kate Moss, even! Guess what? Move over, flattering styles! The BUBBLE SKIRT is HERE!

So I was wondering, who the HELL decides these stupid-ass throwback trends that should never come back? WHO? Is it all fashion-house or company-driven marketing to make women feel blase' if they don't have the latest style? Well, the joke's on them, I say. They're all FAUX trends-- promulgated by industry rather than consumer-driven.

Take the "Gibson girl" of the early 1900's... it wasn't some crap that was thrown out the window the following year-- it actually took off and most women WANTED it. You can even use the recent example of grunge plaid flannel shirts of the early 90's. No one dictated that shit, but everyone was WEARING IT then, fashion be damned. And it actually MEANT something, because it defied the polished 80's Wall Street corporate ass-kisser look. The designers didn't even catch on until the trend was over, several years later, and by that time grunge looked STUPID. Because everyone knew it was FAKE, and the Zeitgeist had passed.

I think designers and fashion houses need to do a better job of listening to what women WANT, rather than saying "Here, we designed this and now you need to wear it because it's a 'trend.'" Karl Lagerfeld and John Galliano can kiss my ass, thankyouverymuch!

it's not like there's a main puppeteer pulling the strings, saying "this is what american women are going to wear this year." it's a conglomerate effort. if you don't like, wear things that you like and start your own trends. and for the record, i look good in skinny jeans. i'm neither anorexic nor pre-pubescent.

Rachel Zoe.

wear what you want, you don't have to follow fashion.

if you're cool enough it shouldn't bother you