5. Curves are a Factor
The way the velour tracksuit is designed is to be extremely loose and comfortable, but it can have the opposite effect if it does not fit the right body type. The waistline is form fitting and the bottoms are so loose and baggy that it can be unflattering to most body types.Slender women end up looking like flagpoles, while curvier women suffer from the dreaded camel toe, because it only covers so much waist. The trick is to find the tracksuit that is made for you, but then again, why are we even trying?
4. Colour Me Blind
Velour tracksuits come in so many wonderful brilliant colours like washed-out coral, faded brown, tacky aqua, grey, and the ever so popular pale pink. Whether it is the colour or the material, neither flatters each other. The velour material itself is supposed to have this velvety texture, but the sheer reflection makes it look as if it has been through the wash 15 times. These tracksuits looks as if they have seen better days, yet they still make it into people's wardrobes.
3. The Sign of De-feet
The godfather of fashion Karl Lagerfeld once said that "Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life, so you bought sweatpants". As outlandish as that quote is, he has a point. Velour tracksuits are not meant to be athletic or fancy. Women are discouraged to even try dressing when they purchase the tracksuit. Velour tracksuits attract people who are not the most fashion forward or have the best taste. The biggest trend was to tuck them in a pair of UGGs in case you were impacted by a snowstorm. Too bad most of the people who sported that trend lived in Southern California. There are several ways to conduct your physical appearance, wearing velour tracksuits should not be one of them.
2. Price Over Matter
It is one thing to convince shoppers to invest in a gaudy tracksuit, but it is another to charge them an arm and a leg for it. Since companies like Juicy Couture and Chanel endorsed the sluggish apparel, people are now feeling approval of looking like pimps and jersey wives, because their tracksuits have been branded by fashion's elite giving them "value". (On a side note, shame on Karl Lagerfeld for allowing those images of the track suits to even surface online.) The price people are paying for some of these tracksuits, they could have easily bought a real pair of sexy high waisted jeans or a day time A-line dress. Instead the daytime attire is pink and if you want to look sexy at night, get red; you will be hotter than a firework on the fourth of July...
1. No More Subtle Reminders From Juicy Couture That It's Juicy Couture
There has never been anything more annoying than seeing the back of a woman's behind saying "Juicy"; it's degrading, immoral, and just plain wrong. Although I am using every derogatory word I know to describe this label, I suffer from headaches daily after giving myself too many face palms when I see the most unflattering derrieres flashing that "Juicy" label. The worse part is that this label bastardizes the word "couture", because nothing says couture like a velour tracksuit with the word "Juicy" on the back. What would great designers like Coco Chanel and Louis Vuitton say if they saw these ghastly suits after visiting our world of today? Would they re-bury themselves or join the cult? Juicy Couture had their time to shine with their trendy tacky suits, but trends come and go. There is no sense in looking at the past to bring back the tracksuits as vintage. We should pay our respect and let that trend die in peace saying goodbye to all the "Juicy" ridden derrieres.
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