Kate
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Crap, I wish you only needed one condition here.
What are these comorbidities everyone has? My brother has a very high BMI, and difficulty breathing, but in MA you have to have two conditions if you’re not 65, and I don’t see another one on the list that he definitely has. He really needs a vaccine, as a delivery driver.
I feel like the way things are going it will be another month before my parents get vaccinated, longer for my brother, and probably August for me. Blah.
Of course the whole system crashed today in MA when appointments opened up at 8am for 65+ and ppl with 2 underlying conditions. It’s still fucked.
Awesome! My parents live in one of those towns where it looks like MA now has a location (it wasn’t on this website before). I know they’ve been keeping on top of when ppl under 75 can start getting it, but I sent them these links just in case.
I’ve been using KN95 masks ordered from Amazon that are on that FDA approved list. But who knows.
“ I’ve always had complicated feelings with pants and jeans.”
Me too, as a short person.
I think if I didn’t have to be on Zoom, I probably wouldn’t shower. I like to get started early before other people are emailing, and I could just keep going and never shower.
The low-rise boot-cut jeans from 2007 are NOT back, as far as I know. They probably will be, but not right now. It’s the high-waisted mom jeans that I wore in the 90s as a teen, and they’d dig into your belly button when you sat down. They didn’t have stretch. They look cute though, IMO. You can get them now with some stretch, and they can look flattering if you find the right ones. Though that’s a big challenge right now since you can’t go to stores and try on.
Wider-leg jeans are in now, too, L.
Now, I will say that what you think looks good on your body is often *influenced* by trends. Like, I remember my mom freaking out about skinny jeans coming into fashion because she feels she’s pear-shaped. You used to hear that boot-cut jeans were best on that kind of body because they balanced out your hips (remember What Not To Wear?). But she tried on skinny jeans, realized they looked cute, and now is worried about them going out of style.
But like, in two years if skinny jeans are really out of style (for now), I’m not going to keep wearing them, because I don’t want to look like one of those women clinging to old styles and looking out of date. Like someone in 2016, say, still wearing low-rise boot cut with a chunky shoe. Skinny jeans can also be pretty tight and constricting on your legs, especially in warmer weather. I definitely can’t stand wearing them in summer, but I could see wearing a lightweight pair of straight-leg jeans that aren’t clingy.
PS all Gen Z girls on Instagram look the same to me. No one is doing anything that wild with their look.
My hair wants to part on the left. And I think the highlights are placed with that in mind. For a young, fresh, symmetrical face, sure, part in the middle, but most people probably look better with an offset part and some volume.
Also, yeah, there’s a lot to be said for a jean that won’t touch the ground and get wet, when you live in a messy climate. Skinny jeans tuck right into boots.
I do have this one pair of high-waisted straight leg distressed jeans from Target that are very comfy and a little cropped so they look cute with the low Ugg’s or even a combat boot. I can get on board with that style, but it doesn’t need to replace skinny jeans.
Yeah, Gen Z says you can’t wear a side part or skinny jeans anymore. I do have some of the straight-leg ones that they wear, but I like skinny better.
I saw a tik tok where a millennial woman was explaining that Gen Z is too young to have “FuBu’s, or hips,” so they don’t get it.
Another thing I’m really into right now is bodysuits from Amazon. Yeah, I like Amazon, kill me. I support the local businesses but they don’t sell bodysuits or value outerwear. Anyway, it reminds me of 1994 when I wore bodysuits with Levi’s mom jeans (550s maybe?). I feel like a high-waisted Jean with a bodysuit is easy and flattering on a middle-aged woman like myself. They have all kinds of colors and necklines so there’s something for everyone.
