Fashion disasters!

[Dreamstalker]

I wasn't sure if this should go in here or Sucky Customers, but I thought I'd revive the fashion disasters thread with some weirdness I spotted on the T today.

--Everyone knows those super-baggy "gangsta" pants with the trendy :rolleyes: cargo pockets, hammer loop, etc (geez, if you want to look like a construction worker at least get the real pants). I saw some brand that has the rear of the cuffs covered with fake leather or some sort of fabric so they don't look quite as ugly as they get torn up by the ground (or not; IMO that would make it look weirder). With the jeans brand name prominently sewn across these, of course.

--Annoying teen with jeans that did actually fit, but the bling-tastic belt of hers was about four sizes too big (if she was trying to draw attention to her crotch, it worked as that's how low the belt buckle hung). I could also see hints of the "second hairdo" :puke:

--immensely overweight people in tight tight jeans (please for the love of Gord, know what actually fits you)

--those dumb shoes with the wheels in the heel. Some kid on the T almost went face-first into the wall at the front of the car because he was goofing around with them and the train had to brake hard. Yes, you can T-surf on the Red Line (a bit difficult, but possible if you know how to brace yourself), but not with those things.

[NightAngel]

I see people all the time that make me think, "Did you look in a mirror... ever?"

There is a difference between short shorts and a thong.

If your boobs are bigger than your head a low slung tube top, sans bra, is not the answer to your fashion needs.

No matter how skinny you are- if it takes you five minutes, two friends and a crowbar to get into your outfit- then that's not the outfit for you.

Abundances of sequins and rhinestones should be left to the country music stars of yesteryear.

Yes, I know you're a tourist. How? Because none of us who actually live here look that "islandy" or "tropical" (aka- silly). It's obvious you just spent the day at one of the beach stores. Most year round residents do not own anything with giant flowers.

In the words of Jeff Foxworthy:
"If your Mama still drops you off at school every morning you are NOT a gangster. Pull your pants up!"

[RavenStarr]

RavenStarr's list of Fashion disasters

1. The butt-word pants. It is really disturbing to see pants with "juicy" "sexy" "angel" "baby" etc, splashed across the ass. Even worse I've actually seen girls as young as 7 wearing this stuff.:eek:

2. Those micro-miniskirts. Now I've seen miniskirts that cover your ass so long as you don't bend over or sit down. I was in Walmart one day and seen a really short skirt. I thought maybe it was a skort. I went to go look. Nope just a regular skirt. There was no way that would have covered my butt, even if all I did was stand.

3. The bling-bling jewelry. Wearing something that looks like a giant hubcap around your neck is just plain tacky.

I know there's more, but I think I'll stop for now.

[Dreamstalker]

Yes, I know you're a tourist. How? Because none of us who actually live here look that "islandy" or "tropical" (aka- silly). It's obvious you just spent the day at one of the beach stores. Most year round residents do not own anything with giant flowers.

The (likely very few) Boston locals who own tons of Red Sox gear only have an abundance of it on home game days. If you know the game schedule, it becomes fairly obvious who the tourists are (or shall I say more obvious).

It still puzzles me how people can think looking like a tourist is a good thing. I try to blend in if possible.

RavenStarr, I love your avatar :D

[DGoddessChardonnay]

How about those Ugg boots?

Now there's a disaster that's already happened. I'm surprised the PETA folks haven't had a fit over those yet, as they look like a pair of ferrets wrapped around someone's legs.

Even worse is when they are worn with shorts . . .:puke:

Other things that aren't appealing:

Speedos: 'Nuff said.

Wearing a see-through shirt w/dark colored undergarments - NOT cool. There's a reason that undergarments are so called - they are to be worn and NOT seen.

Spandex w/NO undergarments - pass the brain bleach, I think I've been scarred for life.:eek:

Anything that's too low cut and the twins are falling out - same response as above.

I'll add some more later . . . need more time to get my thoughts together.

[NightAngel]

How about those Ugg boots?


I actually had to Google that. I haven't seen those here but then they look like Winter snow boots.

[Tanasi]

The wife took the kids clothes shopping a few weekends ago on the tax free weekend. The oldest boy child actually wanted to buy a pair of name-brand jeans that had stringy holes purposely worn in them and dig this; they wanted $50 for them. Luckily his mom reminded him that I would probably beat them both within an inch of their life for spending money on that, heck I've used better conditioned jeans for rags. He said he would spend his own money and the wife told him that she didn't think it would make a difference whose money was spent.
Luckily the kids wear uniforms to school so that's not a big deal. The boy children are able to decide what shoes and ties they want to wear. I find this kinda discriminating in that the girl-children have the option of wear the girl-type clothes or boy type (including the blazer) where the boys are specifically barred from wearing the girl type clothes.

[Lace Neil Singer]

1. Overweight girls wearing low slung jeans and low tops so that their fat guts, back fat and love handles are sticking out... and when they bend over, their thongs.

2. Fat hairy backed men in wife beaters.

3. Large breasted women with flimsy tops and no bra.

4. Prostitots. There's something very disturbing about seeing a 5 year old girl dressed like a New York hooker.

5. Those gems that you put on your teeth.

6. Leggings under skirts.

7. Tights with sandles. Especially footless tights.

8. Trousers where the crotch hangs around the knees.

9. Butt word jeans.

10. Clashing colours

:puke:

[XCashier]

I agree with everything posted so far! I need to add:

Fashions that are at least 30 years out of style. You would be amazed at how many people around here think it is still 1974. Polyester suits (in August in Phoenix?! :eek: ), muttonchop sideburns on men and bouffant hairstyles and frosted makeup on women. I mean, yuck, were they put in stasis with Austin Powers?!

Toupees. You are not fooling anyone, and you now look like a furry alien creature is sleeping on your head. :roll:

Dental jewelry. Especially since the wearers usually have horrid dental hygiene. Spending $10 on toothpaste and dental floss will make you look a helluva lot more attractive than spending $10,000 on gold and diamond encrusted teeth.

[Kiwi]

hehe ive been wearing ugg boots since I was about 3, I wore them even before pamela anderson knew what they were

and well before they were "cool"

but ladies, if you have a muffin top

please for the love of god, do not wear jeans that are 2 sizes too small

yes, if your stomach/backfat/ass/love handles buldge or hang over the side of your pants, they are too tight.

and if you choose to bless us with your jiggling belly muffin, dont pair it with a tight baby t or tanktop, at least wear something flowing and loose

thanks.

[Misanthropical]

Men who go without a shirt that have bigger breasts than I do and their breasts hang down to their belly button. NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THAT! So, put a shirt on for heaven's sake. kthnx.

I'm not sure if my next door neighbors are trying to shame their 8 year old daughter into losing weight or if they really think she looks good dressed in clothes two sizes too small and showing way too much of her body.

Anyone wearing their pants hanging down to their knees with a white t-shirt that could be worn as a dress look like they have mental problems, not like a gangsta.

I have noticed very pregnant women wearing tube tops that do not cover their stomachs at all and they do it on purpose. I'm not sure what the heck that is about.

[one for sorrow]

1. The mullet. I live in South Louisiana, so I see a lot of them. I'm still not immune to their versatle scariness.

2. The "grossly oversized Tweety bird T-Shirt and tight black leggings look." This look can also work with a shirt that features a) Tazmanian devil, b) any Winnie the Pooh character, or c) Mickey Mouse. Often paired with the female mullet.

3. Crocs as a fashion statement. Sorry. I know they're popular, but they make people's feet look like oversized rainbow plastic...things. I dunno. I just don't get it outside of work. Actually, I don't think they're comfortable at all, but people tell me they are, so I trust them.

4. Butt-word pants. Unless it says "plump" or "or something, then I'd just find it hilarious and I'd totally support it.

[RavenStarr]

Thanks Dreamstalker, Some days I do feel like that:D .

I just thought of one more. Guys that would wear the jogging pants with one pant leg pulled up to the knee.

[ArenaBoy]

Witnessed a guy who dressed like a 1980s used car salesman, had a gold necklace and a VERY bad suit. People who dress like gangstas, already been said. People who have hairdos like gangstas bugs me big time, the shaved head and the skinny sideburns were cool in the 90s but now some of us have had it. The worst fashion disasters I've seen were at the Tim McGraw-Faith Hill tour that I worked (The rich-white trash tour as my guitar teacher called it) people wearing cowboy hats and wearing shirts with the Confederate flag on it. The other time was at a Symphony Orchestra I worked at where a guy wore a shirt that was too tight and his hair had too much gel in it.

[CanadaGirl]

Anything that combines an over weight women and an article of clothing that in no way covers the body part it is meant to. Shirts that don't cover belly fat. Pants that suck all the fat in and ooze it over the waistband. Thongs that are merely -ss floss. If you can't buy clothes that cover unslightly parts of yourself, maybe you should invest in moo-moos. :D

[CanadaGirl]

I have noticed very pregnant women wearing tube tops that do not cover their stomachs at all and they do it on purpose. I'm not sure what the heck that is about.

Maybe the skin around their belly gets irritated by some fabrics, so they decide to wear nothing in that area? Or could be a really hot day.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Last Christmas we had a seasonal employee who had to weigh at least 300 pounds, and liked to wear low-cut pants with a thong underneath.

One time she bent down in fromt of me and I just about :puke:

[sportsmom]

No matter how skinny you are- if it takes you five minutes, two friends and a crowbar to get into your outfit- then that's not the outfit for you.



I had o laugh at that one because when hubby was in the Navy we were friends with alot of guys on the ship from Texas/Oklahoma and they would come over to get showered and dressed, andwe would all got out to the bars together (to anyone in the Tidewater area of VA it was primarily The Banque).

These boys wore their jeans so tight it was hilarious to watch them get into them, and then to watchthe little "dances" they had to do to get everything adjusted correctly after they did get them on.

They did look pretty good in those Wranglers though.;)

[Lace Neil Singer]

Also, velour tracksuits. Or indeed any type of sporty clothes. Look, if the only exercise you do is reach for the remote control, for the love of god don't dress like a marathon runner! :rolleyes:

Plus, if you're big, then wearing clothes in your size looks a hell of a lot better than shoe horning yourself into clothes 2 sizes too small. And I might sound nasty, but I hate seeing pregnant women with their bumps hanging out. Cover up your bump; not everyone wants to see it thanks; wear a thin cotton shirt or floaty top over it. It's just decency; the same goes for wearing tops that only just cover your nipples or trousers that show builder's cleavage.

[protege]

3. The bling-bling jewelry. Wearing something that looks like a giant hubcap around your neck is just plain tacky.

I can't see the point of bling-bling. Why do people want to look like a 1959 Cadillac threw up on them? A little is OK though.

I can't stand the "gangsta" look either. I so want to tell those idiots "you're a white kid living in the 'burbs. Pull your damn pants up. While you're at it, turn the damn hat around--you look like an idiot." But, I'm too nice :D

As if that wasn't enough, I don't like the "prostitot" look either. There are some things we *really* don't need to see, ok?

[NightAngel]

I can't see the point of bling-bling.


One of my co- workers and I were having a discussion about at what point does it go from just being Bling to being Bling- bling?

We decided that if the person is out during the day and they only blind people within a 10- 20 foot radius then it's Bling.

If it blinds people a mile away and brings down small aircraft THEN it's Bling- bling.

:roll:

[Lace Neil Singer]

One more word; Skullets. That, for the people who are blissfully ignorant, is when a man is balding on top but still keeps his mullet. Oh dear god no. :eek:

[rdp78]

Well, speaking of Uggs a couple weeks ago I did see one girl wearing them and it's been like 80 degrees or up these past few weeks so I bet her feet were sweating. Anyway she was wearing a skirt and summer top (I really couldn't remember what else she was wearing). Sure they're great in winter but the middle of summer is too much.

Also wearing only one color depends on the color now if it's a neutral like black, white or tan it looks okay as long as you add color with accessories but if it's a bright color like orange, purple or yellow it just too much even if the accessories are different. I remember a few months ago seeing one woman with an all orange outfit (most of it) man you can see her comming a mile away. Worse is she had be in 50s at least and she also had fake hot pink nails plus her lip liner was darker then her lipstick.

Oh, speaking bling for some reason I have seen older ladies wearing one to many diamond rings. I don't know if they are trying to be hip with the younger folks or what but I find it a little ignoring.

[chryso]

3. Large breasted women with flimsy tops and no bra.


As a guy, this is one of which I have to come out in favor. ;)


10. Clashing colours


As a colorblind guy, this is one that I can't help. :o

[Crazyredhead]

--immensely overweight people in tight tight jeans (please for the love of Gord, know what actually fits you)

How about in white spandex. My therory is that spandex is a privelage, not a right. And it is not as though you cannot notice, the rear view is like a panoramic view.

Eeeewww, I'll never look at cottage cheese again, and I love the stuff.

Also, I don't want to see the jelly roll around your middle, either hanging over your pants or sticking out of your shirt, or worse, both.

I am overweight to, but I wear clothes to cover me, not to scar people with.

[Banrion]

On the topic of the "butt word pants," my boyfriend and I were walking uptown in out snotty, white, soccer mom suburb and we saw a girl who could not have been older than 14 with pants on that said "Rape Me!" across the butt. :wtf: My b/f actually started gagging when he saw it. I was just left totally speechless.:eek:

First of all, what company would produce such an item?!? And secondly, who in their right mind would buy such a thing and think it was cute?!?

[toolbert]

One more word; Skullets. That, for the people who are blissfully ignorant, is when a man is balding on top but still keeps his mullet. Oh dear god no. :eek:

Oh come on now, that dude from Strapping Young Lad sports it well :snicker, snicker:.

Seriously though, my biggest pet peeve are accessory dogs. Why have a dog that's just going to match your outfit? Then you put them on the counter and they run everwhere. I mean, I've seen some people leopard their dogs to match the leopard themed outfit they wear. Its cruel for the dog to look as ugly as your outfit does, please stop it :devil:.

[AFpheonix]

I agree wholeheartedly with the pregnant belly thing hanging out. I seriously did not need to see your new stretch marks. Yick.

We see a lot of athletic socks paired with Birkenstocks in this state. Oh, how I hate it.

Older women wearing clothes like booty shorts, baby t's. I'm sorry, gravity has taken its toll. Please don't scar my retinas like that....

Large men in little tank tops. I am always a little tempted to give them a propeller beanie and a large lollipop to complete the look.

I had a woman a few months ago that was sporting a child's Darkwing Duck fannypack. I had the hardest time not laughing out loud at her.

I saw another kid the other day trying to dress the whole gangsta thing: athletic shorts down to mid calf, t-shirt that hung to his knees, cap on sideways, and the best part, a teenage mutant ninja turtle backpack appropriate for a grade-schooler. Wierdly, he was holding the hand of a girl, so maybe he has a great personality?

[Dreamstalker]

I can't see the point of bling-bling. Why do people want to look like a 1959 Cadillac threw up on them?
:spew: That one I hadn't heard before.

I saw something while walking home that made me almost spill my coffee. Swaggering gangsta-wannabe (I'm fairly sure he was white) with the pants, sports jersey, backwards baseball cap, bling, the works...walking a floofy little toy poodle.

[PuckishOne]

We see a lot of athletic socks paired with Birkenstocks in this state. Oh, how I hate it.
Washington or Oregon? For I fear the Pacific NW is the World Capital of this particular fashion crime. Same goes for socks with Tevas or similar. The upper-body variant on this is shorts with a fleece jacket, or even shorts with a turtleneck (polo-neck for the Brits). I even saw one woman in shorts, fleece jacket, gloves...and flip-flops. :rolleyes: Not a disaster per se, but it does look a bit silly.

[Tanasi]

Well, speaking of Uggs a couple weeks ago I did see one girl wearing them and it's been like 80 degrees or up these past few weeks so I bet her feet were sweating. Anyway she was wearing a skirt and summer top (I really couldn't remember what else she was wearing). Sure they're great in winter but the middle of summer is too much.

Also wearing only one color depends on the color now if it's a neutral like black, white or tan it looks okay as long as you add color with accessories but if it's a bright color like orange, purple or yellow it just too much even if the accessories are different. I remember a few months ago seeing one woman with an all orange outfit (most of it) man you can see her comming a mile away. Worse is she had be in 50s at least and she also had fake hot pink nails plus her lip liner was darker then her lipstick.


My oldest daughter has some uggs I call them her Wookie shoes and he siblings don't let her for get.
Now about orange there's no one on the face of the planet that can tell an East Tennessean about folks wearing orange head to toe. From Sept thru March it's not unusual to see tens of thousands of people in head to toe orange. I think it might have something to do with a local college.:confused:
And talking about tight britchies Bless her heart a server at a local Ruby Tuesday's by the name of Ursula had the nicest, most perfectly shapped.......
Hey what happened? Where am I????
:rolleyes:

[AFpheonix]

PuckishOne: I'm in the outskirts of Portland, land of the Columbia Sportswearers :)

I suppose it has to do with us Northwesterners wishing warmer weather with sandals, flip flops and shorts, but bowing to the fact that it's cold and drizzly with the whole socks and polar fleece thing :)

[NightAngel]

Oh! And I hate those supposedly fancy slip on shoes that come in exactly two colors: shiny silver and shiny gold. They never change, not since the '70's anyway. I have a sneaky suspicion the same pairs have been on shoe store shelves since around 1975 and employees are simply expected to dust them off periodically.

[LadyMage]

You guys, this entire thread made me crack up hysterically and repeatedly.

once again, I bring back my List of Clothing Travesties...as seen repeatedly

1. Second Hairstyle Jeans. You probably have a pair of low-risers if you're female. I like them too. I know I own a few. When I had a flat stomach, they'd hug my curves in just the perfect way right below the waist. What I don't understand is jeans that are across the pubic bone and come up just over the crackage and are so low in the front that your bush is peeking out. I don't need to see two hairstyles when you're standing and two sets of cheeks when you're sitting. If you're wearing those jeans and you sit and you suddenly hear someone singing, "Mr. Moon, Mr. Moon, you are out too soon" - guess what they're singing about? THE REAR VIEW.

2. If it's split down below, it shouldn't be shown. ENOUGH SAID. This applies to plumber's crack, thongs, and worse of all - CAMEL TOE. Especially on men. I cannot think of ANY guy who want his nutsack evenly divided by the zipper and have it be visible. One word: YECCH. And in case of men who obviously have that going and it's a trainwreck you can't look away from, OW.

3. There's a reason that they call it underwear. As in, it's worn under your clothing and yes, it applies to your thong, G-string, V-string or whatever is the name of the porta-wedgie you're wearing. I don't want to see if it has fur on it

4. CD Earrings + a few years = earlobes at nipple level.

5. I am BEGGING on behalf of people who want to keep their lunch: if you have a VISIBLE cloud of BO, it's a bad idea to remove your shirt and stroll down Wall Street. This is spoken from someone who saw and smelled it. EEEW.

6. You know the old pickup line of "There's a party in my pants and you're invited"? Well, it was never meant to be taken literally, okay? It's called a BELT and a SMALLER SIZE. I beg of you, I downright beg: Don't waste the fabric, okay? It's a pair of shorts that's now gone into the expanse of your pant leg.

7. Ladies, ladies!! I know you have tanned-leather belts and purses, but your skin doesn't need to match in both texture and shade!! Do you not think of melanoma?

8. I don't care what the logo is. If it's a gold-plated hubcap on a chain, it's going to cause a traffic accident. And you KNOW NY traffic.

9. I don't believe in slaughtering animals for pelt. I also don't believe in a faux fur looking like something died on you. Unless it's a marabou slipper, please at least think about what you're buying!!!

10. Assvertisement pants. The blatant objectification aside, what gets me is that these are the same girls that tell me "why are all guys I meet only interested in sex or looking at my ass?" I don't know, but I think the hot pink "SEXY" across your tail end kinda gives it away...

11. Everywhere I go, I see egregious ignorance of the simple rule: Do not attempt to fit into clothing that doesn't fit or hasn't fit for several years. You will look like a sausage skin. I understand attempting to fit into those pants that you've fit into once upon a time - that's how I discovered I lost a few sizes - but you don't walk around with a gut hanging out OVER the FLY of your pants. That is where my eyes bug and I utter a single "EGAD" before reaching for the mental floss.

[nekoro]

Ignoring "body type" in favor of "fashion". I have a friend who is guilty of this crime. She tries to dress like me. I am 5'8" and very slender, she is 5'2" and quite stocky. And yet, she still wears the same kind of clothes I do.

Thing is, she'd be really cute if she'd dress to her body type.

[Misanthropical]

nekoro, I went to church with a woman like that. She wasn't a friend, she was just some crazy woman.

She was quite a bit older than me, 3 inches taller and over 100 pounds heavier than me, but she tried her hardest to dress just like me, wear her hair like I did and even tried to mimic how I spoke.

She did not look good at all, because she tried to buy the style I wore two sizes too small.

It was disturbing, because she never once in the whole time we went to church there spoke to me directly.

[Dreamstalker]

Oh! And I hate those supposedly fancy slip on shoes that come in exactly two colors: shiny silver and shiny gold.
My grandmother has a pair of those things, complete with hideous fake jewels (not rhinestones per se, but the huge cabochon thingies). She once tried to foist them off on me saying "oh you would look so pretty in these!" (NO, even if they were not two sizes too small I wouldn't be caught dead in them. Please stop trying to jam them on my feet as it is clear that they do not and will never fit).

I do confess to owning a pair of silver Keds, but this was back when I was about ten. Those were cool.

[Dreamstalker]

Ignoring "body type" in favor of "fashion". I have a friend who is guilty of this crime. She tries to dress like me. I am 5'8" and very slender, she is 5'2" and quite stocky. And yet, she still wears the same kind of clothes I do.

Thing is, she'd be really cute if she'd dress to her body type.
I once had a friend who was about 5' 3" and a bit on the stocky side. When I was in my Goth phase, she decided that she absolutely had to mimic me (OK, I can pull off a hooded full cloak because I'm tall and fairly slender, on you it just looks bizarre). At least she (redhead) didn't try to dye her hair to match mine at the time (bluish black) although it would have provided great amusement :D

The worst was when she bought a pair of fairly tight leather pants :eek:

[LostMyMind]

Mmmm a red-head goth. Ok, back to regular schedule SC bashing.

[PuckishOne]

PuckishOne: I'm in the outskirts of Portland, land of the Columbia Sportswearers

I suppose it has to do with us Northwesterners wishing warmer weather with sandals, flip flops and shorts, but bowing to the fact that it's cold and drizzly with the whole socks and polar fleece thing
Yeah, we blame a lot on the weather up here, don't we? ;) Some time ago there was an article in the national press about the "Seattle fashion scene" - which was really more about the fact that we don't really have a fashion scene, unless you consider all the things we've just mentioned (socks with sandals, et al) "fashion." We've not quite let go of the grunge, and we want to be hip & cute & stylish, but at the same time we're forced to be at least somewhat practical in our clothing because of the ever-changing weather. If nothing else it provides lots of fodder for threads like this. :D