80's Fashion Trends I "Will" Support

I, like so many others, will not succomb to this return to the 80's skinny pants/jeans extravaganza. I adore Audrey Hepburn and commend The Gap for yet another great commercial. However, I am not enough of a slave to fashion to spend my hard earned money on this madness. The title of the "skinny pants" or the "skinny jeans" leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Even when I was at my "fighting weight" I don't think I would have endorsed this trend. I like the idea of pants or jeans, that when I wear them, make me look skinny. So, all this being said, here are a few of the 80's fashion trends that I do and will don this fall.

1. Big, sparkly, cinchy purses. Love this look and am glad that big purses are back in style as I've always carried them. I like to refer to my purse as the MotherShip - a bottomless bag of bobby pins, hair clips, bandaids, exedrin, tylenol, advil, hand sanitizer, lotion, not to mention makeup, money and credit cards....

2. Big earrings. I've spent the last few weeks updating my accessories and am excited to debut my new hoops, loops and chandalier dangles.

3. Bangs.. I never can keep up if their in or out, but I've always had them since God blessed me with a rather large forehead. Either way, I've gotta have them. So I can do long and sweepy or short and straight. Every other year, I'm in style with them.

4. Knee boots. This is a trend from the 70's that I am just passionate about. I love that the weather is getting cooler for me to break out my tweed skirt and my knee boots.

So there it is. My 2006 Fall Fashion Must-Haves. I'm all for being funky, trendy, sassy (as Boomama calls it); So, if you see me walkin down the street in regular boot cut jeans an obvious fashion emergency, please don't call 911, just let me keep going.