They’re BACK!  The pants that inspired the theme of this whole blog.  Here they are, in a completely different store, in their full, high-waisted, Urkel-esque glory, only in SILVER!  Will the madness ever end? 

Look at the jacket beside them.  It’s like a chef’s coat mixed with a varsity jacket!

Like the last post, this is not a shop window but in the front of the store in a mall, which to me is as good as a window.

These sweaters were lovingly laid out on a table at the entrance of the store, for everyone to see.  As far as I could tell, no one was eying them though.  Why might that be?  Could it be the fact that it is NOT 1988?  I remember wearing appliquéd sweaters in the late 80s.  I was 4, and I thought they were great because mom had them too.  They went great with my stirrup pants. 

BUT it is now 2008….the time for abstract designs appliquéd onto sweaters with metallic threads is long gone.  I’ve always seen ‘retro’ as taking something from a different fashion era that can translate into modern times, but this just looks dated.  It screams ‘hey!  I’ve had this for 20 years, and I’ve never updated my look once!”  From what I could tell the shoppers in this particular store liked this sweater about as much as I did.  The display was undisturbed in a busy store, and shoppers simply walked past the table.  Store buyer beware…there is a difference between retro and dated!