A few words on trousers.
When I hit my teens, no ensemble was complete without
bell-bottomed jeans that covered your shoes and dusted the
floor as you walked. I can only imagine how ridiculous they
looked to my elders. My daughter's guy-friends wear jeans
so baggy it looks like they're wearing denim ball gowns.
How can my poor kid look at boys and possibly be attracted?
Then it occurred to me that she can, but I can't. Fashion
is not just to attract but also to repel. Grown-ups should
not look at teens sexually. Their clothes should be silly
to us and a secret code among themselves. It's probably
some biological instinct to ensure survival of our species.
- Amy Heckerling. "Talkin' About Their Generation"
Los Angeles Times May 7, 2000
"Calendar" Section p.12