Friday, April 22, 2005

Fashion No-No's A La Martin



I thought I'd take today to discuss one of my biggest fashion pet peeves: earrings. I know that a young woman takes a large step in their lives when they get their ears pierced (unless it's already been done for you.) I have no problem with ear piercing. I have a problem with overbearing earrings. I was going to put more than one photo up but this is a great example. Long stringy earrings are only good for one thing: brushing dandruff off your shoulders. Sure, they make you look at the neckline but they also make your ear look long and misshapen. I have a bigger issue with big hoop earrings. Someone is going to snag that thing on something and rip your ear off. If the long stringy earrings make your ears look deformed... big hoops go the extra mile. If I were a true prick, I could see myself throwing things through the hoops in a crowded restaurant. Alas, I'm not and everyone has a right to dress how they want. Some man out there may have a fetish for seeing bicycle tassels and bracelets hanging from someone's ear but I'll hold off. Posted by Hello

4 comments:

Lily said...

Was she wearing earings? I was too distracted by the huge flower on her head to notice. :)

I'm not a fan of the real big earings. There should be some hoop to head size ratio guidelines that people should follow when choosing earings.

Lily said...

Have you noticed that the big gold clunky hoop earings that were popular in the 80's are making a bit of a comeback? *shudder*

Teri said...

I couldn't wait to get my ears pierced, my parents made me wait until I was 12 to do so (14 to get them double pierced). I do admit in my younger years, I wore a lot of crazy earrings, but thank goodness it was just a phase,(like blue eye shadow). Now I think I am boring, pretty much no makeup and I wear only diamond studs. It is amazing how a person can change.

LoraLoo said...

I can't believe I didn't rip the holes in my hears, some of those heavy earrings I wore in the 80's - I was a HUGE fan of the giant hoops then. It's so not cool that stuff is coming back again, for two reasons: 1) I'm now old enough to see trends repeated and 2) A lot of 80's fashion trends were hideous.