I'm going to bring up a commonly spoken about topic, at least a common topic of the fashion world/fashion victims of the world as it were. The issue here is Tights-as-Pants (TAP hereafter). This somewhat tedious, moronic trend has become a pet hate of mine, so much so that I've had to make the whole thing one word AND an abbreviation. The TAP phenomenon started in approximately 2007, by who? Celebrities who thought their gym attire could become everyday street wear. Think again.
Walking around Sydney CBD only show cases a small percentage of the real TAP culprits who mostly live in the outer suburbs in places where suits are not mandatory work uniforms :( It just won't die.
The brave fashion editor of Shop Magazine, Justine Cullen, said in her opening article this month in regards to a similar gag-worthy topic (ass cheeks hanging out the bottom of denim shorts): 'Even when the fashion industry retaliated with this year's ladylike trend, skank-style went no where'. She speaks truth! Rather than skank-style (I have also managed to see some interesting shaped booties/breakfast hanging out with TAPping) this trend is daggy-skank. It's boring, no one looks good (no not even you 6ft something, size 6 girl), and I am sick of having it become so widely accepted as a 'look' that it makes me want to quit fashion school and become a surgeon. Just because you put your 'expensive' heels, a leather jacket or long semi-transparent cape-vest thing and a scarf with them, still does not render them a) stylish nor b) pants.
May they rest in peace... actually I don't care how they rest, just get them away from me!
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