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What would you not be seen dead in?

220 replies

AlexaAmbidextra · 16/04/2019 00:29

Most of mine seem to be footwear:
Crocs
Birkenstocks
Joules Wellibobs

Dungarees.

OP posts:
BillywigSting · 16/04/2019 08:24

Way to look like a hot water tank on teeny tiny legs. just nearly spat my coffee at that, that's exactly what they look like! Grin

AppleBru · 16/04/2019 08:28

Ridiculous platform shoes often donned by exotic dancers
I hope to be buried in mine Grin

megrichardson · 16/04/2019 08:34

M&S per una range: deceptively ok until you spot the added frill/bow/shiny buttons/dodgy fringe embellishing an otherwise ok piece of clothing

Catchingbentcoppers · 16/04/2019 08:37

Fur
Sparkly shit
Flares
Cold shoulder tops (I HATE them)
Teddy bear coats
Over the knee boots (flat or otherwise)
Slogans

I never rule out a particular brand i.e. nothing from Joules/Next etc., to me that's no different from saying you'd only buy from a particular brand. I buy something if I like it, I don't choose by the brand.

pictish · 16/04/2019 08:39

So we’re all pretty much agreed then? Cold shoulder tops can gtf out of here. Who do we write to?

SauvingnonBlanketyBlanc · 16/04/2019 08:41

Brown
Dark green
Crocs
Sandals with socks
Frills

pictish · 16/04/2019 08:41

I never rule out any brand either. Have had great items from George at Asda, Per Una...Joules...I’m not fussy about brands. The only place I think I’ve never found anything worth parting with cash for is Matalan. Second only to Next in the What-was-the-designer-thinking stakes.

IJustLostTheGame · 16/04/2019 08:44

Tracksuits
Leopard print
Nando's
Big eyebrows
Polo necks
Jeans that are more rips than denim
Pandora
Per Una
Crop tops
Pointy ended talon fingernails
Leggings with a top that doesn't cover my arse

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 16/04/2019 08:46

Blinged-up/fake jewel encrusted anything!
Uggs
Cold shoulder tops ... despite me having rather fine shoulders (even if I say so myself!)
Anything with the brand name emblazoned across it

BlueMerchant · 16/04/2019 08:47

Jumper dresses in Winter- I look like a sausage roll
Long floaty shirts/blouses with no 'structure'- a big tent
Long pleated skirts- fairground fortune teller
Denim jacket- I look like a truck driver

BlueMerchant · 16/04/2019 08:50

IJustLostTheGame agree with yours too especially Pandora, big eyebrows, the nails and the crop top!

AnnettePrice · 16/04/2019 08:53

I shall wear my Parker to my knees, zipped up hood with fake fur again next winter when it’s freezing outside, snowing, blowing a gale and raining hard.
I will be warm and dry, and I shall be smug whilst the ‘I wouldn’t be seen dead in that’ are cold and wet.
More fools you.

BarbieJellyBabyBrain · 16/04/2019 08:56

I wear loads of these 😂

Apart from cold shoulder tops, I agree they are horrid!

Greenglassteacup · 16/04/2019 08:57

Nude lipstick

Greenglassteacup · 16/04/2019 08:57

Beige

Greenglassteacup · 16/04/2019 08:57

Plasticky yellow fisherman’s anorak

Rollindowntheroad · 16/04/2019 08:58

Black

Greenglassteacup · 16/04/2019 08:58

Scrunchies

Greenglassteacup · 16/04/2019 08:59

Fitflops

AnnabelleLecter · 16/04/2019 08:59

Anything that doesn't fit properly.
Anything that 'will do'.
Anything from frumpsville.
Any flowers/garish prints.
Most embellishments - bows, frills, bling,
wool flowers etc. I do like studs though.
Any gold buttons.
Most shoes. I like boots or sandals not much in between.
Definitely no ripped jeans.
No burnt orange, lime green, pastels or brights.

pictish · 16/04/2019 09:01

I wear lots of things mentioned too. I’m not put out in any way though...we’re all different.
Take my Birkenstocks for example...I’m wearing them now. Lovely, they are.

MarthasGinYard · 16/04/2019 09:01

'knee length puffer coat. Way to look like a hot water tank on teeny tiny legs.'

GrinGrin

HaventGotAllDay · 16/04/2019 09:01

Birkenstocks (always tickles me that soi-disant MN fashionistas pour buckets of sick onto other people's choices then post pictures of their Hobbit feet in Birkenstocks. Nobody has ever looked good in them. Ever)

Animal print of any kind, on any part of the body. It could be off the catwalk and have cost thousands but it still makes women look like they're in some movie about kindhearted prostitutes.

Leather unless it's on your feet or a jacket. As with Birkenstocks, a nice leather skirt /pair of trousers is a contradiction in terms.

Cold shoulder tops.

Anything from Cos.

A linen tunic

Cropped trousers.

The same room as Nick Clegg.

pictish · 16/04/2019 09:07

Yes to embellishments - bows, frills, bling. Roundly awful and the ruination of many an item that might have been a goer without it.

Also anything with gold trimmings. Be it studs, zips, handbag hardware...doesn’t matter. That awful, shiny, plasticky gold coating you get on zips on cheap coats. Instant dismissal.

HaventGotAllDay · 16/04/2019 09:08

Re the cold shoulder.
I think it's a British thing- not just the cold shoulder, but the whole "oh, it's a bit warm, let's get as much flesh out as we can"
I can't remember where I read it (prob on here) but the idea of "summer clothes" in the UK high street seems based around cheap fabric, loud patterns that would look better as tablecloths and showing as much flesh as possible. And in garish colours. I look shit in yellow. I've never worn orange or pale green in my life because it looks horrible on me.
I don't want to look like curtaining that a kid has had the scissors to.

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