American Apparel - Retro or Ridiculous?

Posts: 3942 Location: USA

American Apparel - Retro or Ridiculous?
by Jean Vouté Pratt

I can’t completely figure American Apparel out. I seriously like the eighties vibe I get
when I walk in the store. I’m immediately taken back to the 7th grade. I used to dance
around my room in a leotard pretending I was one of the dancers in Staying Alive with
John Travolta.

I loved leg warmers, body suits, and tights, all of it! I’m just wondering who is wearing
the thigh-high striped gym socks? Are they flattering? I think they could actually be
emphasizing the wrong part of the leg.

I much prefer the knee-high gym socks in a fun color. I’m obviously not wearing them,
but they would look really cute on a high-school girl. I have to admit, I still love the leg-
warmers - cause I’m ” a maniac, maniac, out on the floor. And she’s dancing like she’s
never danced before…”.

Ok, no more Flashdance flashbacks! Let me know what you think.

Would you wear them? If so, what would you wear them with?
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Posts: 32341 Location: Ibuprofen Palace / Glasgow

i can see girls wearing them with brightly coloured stilleto's and like little pleated skirts and whateva, yes people will wear them if they go for the whole look lol. maybe thats just the british eccentric way of dressing ... but they might bomb in america.

Posts: 3942 Location: USA

I dunno.... like to see Sweety in some of those

...Christmas Shopping I go....

Posts: 12522

the girls next door wear knee highs!

Posts: 8

I like it even if it look ridiculous, it works!!!

Posts: 3

What's the best season to wear this tights?

Posts: 11

When tights go out of fashion, The American Apparel Juggarnaut will have a real problem on their hands!

Posts: 14761

I love AA, I'm just too cheap to buy anything. Honestly, if I had no qualms about buying shit, I'd just have have a closet full of AA wonderfulness.

Posts: 21640

... but its all either
a. ridiculously skanky or
b. overpriced, average quality basics

Posts: 14761

Yeah, I'm not into the skanky shit.

I like their basics, the colours. They have some really cool artsy pieces sometimes.