Since When Has The 'Orange' Look Become Fashionable?

I'm not into tanning. I'm very light skinned and don't tan. I burn (in 20min) and peel, so I'm not impressed with anybody's tan. But to walk around like a bunch of orange hued creatures is laughable. I really think they don't realize how they look. But then that's just our opinion. As far as individuality goes, there isn't any. A few years back (maybe more than a few) there was a trend with the kids of wearing mismatched socks. A reporter was asking a high school girl if she didn't feel odd wearing socks that didn't match. She exclaimed "It's my right as an individual to be different. Besides, all the other kids are doing it". So much for individuality. I remember when fake tan lotion first came out. I think it was the early 60's. I was a teenager and all my friends had tans. I never did. So I bought this stuff and, along with a friend, we applied it. Good thing I only tried it on my arm. It ran a little and caused streaking. And it was orange. Horrible. Then It wouldn't come off for a few days.

Hello Janey1966, I really started seeing the fake tans probably around the year 2003. I don't see it much nowadays. I remember Paris Hilton was a fan of the orange hues as you say lol.

I'd probably describe myself as fashion UNconscious-but I thought people by now had wised up to how tacky the fake tan look was? (especially in those shades of dayglo Oompa Loompa !) Plus,The effect is kinda spoiled when you see the ruboff on the clothing they're also trying to impress with..

blame the media.they pass on the myth that natural white is "unhealthly looking".. i'd rather look unhealthy than look like an oompa loompa..

I think the orange fake tans look so ridiculous. I see celebrities doing this and I think with as much as they have to look amazing why would they ever let themselves look like that. You would have to pay me a lot of money to walk around like that. What gets me is that these people think they look good lol.

I think the orange look is horrible. Women who go through this are throwing their money away!! I can understand wanting to get a tan but to come out looking like a blasted pumpkin is crazy! I must confess that I am one of those pale and interesting people. Very pale and don't tan what so ever. I care enough about my skin and my health to keep it that way too. Getting my share of Vitamin D from the sun is one thing but getting skin cancer is quite another!

Is it possible that they are trying to stay healthy by staying out of the sun? Many people dislike the pale look. I think it only suits woman who have beautiful alabaster skin which is soft and smooth with no blemishes. It's just another form of make-up I guess. Some people are good at applying it and some are not.

well, the black ladies are spending that money on straightening or corn rowing their hair... Well, back in the day we didn't know the link between the Sun and skin cancer - oh, the doctors probably did, but us youngsters didn't. I never really got into the whole tanning thing, probably because I flash burn!

It is funny that people with fair skin are trying hard to color their bodies while their counterparts in the east are spending tons of on whitening or bleaching creams to whiten their skins. In our culture we have always preferred the fair skinned. The prettiest girls are always the fairest and got hooked up for marriage faster than the dark girls.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with being pale. lol Well, i think its sily that darker skinned people are told how beautiful they are and they should be proud of their dark complexion but us light folk are ugly and we need to get out there and burn our skin and catch some cancer so we look acceptable to everyone else standards. I absolutey refuse to go out looking like oompa loompa or even getting a real tan for that matter. Its my way of giving those people the middle finger. This is the skin God gave me. I will keep it how it is.

Jersey Shore. I don't find it attractive at all. Especially when it wears off and starts looking like a deadly skin disease.

I think that would probsbly because they wanted to look way different from the skin color thst they have which they might think is getting to be boring, well maybe for them. while these fair skinned women eant sone color on their skin , some dark-skinned Asian women get out of their way to make themselves look almost paper-white!hahaha! Don't we just get satisfied with what skin color we have?

They get their bodies take on an orange hue, what for? Whether for health or beauty.They say that those who expose their skin to the sun too much are apt to suffer from skin cancer.As for the fact that the doctor advise parents to take the children out to get as much sun as possible,it is because it can prevent children from calcium deficiency.When it comes to beauty,different people,different views.Over here most people regard fair complexion as beauty.Many people put on sunscreen lest they should be suntanned if they go out in summer.

I can't stand that fake tan crap. Ive had it make my palms orange and took days to wear off.

hi Janey I have heard some doctors joke that young women with that fake orange tan look like they have yellow jaundice, I think its looks horrid and have read that some of that stuff they use is not even healthy to put on their skins,.Some of us just do not get a real tan so lets enjoy a different look pale and wan with blue eyes and in my case white hair,but my eyes are blue green so I play up my eyes with green or blue in my clothes a lot,I am also a bit anemic but I am fair and come from one parent who was fair on the clark side.

I know! I see them all the time here and wonder if they realise just how ridiculous they actually look! I just shake my head at them and laugh. Stupid does not cover it for these types!

I used to live in Asia where the view is completely opposite. Girls there were obsessed with making their skins whiter. I worked in a cosmetic company there where our no.1 product was a skin whitening cream. And then here in the west, young people are going for the fake tan look. It just seems funny to me. And I bet to other people who've seen the other side.

Im so glad some one has mentioned this. I thought i was the only one thinking this. I thing it looks ridiculous. Your skin shouldn't be orange, the color isn't natural. I am a Black woman of light color and have seen women of my race even try it. My skin tone is a light almost tan color and when you put orange on top of that, well it just looks like the crayon box had a fight on your skin. We all look different and should. I like different shades of people, Not the "Orange Stepford Wives look"