On Christmas Eve, we went out to dinner as a family at a reasonably upscale local spot. There were men wearing blazers and slacks, women in evening dresses. To be sure, there were also those like me in jeans and a sweater - I said 'reasonably' upscale. And then there was my 21 year-old.
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My little one was marginally more conventional, going with a skater hobo get-up that featured very ripped jeans and a baggy sweater over her Doc Martens. Very on-brand for her.
As it turns out, my kids are just two of many in their generation who've decided that convention is for other people in the realm of fashion. According to a Washington Post story that conveniently published on December 27, Gen Z don't give a damn about your rules. (You gotta read the article, if only for the pictures of the fashion on display. It's a riot of color and style.)
From the piece, describing the scene at St. John's in Queens, "...the student body — sometimes even the individual student — looked like a loud pastiche of late-20th century styles. There were miniskirts. Slip dresses. Bra tops, especially paired with gigantic blazers. Towering, chunky lug-sole boots and loafers. Skirts on men, cargo pockets on women. Thrifted items of every color, shape and era. It’s like a costume for ‘Clueless’ meets a construction worker."
That is my kids to a (ripped) T.
And in recent weeks, the generation found a visible standard-bearer right here in the DMV. Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma showed up in the following fits at recent games:
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I stan for the fashion choices of my large adult son Kuz
Hi, Stan
Stan Smith?
That exxxtra long pink sweater gives off some Dr. Seuss vibes, no?
Ilie Nastase?
ill communication?
The Kuz pink sweater bobblehead is amazing
https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2023/1/13/23553482/kyle-kuzma-pink-sweater-bobblehead-video-wizards-knicks
That really is amazing.
out. standing.
tribe wins! tribe wins! tribe (was up by 19 in the second half and almost blew it before holding on for a three-point victory) wins!
the backstory on designing the bobblehead is good too
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/01/12/kyle-kuzma-bobblehead/
Shalom Gheorghies!
I think the Tribe goes 5-4 down the stretch to finish 9-9 in conference play. Futility be damned. Mediocrity be heralded. You read it here first.
billy packer, ovah. pour some out.
All I wore in my later high school years was thrift shop stuff save for a few pairs of JNCOs and, of course, expensive shoes. I heartily endorse young people wearing whatever the fuck they want.
For years my boys have dressed expressly for comfort. Warmup pants, tshirts, running shoes, etc.
The younger one went shopping with his gf in DC and came home with some standard cargo pants and jeans that he bought at Georgetown prices (the neighborhood, not the cellar dwelling college hoops squad).
zson came home from school a few years ago with a stomach ache. The pain went away when he removed the corduroys zmother-in-law got him for Christmas and he reverted back to his sweatpants. zkids are so soft they can't wear pants with a zipper and a button.
Maybe the friction noises from his cords upset his little tum-tum.
When I pick mine up from high school, I am oft bemused at the gamut of fashions that I see walking by.
https://newrepublic.com/article/170085/george-santos-george-costanza-seinfeld
Tribe at Towson today. Prediction? Pain…
marls and i will be there with fogtb fish, fogg, corky, and angus calajangus. core principles.
“Fogg” as in Winchesterian Fogg?
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