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I've heard of using baby products for ourselves, and that seems like a relatively harmless idea. For example, I've been known to borrow my son's baby lotion on occasion. But what about baby fashion? Does it translate to adult-wear? According to the runway, maybe. According to some actual adults, not so much.
Fashion Week recently brought us, to the chagrin of many, a collection of adult-sized rompers. A romper, for those of you unfamiliar with infant wear, is a one-piece outfit made for babies, usually a top and shorts combined into one. Infants look pretty darned cute in them. Grown women look ridiculous. Although, I will say, they do look rather comfortable!
Would you wear an adult-sized romper? Would you if it were made by, say, Betsey Johnson? Or do you prefer to leave the baby clothes to the babies? As for me, if I wanted to wear something chic and comfortable, I would (and do) opt for jeans and a t-shirt. It's my hope this is simply a Spring trend that will go the way of large shoulder pads (although those stuck around for a long, long time!).
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9-16-2008 @ 11:23AM
Gabby said...Bad idea. It's difficult to go to the bathroom while wearing a romper - you have to totally disrobe. I used to own this one-piece, romper-like outfit years ago, and it was a pain in the butt. Plus, it made me look fat. On the other hand, I had romper pajamas, and they were so incredibly comfy. I hope they start making them again, I'll be first in line to buy them.
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9-16-2008 @ 11:42AM
Jenni said...The bathroom issue was the first thing to come to my mind, you beat me to it. It's a total pain!
9-16-2008 @ 11:31AM
Jamie said...The one the model had on was cute. I do think that having no hips would help the shape of the outfit look right. Having hips, I don't think this would be flattering on me.
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9-16-2008 @ 3:16PM
Tami said...Ha! Yeah, all I could think about was if the adult sizes have snaps at the bottom too!
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9-16-2008 @ 3:27PM
Karen said...Snaps on the bottom would take care of the bathroom issue. I would totally wear a romper -- in fact, I have. To me, this is better and more flattering than overalls, which (I think) always look terrible on grown-ups.
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12-03-2008 @ 1:18PM
atushintime said...does your comment suggest an interest in being infantilized at all? If so I find that most interesting. Mendy
9-16-2008 @ 4:45PM
Maureen said...Hideous! This is a bad idea even on the most beautiful runway model.
Can you imagine if a bunch of us regular folks were wandering around town in these? It makes me shudder.
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9-17-2008 @ 12:15PM
c_rousseau05 said...In the picture it doesn't look so bad but if I picture that same romper on a curvy (not necessarily fat but curvy) woman instead of that stick thin supermodel then I second think it. That would be hideous on the wrong body frame but kinda cool on the right one. Just like all fashion I guess. I want to see how many celebs and trendy people will wear these LOL! It's amazing how you can put a popular name on something ugly and people flock to it like candy from the sky and gobble it up.
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9-17-2008 @ 10:34PM
isisaquaria said...In a word NO....
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