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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:
KingPhilsWench · 02/01/2013 18:20

Men in their early to mid twentys with super waxed eyebrows, comb overs and enough fake tan to sink a ship.
Women with the pointy nail extensions. Square tipped nail extensions I can just about tolerate but the pointy ones make me think of cats.
I blame Geordie shore.

Uggs arnt too bad but when they are fake and overworn so that the heel has collapsed it looks hideous.
White dresses with dark underwear. Worn in a nightclub, under certain lights all you can see is your mis matched tatty underwear.

Everything else has already been mentioned

Midlifecrisisarefun · 02/01/2013 18:32

Young men with low slung jeans/trousers, the crotch near their knees thinking one direction on tv They look like toddlers with sodden nappies waddling along!
Uggs
ballet pumps
leggings unless you are slim
tops that don't cover muffin tops
EVEN worse leggings, short top, muffin top and bulgy legs!
Grin

MrsKeithRichards · 02/01/2013 18:55

Barbour must be raging, another British brand ruined (Burberry anyone?)

I hate those quilted jackets, teamed with hunter wellies when you trotting no further than the front door to the car. Get some mud on you and I might respect ya!

freerangeeggs · 02/01/2013 19:21

I wear TONS of the things mentioned on this thread so far. I love fashion, even daft trends. One of the things I love about living in London is the number of crazy outfits you see. There are honestly no fashion things that I could say I hate on everyone - there are always some people who can pull them off well and look amazing.

The see-through leggings etc aren't really a 'fashion', they're just a mistake. I imagine the people wearing them don't realise everyone can see their big pants.

I DO wish bodycon would die though. That's not because I don't like it

  • clearly many other people look amazing in bodycon - it's just that unfortunately I don't have washboard abs/the inclination to get them...

I do wonder why people wear dated clothes though, when there are so many more interesting things available. And I wonder why some people put so much effort into disguising bra straps/colour coordinating etc. It makes you look like you've put in too much effort (unless you're going to some sort of formal do, like a wedding).

Mominatrix · 02/01/2013 19:25

MrsKeithRichards, I disagree. I think that Barbour is trying to go where another great British brand went - Belstaff. It was purchased by an Italian group and has been going from strength to strength. Barbour desperately need to update and make itself more relevant, whilst retaining the things which made its reputation, which it is trying to do. You can still have the classic lines, whilst also evolving to meet modern demands. It is called survival.

SPAMuary2013 · 02/01/2013 19:35

I'm guilty of some of your pet hates. Have facial piercings, leggings, converse, fake (primark) uggs, own a onesie (in house only!) and occasionally don't brush my hair and shove it on top of my head. Grin

I dislike:

Skinny jeans (I'm size 12 and short so my legs look like a couple of rotating kebabs in them.)
Those really deep v-neck tops on blokes, cringe!
Foundation that doesn't match the colour of the wearer's neck and hands.
See through vests and a black bra.
Bodycon dresses, especially the ones with fishnet/lacy strips down the side.
I'll fitting bras, gives a bad case of the quadraboob.
Quilted gilets.
This new fashion of black lacy tops with massive arty prints of crosses on them - okay if you're actually religious and proud, and also into fashion, but a bit tacky otherwise imo. Some of them also have chains and plastic spikes on the shoulders, ugh!
Leggings are ok, but not with tops that don't cover your bum, I can see your VPL. Print leggings are cool but I don't get those almost transparent American flag ones, and anything in general which say's "Miami" "Los Angeles" "New York" etc, if you've not been there. (along a similar vein - "name of funky city" followed by "random number plucked out of designer's arse")
Don't know if girls still wear these, might have been a year or 2 ago, but I hated those hideous floral floppy headbands with a massive bow on top, washerwoman chic!

Hydrophilic · 02/01/2013 19:35

The other day me and my mum wandered into Jack Wills. The chubby, male sales assistant had his trousers halfway down his bum cheeks. Unfortunately this created a shelf of buttock that poked out .

We left mumbling "we must be getting old".

noddyholder · 02/01/2013 19:37

I agree mrskeith

BelaLugosisShed · 02/01/2013 19:40

Aah, I was wondering about Belstaff, it went from being the jacket bikers bought if they couldn't afford leathers ( made in an old factory yards from my house) to practically every celeb being seen in them and now they cost £100's. Genius PR work.

FellatioNelson · 02/01/2013 19:43

Peep toe boots. I cannot begin to tell you how ugly and utterly ridiculous I think they are. They are like one of those jokes that the fashion industry periodically plays on dim women.

Very thin leggings with short tops over, where you can clearly see a woman's knickers, and the dimples in her arse. You'd be able to see pubic hair too, if she had any.

Anything one shouldered, one sleeved, or asymmetrical.

Animal prints. they almost always look very tarty.

Those headbands that young women/girls wear really far down on their foreheads, almost horizontally, instead of across the top of their head. You do not look ilke a Grecian goddess, you just look someone whose headband has slipped.

Scouse brows.

HoneyStepMummy · 02/01/2013 21:16

I don't mind UGGS as long as they aren't all beat up and worn out. My DSD has a really nice black pair, and to be honest I would rather she wore those to school than the awful high heeled boots she was attempting to wear last year. She also looks wonderful in black skinny jeans, but then again she's 16. I have some leggings I really like, but they are not see-through and I wear them with a long tunic. On the other hand I detest:

  • VPL
  • men with dyed eyebrows and orange fake tan
  • Ed Hardy
  • Those hideous chiffon blouses that button all the way up, and are shorter in the front in long in the back. WTF??
  • Fitted jackets, trousers, dresses, basically everything made from terry cloth/sweatpants material. Again WTF?
  • Mint green, too tight, too short, skinny jeans worn by a chunky short person. The above of course worn with ballet slippers or flip flops
  • FLIP FLOPS. Gross.
Binkybix · 02/01/2013 21:37

I think some people can look great in most of the stuff discussed here - even harem pants.

My pet peeve is big bugs on the crook of the elbow.

Binkybix · 02/01/2013 21:37

*bags!

scottishmummy · 02/01/2013 21:46

ugg boots
juicy stamped on tracksuit bahookie

Moistenedbint · 02/01/2013 22:29

Yy to Barbour.. It's become popularized (present company excepted) by chavs.

AlexReidsLonelyBraincell · 02/01/2013 22:46

I love animal print and red shoes and bright red lipstick, in the daytime too. Shock I'd rather be a bit Bet Lynch-ey than Boden-y. Grin

scottishmummy · 02/01/2013 22:57

yes I have penchant for red shoes red lippy,animal print

pigletmania · 02/01/2013 23:01

I hate those Hareem pants that look like nappies, lo slung jeans on over weight people which Crete a hideous muffin top. Disclaimer I am a 16/18

judefawley · 02/01/2013 23:09

I hate the bad foundation, HD brows, mega eye lashes, all topped off with a bun bigger than the head look.

I see this a lot on teenage girls and find it quite grotesque.

blueshoes · 02/01/2013 23:19

Huge 'come fuck me' platform shoes with superhigh heels I associate with streetwalkers.

Megan74 · 02/01/2013 23:27

Coloured jeans on fat people (yes I shall start with the controversial)

Peplums. Looks like an ice skating dress.

Leggings when not worn with long tops/tunics. This can rarely be carried off by anyone bigger than a size 8 and older then 22.

Those quilty coats worn with elastic belts that all the mums at the school wear.

Most trainers. Just ugly.

Converse shoes/boots - particulalrly when worn by people over the age of 35 in an effort to retain some sort of cool factor that left about 10 years before

Hipster jeans with muffin top spilling everywhere. Vile.

Most things by Boden.

Wrap dresses. They are almost always frumpy.

Denim skirts. Just ugly.

Uggs. They look like your nans slippers.

Fake eyelashes. They look like a spider sat on your face.

The baggy jeans and pants look favoured by teen boys. The urge to pull their cacks down is almost irresistible.

My mothers annoying habit of putting a smart black coat together with jeans.

Most jeans accept dark wash.

Anything by LK Bennett.

Most things in M and S.

Megan74 · 02/01/2013 23:30

My husbands corduroy jacket complete with elbow patch Shock. Just awful.

JammySplodger · 02/01/2013 23:32

Bling. Especially when worn in the swimming pool.

vladthedisorganised · 03/01/2013 00:32

Guilty of:
Harem pants - worn with flat sandals, a plain vest and lots of bracelets - comfy in summer.
Maxi skirts (and yes, I can't be arsed to expose my pale legs)
Knee-high boots - warm in winter worn with most things.
Skinny jeans - though never with a short top.
Converse with jeans is my weekend uniform.
DD wears leggings all the time, but she's under 5.

However, Juicy Couture (?) tracksuits remind me of pensioners doing speed-walking in Florida and hair extensions look crap unless done very well. Thin leggings are just wrong in all circumstances.

countrykitten · 03/01/2013 09:07

Oh Lord - this thread is an education for me! Is it dreadful that I have no idea what a peplum is (intend to google) and that I had no idea that my old barbour is 'chavvy'?

Plus I love men in cord jackets with elbow patches - but the cord has to be brown.

Feeling rather out of touch.

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