Fashion Trends/Faux Pas'... What do you dislike?

[M'Sharak]

Try not to get stuck staring at the girl on the bike from 29th July on your way down...

She had a bicycle?

 

[scotpens]

Hip-hugging, barely-above-the-promised-land jeans on women. Very, very people few look good in them. The rest of the time, you see rolls of fat hanging out on all sides, even on people who would otherwise look fit. So. NOT. Attractive.

Auntiehill, you forgot to mention the “gorgeous” piercings and tattoos that are on show with those low-hip jeans. Talk about vomit-inducing.

Ditto for the underwear that shows above those ultra-low jeans. What sort of statement does that make? “I'm a slut AND a slob”?

And, while I would never presume to tell any adult what they ought or oughtn't do with their own body, I just don't “get” piercings. You don't need more holes in your body than the ones you were born with.

Try not to get stuck staring at the girl on the bike from 29th July on your way down...

And I'll bet she knows how to use them!

 

[RJDiogenes]

Mostly I don't notice or care about fashions, but the recent trend of multiple tattoos and piercings creeps me out. Self mutilation is disturbing.

 

[kimc]

Oh, and I hate Uggs.

I throw on my Uggs when it's 30 below and there's a ton of ice/snow on the ground and the dogs need to go outside NOW. The rest of the time they stay in my closet where they belong. Uggs with shorts (plus a scarf!) is one of those trends I could never stand.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

so glad I don't have to look at muffin-tops falling out of people's jeans anymore. It was surprising to me how many people thought people would want to see that. yech.

What the heck is a muffin top?

I hate tramp stamps right above the p-p-p-panty line and i hate thongs that rise above the low jeans.


And BTW, WELCOME BACK ORION SLAVE GIRL!! Your baby daughter is just perfection!

 

[Tom Hendricks]

What irks me is when women wear skin tight pants with regular underwear. Either wear a thong or nothing at all. Also the obligatory sweater to go with those pants, that cover your butt. You think it hides it, in actuality it draws more attention to it.

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

Sandals with socks.

Black dress socks with shorts. You see this on older men who grew up in a time when they'd have been taught better sense than that. Must be dementia setting in.

Sports jerseys. Why the flying fuck are you wearing a jersey with someone else's name on it? Are you their bitch? At a sports game, I understand. In everyday life...no...you are a tool.

Pajamas in public, already mentioned. But it's the biggest damned slob look.

NO FEAR t-shirts, etc. Brand names are usually obnoxious; that one always was.

The goth cliched stuff, the red or green striped socks especially.

Any white person with dreadlocks.

Fugly piercings. I'm talking septum, lip, the cheek (so you can have a fake mole?), eyebrows. Most ear and side of the nose, those are okay. I've accepted belly button piercings (on women, a guy with that is a whackjob), but I'd rather see a bare navel.

And the comeback of the 70's hairdos for young guys. Shit like that is why we need the draft. (I keed...)

 

[iguana_tonante]

I don't have anything that I intrinsically dislike. It's more a matter of how and when.

 

[Goliath]

As someone who was a punk rocker in his youth (back in the 80s, before punk was pop), I feel ill-qualified to judge other people's clothing and grooming choices.

 

[auntiehill]

What the heck is a muffin top?

I hate tramp stamps right above the p-p-p-panty line and i hate thongs that rise above the low jeans.

A muffin top is when someone (even those who might otherwise be considered attractive) wears jeans so low on the hips and so tight that rolls of fat spill over--creating a muffin-top effect.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

Hip-hugging, barely-above-the-promised-land jeans on women. Very, very people few look good in them. The rest of the time, you see rolls of fat hanging out on all sides, even on people who would otherwise look fit. So. NOT. Attractive.

Auntiehill, you forgot to mention the “gorgeous” piercings and tattoos that are on show with those low-hip jeans. Talk about vomit-inducing.

Ditto for the underwear that shows above those ultra-low jeans. What sort of statement does that make? “I'm a slut AND a slob”?

And, while I would never presume to tell any adult what they ought or oughtn't do with their own body, I just don't “get” piercings. You don't need more holes in your body than the ones you were born with.

Try not to get stuck staring at the girl on the bike from 29th July on your way down...

And I'll bet she knows how to use them!

Nice legs. For a human.

 

[Trekker4747]

Black dress socks with shorts. You see this on older men who grew up in a time when they'd have been taught better sense than that. Must be dementia setting in.

What's worse than this is is when the old man's legs are as white as this text-entry window.

I don't get this, at what point in a man's life does he put on a button-up short-sleeve dress shirt with a colored criss-cross pattern on it, some sansabelt slack-shorts pulled up to just under his chesticles, ghost-white legs, black socks, and then tan slip-on loafter shoes; goes to look in the mirror and says "Yep! I look good! Time to go out and do my day!"

 

[sidious618]

I don't like it when you can see a persons underwear.

Depends on the person.

 

[ToddKent]

Sandals with socks.

Sandals just bug me in general. I mean if you're going to leave the house put some friggin' shoes on.

It also seems weird to me when people tuck in their t-shirts. It seems like a t-shirt is the most informal thing you can wear. And some people add just a tiny touch of formality by tucking it in. Just seems weird.

Now that I think about it I never wear t-shirts at all. I guess to me it seems the same as wearing pajamas out (as mentioned above).

 

[iguana_tonante]

Sandals just bug me in general. I mean if you're going to leave the house put some friggin' shoes on.

I disagree. Sometimes it gets so hot around here that walking with closed shoes becomes a true nightmare of boiling feet and sweaty socks. A nice pair of sandals can save your life. And there are some nice sporty sandals around that dress nicely with jeans and shorts.

Examples: this or this.

 

[ManOnTheWave]

More for my own curiousity than anything else... what sorts or things do you think should "go" when it comes to fashion, beauty/personal hygiene, for example, big sunglasses, greasy hair, funky coloured nails, etc.

It will all go. And come back.

 

[Holdfast]

Try not to get stuck staring at the girl on the bike from 29th July on your way down...

And I'll bet she knows how to use them!

She had a bicycle?

Nice legs. For a human.

She does look good, doesn't she. Best photo Schuman's ever taken, IMO.

And the comeback of the 70's hairdos for young guys. Shit like that is why we need the draft. (I keed...)

 

[Mary Ann]

Any white person with dreadlocks.

This is a major bugbear of mine. At the risk of sounding un-PC, dreadlocks just look wrong on white people. They remind me of nests, and not in a cute little baby bird kind of way.

 

[RobertVA]

Perhaps some of those people wearing socks with their sandals have thin/sensitive skin on their feet and need the cushioning effect of the socks. The last few years I've found this necessary, despite the sandals having soft adjustable straps to restrict my feet from sliding around in them.

Now get off my lawn! ;-D

 

[scotpens]

I throw on my Uggs when it's 30 below and there's a ton of ice/snow on the ground and the dogs need to go outside NOW. The rest of the time they stay in my closet where they belong.

You keep your dogs in the closet? Doesn't it piss them off?

What irks me is when women wear skin tight pants with regular underwear. Either wear a thong or nothing at all.

There are all sorts of women's underwear designed to be worn under tight or sheer clothing. There's simply no excuse for walking around with a VPL.

Any white person with dreadlocks.

Or cornrows. The only white woman who ever looked good with cornrows was Bo Derek.