INDIE REWIND: 10 Trends Americans Have Run into the Ground

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

When it comes to fashion, America has a checkered history of following trends. Sure, there have been the good — the Brit-Mod 60s, the wrap-dress 70s, the coke-bag 80s — but for every Mondrian shift there’s a Juicy Couture tracksuit. Whether imported or homegrown, these trends have created a blight on American fashion. By pointing them out FashionIndie hopes to do our patriotic duty to right the sartorial wrongs of our fore-mothers and fathers and build a better, fiercer future for the children. WON’T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!

Ghost Of Fashion Past: The Von Dutch Trucker

Edited by Corey Moran

 

What can now be classified as the “Old School” Ed Hardy, Von Dutch paved the way for douche bag promoting companies around the world. The hats were so ridiculously and obnoxiously over done that they were almost the perfect recipe for vomit. They had “cool” clashing colors and fabrics, and in no way looked good on your head. Ashton Kutcher was the Von Dutch master, and single handedly allowed the douche bag to feel comfortable outside the confines of his frat house, thus allowing them to spread their douche bag seed at beer pong playing dive bars across the nation.

Once in a blue moon you may actually see one of these post-college, homo-erotic d-bags playing grab ass with his “bros” in Hoboken, rocking a Von Dutch hat because an Ed Hardy hat would be his fifth Ed Hardy piece in one outfit, and even that’s too much for him. The best part of this whole concept is that the dude totally had to style his hair before he put the hat on though in case of an emergency.

Von Dutch, a pioneer in the douche bag industry since 2000.

Thanks Flickr for the images.

Britney’s Off Her Meds. Plans a Collection with Ed Hardy

Edited by Saynt

“Yes, just sign on my SMET shirt and we will own your soul  collaborate on an upcoming collection”

Britney Spears seems to have not spent enough time in the loony bin cause now the singer/wannabe actress thinks she can be a designer!!! Worse than that, rumors are speculating on truthiness worth STAR magazine that the pop fart will be collaborating with non other than seventh son of Satan designer Christian Audigier of Von Dutch, Ed Hardy, Smet, and Christian Audigier fame.

“I have known Britney for a long time — she is a good friend of mine,” Audigier tells Star. “We’re talking about working together, designing a line of clothing.”

Britney visited the designer in hell (Ed Hardy’s corporate offices in Culver City, California) on Thursday to meet with Audigier and while she was there she picked out some Ed Hardy duds she liked, which was pretty much the entire collection since trailer trash and the mentally disabled are the only ones who seem to love his shit.

“Britney came in to talk with Christian about working on a line together,” Ed Hardy’s Marissa McMillion tells Star. She then became filled with the spirit of Beelzebub, speaking in tongues, and wishing for an outfit that would make her look a thousand times worse than Anna Nichole Smith looks right now in her rotting grave.  Fortunately, Christian had just the outfit in his Spring collection…