I bought this beautiful jacket online. In my mind I'd look like Blondie in the 80s, very rock and roll and all round awesome. In reality I look like a giant angry teddy bear/yeti. I have broad shoulders and a bust although slim in general, and it doesn't do me any favours. I wanted it for ages and it's now sold out, and so the joy of getting it in my size just in time is sadly wasted. It is a beautiful jacket - just not on me! Anybody else want to come and mourn reality vs fantasy with me?
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Swimminguphill · 07/12/2017 15:16
Gingernaut · 14/12/2017 21:59
Hair disasters have been numerous.
Growing up in 70s and 80s, perms and big hair were in.
My hair is so thick and heavy, that once it reaches a certsin length, it pulls itself straight.
Not realising this and having dry red hair (very absorbant), I thought I'd get a perm.
I totally fell for "It's gonna be corkscrew bit loose, not tight. You'll be able to run your fingers through your hair. You won't look like your gran. Or a poodle. Honest."
Picture 1 - What I was promised and hoped for.
Picture 2 - How I walked out of the salon.
Picture 3 - How it looked after it had grown out for a few months.
Utter, nightmare.
DeriArms · 21/05/2023 17:52
This thread never gets old. Since I posted about 3 years ago I can add another. I got my eyebrows microbladed, aim: Lily Collins. Reality: my partner said ‘Don’t take this the wrong way’, which is never a reassuring opening salvo, ‘but you look like Groucho Marx’. Other comments were ‘Noel Gallagher called, he wants his face back’, ‘You look like you but if you were made of Lego’ and ‘You should let the Thunderbirds know you’re available’.
The eyebrows did fairly quickly calm down, thank fuck.
BTMadmummy · 16/04/2023 10:47
Colonel Gaddafi - priceless
OohOohMrPeevly · 06/07/2018 07:38
I know this is an old thread but just wanted to add my own experience.
In the 80s I decided to jump on the bandwagon and get a perm. I have very dark hair and had envisioned long loose glossy waves. Unfortunately the perm was so tight that it shortened my hair dramatically and when I walked into my boyfriend's mum's house afterwards his brother-in-law shouted "bloody hell it's Colonel Gaddafi"
DeriArms · 21/05/2023 17:52
This thread never gets old. Since I posted about 3 years ago I can add another. I got my eyebrows microbladed, aim: Lily Collins. Reality: my partner said ‘Don’t take this the wrong way’, which is never a reassuring opening salvo, ‘but you look like Groucho Marx’. Other comments were ‘Noel Gallagher called, he wants his face back’, ‘You look like you but if you were made of Lego’ and ‘You should let the Thunderbirds know you’re available’.
The eyebrows did fairly quickly calm down, thank fuck.
WhereDoesThisToiletGo · 21/05/2023 19:47
I recently got the HD brows treatment.
Expectation - 1960s Sophia Loren
Reality - Angry Birds poster
DeriArms · 21/05/2023 17:52
This thread never gets old. Since I posted about 3 years ago I can add another. I got my eyebrows microbladed, aim: Lily Collins. Reality: my partner said ‘Don’t take this the wrong way’, which is never a reassuring opening salvo, ‘but you look like Groucho Marx’. Other comments were ‘Noel Gallagher called, he wants his face back’, ‘You look like you but if you were made of Lego’ and ‘You should let the Thunderbirds know you’re available’.
The eyebrows did fairly quickly calm down, thank fuck.
PavlovaPlease · 07/12/2017 15:25
I bought a sequin jacket that I'd spotted on Instagram. I looked like Lionel Blair in it.
hollygolipo · 07/12/2017 18:27
I bought the red Zara frayed edge coat and looked like a member of a Beatles tribute act. Also spent £400 on a beautiful soft leather jacket only to see Suzi Quattro's fat nan staring back at me in the mirror.
GrannyWeatherwaxsBroomstick · 16/01/2024 09:42
@annieloulou I have an 80s perm disaster as well. My hair is dry, fine, and wavy/curly and there is lots of it. The hairdresser persuaded my DM that a perm would even out the curl.
That was the summer I wore hats.
Laiste · 07/12/2017 17:46
I look pretty good in a clingy mini, I have good legs, my arse is ok.
Repeatedly over the last couple of winters i've gone in full of hope and tried on ..... a Skater Skirt.
''Hmm, nice with opaques and my suede boots i think. Not much different to my straight ones surely ...''
Nope.
Every.single.time i just look like a hippo in a bloody tutu and get depressed :(
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hollygolipo · 07/12/2017 18:27
I bought the red Zara frayed edge coat and looked like a member of a Beatles tribute act. Also spent £400 on a beautiful soft leather jacket only to see Suzi Quattro's fat nan staring back at me in the mirror.
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