NOTE: We have been in close contact with our fashion guru, Vera Fang, in order keep you looking good. This is the first of our multi-part series, some of which will reappear in our annual Fall Style issue, on stands Aug. 30.
Yesterday we drove around exploring the best of Bend’s thrift stores in search of few key items. We found good stuff and some not so good stuff.
Here’s some garbage that we saw along the way, which made us think, “Gosh, it’s too bad people still wear this shit. Maybe they just don’t know any better?”
So here you go. Free fashion DONT’S. If you’re still wearing any of the items below, don’t. It makes our eyes hurt and our town less beautiful.
WEIRD FLAME SHIRTS
“These are dumb. End of story.” -V. Fang.
CARGO SHORTS
Do you really need all those pockets? “Trim shorts with clean lines, please,” advises Fang.
PRE-WORN JEANS
You don’t need the frayed bits. “It looks trashy,” says Fang.
JEANS WITH SILLY STITCHING ON THE POCKETS
“This poor kid looks like a N.J. guido. You can’t go wrong with classic Levis.” -V Fang.
More to come. Stay tuned.
This article appears in Aug 16-22, 2012.
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You know what is almost as bad as a racist, or a mysogynist, or homophobes? Stylists. So I’m supposed to just not wear my clothes because some srtylist says they aren’t cool? I’m stitching some sweet patterns tribal patterns onto my cargo shorts back pockets right now V Fang.
V Fang, are you that pretentious? Get a life.
V Fang is an idiot about fashion. “classic Levis” You are stuck in the 80’s dummy. All your negative comments are of cool clothes, Mind you i would not wear the flame shirt but i have friends that love them and good for them. You are not a fashion guru at all. Better go flip some burgers and Mcdonalds and leave fashion up to the rest of us..
Snarky comments are just another way to be mean. Why does TSW think it’s OK to be mean as long as it’s “funny”? Mean people suck. Hey TSW – stop sucking.
The clothes aren’t making the town look bad, it’s the pretentious and superficial attitudes.
Having spent my share of life and travel . . . I dress for comfort and functionality. I’ve never been a POG like Vera with my nose in the air and showing the world what an idiot I am.
You live your life and I’ll live mine.
On second thought, how about sending Vera to Fairbanks, AK for a year to study fashion . . .
@”Trim shorts with clean lines, please.” VF; wrong, wrong, wrong! Don’t want my hubby looking like some sexually-confused frat boy. Give me big boy pockets, and lots of ’em!