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to ask what 'fashion' you hate?

289 replies

PrincessAnastasia · 01/01/2013 15:46

I cannot stand the wet leggings look. It really should only be worn by tall and thin people.

Also knee/thigh high boots.

And crop tops.

And shorts with your bum cheeks hanging out.

Definitely each to their own

(As I'm guilty of wearing uggs (definitely function over fashion), chelsea boots and I love my Barbour coat, which I know a majority of people hate)

so what fashion do you hate?

OP posts:
InNeedOfBrandy · 01/01/2013 22:05

I forgot to put the stuff I hated down as I was so busy being reminded of what I like Grin

I can't stand

Boot cut jeans
Boyfriend jeans
Mum boots (yes all the threads on s&b asking are these mum boots those are the boots I'm talking about)
Fleeces
Combats
Trainers
Those shoes that look like walking boots for every day some hi tec whatever
Jesus sandals on any sex (not to be confused with gladiator ones which I like)
Baggy clothes, baggy loose fitting clothes make you look bigger then a normal top and straight cut jeans
White trousers with black shoes
Fleece cardigans and the like
Runny dog shit coloured clothes
T shirts (apart from my bob marly one and the half ones hey used to sell where you'd wear a vest top underneath)
Anoraks
Green smelly barbours (quite like the chavvy quilted ones)
Floaty pleated skirts, well I like them but they don't suit me so I get irrationally jealous of girls able to look good in them.

And can't remember posters name (you who said was I 19) I actually rock out my wellys quite frequently. My leggings and skinny jeans don't get wet while in them and I can walk to school and then to the bus stop without getting soggy feet. I love my patterned floral wellies Grin

Alisvolatpropiis · 01/01/2013 22:48

Aurora sometimes Grin

I got told "red shoes no knickers" VerySmall

Alisvolatpropiis · 01/01/2013 22:49

InNeed YES! All of those! Should be banned.

TheSmallClanger · 01/01/2013 22:54

Today I am "rocking" a pair of combats with a studded belt, plus a Space Invaders t-shirt I got from the children's section of Primark over the summer.
I got a cat onesie from my DD for Christmas, which I have already worn twice to walk the dogs in the morning. It is very warm and makes me laugh. I suspect my dress sense (a mix of goth/rivethead/futuristic with a bit of 60s mod thrown in) offends quite a lot of people. Long live the mutton brigade - fashion can be fun! Fight the power!

I don't like wrap tops and dresses, or "nude" shoes. "Nude" is just a sexy re-brand of beige, which I Do Not Like.

VerySmallSqueak · 01/01/2013 22:55

Red shoes it is then Alis Grin

InNeed DH has to keep his Barbour (not a fashiony one but an ol' country boy one) in the shed because I can't stand the smell.

MurderOfGoths · 01/01/2013 23:23

"plus a Space Invaders t-shirt"

I so need that! In the kids section you say? You reckon they do one that'll fit over 36D boobs?

MurderOfGoths · 01/01/2013 23:24

ps. For those of us of a goth/rock persuasion who are no longer teenagers, I highly highly recommend this book

degutastic · 01/01/2013 23:33

I just don't get why peope care - I mean how does it affect anyone else whether someone is wearing skinny jeans or bootcut, unflattering maxi dress or peculiar Christmas knits... I totally understand the thin leggings / stupidly low trouser dislike as nobody wishes for an eyeful of that in the shops. And naturally everybody has personal preferences, but really, who has time to care about other people's choices Shock

Personally I think animal print, uggs, high heels and such are impractical, and the "large handback full of junk and carried in crook of arm" craze is bound to cause some long term back problems, but if all you do is toddle round a shopping centre or on the school run, I guess this isn't too much of an issue Grin

whateveritakes · 01/01/2013 23:48

degutastic - agreed.

If I were to dislike anything it's people that just dress the same.

I like people to look like they have a style of their own whether that be fashionable or not. Endless clones of Boden, Essex mum etc are just a bit blerghh regardless of good the look is on a person.

MmeGuillotine · 01/01/2013 23:50

Murder, I keep meaning to read that - thanks for reminding me! :)

JustAHolyFool · 01/01/2013 23:51

How odd that degutastic and whateveritakes have posted to say they don't care about what people wear, then posted examples of things they don't like people wearing.

I don't actually CARE what other people wear. All the stuff I've posted is stuff that I personally wouldn't wear myself.

MurderOfGoths · 01/01/2013 23:52

I must re-read it tbh. I bought it the day it released, and I was younger and more carefree back then. I didn't quite understand the pressure to "dress your age", now I'm getting comments about not being a teenager any more, or to remember that I'm a mum now. Grinds you down after a while.

MmeGuillotine · 01/01/2013 23:58

Oh I totally agree. I did briefly give in to the Hmm looks in the playground and actually spunked a load of money on bloody Boden etc in the hopes that it'd make me fit in but I just looked the same only badly dressed and a LOT more pissed off and grumpy. ;)

My husband is alternative too (although not as ostentatiously as me but he's got the proverbial 'face full of metal' whereas I don't even have my ears pierced) so I know he doesn't mind how I look but I can tell that other family members are gearing up to another 'Shouldn't you have moved on from that by now' and 'aren't the boys embarrassed by you' lecture. Ah joy. I feel really happy, comfortable and confident dressing this way and if they don't like it, well, they'll just have to lump it, frankly! :D

JustAHolyFool · 02/01/2013 00:01

Aw, don't bow to the pressure! I love seeing altmums and dads, don't see why you should change when you have kids.

MurderOfGoths · 02/01/2013 00:01

Yeah, I tried buying "normal" clothes, just felt (and looked) really awful in them.

Winterbluesinmyhead · 02/01/2013 00:05

I hate the trend for visible zips - why ruin a perfectly nice item of clothing with a big chunky zip? Who actually buys these things? I've only ever seen them on hangers in shops, not on people, come to think of it...

countrykitten · 02/01/2013 15:10

INOB I knew it! Your list contains things that I love wearing - in particular:

smelly old wax barbour (complete with dog biscuits and pony nuts in pocket)
green wellies (could not wear floral - mine are ancient le chameau and dying)
I have a pair of boyfriend jeans from Sainsburys. And I wear them.
I also have a tatty old fleece for when I am doing outside jobs

I am impressed with the effort people on here make with their appearance and clothes...and realise that I was not born to be glamorous!

InNeedOfBrandy · 02/01/2013 16:50

I don't feel like I'm myself when I dress frumpy. I'm not glamorous I don't have false nails false eyelashes and hd brows, I havent had my hair cut for almost a year now! But put me in baggy jeans and a fleece and I shrivel up an die inside, makes me feel really unattractive and invisible. I work in a kitchen so can't glam up in the week but I still want to feel half decent on the way to work and school run. If I feel frumpy I don't feel able to smile talk and engage with people.

countrykitten · 02/01/2013 17:05

Yes - a confidence thing? I am the same but in reverse I think. If I was put in high heels or something I would feel so uncomfortable that it would really affect how I engaged with people.

degutastic · 02/01/2013 17:17

How odd that degutastic and whateveritakes have posted to say they don't care about what people wear, then posted examples of things they don't like people wearing.

Nope, I think you should re-read my post Wink I specifically stated that I think certain clothes / styles are impractical, but that clearly this isn't an issue for the wearers. That's not "they shouldn't wear them", or "I don't like them wearing them", it's "it would be impractical for me to wear them, thus I don't". Subtle difference Smile

With the exception of unnecessarily exposing yourself in public (thin, tight leggings, extremely low trousers etc), which I think is a bit unpleasant, as the sight of someone's arse crack can put you off your food shopping somewhat. Or is that just me? Grin It's not a "taste" issue, it's a "getting your arse out in public is generally considered indecent" issue...

JustAHolyFool · 02/01/2013 17:22

Well personally I don't care if people are wearing thin tight leggings - so it obviously is a taste issue.

degutastic · 02/01/2013 17:33

Well personally I don't care if people are wearing thin tight leggings - so it obviously is a taste issue

Logic failure there I'm afraid. I don't care if people murder people, so that must be a taste issue too? Cultural norms dictate what is a matter of taste and what is just not on. It is a reasonably establisted cultural norm not to expose your arse in public round here Grin

JustAHolyFool · 02/01/2013 17:47

It is you that has had the logic failure, I fear.

countrykitten · 02/01/2013 17:50

I must admit that bare backsides in public are a definite no. The worst arse crack incident I had was a girl in a queue right in front of me who was wearing low trousers and a white thong fully on show. The thong string thing - starting about half way down what you could see - was brown.

Apologies if anyone was having their supper and read this.

InNeedOfBrandy · 02/01/2013 18:11

I always thought it was an exaggeration about leggings being see through.... Until I spat my coffee out at sheer shock at some woman walking past basically naked, black leggings that were basically opaque tights

And yes agree about the confidence issue.