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    Image of BytheSea BytheSea
    12/08/09

    In reply to Free People: Let's Pretend It's The Summer Of '69
    Ykno what? these are the first clothes since ... since .... ever in my lifetime that aren't hideous. So. I've lived through 80s neon and 90s ruffle and 00 wtf is that shit. Bring on the 70s. It's a look I can work.
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    Image of JerkoftheMonth JerkoftheMonth
    12/08/09

    In reply to Free People: Let's Pretend It's The Summer Of '69
    The budget doesn't seem to have allowance for hair management. In pic 7, how rough does her hair look? Hippies didn't use straighteners, did they?
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    Image of BytheSea BytheSea
    12/08/09

    @JerkoftheMonth: Yes, they did. It was called your mom's iron from Sears and occasionally when they lifted their head up, their hair was left laying there on the ironing board.
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    Image of Acquanetta Acquanetta
    12/08/09

    @BytheSea: There was also a special tape I used to try to keep my bangs straight.
    Futile at best.
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    Image of Remedios Varo can't see no huevos. Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.
    12/08/09

    In reply to Free People: Let's Pretend It's The Summer Of '69
    I have a pair of jeans with a big hole in the left thigh. I wear tights or leggings under the pants, and it looks fine. Sometimes I get embarrassed, but thank you Free People, for showing me that folks would buy shorts in much worse condition for a lot of money.
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    Image of 5ft of fury 5ft of fury
    12/09/09

    @Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.: My 1 pair of "skinny" jeans that I got second hand have a hole in the crotch. I'm still wearing them (I do plan on patching them at some point, but until then I will wear long t shirts/tunic things over them).
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    12/08/09

    In reply to Free People: Let's Pretend It's The Summer Of '69
    Ugh. Why must designers always default to hippie when they think of the 60's? (Which only a small fraction of people identified with in the 60's. One of the most overblown subcultures ever) when will mod have its day????!!!!
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    Image of ccivar ccivar
    12/08/09

    @Sunshineyness: Oh please give us a mod throwback!!!! Hippie is so grody - I want the clean, vibrant sleekness of Mod!
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    12/08/09

    @ccivar: I would kill for some mod style revival!
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    Image of AcadianDriftwood AcadianDriftwood
    12/08/09

    @MargaretMoony: Ahhh, I was a mod for Halloween and no one knew what I was supposed to be! I just ended up saying I was a go-go dancer. Sigh. I would dress like that every day if I could.
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    12/08/09

    @AcadianDriftwood: Did, did, did you make your friends ask you if you were a mod or a rocker? Because I totally would have.
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    Image of AcadianDriftwood AcadianDriftwood
    12/09/09

    @Sunshineyness: Ah, how I wish. No one would have gotten my "mocker" answer anyway, which makes me very sad.
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    Image of PaintedTrollop PaintedTrollop
    12/08/09

    In reply to Free People: Let's Pretend It's The Summer Of '69
    People - I was a teenager in 1969. No one was wearing rompers. Rompers were not cool then - and not cool now.

    Our clothes were much cooler than this - and we made 'em ourselves.
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    12/08/09

    @PaintedTrollop: The only people who should be wearing rompers are the babehs.
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    Image of Newsgirl Newsgirl
    12/08/09

    In reply to Free People: Let's Pretend It's The Summer Of '69
    I do not understand fashion trends these days.
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    Image of LBB LBB
    12/08/09

    In reply to Free People: Let's Pretend It's The Summer Of '69
    My favorite lightweight sweater is by Free People, but it looks nothing like this. It's more 1970s, Mary Tyler Moore-ish. This is just disturbing. Not only the fact that the clothes are WAY overpriced but I have a real problem with the idea of paying to look like you don't have any money.
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    Image of JLady JLady
    12/08/09

    @LBB: In fairness, once you've shilled out that much for a romper, sweater and bullet bracelet, you probably don't have any money.
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    Image of AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
    12/08/09

    In reply to Free People: Let's Pretend It's The Summer Of '69
    and, Bryan Adams was somewhere around the age of 12 when it was actually the summer of '69. So, really, methinks the song's not quite about a year, per se.
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    Image of AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
    12/08/09

    @AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope: Also, I'm mildly embarrassed that I a) know this and b) wanted to share it. But it stays.
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    Image of JLady JLady
    12/08/09

    @AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope: It's okay. I've thought that for a long time. It's nice to know I'm not alone :)
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    Image of la.donna.pietra la.donna.pietra
    12/08/09

    In reply to Free People: Let's Pretend It's The Summer Of '69
    I remember the last time a '60s revival came around. I was in high school. Shannon Faulkner was doing her very best to suppress all of the men at the Citadel. I still thought Bill Clinton was kinda cool.

    Lordy, I'm old.
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    Image of LBB LBB
    12/08/09

    @la.donna.pietra: You and me both. D:
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    Image of SunburnedCounsel SunburnedCounsel
    12/08/09

    @la.donna.pietra: I remember this all too. But I ripped the seams of my own jeans and added fabric triangles. For free.
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    Image of boobookitteh boobookitteh
    12/08/09

    In reply to Free People: Let's Pretend It's The Summer Of '69
    Let's not, and say we did.
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    Image of cocobanal cocobanal
    12/08/09

    In reply to Free People: Let's Pretend It's The Summer Of '69
    As someone who grew up in this era and who wore some of these styles--ack, this makes me feel so old. And the irony . . . expensive imitations . . . sort of hilarious in a sad way.
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    Image of cate3710 cate3710
    12/08/09

    In reply to Free People: Let's Pretend It's The Summer Of '69
    I kind of like the bullet casing bracelet, but not for that price.
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    Image of sayah sayah
    12/08/09

    @cate3710: Go to a shooting range, then get a chain and make it your self for next to nothing.
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    Image of cate3710 cate3710
    12/08/09

    @sayah: Yeah, that was what I was thinking. Plus then there's the excitement of actually firing the gun!
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    Image of LaFemme LaFemme
    12/08/09

    In reply to Free People: Let's Pretend It's The Summer Of '69
    This line is one big violation of one of my fashion rules: never pay more for something because it looks old, new clothes should not be falling apart.

    Those shorts and jeans are shameful.
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    Image of Eleanor Ramilly Eleanor Ramilly
    12/08/09

    In reply to Free People: Let's Pretend It's The Summer Of '69
    I'm not sure why, but I have spent a long time being a Free People defender. I am finally throwing in the towel and admitting the truth: this shit is ugly and overpriced. They have a good item every once in a while, but even a broken clock is right twice a day...
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    Image of badmutha badmutha
    12/08/09

    @Eleanor Ramilly: Truth, sister.
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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    12/08/09

    In reply to Free People: Let's Pretend It's The Summer Of '69
    The pants in 5 remind me of the bellbottoms that we used to make in junior high with an old pair of jeans and scraps of fabric. Only ours were less expensive and looked way better, I think.
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