tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9636465.post8716419219114255151..comments2023-09-29T08:40:01.452-07:00Comments on NotBillable: Then again, maybe mom jeans are actually a statement of radical individualismIrene Donehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06487513411911942757noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9636465.post-67979240746818008792008-08-23T17:23:00.000-07:002008-08-23T17:23:00.000-07:00As a boomer,style consultant (www.sherriemathieson...As a boomer,style consultant (www.sherriemathieson.com) and author of "Forever Cool", a style guide for women AND men over 50...I believe "ad broad" may well be correct that boomers have physical AND I think psychological issues that really hamper them in achieving good (even decent!) style.<BR/>Boomers are people who haven't benefitted from the cohesive styles of past generations prior to 70s.They are confused by the choices they do have and in a way the lack of GOOD choices available to them.Chico'sor Coldwater Creek are bad options (Sigrid was a bit better-on par with Talbot's I think)<BR/>These are difficult, and tasteless times utterly entrenched in celebrity culture. Mommy jeans are worn by ladies who simply don't care,or haven't noticed styles have changed in denim---I think they are hardly a statement of independent stylishness.sherriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610894006233386176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9636465.post-67390267557432434972008-08-22T06:33:00.000-07:002008-08-22T06:33:00.000-07:00I am distraught over Sigrid's demise, Irene (but l...I am distraught over Sigrid's demise, Irene (but look forward to the discontinued stock sales) As for boomers being more indie than our kids...hmmm...I seem to remember us adhering to pretty strict dress codes when we were young...(older relatives made fun of us "doing our own thing" in denim uniform.) Mabye I'm cynical but I somehow suspect that our "deviant" dressing has less to do with indie-ism than it does with forced creativity in concealing aging figures.Ad Broad, oldest working writer in advertisinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04505122645106322698noreply@blogger.com