Fish-scale purses

One current fashion accessory that I really don't like is those purses with the big metallic bangles on them. (Google tells me they're called "hobo purses." The things you can learn on the interweb!)

They started popping up around here over the summer (and if you're saying that's so two years ago, remember I live in the South, where New York's fashion from two years ago is all the rage).

They remind me of two things:
(1) Dionne Warwick's hair circa 1988 (didn't she have lots of sparkly corn rows for a while?).

(2) The dresses that were The Rage at my senior prom in 1991. All the girls thought they looked like mermaids, but they just looked like scaly fish.

My mother instilled in me this rule: sparkly = formal/evening wear. She's really appalled by the current trends toward gold flip-flops and glitter t-shirts. I think the occasional hippie skirt with a few sequins is harmless enough at noon, but come on with the disco-ball purses!