A disturbing new fashion trend

Susan and I went to the Mall today. I think the last time I was there, besides Linens & Things, World Market, & Ruby Tuesdays (I don't count those three because they are on the outside of the Mall and you don't have to go into the Mall to get to them), was Halloween 2007, when Alex and I were trying to find things for his Mad Hatter costume. Anyhow. Same Christmas decorations they've had since the 1980s. You'd think the different Mall properties could share decorations and mix things up a bit. Anyhow, I digress. We went in the door at Macy's South Entrance, which lands you in the Men's department. I like the Men's department because I enjoy buying clothes for Alex. However, we saw the most disturbing thing: khaki pants with embroidered pheasants scattered all over them. OH My GOD. The ultimate prep look?! They were horrifying. Made by Ralph Lauren Polo. We couldn't stop laughing. What MAN would wear pheasant pants?! The sales guy came up and started talking to us about them, and I finally said, "Would YOU wear these pants?" and he hemmed and hawed and said, "well, it would depend on where I was going," to which Susan wittily replied: "The only place would be if you were going to be beat up!" And then he admitted that he really wouldn't wear them. Another thing that was disturbing: We wanted to see how much they cost, so we looked all over for them and couldn't find them on the racks or shelves. Which meant one of two things: (1) They were SOLD OUT or (2) the only pair they got was on the mannequin. I fear it was the former. They were on sale for $90 something; they had been $150 something. OY. I am, without a shadow of a doubt, not a fashion trend person. I wear clothes for comfort. I can put together a nice outfit, but fashion is really not my thing. However, if pheasant pants for men is the new thing, then all I can say is EWWW. To make it worse, I read this online: "My wonderful wife was at the mall today and found those totally awesome Polo pheasant pants on sale! So she got them for me as an early Christmas present. :)" Married man in pheasant pants?! Maybe it's the new golf wear, but I think it's a sign of the apocolypse.