Youth, Teens & HS trends

[Lena]

for one i find teen angst very normal and extremely healthy

 

[Couture_Tribe]

First let's congratulate us HS kids for having our own thread!!!

My school is a huge mess! Just like a lot of yours! White people are mostly A&F / A&E / Holister obssesed. Africans are mostly hip hop obssesed. Asians are mostly nerds OR Korean style WANNABE (most annoying part is the WANNABE part). Middle East people are mostly urban oufitter "HALFWAY".

 

[SevenWeeksLater]

I would have to disagree with emailme. when she said that high school is about finding yourself style-wise,Im sorry,but I really dont see that happening at my high school or the surrounding areas.Not a lot of people are experimenting,but rather choose to be 'comfortable' in their Abercrombie hoodies and jeans. I personally think a college or university is the best place for that since you are more in touch with your inner self and seem to care less about what other people think of you and the way you should/shouldnt dress. Basiclly Im agreeing with everything everyone else said.

 

[Whitelinen]

for one i find teen angst very normal and extremely healthy

To some point, it is healthy and a part of development. But these kids just take it too far and it is thought to be cool to be "teen-angst". That's the difference.

 

[Whitelinen]

I would have to disagree with emailme. when she said that high school is about finding yourself style-wise,Im sorry,but I really dont see that happening at my high school or the surrounding areas.Not a lot of people are experimenting,but rather choose to be 'comfortable' in their Abercrombie hoodies and jeans. I personally think a college or university is the best place for that since you are more in touch with your inner self and seem to care less about what other people think of you and the way you should/shouldnt dress. Basiclly Im agreeing with everything everyone else said.

They fear too much to be picked at if they start to experiement. They want to be accepted more than anything.

 

[xmodel citizen]

I think that angst is natural, but I hate the fact that it's being turned into some sort of fashion trend. Those people who experience true depression are not taken seriously (I know this from experience) because it's just a part of "teen angst". Depression is not a trend. You cant skip a shower, smudge some eyeliner and magically be in "pain". Pain isn't a trend to be spotted, it's a natural, serious part of life.

I live in an area where this is soooo popular, and maybe I wouldn't be so upset about it if it wasn't for all of the snobbery and pretension (sp?) that goes along with it. It's not just a fashion statement. If you're not punk/emo/goth/scene, then you're just a poseur/prep. Not to mention the fact that they don't even dance at their own shows! I don't even like rock and I have the decency to rock out and have fun.

Hehe, sorry for the rant, but this makes me mad!

 

[Whitelinen]

^ True.

I'd like to clear my point a bit more; angst is normal, but it's been taken into the extent that being happy or balanced is not "cool" or "popular". There's something wrong with that...

 

[xmodel citizen]

^Seriously! I have more issues than a pack full of emos combined, but I slap a smile on my face, laugh a lot and make the best of what I've been handed. What's the point of wallowing in it? Plus, I HATE emo hair. And boys who wear girl pants!

LOL, that's def. one high school trend that bothers me. The pants are tight in the front, but saggy in the back so the guy's pants hang down. Half the guys at my school walk around with their pants halfway down their butts! Hehe, not exactly flattering.

 

[D'Felipe]

for one i find teen angst very normal and extremely healthy

I'll be back to say my point of view

 

[Lena]

I have more issues than a pack full of emos combined, but I slap a smile on my face, laugh a lot and make the best of what I've been handed. What's the point of wallowing in it? .

i like this attitude of course

i wasnt an emo ages ago while at HS but i remember me and my friends didnt had much respect for preppies and pink happy lala clowns
there is more than a fashion trend that makes kids 'sad and mad' in our days, politics, society, injustice and a need for acting as a rebel, at least until one joins the 'system'

 

[Whitelinen]

^ That is true, but you are missing the point about this trend. It is healthy to have some teen angst, as it is healthy to also remember life is not that bad. Making teen angst (which has nothing to do with depression) a trend to be in all the time is stupid. Maybe it is a contrast on our society and its problems, but most of these emo/so-arty-it-hurts do not have any actual problems. These kids are not rebels as all the kids are in this because it is cool. It's not about trying to make an effect on the society or about anarchism. Being emo is being part of the system, about fitting in to a crowd of cool, popular kids, it has nothing to do with rebelling.

 

[citytolove]

Not a lot of people are experimenting,but rather choose to be 'comfortable' in their Abercrombie hoodies and jeans.

That's how it is at my school. It's so tragic!

 

[kisa]

^Seriously! I have more issues than a pack full of emos combined, but I slap a smile on my face, laugh a lot and make the best of what I've been handed.

This happy go lucky attitude is good I think, but the "I have more issues than a pack full of emos combined" statement is really pretentious to me. How could you possibly know that? The thing that really bothers me about this EMO hate thing is that everyone just assumes because people identify with EMO subculture they are posers and have no real problems. They are just people, they could have the save problems as you, or less, or worse. And besides that, everyone thinks their own problems are really bad before they have experienced something worse. It's not my place or anyone elses to tell a person who is hurt by whatever problem they have that it's meaningless in comparison to _____.

 

[xmodel citizen]

This happy go lucky attitude is good I think, but the "I have more issues than a pack full of emos combined" statement is really pretentious to me. How could you possibly know that? The thing that really bothers me about this EMO hate thing is that everyone just assumes because people identify with EMO subculture they are posers and have no real problems. They are just people, they could have the save problems as you, or less, or worse. And besides that, everyone thinks their own problems are really bad before they have experienced something worse. It's not my place or anyone elses to tell a person who is hurt by whatever problem they have that it's meaningless in comparison to _____.

I'm not talking about people as individuals, because of course someone who identifies themselves as emo may have more problems than me (but let's not get started on my life, that's a novel in itself), I'm talking about the culture as a whole. If you knew where I lived, and more about the school I went to, maybe you would understand. And this is a generalization, but I honestly don't care, people who are emo/punk/scene/goth AT MY SCHOOL, are notorious bullies. Many people have had experiences with these kids, who tend to stand in large groups and openly mock other people. Or they make stupid comments at every turn. People have this silly stereotype of dumb, mean jocks, but the jocks at my school don't openly ridicule people. It's the emo/punk/scene/goth kids who do it. Maybe that's not the way it is everywhere, but that's how MY SCHOOL works.

Anyways, off the subject of that, has anyone had experience with this trend? Guys wear their sneakers with those footie socks, so it looks like they aren't wearing any. And then they bunch up their pants around the ankle and tie it with a rubberband or some sort of twisty tie? This is a BIG trend at my school with people who dress in a "hip hop" style. It's kind of like a paper bag waist, but around the ankle. It's really weird.

 

[Whitelinen]

I've seen boys wearing their pants tucked into their socks (add a pair of sneakers). It looks rather...the bad side of the 80s.

 

[Lena]

^ this has been very hot for the boys at the Parisian suburbs since some years now , it does look pretty lame -and fun- to me

 

[illusions_ghost]

I've seen boys wearing their pants tucked into their socks (add a pair of sneakers). It looks rather...the bad side of the 80s.

Neds do that do that here. (Neds are a Scottish version of chavs only they have a deep hatred for England and wear their trackies tucked into their socks.)


I'm my year (17) most girls are what we call "plastics". They are nice enough but they are so fake. They all wear exactly the same stuff. You see groups of girls with their hair all perfectly striaght, when they were younger they all dyed thier hair the same colour too. The wear a lot of pastels and spring colours. It's probably preppy (although preppy never seems quite right). We have a few people who almost look half emo, but they're normally happy-go-lucky. It normally looks pretty good.
In the year below the plastics are the same sort. There is a much higher percentage of emos though, and they are much more emo. Except round here we don't have any emo shops so it's all beads from NewLook and leggings. I don't mind the look, they just seem to think they are so different and while they are more different ffrom each other than the plastics, they all wear the same sort of stuff and have the same haircuts.
The 13/14 year olds don't have many emos, although there a a couple of "goths" who are doing a pretty good job at being emo. I don't mind them, theres so few they are actually as different as they think they are. And the plastics all look exactly the same. Same hair, same white zip up too small top with a low cut top underneath, same colour of jeans.

 

[astatine]

It always baffles me as to how people don't realise they're dressing exactly the same way...I mean...don't they ever catch a reflection of everyone in the mirror and realise they all look like clones?

 

[kisa]

I'm not talking about people as individuals, because of course someone who identifies themselves as emo may have more problems than me (but let's not get started on my life, that's a novel in itself), I'm talking about the culture as a whole. If you knew where I lived, and more about the school I went to, maybe you would understand. And this is a generalization, but I honestly don't care, people who are emo/punk/scene/goth AT MY SCHOOL, are notorious bullies. Many people have had experiences with these kids, who tend to stand in large groups and openly mock other people. Or they make stupid comments at every turn. People have this silly stereotype of dumb, mean jocks, but the jocks at my school don't openly ridicule people. It's the emo/punk/scene/goth kids who do it. Maybe that's not the way it is everywhere, but that's how MY SCHOOL works.

Anyways, off the subject of that, has anyone had experience with this trend? Guys wear their sneakers with those footie socks, so it looks like they aren't wearing any. And then they bunch up their pants around the ankle and tie it with a rubberband or some sort of twisty tie? This is a BIG trend at my school with people who dress in a "hip hop" style. It's kind of like a paper bag waist, but around the ankle. It's really weird.

Well, at my school the only people who make fun of anyone I know are the "country boys," and these strange "ganguro girl" type girls. They are like white girls dressing like Japanese ganguro girls. It's very odd. But I'm sure that people make fun of the emos, and I'm sure that they make fun of people too. I have never seen that rubberband thing though. I live in a very small town though, so really it's only the emoest of emos that even wear skinny jeans...

Maybe we should talk about a different high school trend as well? I am really wondering how these ganguro girl girls got started. Does anyone elses school have girls like that? They have really orange tans and usually white or blue shimmer eyeshadow, a lot of black eyeliner or blue eyeliner and mascara. They are also partial to light lipsticks and lipglosses, and very obvious bronzer. They dress in a sort of shakira style, (wherever whenever days) with pants that lace up in various places, and usually denim on top.The hair is either that really fake dark brown colour that was popular last year, or blonde with various stripes. I know the leader of their clique is often outfitted at Guess. Is this a controlled phenom?

 

[Whitelinen]

^ The "japanese" style is very popular in junior high here at the moment. It's quite "harajuku girl", with elements from gothic style...usually high platform shoes, loads of cheap jewellery and piercings (fake or real), miniskirts with tulle and chains, lots of powder and black eyeliner, ribbons, corsets, badges...it looks messy and is usually bad quality, plus all of the kids think they are different. The ones I know also have this annoying attitude of how "cool" and "bad" they look.