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Things that you hate in current fashion?

370 replies

Niftythrifter · 17/08/2023 15:00

The half zip. Just why?

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PoshPineapple · 17/08/2023 18:42

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 17/08/2023 18:38

They are so funny but honestly, if I had an arse like that I'd be prancing around in a pair too 😂

Me too, although I can't imagine they'd be very fragrant by the end of the day, not to mention the friction😶

pictoosh · 17/08/2023 18:44

Someone will be along to tell us to be kind soon.
A few things I like have been mentioned on here. I don't care.

Marchintospring · 17/08/2023 18:47

Halve zips are terrible but strike me as deeply unfashionable.

Cropped flared trousers and jeans
High waist jeans
Button up the front dresses of any style.
Tattoos. They all look the same and make your skin look messy.
Tight clothes on men. So try hard.

TheYadaYada · 17/08/2023 18:48

My husband bloody loved those half zips. They’re the fleece of 2023.

PoshPineapple · 17/08/2023 18:51

pictoosh · 17/08/2023 18:44

Someone will be along to tell us to be kind soon.
A few things I like have been mentioned on here. I don't care.

I wonder how many of us are sitting here sheepishly whispering "but I love those". I know I am (which items I'm referring to will remain anonymous 😆).

"It wouldn't do for us all to be the same" - and how boring it would be too!

PoshPineapple · 17/08/2023 18:53

And I'm probably still wearing half zips from the first time round!

GarlicGrace · 17/08/2023 18:56

I kept waiting for my eye to get used to cropped trousers. It didn't, they still look stupid!

Droopy floral dresses. It was sunny yesterday, I sat outside a café watching posses of women in acres of colourful little flowers, trying to find it pretty and charming. They just looked like a bunch of 1970s grannies coming from a cake sale.

Inverted-carrot trousers on men. Been happening for too long already.

I do like most things, honest! I don't even mind those silly "I'm not naked really" things on women, as long as they're under 30 or so. Young people are supposed to experiment with daft clothing styles 😀

Cosycover · 17/08/2023 18:57

Those all in one skims dupes. They are so ugly.

40andlovelife · 17/08/2023 18:58

Females going braless so you can see their nips.

Fedupwitheveryone · 17/08/2023 18:59

I didn't even register that a half zip was a thing? never noticed one in my life.

And where is all this nude lycra you're all seeing? I am seeing black bike shorts everywhere but not nude (i'm in London?)

Usernamen · 17/08/2023 18:59

PoshPineapple · 17/08/2023 18:42

Me too, although I can't imagine they'd be very fragrant by the end of the day, not to mention the friction😶

There’s no friction when your arse is that shape though.

It’s like the thongs thread a few weeks ago where half the posters could not comprehend how a thong could ever be comfortable and the other half only wore thongs.

ComradeTrostsky · 17/08/2023 19:01

Quite a lot. If I’m honest, I often look around and think how inelegant we are these days. I include myself in that too. We all look so scruffy all the time. I get it, it’s for comfort and I do it too, but it’s a small shame!

Usernamen · 17/08/2023 19:02

Fedupwitheveryone · 17/08/2023 18:59

I didn't even register that a half zip was a thing? never noticed one in my life.

And where is all this nude lycra you're all seeing? I am seeing black bike shorts everywhere but not nude (i'm in London?)

I’ll get flamed for this, but er, any busy East London station where the Central line crowd pass through.

Cosycover · 17/08/2023 19:02

ComradeTrostsky · 17/08/2023 19:01

Quite a lot. If I’m honest, I often look around and think how inelegant we are these days. I include myself in that too. We all look so scruffy all the time. I get it, it’s for comfort and I do it too, but it’s a small shame!

Yep agreed.
I go through phases where I buy the odd really nice thing and inevitably end up back in my comfies. I think covid has alot to answer for fashion wise. I literally can't wear jeans anymore.

Tiddlywinkly · 17/08/2023 19:04

I love a half zip...I hate the nude leotard thing. Cropped, but not belly showing is really flattering on my long body/short leg combo.

Usernamen · 17/08/2023 19:06

PoshPineapple · 17/08/2023 18:51

I wonder how many of us are sitting here sheepishly whispering "but I love those". I know I am (which items I'm referring to will remain anonymous 😆).

"It wouldn't do for us all to be the same" - and how boring it would be too!

Why a secret? Be proud 😁

I love crop tops which everyone seems to hate - if it’s over 20 degrees my midriff is OUT.

I also love ripped jeans and I go braless an awful lot.

Beelezebub · 17/08/2023 19:07

Bum eating leggings

Flesh coloured leggings

Leggings with cropped tops

i seem to have an issue with leggings…

TruthThatsHardAsSteel · 17/08/2023 19:08

TheYadaYada · 17/08/2023 18:15

I’m pleased the sharpie brow is finally going out of fashion, but now the eyebrows brushed up and set vertically is almost worse.

I just can't take my eyes off brows done like this. They look like the wearer has forgotten to finish them. I don't follow brow trends at all though.

Elis44 · 17/08/2023 19:09

Fast fashion, damage to the environment, awful treatment of workers, poor quality fabrics, waste, damage to the high street and our acceptance of all of it!

Fedupwitheveryone · 17/08/2023 19:13

@Usernamen
And where is all this nude lycra you're all seeing? I am seeing black bike shorts everywhere but not nude (i'm in London?)
I’ll get flamed for this, but er, any busy East London station where the Central line crowd pass through.

Good thing i moved out of East London in time to miss this one then!

Fedupwitheveryone · 17/08/2023 19:14

and yeah, the leggings everywhere is awful. They look good on about 1/3 of the people wearing them - and even then they look a bit too gynaecological for my tastes

pictoosh · 17/08/2023 19:15

Big fan of cropped wide leg cords and dungarees here. They are my self-styled uniform for work. They are comfortable, cheerful and have big pockets. They are ideal.
Completely understand the hate and don't mind one bit.

pictoosh · 17/08/2023 19:17

I dislike tiered skirts and dresses. Not sure what it is...just unnecessary fussiness in a lampshade stylee I think.

Blarn · 17/08/2023 19:19

@Fedupwitheveryone How did you get the font so big!

Wexone · 17/08/2023 19:19

Cropped tops
the trend not to wear bras when you should
fake eyelashes - why do young people wear them
oversized look and one size clothing
cheap material clothing
so hard to get good quality clothing no matter the price