They say, never look back. Returning home is complicated - full of mixed emotions and nostalgia. While visiting our hometown Chicago we felt an emotional whip lash from many contrasts….
Happy reunions with favorites vs. the brutal “why did we leave in the first place?” interrogation from our 11 year old….
Not enough time with friends vs. too much water in the basement (again!)
Even the fab music festival – Lollapalooza – reflected contrasts with a super broad range of music but narrow range of outfits….
Seriously, the outfit trends were so consistent they appeared almost uniform….
Let's explore the components….
High waisted short shorts
Some with the legs for them...
But not required...
Even mother daughter...
Bare midriffs & skin..
A good 50% of the 14-28 year olds donned the bare midriff look
Some combined it with high waisted
Lots of visible undergarments...
Or none at all…
Thankfully this guy spared us the midriff...
(but I think we can all agree there was still a bit too much skin)
But, Speedo boy left little to the imagination...
(While Chicago has been known to get opressively hot in the summer, I assure you the weather was not his motivation. I had on long sleeves around this time)
70s hair
There were flower power headbands abound...
Lots o long hair...
Even a braid to the butt...
(taken to the 70s next level via braless too)
Bedazzled
The abundance of face & body glitter was hard to capture on film, but the jewels were more visible…
OK - I'll admit - these ladies took the trends further than most
(x my 'seriously boring by comparison' outfit)
With 'uniforms' like this, maybe it's not surprising to see which consumer goods company was flying their branded flag...
(Scroll in…….give up?……Trojan!)
We had a great time - making us again miss all that we love about Chicago
Here's to missing our hometown - consistently outfitted, floody - and most of all fab!
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