ROom 101 for shite, lingering fashion trends

[PaulHollywoodsleftbollockhair]

Had enough of seeing something repeated ad nauseam?

Want to offload when having tried to find good quality, stylish clothes you are instead met with a sea of shit? Epically garish, cheaply manufactured (without the corresponding price tag) and downright tired apply here.

I may be alone in having this need, but may I start by offering..... the rainbow jumper. How to take a perfectly useable piece of cloth and curse it to landfill in nanoseconds.....

Slogan tees that say

ROCK CHICK

but mean

FAT HOUSEWIFE

Has no one alerted Trading Standards?

I would buy v2.0, btw, not quite so delusionally tragic. Not at all delusional, in my case.

I like a 3/4 sleeve. I find a lot of sleeves too long so these have been a godsend.

Breton style tops are boring but useful. I wear them as a layer under a jacket, rarely on their own because I have a large bosom and it makes them look bigger. I don’t like the boat neck ones. They do not suit anybody.

I bought a Bardot top for holiday abroad. Bought it out of desperation but did not take it in the end. I have just put it in the charity bag unworn.

My very tall and skinny 15 year old Ds looks fabulous in his skinny ripped jeans, very cool, very urban - I would not because that’s not who I am. I think it’s just a bit frustrating when you aren’t in sync with the current trends - I need beyond ankle length trousers to become a thing, I love slouch, I’ve always loved slouch...I just have to wait for the trend to come around again, so I can buy some - it’s quite simply annoying!

There are loads of different types of Breton tops, though.
The problem with this type of thread is that everyone has different tastes. Which means that everything will eventually be featured.

I don’t mind a Breton top, I would probably still wear one if I had it in my wardrobe, I’m just too bored with them to want to buy another.

I quite like all of these clothes. Especially that rainbow stripe jumper.

Isentthesignal
I love skinny jeans and skinny ripped jeans. What I hate is finding some that fit my legs well but lots of shops seem to have lots of space for back fat in skinny jeans.

Slogan tees that say
*
ROCK CHICK

but mean

FAT HOUSEWIFE
*
Has no one alerted Trading Standards?

I don't look at people wearing jumpers with stars etc and think they look awful, they are just not me, it would be pretty boring if everyone looked the same, and it would also be fairly awful to feel that going out looking scruffy would be completely frowned upon by everyone - we need space to be ourselves but the fashion trends that linger and don't fit your aesthetic irritate and this is a great place to vent!

Just some decent fabrics at sensible prices would be a step in the right direction

Flouncy gypsy tops - I am large of nork so look like Nell Gwynne in them.

Jumpers with built in chokers - guaranteed to make your neck look stumpy.

Pleated midi skirts - because we all like to make our hips look even wider, don't we?

Cold shoulder tops - 99% of them make you look like a dinner lady out on her daughter's hen do in Rochdale BUT I do possess an All Saints cold shoulder jumper, which is long and slouchy, and which I am positive makes me look like an ingenue French actress in an art house film [deluded]

I don’t like the boat neck ones. They do not suit anybody

I think I must keep them in business then I have the chest of an ironing board and they seem to make me less flat if that's possible!

Can I just nominate Zara as a polyester / frill / slogan serial offender. I tried to like it but their stuff is just awful.

First page and there's this offering.

Has anyone yet nominated running tights with mesh panels on the side!? Why is everyone dressed up as professional athletes nowadays?

Thing is polyester is ubiquitous. There's just as much in L K Bennett as there is in Primark.

Some ideas for ironic slogan t-shirts:

Unshowered

Peri Menopausal

Yeast Infection

Tena Lady Rules

Average

Some ideas for ironic slogan t-shirts

• Meh

Was that your contribution Storminabcup, or an observation on my contributions

Some more:

Navel fluff

Chlamydia Survivor

Clunge

Zara is so overrated. Why do folks rave about it?
Cold shoulder tops are very Liz McDonald from Corrie. Teamed with bright red shiny leggings and boots with no toe.

I DESPERATELY want an Essex Nan jumper. Desperately

I came on to say: anything you can’t wear a bra with. All those smart dresses with cut out backs, Bardot necks, those tops that have ties at the top and bottom of the sleeves......all of them.

I’ll put Joules and Boden in too. Exhausting.

I do have a yellow Seasalt mac. I have had it for years and I bought it on holiday in Cornwall when there wasn’t loads of choice. I used to love it (waterproof but not sweaty!!) but when I did my first ever school run the other day I noticed that we were ALL, Mums/Dad’s/childminders/children/associated babies, wearing the SAME STUPID COAT. And we live about a million miles from the sea. And it wasn’t even raining!!

Those poor kids, emerging from their classroom to be confronted with a sea of yellow. I think I’ll bring a flag next week.

Isent For slouchy trousers below your ankles, buy from Long Tall Sally. I buy their 36in inside legs to get slouchiness.

Is that yellow mac the one that was worn by Faith Howells in Keeping Faith?