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Class was being held in a classroom today but the students would probably notice a wardrobe and a trunk at the front of the room. These would be needed later. And John was already grinning so maybe that would give them a clue as to what he was hiding.

"Today, we're going to talk about something very important to the lives of most teenagers. Clothing. I'm not gonna bother explaining what clothing is because you all should know. No one's naked in here, after all."

Thank goodness.

"What I am going to explain is that, every generation, certain pieces of clothing explode in popularity for one reason or another. Sometimes it's because a celebrity wears them and everyone wants to emulate that celebrity. Sometimes it's because it's a big 'eff you' to everyone in authority and sometimes it's peer pressure or to be outside of social norms. With clothing fads, it doesn't even matter if what you're wearing is nice or not. You wear it to be cool. You wear it because everyone else is wearing it and if you don't, you're gonna get stink eyed to hell and back. When one person starts a trend, people follow. That's just natural, it's just human nature. Of course, you're always going to have those people that don't follow, that walk to their own beat but that's true of almost every situation."

John grinned again and clapped his hands together. "Today, we're going to look at some different clothing fads. You all are going to be assigned a different fad for which I've got the matching piece of clothing up here. Your assignment? Put the piece of clothing on and wear it for the entire day. I'm not gonna be hunting you down to see if you do it but I will be asking you to report back next week. So, ready for your assigned piece of clothing? Let's get started."

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Looking fashionable!

Listen to John talk, eye the wardrobe and the trunk, wonder wtf you might get assigned, take notes, sleep, whatever!

And here is your assigned piece of clothing:

Cara: Platform Shoe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_shoe)
Clark Kent: Bell Bottoms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell-bottoms)
Elphaba Thropp: Kaftan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaftan)
Faramir: Leisure Suit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisure_suit)
George Lass: Poodle Skirt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poodle_skirt)
Jeremy Darling: Fanny Pack (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_pack)
Joolushko Tunai Fenta Hovalis: Leggings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leggings)
Leo Valdez: Coonskin Cap (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coonskin_cap)
Lindsay Weir: Go Go Boots (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_go_boots)
Noah Puckerman: MC Hammer Balloon Pants (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_trousers)
Shane Gooseman: Spandex Shorts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spandex)
Sov Thade Tage em Ereb: Zoot Suit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_suit)

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[Feel free to either do the assignment or handwave!]</smalL.

Edited 2011-02-04 12:38 (UTC)

Who John knows will wear those go go boots proudly! Or something.

He's around if you'd like to complain about your clothing selection!

I had a fanny pack once.

Cara

Cara looked at her assigned clothing. Cara looked at John.

Cara looked at her own boots. Cara looked back at John.

Given his weird obsession with her footwear, she suspected the Doctor had put him up to this.

Leo Valdez

Heck yeah, Leo would totally rock the Coonskin Cap. Made him look totally dashing.

Jeremy Darling

Clothes! Please ignore the easy grin on Jeremy's face, he just happened to be an expert in the subject.

... Of course, once John got to the assignment part, he started looking a little more dubious.

Okay, so a fanny pack wasn't the worst thing Jeremy could've ended up with, he supposed. After a moment, he actually decided he could totally rock it for a day.

Or until someone said something unnecessarily harsh about it, at which point it would be off in a nanosecond.

I was weetiny when those were all the rage, so I had a purple one with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on it.

Man I loved that thing.

Elphaba Thropp

Elphaba rather liked the outfit she was given.

"Why did this go out of style?" she wondered out loud.

Lindsay Weir

Lindsay stared at the go go boots. Compared to some of the other clothing fads, that one wasn't so bad. Still, they didn't seem very comfortable.

Lindsay was wearing them, but they were hidden under her jeans. So she wasn't exactly proud.

Sov Thade Tage em Ereb

Sove held up the zoot suit, examining it. It was rather stylish, and the only embarrassment wearing it might cause would be feeling a little too dressed up.

Shane Gooseman

Joolushko Tunai Fenta Hovalis

Well, leggings weren't terrible in theory. The shiny silver pair that Joolushko had somehow ended up with, however, might well be considered terrible. At least by Joolushko.

Clark Kent

George Lass

Faramir

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