oh heyyyy lookie here. For all of you who aren't aware..these are Baby G watches, which were the obsessions of every middle school girl in the early 2000's. Well, technically they're all not Baby G's and some are just plain G-shocks..but whatevs, they look the same.
Courteney brought these watches to my attention while she was browsing shopbop at work a few weeks ago. A few days later at HP 6 (midnight showing, of course) Ellie told me her friend who's interning at teen people had mentioned to her that the mag was going to showcase the watches in various spreads. [Yeah these are from a while back...i've just been too busy to blog these days..sadface] I just looked on the official website and it's looking pretty fancy.
...um, so could these watches seriously be making a comeback??
At first i thought this was absolutely ridiculous. why the hell would shopbop be selling these; they just scream young, tween girl! But after some time, i'm starting to warm up to the watches and here's why:
- They're functional. I, of course, googled the history of G-shock. Casio made these watches to withstand shocks and water. Talk about fancy! You'll know what time it is while doing ANY activity. woooo
- They're on trend..ish. Bold colors and accents seem to be all the rage currently.
- They're delightfully tacky. Its design is from the 80's. they're bulky and not something i'd automatically think as pretty. I'm staring to think that their clunky style is fun. haha. and also -- why not play up the whole ironic thing by rocking your middle school watch?!
(i'll post a picture of my beauty once i can find it!!)
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