Most revolting fashion trend of the summer

[Ellen Forradalom]

Poll question: Most revolting fashion trend of the summer

[Stuckinthebush]

1. All of the above

Who comes up with what is "in" anyway?

It is like they have no new things to do so they recycle the worst fashion trends of modern history.

[bicentennial_baby]

2. Tube tops

No offense to those at DU who are overweight, but some people should NEVER wear a tube top, period.

[Maddy McCall]

4. skinny or not, they are just hideous forms of apparel

I don't like them anyway. Plus, they are uncomfortable as hell.

[Exultant Democracy]

3. Wa Wa What?

I love em all. Give me a, blond in hip huggers, a tube top that shows her belly, and high heels:evilgrin:

[blondeatlast]

5. May I present to you then . . .

Anna Nicole Smith???

[Ellen Forradalom]

25. Hahahahahhaha

touché!

[Exultant Democracy]

32. Jabba Nicole Smith doesn't count as a girl n/t

[TXlib]

30. What, you don't like her?

:evilgrin:

[RetroLounge]

63. Ouch! No, you may not...

eom

[ForrestGump]

64. Hey! *sigh* Oh, Anna Nicole.....

[Blue_Chill]

33. Agreed

I see no problem with any of the given choices.

[jonnyblitz]

6. stillettos are a trend this summer?

gasp.

[CBHagman]

7. STAMP OUT BCA (Buttock cheek acquaintance)

Bring back high-waisted jeans and belts already! I'm sick of everyone looking like the repairman when bending over. Thanks to the low-riding jeans look, I have seen more boxer shorts, panties and naked buttocks in public places than I ever imagined I'd see. Would everybody please get dressed already?

Also, the hip-hugging skirt is a very hard look to pull off (no rude puns intended). In a worst-case scenario, you simply look as though you pulled out a few inches of flesh to display to the neighbors.

[JVS]

8. Ass cleavage is bad!

[jmm]

23. What's even worse is

when someone wears shorts so short that half their butt is hanging out of the bottom.

[Interrobang]

49. A happy medium, please.

High-waisted, but not *that* high-waisted, ok? I went through the 80s with the (high) waistbands of my pants riding right around my bustline. I'm short-waisted (all leg, no torso, literally legs up to my boobs), and most people's "hip huggers" actually fit to my (lack of) waist. Then again, people who feel they need to balance their pants on their pubic bones (and show their thong underwear off below their crop-tops) ought to be liquidated.

[ForrestGump]

54. So that's what "legs all the way up to there" means?

The '80s were a bad time for pants, if you ask me, for both male and female. Not that the '70s were much better. Or the '90s, for that matter, with those half-pulled down, grotesquely oversized ugly pants being so popular.

I'm all legs, too, but I think it's easier when you're choosing from men's clothing. Hardly fair, really.

[Ellen Forradalom]

59. I'm high waisted

All torso, short legs. Can't wear Calvins, for example.

The top of our office manager's thong peeks out when she is seated. I must often stifle the urge to say, "Nice thong, ______", as I walk by.

[ForrestGump]

60. I still can't believe that a thong

could possibly be comfortable enough to wear on a daily basis, on the job or whatever. Maybe it is, though - maybe I should try it.

[Cheswick2.0]

9. are there still fasionn trends?

I stopped looking when the choppy greasy (lots of product) dirty hair styles became "fasionable".

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. How about women who come to the office

with flab rolls hanging out of their bare midriff clothes?

:puke:

[inthecorneroverhere]

11. gotta go!

All of the fashion trends this summer need to go!

I'm tired of:

• tank tops
  
• shorts on people that shouldn't wear shorts
  
• high-waters AKA capris
  
• cheap flip-flops
  
• everything else that's 1972 retread. Ewwww! Waterga-a-te! Yuk!
  

[Lady President]

12. No shorts or capris?

That means that all of us that carry a few extra will have heat strokes in the summer. I can agree with shorts that are too short, but it is too hot and humid in the midwest to wear jeans and khakis all summer. And, tank tops are definitely better than tube tops. Many women would look much better if they learned that foundation garments are our friends.

[AlabamaYankee]

37. Without Flip-Flops

Southern women would have nothing to wear on their feet!

[catpower2000]

46. Um, what would you have us wear?

And since when did SHORTS become a fashion "trend" and not a regular ole staple for the summer?

You know, the thing about summer is that it's freaking HOT.

Cat

[zekeson]

62. The only trend I want repeated from the

Watergate era is a resignation....

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

67. YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FLIP FLOPS?

Wow. What am I supposed to wear in the summer, if you've taken out most of the clothing that keeps me cool? Tank tops? capris? shorts? there is nothing wrong with any of those things. ESPECIALLY flip flops. Cheap flip flops? Meaning what? I should pay more money than I have to to get decent footwear? :eyes:

[Blue-Jay]

13. Not on the poll

But here are other "trendy" things that I hate, in no particular order:

-The return of the giant afro. Sounds like a bad horror movie sequel, doesn't it? Looks like one too. :D

-High boxers, low pants. I swear to Bob, I saw a kid the other day whose pants were so low, had he not been wearing boxers, his ding ding would've been on display for all to see. It was actually funny watching him contort to try to reach the bottom of his pants pocket to finance his corndog purchase.

-The low back/high ass tattoo. Actually, I don't hate these per se, but when it gets to the point that EVERYone has them, they lose their appeal. Really, how many butterflies, seashells, & tribal designs above someone's asscrack do you have to look at before they're completely passé? An aside: A friend of mine refers to these as "goalposts". (figure it out)

-EXTREME everything! Especially hated when spelled "X-treme". C'mon! Not everything is extreme. Street luge? Extreme. Mountain Dew? NOT Extreme. Obvious marketing ploys? Extreme. Ugly sunglasses? NOT Extreme.

-Modded economy cars Civics, Neons, Cavaliers, etc. with chrome wheels, silly paint jobs, "Type R" (whatever that is) stickers, wings, neon lights inside & out, clown noses on the grill, fishing lures on the bumper, big stuffed Hello Kitties on the roof.....ummm..OK, I made a few of those up, but you get the point. Not cool. Dumb.

<pantpantpant> OK. I'm done.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. About those tattoos...

When girls get them, they aren't thinking about the way their hips are going to spread over the course of time. 15 years and that pair of eagle wings is going to look like an amorphous blob.

Tattoos make MRIs pretty painful too...

[Ellen Forradalom]

26. Angela Davis looked fab in a giant 'fro

but she's an icon.

[classics]

14. Underpants showing, pants 5x too big.

Sooo 1995 and ive seen it 50 times already this summer.

[Piperay]

16. Gotta agree

that "style" is way past it's 15 minutes. :puke:

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Cropped pants.

Very ugly.:-(

[Best_man23]

17. Camel Toe

As the song goes "Its a fashion trend that really ain't fly."

[TXlib]

29. Is camel toe intentional?

[Skittles]

38. I have to believe that in some cases it is

I mean, come on. It's GOTTA be uncomfortable.

[dawg]

18. I don't expect women to be physically perfect ...

I find most women to be adorable just the way they are. A few extra pounds and they have nice soft feminine curves. A few pounds shy and they look lithe, athletic and girlish. But whatever the size or shape, they should try to dress accordingly.

I've seen so many young women (girls, actually) with the low-rise jeans and a cutoff shirt - who had NO BUSINESS exposing their chubbly little midrifts. They are still cute and attractive, don't get me wrong, but it's just a little ridiculous.

[Loonman]

19. What's so bad about tube tops?

My problem is people wearing spandex that should clearly NOT BE wearing spandex.

[Hep]

20. depends

There are some items of clothing that should be illegal for anyone compelled to wear them. Short shorts for instance. But then, some people can wear anything, wink wink.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

21. Hip-huggers...

I have vivid memories of day-long pants-shopping expeditions in the early to mid 1970s. Many ended up fruitless, because most stores had only two styles of pants available...scratchy-polyester-octegenarian pants and hip-huggers. Both made me look ridiculous.

I wore a lot of dresses...when I could find something other than a mini.

[slackmaster]

24. It's not so much the bare midriffs

It's the proliferation of cheesy midriff TATTOOS I can't stand.

But I voted for stiletto heels because they cause health problems.

[XNASA]

27. I'm a sensible shoes kinda guy .

Why anyone would wear shoes that were uncomfortable or potential hazardous is beyond me.

Of course, if the stilettos are being worn for say...a photo shoot...or maybe for the purpose of playfulness....then that's a different story altogether.

[RandomKoolzip]

28. Oh, god... Ironic Trucker Caps! Ironic T-shirts, Ironic Makeup....

I'm so sick of "kitschy" fashion! Everyone you see on the pages of Rolling Stone or Spin or whatever is always wearing something "retro", ironically, in order to out hip everyone. The cycles of nostalgia are closing in, sooner and sooner, until we'll all be ironically nostalgic for clothes we wore three weeks ago.

Is anyone else sick of the "seventies?" NOT THE SEVENTIES, THE "SEVENTIES!" This overexaggerated, stylized version of seventies fashion...three quarter shirt, bell bottoms, huge ugly-ass sunglasses.... people never actually looked like that back then! Nobody seems old enough to remember. Plus now the "eighties" are back in a big way...

I can't wait till the "mid-nineties" come back... Everything plaid, guys with too-long hair, horizontally striped shirts....ICK!

Just wear something timeless, like a fucking T-shirt and jeans, fer crissakes. Then you won't look like an idiot everytime someone trots out a picture of you taken seven years previous. Fashion is for idiots who need corporate media to tell them how to dress, because they're afraid the herd will not accept them unless they wear "the latest thing." Pure idiocy, like republican "dittohead" thinking....follow the herd: MOO!

[catpower2000]

35. Wow, nice rant!!

Been to a hip alt-country bar lately? They're all wearing feed store baseball caps with mesh backs and drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon. WHAT the FUCK is that about? These are guys who live in gated communities and drive Saabs. Eff you, you effing poseur!

Cat

[GOPisEvil]

48. Yeah, no shit!!! I'm seeing this more and more!

Fucking PABST?!?! There is nothing worth drinking that crap!

The old western shirts are a good look on some guys, but the mesh caps and faux country-boy look has got to go.

[ForrestGump]

55. Sounds like some kind of Village People revival

[geniph]

31. Hey, wait just a minute!

those of us "squatty-body" types (short-waisted) are HAPPY for the return of the hip-hugger and low-rise jeans! Finally, there are pants that don't come up to my bra band! Low-rise are the only pants that fit me right. And no, they don't come to just above the hairline on me - I SAID I was short-waisted, didn't I?

Stilettos are, always have been, and always will be stupid outside the bedroom. Anyone who wears them will have years of chiropractor visits to look forward to.

Very few women (and no men) look really good in tube tobs. Stick to tanks, halters, or camis. Tube tops were ugly in the 70s and they're ugly now.

[Alenne]

34. None of the above

If you like it wear it.

[catpower2000]

36. Hip huggers are the nicest thing to happen to ghetto-booty like mine...

in a very long time. Hip-huggers cut the ass area in half, it's fantastic. And no, I don't show crack.

Cat

[Ellen Forradalom]

41. Got a picture?

I'm intrigued.

I've got your garden-variety white-girl butt. I'd look like a jackass in hiphuggers.

[catpower2000]

43. Sorry, I'm at work, but here's an example from the web:

Now, Beyonce's got a BOB to begin with, but picture it with that gown all the way up to her waist. It would be ENORMOUS.

Here's another:


Now, mentally draw pants on J Lo, first right at the waist, and then about four inches below. See how much more fabric it would be if she wore pants that go all the way up to her waist? I wish I had photoshop, I would enhance this image!

Cat

edit: typo

[Ellen Forradalom]

50. Dang, I could park my drink on Beyonce's butt.

What wouldn't I give to defy gravity like that.

[catpower2000]

51. Hee!

Well, at 30, I'm still defying gravity on top (small boobs are the BEST) and bottom. Eventually, it'll all go downhill--literally!! :)

Cat

[ForrestGump]

56. What wouldn't I give to

park my drink on Beyonce's bootie.

[BiggJawn]

57. Park your drink, I'd rather plant my lips.....

Ooooooh....Them's 2 FINE looking Boo-TAYS!!!
Yum!

notice neither girl has a beer gut like you see on college coeds...

[Romulus]

45. I'm intrigued, too

:evilgrin:

How about your picture for a comparison :evilgrin::evilgrin:

[catpower2000]

47. Heh.

You're just gonna have to trust me on this. There are a couple of DUers who've seen me in ass pants, maybe they'll vouch for me. :evilgrin:

Cat

[blondeatlast]

53. This white chick has one of those too.

Gotta admit that a pair of low rises with a modest top makes me look really good, IMHO.

And my hubby LOVES my butt!

[MaryBear]

39. Stilettos are a form of foot binding.

They hobble a woman for the benefit of another's gratification.

[Jack Rabbit]

65. Aren't you glad I can't stand them?

The worst thing about them is that they make a person taller.

Why on earth would anybody want to be taller?

[MaryBear]

68. I didn't say I would never wear them...

I might... as long as I didn't have to walk anywhere... Anything to gratify a special being, though...

!!

[ScreamingMeemie]

40. Especially those ultra skinny, basketball belly pregnant women in

midriff baring tops. Man, when I was pregnant my toes were even in maternity wear. Cover it up! You're making me envious...er sick!

[jenk]

42. I miss early 90's grunge heroin chic

nowadays everybody is too free and easy

[sam sarrha]

44. the grunge, the herion or the chic?

???

[annonymous]

52. You forgot highwater pants on men.

I think they look really stupid. Either wear shorts or wear pants guys! Also hate tube tops and midrif baring tops on fat women.

[youngred]

58. Ban the Tube Top Tonight!

so says Reel Big Fish

[ForrestGump]

61. Yes. A ll women wearing them should immediately take them off,

right this very instant.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

66. I hate stilettos with shorts, what's up with that?

I saw two twelve year old girls wearing short shorts (and they were not skinny) with STILETTOS. I don't think my mom would have even considered buying clothes like that for me! gahh

[mitchum]

69. Shorts on grown men (unless you're washing the car or very...

close to a body of water) It just looks stupid (you may as well wear a beanie cap while you're at it)

[ForrestGump]

70. Man, I was doing so well up 'til now

Darn.

Always wanted one of those prop-equipped beanies, though.

[David__77]

71. None of the above.

Although, certain people shouldn't be wearing those things...