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.....

God this is cathartic

I fear there may be more....

I see your Queen Mother shoes and I offer you these beauties. Fluff / pom-poms do not belong on the shoes of anyone over the age of 3. Platform trainers, what's the point?

(For full disclosure I am guilty of a star print sweatshirt - but only 1 )

I really like most of the things mentioned on this thread (apart from cold shoulder tops, which not only look shit but are always a really nasty material).

I don't think I belong in Style and Beauty!

Elephantinacravat - there's room for everyone in S&B . I'm not a fan of the cold-shoulder top either but I have seen some people who looked nice in them!

It’s ok Elephant you have just fallen prey to the absolute torrent of shit pushed at women with very little alternative.

That’s why the Parisian threads have taken off on here-women are looking abroad for the most basic stuff.

Even so called premium brands are selling crappy materials with dreadful designs for getting on for £100 a top.

Those fluffy bastards are monstrous -agreed.

This Modern Rarity 100% polyester blouse is being sold for £85.

I mean it is grim anyway but this is supposed to be a premium John Lewis offering.

It’s ok Elephant you have just fallen prey to the absolute torrent of shit pushed at women with very little alternative.

That’s why the Parisian threads have taken off on here-women are looking abroad for the most basic stuff.

But I liked most of that stuff before it was everywhere. Have always loved a rainbow, a star print and a unicorn! Trust me, my style definitely isn't 'Parisian basics', I'm too short and chubby for starters!

Also a contender are sparkly knits.

Itchy, scratchy, tackfests everyone of them. This mainly polyester one is just shy of £100.

Bargain.

😁

Gosh that jumper is grim. The blouse isn't a whole lot better.

Yy those shoes with the fluff. And now flip flops with fluff. At extortionate prices. More money than sense.

Tops / dresses that look perfect for work and then you try them on and realise that you either need a camisole (ruins the line), modesty panel (too old lady) or to just give up caring that you’re flashing your bra to all and sundry. Not saying that everything needs to be high necked but a shallower V-neck would be nice!

Ankle length or shorter wide leg trousers. Unless you are stuck thin they mess with your proportions and look daft.
Agree with bell sleeves and bell sleeves with long fasteny ties that trail into the sink, into your computer keyboard etc are ultra impractical.
Ripped jeans - yawn.
Jumpers and tops with stars, unicorns etc look like the sort of thing I’d buy for 3 year old DGD and that she’d love.

My bigger fashion hate at the moment is the absolute shite peddled by small town boutiques. Everything is always crumply thin linen or jersey in massive drapey shapes and dingy colours that make the wearer look like a giant moth. Often they have ‘bling’ on them somewhere, which just serves o make them even worse.

Other than that, cold shoulders of any variety are just awful and have been around for years now. They need to go.

Oh, and that awful, draining greyish pale pink colour that 80% of clothing seems to be at the moment needs to bog off. It suits practically nobody and looks so unclean.

Leggings made out of that fabric that goes see through, so the wearer flashes her knickers to all and sundry, without even realising. The manufacturers and retailers who sell that crap should be hung.

Yes to cold shoulder trend, just go away! Didn't look good to start with. Now looks crap and passe.

I don't mind the stars so much, but stupid vacuous slogans that say "LOVE" or ROCK CHICK" or whatever - I'm so sick of seeing what looks like a nice top hanging on the rail, then I pull it out and see it's ruined by yet another shitey slogan.

Same with daft frilly and lacy bits hanging off jumpers. My local scandi-style boutiques are now full of this - if I wanted Per Una I'd go to Per Una!

Also tops that are too short and really wide, with funny little tight sleeves that start at the elbow (because the top is so wide). Just makes me look like I've had some kind of laundry malfunction. Hush have done this to a lot of their tops this year.

Brand names or logos printed on clothes. I don't want to be a walking advert for anyone, thank you. If you want me to wear your branded goods, YOU need to pay ME. You pay for advertising, not the other way about.

Oh god yes to the cold shoulder tops
....please be gone. I've only ever seen them look good on one person and frankly she's the type who could wear a bin bag and it would look stylish so it doesn't count.

And pom poms, actually furry shoes as well. Why ? Impractical , cheap looking and makes me think that somewhere a teddy bear has experienced a trauma level akin to a slaughter in an episode of whitechapel

Plus boots with the toe piece cut out , perfectly lovely boots that I can't wear to work ,or in the rain , or when the temperature drops and I might need to wear boots

Tourniquet sleeves can sod off or maybe it's my fat arms .

Lol @ 'giant moth'.

Can I just chuck everything in hush and mint velvet in?

Yep I will help 😁

Ooh looking at further ‘delights’ in Modern Rarity I propose an end to the idiocy that is the sleeveless coat.

I nominate a close second the ‘coatigan’ and coat with no means to fasten it .

Clue -if it is cold enough for a coat then the front of it wafting everywhere when confronted with a gnat’s breath of a breeze is distinctly UNHELPFUL given the climate and purpose of the article. Same for missing sleeves.

Onto shoes...

These last few years have born some monstrous offerings but none more so than the white soled ‘flatform’. Be gone to the dark place from whence you came.

Also in the running, the backless slide/mule. If wanting to highlight your cracked heels to the world wasn’t there temptation enough you could also add to your skill set the special walk needed to desperately try to contain your foot within the said agent of evil.

Special vitriol is reserved for those furry Gucci fuckers and all their bastard offspring.

Plus they look ugly and aunt Vi wants her slippers back.

The three quarter length wide leg trousers are awful, but I raise you three quarter length wide legged trousers with vertical stripes and I think they’re called paper bag tops. THEY LOOK LIKE CLOWN TROUSERS, also see play suits with stripes and wide legs.

And while we’re at it can we get rid of that currently popular colour palette which consists of burnt orange, mustard yellow, Kelly green, burgundy and electric blue. It makes me feel slightly unwell.