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S&B 101 what fugliness would you put in? (lighthearted!)

395 replies

LazySusan11 · 06/04/2016 14:15

I'd have to ban Crocs, unless they're on small children.

Impulse body spray..stinks

Anyone else?

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GarlicShake · 07/04/2016 22:22

I'm currently wearing a tunic in a loud print (and made of something synthetic) over fleece leggings, with furry boots. I also have a bleached-out bob with roots and visible remains of past dyes (hence the bleach). Making matters worse, I'm letting my eyebrows grow as an experiment: if actually wore makeup, they'd look like HD brows gone worryingly wrong Grin I have poverty teeth, neglected feet and hairy chin legs. And am wearing a 'statement' perfume.

What the fuck am I doing on Style & Beauty?

I don't own any Crocs, mind Grin

GarlicShake · 07/04/2016 22:24

I would consign the Hoxton Hipster to the bin, though. And his wispy girlfriend with the ludicrously puffy red lips.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 07/04/2016 22:49

I see your Double Denim and I raise you Double Animal

One piece of animal, carefully paired (I have an M&S leopard top , I wear with black and it's gorgeous.
Not to be paired with a 'matching' cardi or zebra or tiger.

Walked past some pale pink and baby blue clutch purses trimmed with matching maribou feather. Just NO

bolleauxnouveau · 07/04/2016 22:51

You don't have to be old to have a wrinkly decolletage, just sun damaged.

I know plenty of 'old' women who look better than those many years younger.imo

Claraoswald36 · 07/04/2016 22:55

Beehoven. Light hearted. LIGHT!
Love the jokey threads being crashed by the thought police.

bolleauxnouveau · 07/04/2016 22:58

Double animal print would be awesome. Anyone remember those bizarre armadillo shoes (at no5) McQueen did? Actually they're all a bit cutting edge fugly.

Floisme · 07/04/2016 23:05

Goodness the wannabee Katie Hopkins are everywhere tonight.
What larks.

JoffreyBaratheon · 07/04/2016 23:07

Agree with the strapless boob tubey wedding dresses. Regardless of the woman's shape or size. It seems disrespectful in a church for one thing to have so much bare flesh on display (and I am not a Christian by any stretch of the imagination). But also they just look ugly. I always expect to see the bride's prison tattoo when I see one.

Portly middle aged men in football strip. I was in hospital having my last baby (now a teenager) during a World Cup and the number of plump bald men that waddled in, switched the ward TV on to some boring football match, wearing England strip.... Horrible. My teenagers pretty well live in football strip but they actually play football every day. Grown men? Not a good look.

Claraoswald36 · 07/04/2016 23:17

Mumsy means frumpy'you look like a mum' could mean anything g. Hence they are not the same words. Mumsy is quite a narrow term and refers to a finite list of items which in my head are what parents wore in the 90's.

Anyway.....loving the lap dancer term - sums up that look perfectly.
Those high waisted jeans on teenagers give them fat rolls they don't even have.

Lauren Goodger in her entirety and all those other no mark faux slebs. That Vicky woman too. Vile

echt · 07/04/2016 23:18

You don't have to be old to have a wrinkly decolletage, just sun damaged.

Wriggling really won't do.. The general perception of "wrinkly" is a reference to age.

Love the jokey threads being crashed by the thought police.

Being unpleasant about things people can't help such as age, etc. isn't mitigated by disclaimers about it being a joke.

Oh, and do get your "Nineteen Eighty-Four" references right. Objecting to what someone has written is not the thought police, writing is action. HTH.

bolleauxnouveau · 07/04/2016 23:22

I used to know a rheologist called Flo, nominative determinism I think.

Floisme · 07/04/2016 23:36

Nominative determinism eh?
From a poster called bolleaux.

I think my work is done.
Nighty night.

chanice · 07/04/2016 23:39

I had to google both them terms lol

bolleauxnouveau · 07/04/2016 23:46

Randoms on the internet eh? It's not personal it's mumsnet.

Behooven · 07/04/2016 23:47

I know what it means but I didn't get the reference Confused, went right over my head.
Thought Bolleaux had wandered into the wrong thread or something...

Claraoswald36 · 07/04/2016 23:53

I see there's no more laughs to be had here on this thread.

chanice · 08/04/2016 00:08

Do you ever see people wearing flip flops or open toe sandals in winter? I see them a lot here. Always worn with a compulsory crusty back foot.

mathanxiety · 08/04/2016 00:56

I love quiet a few items from this thread Blush, especially my Uggs and my fleece leggings [high five, Garlic] all together with one of my three coatigans, and where would I be without my tankini come summer....

Found myself agreeing with MrsDeVere's list.

Butteredparsnips · 08/04/2016 08:10

I'm guilty of lots of these! Grin My "mum uniform" is Breton tops, skinny jeans and ballet pumps. Shall I get my coat? It's either an anorak or a lovely and warm down filled puffa jacket? GrinGrinGrin

My pet hate is parents who wear the same brands as their teenagers. It doesn't make them young and trendy! I'm looking at you superdry, holister and jack wills wearers

lavenderhoney · 08/04/2016 09:06

I have crocs for nipping into the garden. They are also very handy for a rocky beach and paddling.

I can't think what I'd get rid of. Wellies with heels?

Mominatrix · 08/04/2016 09:08

My pet hates are not particular items of clothing, but how people wear them. So, in no particular order:

  • ill fitting clothing (too small, too big, wrong proportions)
  • fake anything (handbags, tans, nails, hair)
  • clown makeup
  • shoes/clothes which are obviously uncomfortable on the wearer
  • weather inappropriate clothing

Individual items don't bother me - for every example of badly worn , there are always examples of people who wear them well.

Mominatrix · 08/04/2016 09:13

lavendar, I'd love a pair of wellies with heels! I once saw a woman who wore slim dark jeans, crisp white collared shirt, fitted black velvet blazer, and high heeled duck boots. She looked amazing, and I've been searching for those boots ever since then (9 years ago!).

RubbishMantra · 08/04/2016 09:34

Flip-flops worn with socks. The big toe and next biggest toe made a sort of foot cleavage. Couldn't have been comfy.

That aside, I'm a proud wearer of Uggs. Comfy as fuck.

niminypiminy · 08/04/2016 10:16

I'll own up to dresses over jeans - in fact I'm wearing one right now, and what's more it's a black denim dress over blue denim jeans, so double denim.

But even in my double-denim shame, I'm still going to say I hate, hate, hate, nude lipstick. Yuck, browny-beigey lips. What is is with having no colour on your face that people think is so attractive? The whole 'smokey eye + panstick + nude lip' thing is like a bloody uniform nowadays, and it looks awful on everyone. I think.

pearlylum · 08/04/2016 10:18

Don't knock crocs.. I love them. OH has a bright orange pair that he wears to the supermarket at the weekend.

It takes guts to do that, I have total admiration.