The End Of Sex?

[pursenvy]

I'm afraid that I give the perspective of a much more mature ( read late 30s) woman!
I am pleased to see the taming of this full-on sexy look. For teenagers, the trend was particularly worrisome. Parading around a mall only half dress really sends out some signals..and it is possible that this is not exactly what the young woman is really trying to project ....
She is thinking - I look fashionable, I look trendy, I am popular.
What others see is - I'm up for sex anytime, I don't respect myself, and you needn't either.
And you can bet the boys think she is up for it!!
I would like for young women to consider what their clothes 'say' and whether that is really the message they wish to project.
More demure clothing can actually be MORE attractive, because it says 'I respect myself, and you should respect me".
Just a thought.
Kirsten

 

[orlem]

Of course it isn't the end of sex. Just a hiatus. Designers need a break from overtly sexy fashion for a while, but they'll get back to it soon enough. I do think Marc Jacobs is a key part of the covered-up movement.

 

[Lena]

Originally posted by seraphelle@Jun 23rd, 2004 - 4:07 am
Of course it isn't the end of sex. Just a hiatus. Designers need a break from overtly sexy fashion for a while, but they'll get back to it soon enough. I do think Marc Jacobs is a key part of the covered-up movement.

absolutely, it is just a phase, but i think it will last for a while,
people are tired, it's so 'done' it's not fun anymore.

fashion is a circle
i'm always glad to see it eveolving and tranforming

great points pursenvy, welcome to tFS

 

[ahhGucci]

Originally posted by Lena+Jun 23rd, 2004 - 8:44 am--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Lena @ Jun 23rd, 2004 - 8:44 am)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-seraphelle@Jun 23rd, 2004 - 4:07 am
Of course it isn't the end of sex. Just a hiatus. Designers need a break from overtly sexy fashion for a while, but they'll get back to it soon enough. I do think Marc Jacobs is a key part of the covered-up movement.

absolutely, it is just a phase, but i think it will last for a while,
people are tired, it's so 'done' it's not fun anymore.

fashion is a circle
i'm always glad to see it eveolving and tranforming

great points pursenvy, welcome to tFS [/b][/quote]
I agree. (I'm so boring these days )
Welcome to the boards

 

[mikeijames]

Originally posted by Lena@Jun 22nd, 2004 - 1:40 pm
I think this is a normal reaction really, it certainly has a popular basis in my parts of the woods. And of course it poses a real challenge to the fashion companies/designers etc. Not too hard to stir fashions around sex, quite a tough job to create some impact with non-sex-orientated looks, means MORE design and MORE concept .. some people need to start working harder

i agree that this new spin is completely in reaction to seasons past...and i know that consumer research can be tweaked to say just about anything. i relate it to the whole "brown is the new black" that occurs every now and again so that a couple of seasons later that same magazine can announce that "black is back"...no one ever stops wearing black just like no one ever wants to dress up to not look sexy.

i'm sure you could poll people who say they are tired of skinny girls in ads or tired of white girls in ads or wish that designer clothes were made bigger and cheaper. it's not hard to find these opposing voices. i just don't believe a man or a woman is going to lay down three to ten thousand bucks on a dress to feel frumpy and conservative.

and men wear tailored things daily and look good in them. i think i may have used "skin tight" a little to liberally as i count almost every prada suit and anything dior homme skin tight (although i do not mean to associate them with those spandex-y creations popular with a certain type of muscle man).

 

[softgrey]

Originally posted by pursenvy@Jun 22nd, 2004 - 9:15 pm
I'm afraid that I give the perspective of a much more mature ( read late 30s) woman!
I am pleased to see the taming of this full-on sexy look. For teenagers, the trend was particularly worrisome. Parading around a mall only half dress really sends out some signals..and it is possible that this is not exactly what the young woman is really trying to project ....
She is thinking - I look fashionable, I look trendy, I am popular.
What others see is - I'm up for sex anytime, I don't respect myself, and you needn't either.
And you can bet the boys think she is up for it!!
I would like for young women to consider what their clothes 'say' and whether that is really the message they wish to project.
More demure clothing can actually be MORE attractive, because it says 'I respect myself, and you should respect me".
Just a thought.
Kirsten

great post pursenvy...welcome aboard!!!

 

[Embrace88]

Ahhhhhh... I bought three miniskirts that I wanted to wear when I got back to school... Now I feel like I'm gonna look cheap, but oh well... Ugh... I'll still wear them. Sometimes I hate how fashion goes in cycles. Maybe as a protest I'll keep wearing the minis for the rest of college... heh.

 

[banana]

I think the whole dressing overtly sexy trend died down when people you don't even want to imagine having sex started doing it.

 

[Lena]

Originally posted by banana@Jun 23rd, 2004 - 10:16 pm
I think the whole dressing overtly sexy trend died down when people you don't even want to imagine having sex started doing it.

so true

 

[softgrey]

Originally posted by Embrace88@Jun 23rd, 2004 - 4:11 pm
Ahhhhhh... I bought three miniskirts that I wanted to wear when I got back to school... Now I feel like I'm gonna look cheap, but oh well... Ugh... I'll still wear them. Sometimes I hate how fashion goes in cycles. Maybe as a protest I'll keep wearing the minis for the rest of college... heh.

wear a mini with a chunky sweater-tights and low heeled boots...very cute!

or with a loose slouchy top and leggings and flats...

loads of way to wear a mini without looking trampy!!!

i do it on a regular basis...i love short skirts!!!

 

[plasticine20]

Originally posted by Embrace88@Jun 23rd, 2004 - 4:11 pm
Ahhhhhh... I bought three miniskirts that I wanted to wear when I got back to school... Now I feel like I'm gonna look cheap, but oh well... Ugh... I'll still wear them. Sometimes I hate how fashion goes in cycles. Maybe as a protest I'll keep wearing the minis for the rest of college... heh.

Just wear what you want! As long as the mini covers your butt while both standing and sitting, I think it'll be ok. Just because coverage is "in" doesn't mean that you'll be out of fashion if you wear something slightly sexy. Just as long as you're not wearing those lowlowlow rise asscrack jeans with a thong sticking way out.... I think that's one of the few things that is truly out of fashion.

 

[pursenvy]

Thank you so much for welcoming me to the board.
I guess I'm a little older than average, but I'm still very interested in fashion. I like to keep up-to-date, especially so I don't grow 'old' before my 3 year-old daughter gets interested in fashion.
I want to thank YOU for bringing up this topic. I have sent the 2 articles to my 14yo niece for her to consider. I think that she puts out too many 'sexy' messages in her dressing. I want to suggest that she 'tone-it-down' without seeming like a fudy-dudy ( read Mother!)
Thanks again.

 

[ahhGucci]

You're not that old

 

[Lena]

Originally posted by pursenvy@Jun 24th, 2004 - 11:30 am

I guess I'm a little older than average, but I'm still very interested in fashion.

hey you are not old at all, tFS is quite a versalite, mixed-age community

 

[stilettogirl84]

Is Sexy Out of Style?

I want to know- Whats wrong with sexy?!

Reading through all of these forums- and following everyone's messages- and personal style-
I get the impression that everyone [else] on the Fashion spot hates antything which comes across as "Sexy"

In any designer's collection- one of the worst insults seems to be- "It's just sexy!" That means it's bad? It's one thing if there is sex appeal without any real design. But to say that something is bad simply because it is sexy!!? I don't understand that.

While as much as the next person- I hate a trashy look- or a sl*tty look- and I would never in my life wear- you know a boob tube, or high heels with a mini-

I actually want, horror of horrors- to look sexy!

not to show off my girl parts A-La Little Kim,

(http://www.playahata.com)

and not to wear strappy short dresses avsolutely everywhere,

(http://blog.dreamwiz.com)

but to wear clothes that are fitted and show my shape.

(www.style.com)

To wear stilettos, and some natural makeup, and have my hair together. Is this bad? Does this mean I'm woefully unstylish and should just go hide under a rock?

Is sexy just completely out of style?

What does everyone have to say about this? and if sexy simply has gone out of style, is it about due for a revival?

What are YOUR thoughts?

 

[*Eylul*]

Well i don't find Lil Kim's dress sexy
I love to be sexy and i don't think it can ever be out of stlye and if so,so what?Who cares....

 

[BetteT]

I think that the next few seasons you will see a definite change and that will filter down to the masses, soon. You'll see less skin and more volume in the clothing. Fewer skirts and more pants and interesting layers.

But sexy is always in ... it just depends on how you define it. What is "trendy" changes and what is considered "sexy" also changes.

 

[Scott]

Depends on your perception of sexy. As eylul pointed out,that kind of vulgarity or overt sexuality that somebody like Tom Ford embodied in his collections are not as prevalent anymore. I think sexiness in the way of a certain kind of mysterious elegance and volumes is the way to go at the moment. Just like now with so much emphasis and influence being around Victoriana and Baroque...fashion is covering up more and layering in an armour like way.

And also at the moment,designers are expressing a newfound sense of naivite and whimsy. That kind of fragility of childishness. It's an escape from all that severity and harshness of the 90's and early 00's.

 

[Erin]

I love sexy clothing! You can be sexy without showing a lot of skin, that's the magic of it... THAT'S sexy. Trying too hard to be sexy ends up, most of the time, being a turn-off.

 

[ivypixie]

I love sexy clothing! You can be sexy without showing a lot of skin, that's the magic of it... THAT'S sexy. Trying too hard to be sexy ends up, most of the time, being a turn-off.

Words!