Trend Spotting Spring 2012
As a bit of a quiet rebel, mostly attuned to fashion with a
sense of humor, I love the dastardly mustache trend. But I “mustache” you,
could you let go of your serious fashion sense for a moment to allow me this
silly, retro-vibed trend spotting?
As I strolled through a local mall recently, I found myself
drawn to the one item that has been reportedly flying off the shelves; the
black eyeglasses with a mustache dangling from a chain. I had to try them on and then I had to
have my picture taken in them just to show my kids how hipster I can be when
pushed to the edge, except no one was pushing!
Not only are the eyeglasses selling like penny candy, but so
are the long, black necklaces with a mustache pendant and temporary mustache
tatoos.
WHAT IS THIS TREND ALL ABOUT,
ANYWAY?
Some people believe the fingerstache found its way into our
youth culture through a popular reality show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians. When the Kardashian sisters drew
mustaches on their fingers, they helped raise this comical trend to its current
hot spot.
As the Kardashian darlings sported vintage-style
fingerstaches, hipsters everywhere found the humor in it and resurrected the
old-fashioned mustache to life again, only this time on chains and eyeglasess. Kelly
Clarkson, Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber have also been seen wearing the black, twisted
mustache of eras gone by.
When you think about it, fashion moves in cycles from severe
to playful, from serious and classy to bright and whimsical. A trend like this one, a little mustache
on a chain really just asks to be laughed at, nothing more, nothing less.
Or could it be more dastardly than that? (Sounds of loud
laughter, boots stomping quickly away, and theater fades to black.)
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