last week, i was wondering, as i am wont to do, if there was an uglier summer trend out there than tunics. tunics are heinous, and i can't understand why they're so popular. it's like, somebody just HAD to bring back that crusader-era style shirt, and oh yeah, let's make everybody look fat and shapeless and like a big old woman tent.

but while in chicago, i saw a popular trend that eclipsed anything unflattering i've seen here in d.c.: the long swishy stretchy shorts that accentuate your butt in a very bad way. that should be its official name, cause that's what it does. does anybody know what i'm talking about? i can't find a picture on the internet, but i saw several not unattractive women wearing them in chicago. and it was terrible. no matter how skinny you are, putting these pants on makes you look like an elephant wearing saran wrap. i was walking behind one average-sized woman wearing these monstrosities, and it was like everything...went...into...slow...motion. the jiggles. the horror. shudder. i'm not sure i'll ever be able to forgive chicago, which otherwise seems like a fashion-forward city, for allowing their residents to put these things on.

worst of all: i saw a woman wearing the shorts this morning on my way to work. it has started. DC, if anything, we are uglier and fatter than chicago. our fashion reputation is bad enough. let's just leave the swishy shorts to the midwest. please?