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.....

Beards make me glad I am old and married, as do young men in those low slung skinny jeans that make them look like toddlers with a very full nappy.

I started a whole thread about how bored I am of leopard print. I hate the especially brown nylon variation currently in the shops and heading for the sale rails even more.

Feckin’ exposed zips, 12+ years and still going strong

I love batwing tops and cropped wide trousers though (are freakishly long legs a mitigating factor?)

You know, it’s just occurred to me that the adult rainbow trend is probably inspired by the (beloved of try-hard “quirky” child dressers everywhere) Little Bird by Jools Oliver range 🤔

All the frills can fuck right off. All of them.

And tops that look ok from the front, then when you pick them up they have a tacky 'crochet'/lace panel on the back.

I was never a beard fan in my yoot but grew to appreciate dh's with time as long as it was under an inch long - the ethical version of wearing real fur.

Hipster beards with pomaded fierce Eton crops on the comfortably sized aren't so good, but im beard-positive on general.

Ahem, this thread should begin and end with these two pairs of boots I spotted recently.

Have the suspender jeans been posted yet?

Following, for a friend obvs.

Hate wedge the trainer wedge is particularly awful. Trousers that end on the ankle - I am tall and finding a pair that gets anywhere near my ankle is impossible - I just want a straight cut slightly slouchy pair of trousers...maybe this year!

I think there is potential for a “wrong” range of slogan tee shirts. You could have:

Essex Nan
Barry’s Missus
Diamond Geezer’s Wife
Ilford
Cockles
Whelks

Yy to whoever said socks and sliders. It looks so stupid and try hard as a trend.

Also the joules yellow Mac that everyone and their mother seems to be wearing

But..........it gives me the chance to growl Hey Georgie , we all FLOAT down here in my creepy Pennywise (Clown from 'IT') voice

My 18yo DS has a beard and he rocks it !.

I'd love an Essex Nan t-shirt MrsSchadenfreude I'm not even sure I've ever been to Essex though.

The thing about batwing sleeves unfortunately I remember this from their first incarnation in the 80s is that you can't get a coat or jacket over the batwing.

3/4 sleeves are ok on me but that's because I've got short arms so I wear one and I've got myself a perfectly nice long sleeved top.

I'd love to be able to wear jumpsuits but I'm short so I'd look like Rod, Jane and Freddy off of Rainbow in the 70s.

I love 3/4 sleeves, along with pockets they make any garment eminently desirable for me.

Exposed zips. Awful.

I actually like 3/4 sleeves, zips, buttons and pockets. I liked my tops to be interesting and not boring....

like*

Women's pyjamas with cartoon characters and ridiculous slogons. I do not want to dress like a child going to bed

Oh god, YY to this. Not sure we can really call it a trend though, it seems to be a fucking perennial. It's creepy - especially if you have a OH - are they supposed to be turned on by a woman festooned in Winnie the Pooh? Blerrgh.

YY to most items on this thread. Hush (despite all the fake threads on here - waves at their PR team). Boden and Baukjen are particular offenders though I secretly quite like the top in the OP.

Have to agree on most other things though...gastly

Yy to unicorns and mermaids. Jeez.
Yes! I've found my tribe.
There is no need for unicorns and mermaids on everything.

Slogan t shirts and tops can go in the bin too

Same for sleeves that have baggy flares from mid arm down.

And those awful 3/4 cullotte style printed trousers.

In short, I'm a grumpy bugger who hates a lot of things.

What grown woman wants to wear Disney pjs to bed. It’s wrong on every level. They do men’s pjs based on comic books but they’re never as bad or as infantile women’s

as women’s*

queen your post reminded me of these "jeans" from topshop

Waterfall cardigans, awful moth like things that are unflattering and flap around.
Gypsy blouses, because I’m too old to wear them now and look like an elderly angry Swiss woman.
Drab colours that are barely colours.
Cold shoulder anything is fucking terrible.
Joe Browns, I’m sorry, it’s awful
Those shoes irregular choice, sorry again but why would you ?
I’ll stop as I’m losing the run of myself