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What fashion item would you never ever wear?

47 replies

displayuntiltwelfthnight · 18/12/2009 23:52

for me it would be these

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Mamazontopofsantabeingrude · 18/12/2009 23:54

jeggings.

im sure they are very comfortable but there a re so many crimes againts humanity that would need to be broken before i stepped out in public in a pair

lucykate · 18/12/2009 23:58

jeggings, uggs (except a knock off pair as slippers, never in public)

thelunar66 · 19/12/2009 00:01

Crocs

Uggs

Leggings/jeggings

Massive bondage-style shoes

Harem trousers

deleting · 19/12/2009 00:05

shoulder pads

Ronaldinhio · 19/12/2009 00:05

crocs
uggs
sequinned jeans
velour tracksuits

Mamazontopofsantabeingrude · 19/12/2009 00:06

oh yes i forgot about crocs.
id rather chop my toes off than wear crocs

Clary · 19/12/2009 00:07

crocs

uggs

Must say tho I find self rather taken with idea of jeggings...

(then I was put off it again when a 6yo child at the school party this week was wearign some and telling me what they were. Felt very ancient.)

deleting · 19/12/2009 00:09

Going back a bit, those cloven hooved trainers. ridiculous.

YanknChristmasCrackers · 19/12/2009 00:11

anything with words across the arse

and all of the aforementioned items

Ronaldinhio · 19/12/2009 00:12

ha ha ha I had the cloven hoof trainers and I loved them
they were foul

Mamazontopofsantabeingrude · 19/12/2009 00:15

what are these cloven hoofed trainers you speak of??

displayuntiltwelfthnight · 19/12/2009 00:15

Martin Margiela has a lot to answer for with his range including the sneakers, boots and
these abhorrent examples of footwear

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Ronaldinhio · 19/12/2009 00:18

mamazon here
these are the actual ones I had
chriiist

Ronaldinhio · 19/12/2009 00:20

also trousers with pleats at the top that come neatly in to the ankle a la classic M&S

parsnip city

displayuntiltwelfthnight · 19/12/2009 00:20

lol Ronaldinhio
not sure what else to say!

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deleting · 19/12/2009 00:29

ha ha yes those are the ones. shame.

apparently you can now get high heeled crocs!

displayuntiltwelfthnight · 19/12/2009 00:35

high heeled crocs?

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LetThemEatCake · 19/12/2009 01:24

Crocs
Jeggings/ treggings
Puffball skirts
Twinsets
Body warmers
Tracksuits of any description
Brogues, neither heeled nor flat
Capri pants
Birkenstocks
Linen anything
Black jeans
Fit flops
Sequinned or wetlook leggings

Um, I'm sure there's more....

Eve4Walle · 19/12/2009 07:18

Uggs and Jeggings - yuk.
Gilets and Puffa Jackets.
Anything sequinned.
Shorts.

AngelinaJolly · 19/12/2009 09:22

anything with JOULES plastered all over it

GroovyRach · 19/12/2009 13:13

FUR!!!!!

sh77 · 19/12/2009 15:02

Those ugly Turkish/harem pants that look like you are carrying a heavy load in between your legs. Als everything that letthemeat suggests except linen. What is wrong with fit flops?

MadameOvary · 19/12/2009 15:09

Peep-toe shoeboots.
Jeggings. Esp after I saw a pair of orange faced, over-madeup teenagers with ironed hair come tottering onto the bus with hideous cheap looking ones clinging to their skinny legs.

donnie · 19/12/2009 15:14

jeggings

leggings

short skirts with no tights unless I have just spent at least 4 weeks in Corfu in August

stilettoes - ugh, soooo common and Jeremy Kyle

uggs

crocs

MrsJohnDeere · 19/12/2009 15:20

leggings
anything sparkly or sequinned
tops with slogans across them ('princess' etc)
strapless tops or dresses
asymmetrical skirts
pixie boots