What the heck is wrong with teen wardrobes?

LOL...I'm sorry I'm just seriously laughing right now...it's not Emu, it's EMO. I have teen step kids and so I understand it about as much as any parent. I guess the whole point is to be totally random and yes, confused or rather just not caring. There are various forms of Emo as far as I can tell. There are the ones that like the randomness of it and then there are others who are "darker" about it and they sometimes get into cutting. Our 15 year old and her boyfriend are both definitely Emo...but not in the dark way, our 17 year old is more Emo/skater/normal guy.

The Emo style is the same as grunge/goth/etc they are all built on the same principals. There really is no difference in the three. I think the Emo look does have more roots in grunge when the kids were more prone to not worry about what they look like. I find many goth kids put a lot of effort into how they look. I understand the Emo or whatever you want to call it look, but I never really 100% grew out of it either. At 29, I completely understand all of the clothing trends out there and I hate fashion (which is probably why I keep up on it to avoid being "in fashion"). I can easily spot the difference between a goth and a skater and a gamer, but I can understand how it can be confusing, especially with people who are hybrids and create their own style which make them unique which is the point in my opinion of being an individual. Out of curiosity, what is your style?

Emu? Awwww hun, it's emo, as everyone has been saying. I don't understand it either though. I have 4 step-brothers. The younger 2 are total emo, and the 2nd oldest is emo/skater/punk (in a band, old enough to dress skater, but trying to be "hip" with the emo crap) Thank God the oldest is only a year and a half younger and he doesn't get it either... he still dresses skater.. lol. But really, the gross thing is, they look like crossdressers. Tighter jeans than I ever see most females wearing. I mean.. weird. And the shaggy unwashed hair look. They seem like confused females with bad hygiene to me, but he what do I know? I too was one that had my goth moments, my skater moments, my grunge moments, and so on. But I was a teen in the 90's so what do I know? LOL!

As i'm sure you know by now, it's Emo... but you made me smile at 6:00 in the morning.. so that was nice.. (: I'm not sure why they wear those clothes, I see quite a few of them dressed that way. I suppose they are just trying to express themselves, the same way i did when I was a kid. I dressed punk for quite a few years, as did all of my friends.. We went to thrift stores and bought out all their polyester shirts with wierd names like Ralph, or Wilma on the front of the bowling shirts, and thought they were cool. I plan on burning any pictures. I think every kid goes through a stage where they are trying to find themselves, and honestly, Some of them just thinkg it's cool. Whether it is or not, I have no idea, I am 25 as well, but since i have two children, I feel like I grew up pretty fast.. and there are days I look at them and think, Did you mean to dress like that? Or, Did you forget to fix your hair, b/c it looks like you did.. I think it's just another way to identify themselves as a group of people.. I must inform you as well that Emo is a type of music, and most of the people that dress that way, enjoy that type of music.. I have listened to Emo.. and it's okay.. There are some bands that I like.. but you won't see me dressing crazy, or going out with bed-head any time soon. Thanks for the laugh! (:

I don't get it either I don't know what is wrong with kids today LOL I'm not sure if they are trying to start a new fad besides the fad of kids wearing clothes that are too big for them or what but it really is a very different and unusual fad I must say. When we are at the mall shopping we see these bunch of kids walking around looking like a tornado spit them out & the make-up on their face looking like there is no life in them I really don't know.

LOL...isn't an EMU a bird or something? At least you are with it to the point that you have heard of it at least! :-)

I haven't heard of this EMU EMO thing yet. I am not around teens too much these days. I do know that when I was in FL to see my parents I didn't understand the way my brother was dressing. I tried to tell him what he should wear and he told me he was wearing what everyone was wearing these days. He told me I was "old fashioned" at 24 I am old fashioned. WOW NEVER seen that coming LOL!

well i had to laugh also at you calling it emu.the funny thing is my daughter and her boyfiend dress emo,but just to annoy them i call them emu's.they just raise their eyebrows at me in disgust.i would not worry to much as it is probably just fad they are going through,just like our hippy days,or whatever trend we had back then.i look back at my photos in those days and think what was i thinking to have worn those clothes.i know their clothes are so un co-ordinated that you can not tell what they are suppose to be,and they are untidy,but he will grow out of it hopefully soon.cheers sue

LOL! I am not around teens that much, so I have no idea what they refer to their, style of dress, as these days. I have seen some whom I thought that what they were wearing looked strange or funny though... But then again, think back a little harder. As you say, you had your grudge and punk moments while growing up. You say that the difference was that at least back then, you could tell who was grudge and who was prep, etc...but think about it; WHO could tell? WE, US, the ones who were dressing that way could tell, not necessarily our parents or other older people. I mean I can remember being a teen and dressing in whatever the current fad was, and other teens doing the same. And sure, all of us teens knew what the deal was and we all knew who was who and what was what, but my parents didn't have a clue, and neither did most of the parents of my peers. And they didn't "get" us either. And I'm willing to bet, that a few years down the road, when the teens of today grow up and have teens of their own, they won't "get" them or their style of dress either. It's the same story, generation after generation after generation.

IMO, the new trend is "less is better." At least in Texas it is. And the colder the weather, the less they wear. I swear to God that I saw a teen girl not too long ago at Wal-Mart wearing boxer shorts, a tank top, potato shoes and no socks. It was about 30 outside and it was windy as heck. The girl kept saying how cold she was. Mom just laughed and said they'd be in the car and the heat in a minute. Um hello? Dress warmer? I wear potato shoes around the house and to get my mail and if I don't wear socks, my toes are popsicles by the time I get back inside. My mother would have beaten me if I came out of my house dressed like that to go out in public in DECEMBER. For those of you who don't know what potato shoes are, in Texas, we call those brown leather sandals with the front totally covered in leather with the back open and the buckle "potato shoes." I don't know why. They are potato colored, but not made of potatoes. I guess if you look at the shoes long enough, they do resemble potatoes. They are similar to crocs without the holes. Also, I saw some other teens in cut off shorts and short sleeved belly shirts in line at Taco Bell day before yesterday. We had chances of snow and these kids are dressed like they're going to the beach! And an emu looks like an ostrich. Mean birds too. Cover it up!