I went clothes shopping this weekend, wanting to pick up some fall business separates for work. First of all, I will never complain again that cycling clothing is expensive. If I spend $100 on a pair of cycling shorts, be assured that I will wear them once a week for at least three years. Women's clothing is designed nowadays to be so trendy that you cannot wear something for more than three months before it goes out of style. And it's also expensive.

I shopped for clothes at Macy's. In other words, I shopped at Muu-Muu Land. I was not aware that muu-muus were back in style, but apparently they are, since Macy's has at least 2,000 different muu-muu styles, in every color of the techni-color rainbow. In fact, there is little else at Macy's right now except for muu-muus, so if you are looking for something in a solid color, don't waste your time there. If you do not know what a muu-muu is, check out this photo at a nursing home clothing website. It is a very large, roomy dress with loud floral prints, originating in Hawaii. It looks very similar to a nightgown. Which is the first problem I have with this 'fashion' trend. I just don't think it is okay for people to wear nightgowns out in public.

Macy's sells these muu-muus as both dresses and tops. I am going to post some photos I found on their website. However, these examples are a big disappointing because Macy's tries to lure the buyer in with photos of more attractive clothing, then when you get there, you find clothing that Macy's probably bought from KMart. Most of the muu-muu prints I saw looked like something my grandmother used to wear in the 70s.

No.


No.


And no.

I predict the fall 2008 trend: A la The Sound of Music, all tops and dresses will be made of heavy drapery material, with an 80s twist: the fabric will turn into neon colors when activated by heat.