Style Rebel Gifts

'Louise, everyone is wearing that this year ... don't be such a sheep to fashion.'

' . . . and if hired I promise not to wear clothes that accentuate my skin art.'

'Where is it written that I can't wear a Hawaiian shirt?'

Recessionista Chic.

"Your Casual Friday's have slipped into Casual Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays..."

"Whoa, Fred!! Where'd you get that ridiculous shirt??!"

"Let me remind you, Wilkie, the corporate identity, c'est moi!"

"This suit is more of a European cut."

'I'm gonna have to change my hair. My parents love it.'

"Without mentioning many names, certain questionable liberties have been taken with our corporate dress code."

'Relax, sir?I think it's just a fashion statement.'

"You don't need me. This is the latest teen style: perma-wrinkle-perma-dirty clothing that requires no ironing and no washing."

"It's a letter from our parent company. They want me to get a hair cut and get rid of my nose stud."

"...we are able to offer lifestyle advice...but that doesn't extend to whether that jacket and tie combination is funky"!

'Don't mention my hair. I won't mention your pants.'

'No, man, I don't know where you're coming from. But if I had to guess, I'd say the early Seventies.'

Spotty dress

"My grandpa keeps telling me to get a belt. . . dude, what's a belt?"

'They don't allow ponytails.'

'I don't care how cool it's supposed to be dad, you are not going like that!'

"One wish left and you burn it on a mullet?"

'Outré!'

"Don't you think you should dress your age not your, er, espadrille size?"

The Senior Fashionista

Bert makes a fashion statement...'You look like an idiot!'

The Island of Misfit Pants

"Too punkish?"

"Dad, I would never go out in torn rags! I'm wearing designer clothes!"

'He never could get anything right.'

"What is it with you and your baggy clothes?"

"Allegro non troppo!"

"Would you have anything a bit...'stupider'?"

"I am not your do-over."

"I like you in a tie."

"A lacklustre style got me where I am, and a lacklustre style is going to keep me here."