Fashion & Style - In General
- Jul 8
- 2009
Editor’s Web Note: This letter cracked me up! Although thong underwear emerged originally from the porn industry (notice their arrival on the market coincides with the early days of the Internet, which marked the beginning of the meteoric rise of porn), the panel is adamant that wearing them implies no connotation about the activity of the wearer. And they’re right. However, they also think flashing them above your belt line is asking for judgment. And they’re right on that, too. — Lauren
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I’m staying at my dad’s house part of the summer and it’s so lame because he and my step mom are freaking out over my thong underwear. They have actually confiscated them! I’m 16 and say it’s none of their business what underwear I wear. I told them I was writing your…
- Nov 21
- 2007
Dear Readers: Last week the teen panel and I responded to “Call me square” who complained that all her daughter’s friends dressed like hookers for Halloween. She then asked if Halloween was where girls began training to be strippers as she’d heard that one in 22 girls works as a one. To my…
- Nov 14
- 2007
Dear Straight Talk: What’s with all the slutty Halloween costumes? My 13-year-old’s friends all dressed like hookers. My daughter was in a Renaissance outfit and was furious with me because she felt “stupid” at the middle school dance. She’s still mad at me! Don’t the girls care that they…
- Sep 27
- 2006
Dear Straight Talk: I moved in with my dad and step-mom over the summer and am attending eighth grade at my third middle school. My stepmother obviously knows what it’s like to be a teenager because she got me braces for my teeth, took me to a hair stylist, and bought me clothes that look…
- Feb 22
- 2006
Dear Straight Talk: I have a solution to the fashion wars raging in the last few columns. For clothes too plunging in the neckline or too short at the waist, simply layer with a stylish undergarment. This is the popular way to dress now anyway. Find a pretty camisole long enough to cover the…
- Feb 8
- 2006
Dear Straight Talk: I am disappointed that you didn’t suggest to “Eighth grader” to honor her mother’s guidance regarding the clothes that were too “revealing”. We should not allow our daughters to dress provocatively. Eighth graders should not be flaunting their bodies in “revealing”…
- Jan 25
- 2006
Dear Straight Talk: Recently a friend from school gave me some really cute clothes she grew out of. The trouble is my mother says I can’t wear any of them because they are too “revealing”. But they are the same as everyone wears! Finally I have an opportunity to fit in. How can I get her to…
