"Trucker Chic"
 

I hope this fad is over fast.

I stepped into my A&F store the other day, which is, for me, an oasis of sanity in a mall full of places I usually give a chance but have always walked away from empty-handed like the Gap, AE, etc.

I wanted jeans. Simple jeans, blue, covering my legs, etc. So I look around. It seems now, that jeans come with holes and stains AND are $30 more than the nicest jeans they have in department stores? Thanks, I'm buying jeans because the ones I'm wearing have holes in them. Why would I want jeans that come with holes already in 'em?

The paint splattered on them was interesting as well. So now, to be up with the joneses, I must help a friend paint and be sure to ruin my jeans? Wonderful.

Sorry, A&F, I took my business to JC Pennies where they have normal jeans.. You know.. the kind that are different shades of blue, and don't come with holes and stains?

Maybe I'm just getting old?

I'm so over trucker hats.

is that trucker chic or is that painter chic?
either way, it's ridiculous and a slap in the face of fashion
i refuse to wear abercrombie because they sell faded items
i can do that myself with washing my clothes tons
why would i want to pay $50 for someone to do it for me?

I'm glad someone brought this up. the other week I walked through Abercrombie, Hollister (I think that's the name of it) and Amer. Eagle. All the clothes looked like they had been overwashed, rolled up in a ball and left under the bed for a month. Why do they display things this way at the store??? When I actually see people wearing clothes from there, they don't look that bad.

This is just another version of stonewashed jeans - the reason those went away was because (duh) washing something with big ole stones tends to wear away the fabric and make it weaker.

Out here in Texas, they call these so-called trucker hats 'gimmie caps', since they're such a common giveaway.

My roommate works at Abercrombie and informed me just the other day that pre worn jeans are going to be off the rack soon.

You mean, like what you can get at Goodwill or the Salvation Army for $5? :rolleyes:

And thank you AlphaSigOU for explaining the origin of the term "gimme caps." I heard someone call them that once and I didn't understand the logic.

what is the brand name of that new trucker look? it starts with a v.
anyway, it is taking over my school. there is this one girl in my statistics class that wears this look every freakin day. personally i think the look is getting tacky. darn these stupid trends.

von Dutch.

http://www.vondutch.com/html/ (ick...disturbing photo on the left).

that the name. that web page really makes me want to go buy their clothes:rolleyes:

I hate this trend and I blame the Neptunes.

Pharell and those damn hats started it, and now every other metrosexual in NYC must have on this ugy style.

Eww.

Trucker hats are definitely 1.5 years ago. Tell those kids that if they want to be pretend they're trendy, to at least pick the current trend.

-Rudey
--Listening to Live.

Chad Hugo doesn't wear that shit. Blame Pharrell, but don't slander the real man behind the plan.

-RC
--smart at hip hop

My best friend and I have this little dream where we break into a mall in the middle of the night, break into Abercrombie, and sew up all the rips, wash out the stains, and iron everything.

Can you imagine how confused the employees would be when they came in the next day? :D

I can't stand trucker hats. They really are "so last year". I blame Ashton Kutcher for the trend. But you can point a finger at Pharrell too. I hate that tool.

LOL. You're so right. There is a reason why people abandoned these hats the first time around -- they are ridiculous looking. Ridiculous on even the hottest guys and gals. Now why do you want to go and make yourself look dumb? (Are you listening Benicio Del Toro? Brad Pitt? Ashton Kutcher? Justin Timberlake -- the list goes on and on.)

The only time trucker hats are cool is when people wore them before it was "cool" to wear them;)

The difference is it actually looks kind of cute on Pharell.. on most other people, it just makes them look stoopid.

Are you listening, Ashton Kutcher?

i am from california. i live in san diego. i wear abercrombie, von dutch, trucker hats, urban outfiters, etc.
i like this look. why? i dont know, it is different, and fun. in LA i can see how people would be over it because usually everything starts there. in the mid-west i can see how you would not understand it because, well we dont understand you. why would you understand us.
but there are people who wear it, and it is cool. i personally would never wear plane old blue jeans from jc penny. they need to at least be a little vintage. the fully pressed and perfect look is just not working out here on the west coast. there are more stylish vairations of the messy/trucker look. ther are people who wear it in a classy way, and not a tacky way. it may be a fasion fad, but that is what fasion is...a fucking fad. here today, gone tomorrow.

Bwahahahaha. laughed mao at G8Ralphaxi.

The crack whore look is back! yaaaaaay!

http://www.vondutch.com/html/default...tml/women.html

TTT
 

On another board I was on, the subject of "trucker chic" (lawhamercy) came up. And somebody posted a link to this parody ad. CTHU. CTHU.

http://www.texastravesty.com/2003_11/vondouche.html

My little brother begged my mom to go into Abercrombie about a month ago.

Her reaction when she walked in?

"Why is everything so wrinkly in here?"

Some little 12 year-old girl was walking around the mall in a Ryder trucker hat, a Von Dutch polo shirt, and this ripped up skirt. I can't exactly describe how she looked but I will say she looked like a hot mess. I couldn't help but laugh when I saw her. It was awful.

truckers chic is not cool. People look ridiculous, but whatever. To each their own I guess.

You are the people who call Paris Hilton a fashion plate
;) :)
And alot of trends start in NY, or on the runways......

didnt everyone see Tom Green announce that he killed the Von Dutch trend?

OMG I HATE trucker hats.

They remind me of riding the bus in elementary school/junior high. The old guy bus drivers would always have on those hats, and it would annoy me because they were just floating on their heads... a good couple inches between the hat and their head.

I'm sorry, I just couldn't date a guy who reminded me of my school bus driver :)

And girls look even more ridiculous in them........

Oh but it is, I thought everyone knew that! My dad has been wearing "trucker caps" (we call them seed corn caps here) since about 1983. They look really good with his boots and jeans when he's going into town in the old pick-up. But you know, you have to coordinate the coat to the cap. You wouldn't want to be wearing a Pioneer Seed hat with a DeKalb coat, the horrors!!! You would be talked about at the Co-op for weeks! ;)

Nope, I don't get fashion, and that's okay by me. I like things classic, anyway.

I think Von Dutch hats are hilarious, not cool.

I thought they were cool about 6-8 months ago, but when you see them on little high schoolers, that's when you know they're kind of over, in my opinion.

The look has been over for months...and even when it is was in, it wasn't. Same goes for those velour and velvet jogging/warmup/leisure suits. Even MORE SO for the jumpsuits with flared legs.

There is a girl I saw at the bar every Wednesday night last semester with a red trucker hat. She would wear it with a hot pink shirt sometimes. If I see it again on her this semester it may accidentally get knocked off, trampled, soaked in liquor and set on fire.

I also live in a farming community and attend a university with a strong Ag program, it is obvious by the lack of Wranglers or Carhartts who is in the fad and who isn't.

The velour jumpsuits are still cute for running errands and stuff, I think.

But really, they were over for me when everyone copied Juicy. The original is always the best!

I like those velour jumpsuits, for lounging. Or, like sororitygirl2 said, for running errands. It's not an outfit I would wear on a regular basis for going out in. I just think they're really comfy.