Being born in the middle of 80′s, I was really young then to remember any of the attributes of it’s culture and instead prefer ceaseless memories of Thomas The Tank Engine. That is not entirely true as I actually remember part of the culture. I remember perms and I remember mullets. And I also remember a profusion of atrocities committed by baby boomers which my young eyes had to bear. And this acute sense of loathing for all 80′s things was farther developed and systematically reinforced by the greatest of all such heinous crimes- the double denim.

This will come as a terrible revelation to all my readers: double denim is back.

Still we have hope. We can hope that we have spotted it soon enough. There’s hope that we can unveil the horrors of double denim infront of the people before it really spreads. And fashionising.com is going to be the vanguard for the attack: usually fully backing the majority of fashion trends and micro-trends, we are going to label the double denim trend in fashion as the biggest faux pas amongst the entire 2009′s fashion trends and 2010′s fashion trends.

Who Has Designed It For 2009/2010

The biggest violator to date has been William Rast’s Autumn (Fall)/Winter 2009/2010 catwalk, but we can be sure of encountering more of such travesties as we have moved only a quarter through the 2009/2010 fashion week season.

Whom to mock

Mock is a very profound word but it is justified against a profound fashion trend already evident in women’s 2009 and 2010 catwalk and there are already a lot of people who are following this.

Kanye West seems to be one such avid follower who has paired the look with his afro-mullet hair style. Recently we have also traced out double denim in a lot of street style pictures.
Reasons To Avoid This Trend

1. It’s a really dull style. Look at William Rast’s Autumn (Fall)/Winter 2009/2010 collection above (the three models, centre to right, in the top picture)

2. Whats next after double denim? Reintroduction of the perm style? Prevalence of the neo-mullet? May be even killer shoulder pads but Marc Jacobs has already destroyed that part of humanity. Read ‘Beyond Double Denim’ below to know more about other things which may make a possible come-back as a result.

3. A large number of really bad photos of you will be taken which will eventually end up in our street style collection or on face book and will then proceed for a world wide spread. A few years down the line and you will curse yourself for wearing it once. Come 2050 and your grand-children will be mocking you and denying your existence.

4. What will be your answer on the Judgement Day?(note: not really sure about that fact, but why to risk it? )

5. A lot of regret will follow suit.

6. Really a lot of regret.

Beyond Double Denim

If we finally failed to counter such a blunder like this one and accepted the double denim, it’s easy enough to guess it’s follow through and natural succession.

Really nice guess- perms, acid wash denim, and hammer pants.

Is there hope?

There’s always hope, but stopping double denim from becoming a fashion trend is going to be like stopping all those people who always like a return gift on a friend’s birthday.

And my dear readers, a lot of it is going to look like a charity work.