Clothing fads you will be very HAPPY to see go away

[ikojo]

For me it's the following....

Hip hugger jeans...very few people actually look good in these
Too small shirts that show too much skin
Sagging pants

[redqueen]

1. Words stenciled across the butt-area.

That crap looks dumb dumb dumb!

[Sanity Claws]

2. looks like trailer trash

[ikojo]

17. I think this makes girls look trashy. They are just asking

people to stare at their butts. What I don't understand is when parents buy pants with words across the butt for their very little girls (I'm talking six and seven years of age). Why on earth would you purchase something that encourages people of all ages to look at your little girl's rear end?

[barackmyworld]

57. I made Kerry/Edwards butt-print pants

cause at least that means something..unlike ones that say "dance" or "abercrombie"

[blondeatlast]

3. Pajamas as streetwear, especially with fuzzy slippers.

GAWD--no taste whatsoever.

[slackmaster]

4. Exposed butt cracks

Nothing puts me off more than seeing a 300-pound man with his pants about 8 inches lower than they ought to be.

[Sanity Claws]

21. That's not a fashion statement

That's a guy who refuses to admit that he has a gut and needs bigger pants.

[GreenPartyVoter]

47. I don't wanna see ANYONE's bum crack, regardless of weight

[Shoeempress]

5. Baseball caps worn at all, but especially with the brim to the side.

God, could you make your IQ drop any lower?

[blondeatlast]

7. That one gets my back up--the side thing especially.

If my son ever does that, I'm going to glue it to his hair that way. UGH.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

11. One thing worse

Those same baseball caps on middle-aged men who - this is just a guess on my part - honestly believe one of two things:

1. they look really cool, or

2. people will think they really have hair under the cap when, in fact, they don't.

[trof]

18. Fish belly scalp.

My friend has worn a toupee for many years. It looked like shit. Everybody knew it was a rug.

After he retired he came for a visit. Walked in with a baseball cap on. After we'd settled down in the den he said "Guess what? After I retired all my hair fell out." and whipped off the cap.

Picture a normally sun tanned face with a fish belly white scalp.

I told him he needed to get out in the sun a little without the rug or the cap.

[Shoeempress]

19. I'm middle aged, and can confirm, it's the second. Also their scalps burn

[trof]

25. true.

I have a tanned scalp from just normal everyday sun exposure.
If I'm out for an extended time I wear a cap or straw hat.

[Shoeempress]

27. My Hubby is, shall we say, thinning on top, and wears a Dew rag,

which is cool cuz we ride.

[slackmaster]

28. I draw the line at anyone over 30 wearing one cockeyed

It does indeed lower perceived IQ.

Too many people are too young to remember Gomer Pyle.

[calico1]

6. Big, clunky shoes.

They are not flattering on anyone.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

8. Skintight shirts on girls

When did it become mandatory to make sure I had to watch the rippling rolls of fat under and above your bra?

Some things just shouldn't be, and I am so tired of seeing females in tops that look to be five sizes too small.

[Starlight]

69. I see this on makeover shows all the time.

Who is it that thinks a somewhat heavy girl looks better with her chubby rolls on public display? I try desperately to keep mine under wraps in the hope that people won't realize they exist. :silly:

[UCLA Dem]

9. Those flip-flop sandals with heels on them.

[ikojo]

13. I've not seen people wearing flip flops with

heels...I am sure they are quite hideous....

[blondeatlast]

10. Exposed bra straps.

Not sexy, not chic, just tacky beyond belief, IMHO.

[4_Legs_Good]

29. OMG, are you out of your mind???

I must be a tacky viewer because I *LOVE* exposed bra straps. OMFG, I can't tell you how much. The more the merrier, and I'm totally serious.

david

[barackmyworld]

58. I think it depends on what kind of straps

nobody wants to see a grandma-type tan strap, but bright colors are hot!

[Starlight]

70. I disagree. Regardless of the color or style or price of your underwear,

it really needs to stay "under." :spank:

[Skittles]

71. how about a black bra under a white shirt

SKANKY

[Canadian Socialist]

12. Hip huggers!

God, no one looks good in those. Even if you weigh 100 lbs. soaking wet, there is always the love handle problem. So unattractive. On the same topic, but a bit of a digression, I was looking for new pants. Grabbed a pair of brown khakis in my size (large, very large... heee), went to try them on... hip huggers! Now who on this whole planet thought it was a good idea for a "full-figured" woman to wear hip huggers? The mind boggles.

[ikojo]

15. I totally understand CS....that is why I have been relegated

to buying men's pants for the most part. Lane Bryant here in St Louis appears to cater to the teen crowd...I am a FIRM believer that just because they make it in your size does not mean it needs to be on your body.

Then again I like the preppy style down to the Sperry topsiders. Call me retro

[Shoeempress]

36. It's all sizes. I'm small and a middle aged professional. I have belts

bigger than many of the skirts I find. Has the clothing industry forgotten that not all women are under the age of 18?

[blondeatlast]

16. What's worse is that even missy and women's styles are all below

the waist now. Not to mention the shirts are all about an inch shorter than they used to be. I prefer to wear my blouses tucked, but I can't find blouses long enough to reach the damnable low slung pants.

ARRRGH!

[Starlight]

72. And that pants-top gap is NOT flattering on most people.

Even those who seem convinced that it is. :eyes:

[AuntiBush]

59. Good Luck finding a regular pair of jeans these days.

Everywhere you go, that's all stores seem to carry all the way up to size 20+.

That's mind-boggling in itself. And have you noticed, they'll fit in the waist, but the legs are way too big, or vice versa.

[Maddy McCall]

14. Ass crack jeans.

Can't wait until they're a thing of the past.

[leftofthedial]

20. shaved heads

and other skinhead variations

tattoos and piercings

sagging pants

[Groggy]

64. whats up with guys shaving their heads anyway?

Why would anyone shave their beautiful hair off, when I'm sure there are guys that are balding that would kill to have a full head of hair? My hub has beautiful long curly hair and I LOVE LOVE it!! The only time I think it looks okay to shave is if a guy is like half losing his hair and has that ring around the head..then I think its better to just shave it all off..then it looks good.

[leftofthedial]

66. it's the mullet of the 90's and 00's

some guys are better shaved, but most aren't

[hippiechick]

22. Low riders with the little belly roll hanging over ...

What is UP with that ???
I've spent the last 25 years trying to make sure I never got a belly roll and I'm seeing all these lil hoochies with their crop tops and low riders and the little hip flab and tummy pouch hanging out .... :puke:

NASSSSTAAY !!!!

[blondeatlast]

23. Tube tops. If you have enough to keep them up, they don't look good

on you.

If that isn't a cruel joke the fashion world has played on women, I don't know what is.

[wildeyed]

61. I had one when I was about 10.

I will NOT be revisiting that trend.

[Nay]

24. Thong underwear worn with hip hugger jeans so your crack AND

your thong shows. EEEEEEEK! I saw a bartender (female) wear this and I almost spit up my Sam Adams when she bent over in front of me. My hubby swears he didn't notice the display. I don't believe him.

It was mindnumbingly trashy.

[Sparkle]

85. That's the one!

I was at a baby shower and sat behind this chick and I could see her butt crack and the top of her thong! I was pissed!

[Lauri16]

26. Hip huggers!

I went into a store to buy my neice some pants. She's 7. In the "little girl" section, was a ton of hip hugger jeans! For a freakin' 7 year old! What parent in their right mind would put a little girl in hip huggers?!?! That's just so wrong.

[4_Legs_Good]

30. Those iron crosses that are everywhere these days...

I think they're for some band or something, but man it makes me feel like I'm living in NAZI Germany.

david

[jmowreader]

83. It's for one of two brands of unrideable motorcycle

One is "Orange County Choppers." The other is "West Coast Choppers."

Get one of those damn things, ride it for a week and you'll be ready to chop the extended forks and ape-hanger handlebars off it.

[SOteric]

31. Young boys wearing oversized jeans that fall off their butts

and don't go any higher than a pair of Mary Tyler Moore's infamous capri pants.

"Do Rags"

Dark Green and Dark Blue nail enamel. Makes it look like your fingers are corroding.

[4_Legs_Good]

33. What the hell is the deal with that anyway?

I mean why do people wear pants that they're perpetually having to pull up? I don't get it.

I think I'm just totally square!

david

[JimmyJazz]

44. Believe it or not, it's prison fashion adopted by rappers.

In prison, they take away your belt (and your shoe laces) and so your pants tend to fall off your hips.

[4_Legs_Good]

46. I had also heard it's because you can hide firearms

in there if they're so lose, but I think a lot of that stuff is just urban legend.

Interesting about the prison gear, though!

david

[ikojo]

49. I was told that the sagging pants thing did come out of

the prison culture and in prison it meant that you were "available" to say the least.

[JimmyJazz]

50. Snopes says "no" to that. I"m sorry. But, it does confirm that the stlye

orginated in prison.

http://www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/sagging.asp

Now, give me a cookie :D

[DS1]

42. seconded, same goes for the pants that don't hang that low up top but

do fold over a bazillion times before reaching the shoe. Goddamn people look dumb in that.

Also, blinding white high-tops were killed dead in the 80's, stop wearing them.

[TrogL]

32. Floppy, oversize clothing

T-shirts down to your kneecaps.
Bathing suits down to your ankles (how are you supposed to swim in those things?)
Huge running shoes (how are you supposed to run in those things)

[eyepaddle]

54. Hey I wear huge running shoes!

Of course, I have size fourteen feet though! ;)

[chaska]

34. Pants that extend all the way to the floor while wearing 3-4 inch heels.

on women, of course. Looks stupid. It's supposed to make your legs look longer. To me it just calls attention to your stubby legs.

[LynzM]

35. Girls wearing jeans....

That are a size or three too small, and all low on the hips, so that even relatively thin women have some amount of 'hip roll'...wear 'em a size bigger or an inch or two higher, and they'd look nice. Like that, just... ick.

[ikojo]

38. I see many women of all sizes who wear jeans that

look like they were painted onto their bodies. Jeans are warm anyway and I cannot imagine they are comfortable when worn so tightly. I am all into the comfort thing.

[LynzM]

41. Same here...

If I can't crouch down or cross my legs comfortably, then they're not for me. And to each his own, but I don't have to like it! :)

[JI7]

43. i agree

i might be one of the few here who do like the low rise jeans. but as you say they don't look right on anyone if it doesn't fit them and many girls do buy the smallest size they can get themselves into even if it doesn't really fit them right.

i always make sure to buy ones that leave a little room since i know things such as drinking lots of water or a meal will show on anyone.and the pants should be comfortable and fit even in those times.

[wildeyed]

63. I like them, too.

Just don't wear them too tight, or with a shirt that ends at the bottom of your rib cage and everything is ok.

[JI7]

37. ugg boots

[ariesgem]

55. I SECOND that. There is a reason why they call them UGG.

Here in Cali, I would see girls wearing those fugly boots with shorts in 80 degree weather.

[tanyev]

39. Yes, I am convinced that we have the worst of both worlds now.

Late 60's-early 70's fashion and 80's politics. Why can't it be the other way around?

[ikojo]

40. Those were pretty hideous times for fashion that's

for sure. I look at my school pictures and wonder why on earth my mom bought those clothes.

I think it's my fifth grade pic where I am wearing a pull over vest with LARGE multicolored dots and a purple shirt. There was also a cloth belt and a metal belt buckle on the shirt.


FRIGHTENING I tell you...absolutely FRIGHTENING!

[pippin]

45. Long,m Baggy Shorts?

Don't even know if they are called "shorts" worn by guys. They are big, hugely baggy and end somewhare mid-calf. They look like gauchos ro culottes and most guys who wear them look hideous.

[sasquatch]

48. But I love wearing baggy jeans

[HeeBGBz]

51. Males in baggy ass pants

Show me some butt, baby.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

52. UGG Boots

and Moonboots...

ugh

[JimmyJazz]

53. Did you just finish watching Napolean Dynamite by any chance?

:silly:

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

56. nope

nt

[Brewman_Jax]

60. 100% synthetic clothes

The worst material for clothing--hot in summer, cold in winter, clings to sweaty skin. Uncomfortable to wear, and it didn't look that great. Most have to be dry-cleaned. The silver lining--wrinkles didn't stay long.

Synthetics are bad! :thumbsdown:

[Starlight]

73. I'm noticing a lot of women's business suits in 100% polyester even in

higher priced stores/labels. What's with that? They look cheap regardless of the price. I really have to search to find wool/linen/silk suits anymore.

[Groggy]

62. low riders

I hate wearing them because when I sit down, they fall off my ass, and my shirt rides up my back!! I'm sick of constantly having to pull my shirts down when I wear them!! I remember "back in the day" at least you could wear a body suit with your hip huggers and not worry about your butt and tummy sticking out!

[legally blonde]

65. those super short ruffled skirts

NO ONE should wear those skirts--ever. Period. The End. Young, old, tall, short, thin, medium, heavy, whatever--they are the most hideous things I've ever seen and I wish they would go away.

[Texasgal]

67. The leisure suit!!

[Skittles]

68. you nailed them with your entry, ikojo

I don't care to see stomach, asscrack but on the other hand wearing pants ten times too big looks f***ing ridiculous

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[Shananigans]

75. If they are comfortable with it...

Then more power to them! It's all about how comfortable people are in their own skin! What looks "too small" to you might look just right to the next person. Or feel just right to them.

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[AlienGirl]

84. Can you tell the difference

between "bad fashion trend" and "personal fashion decision"? I think most people on this thread dislike the bad fashion trends *no matter who* wears them. A supermodel wearing Ugg boots is still wearing ugly-ass boots, no matter what she looks like.

Tucker

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[AlienGirl]

89. And this thread is clearly about TRENDS. n/t

[Sparkle]

90. Chicken Liberal?

You like chicken?

[AlienGirl]

91. Probably likes chicken on pizza, too... n/t

[Shananigans]

88. Just yours.

:eyes: :eyes:

[EstimatedProphet]

92. You have been weighed

You have been measured
And you have been found wanting. Begone from this place.

[AlienGirl]

93. Bwaha!

The writing was on the wall for that one! :toast:

Tucker

[Dukkha]

76. women who wear skirts over jeans

c'mon! It's one or the other!

[AlienGirl]

77. Stupid low-cut jeans with thongs sticking out

That whole bare-midriff look, where the thong's sticking out of really low-cut jeans and the shirt looks outgrown, and the person usually has a tattoo in the small of their back...Yeah, that whole look just has to go. :puke: I do not want to see people's underwear sticking out of their pants!

Tucker

[EstimatedProphet]

78. Self-aggrandizing t-shirt slogans

Like "I'm a heartbreaker", or "You wish you could", or "Staring won't make me like you". They're rude and insulting.

[elshiva]

80. "Available" t-shirts especially when they are not

available! This happened to me once. Beautiful butch woman in an "Available" shirt. Asked her and she said, "I'm not available!" aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarhrrrrrrrrrrggggggggh!

[AlienGirl]

81. "Baby" tees are even worse

You know, those tee shirts that look like they're for a young child and often feature Strawberry Shortcake and stuff like that, and they're five sizes too small. Grown women dressing like little kids grosses me out. What kind of creepy guy are they trying to attract?!

Tucker

[stevans_41902]

87. ugh..

I've seen girls wear Uggs with ubershort shorts that barely cover their ass then a top that looks like it was bought at Fredricks of Hollywood. I am usually not the most conservative when it comes to clothing styles, but a lot of the girls I see at clubs around town look like hookers. I'm sorry, but their (lack of) clothing just screams "im easy". I sware they will wear the most disgusting things just to get guys attention.
What do you guys think about Crocs?? My boyfriend thinks they are hideous, but they ARE really comfortable. (unlike Uggs)

[swag]

82. I hear there are still stirrup pants wandering around in flats.

I don't make it out to the gated communities too much, I guess.

[Robeson]

94. Shorts on men that go all the way down to the knees....

...in the old days, they called them Bermuda shorts.

[Starlight]

95. Better than the 70s era short shorts I often see older men wearing.

:wtf:

[Robeson]

96. Some older men, shouldn't be wearing shorts, period.

[Starlight]

97. It least they could cover up their, you know, private parts.

I really don't need to see gramp's man parts. :blush:

[Robeson]

98. Thats an image, I just don't need.....

...sorry if you are having to see it....:wow: