Mullets and acid wash jeans
My son, my dear sweet fifteen, almost sweet sixteen year old son, came home Sunday with a Mullet and wearing a pair of ACID WASH jeans. Now, if you are anywhere near as old as I am, this is beyond outrageous, it is sacrilege. But I feel torn. It is funny--funny that both my hubby and I hugged our dear boy and told him just how retro, how 80s he looked, how we couldn't believe that they sold jeans like that!
He likes his look, it's clean, he's a bit alternative, no surprise there, and well he's our boy. His look is inoffensive. His white and blue striped Mohawk, now has grown in, and he's trimmed away all the coloured bits so now it is his regular dark brown.
To be honest his mullet has been trimmed up enough that it is less mullety now than post Mohawk. It's now more new-wavy.
Guess, part of being torn is that his 'look' is just so darn close to what we all were like when we were in high school, that it is somewhat startling, but they do it with a sense of selfless humour. The farmer hat is somehow 'cool'. That was never cool when I was a teen, only grandpa's and farm boys wore those. But now seems it can be a part of everyone's look... except mine. I'll never do it, nor will I don a pair of jeans that look like one spilled bleach all over them...
Here he is! My lovely lad:
a belly full a laughter, a heart full of joy, a mind full of dreams...
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i sensed something was astir in the fashion world when i walked through a store and saw stirrup pants hanging up.
your boy is cute!!
there's no government like NO government!
~hildare
Isn't it weird that what was not so cool when I was in high school is now cool? (acid wash jeans??? they were not what the 'cool kids' wore back then, at least in my circle)
I suppose it was like that even in 86 (when i was 15) when I thought dressing like it was 1962 was so hip while listening to the b-52's.
I have two teenage sons, and my eldest -16-.... well it's the same as you described.
Neat-o.
**Breathe**
"if you wore it when it was *in* the first time you are too old to wear it when it comes *back* into fashion"
is something my ex-husband says.
but who's listening?
what a cutie he is i would prefer the hawk to tell the truth. did ya'll tight roll ur pant legs too? now u can just buy skinny jeans how much easier
Jessica
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He knows it! and is still humble... if that's possible, he's done it.
L
and I feel the same way about stirrup pants and over long sweaters... can't do it. I lived in them for too long.