Worst fashion faux pas?
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May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
PieEye said:
Oh god, this has just jogged an awful memory...being the second youngest cousin, I used to get all my relatives' 80s hand-me-downs. One cousin donated a navy blue cotton jacket, cropped, with metal studs all over the shoulders. Even though I loved it (as a misguided 10 year old), even I couldn't figure out how the hell to wear it.
Much.
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
marty21 said:this one wasn't my fault
my first suit was brown, my mum bought it for me when we were going to a wedding in the 70s, with the brown suit I had a green flowery shirt, with a tie in the exact same pattern as the shirt
mum!!!
i'd wear that
Geri
wasn't born to follow
When I was 15 I wore red stiletto ankle boots, a pair of skin tight white zebra print trousers and a red bomber jacket. I must have looked horrendous, but I thought I looked really cool.
Ra-ra skirts, puffball skirts, jump suits, batwing sleeves, "Frankie says...RELAX" t-shirts...it goes on and on.
Ra-ra skirts, puffball skirts, jump suits, batwing sleeves, "Frankie says...RELAX" t-shirts...it goes on and on.
Geri said:When I was 15 I wore red stiletto ankle boots, a pair of skin tight white zebra print trousers and a red bomber jacket. I must have looked horrendous, but I thought I looked really cool.
Ra-ra skirts, puffball skirts, jump suits, batwing sleeves, "Frankie says...RELAX" t-shirts...it goes on and on.
Oh, Geri - I had all those as well (apart from the white zebra print trousers)!
And I remember going to see Duran Duran (iirc) wearing red knickerbockers and a white frilly shirt and I thought I looked lovely!
My red stiletto ankle boots weren't even leather, lovely patent plastic.
Balbi
Hey, Dean Yager!
Christ. Jeans i'd ripped myself because they were new. Yellow sunglasses with thick black frames. Too many badly fitting band t-shirts. Jumpers which you could fit two people into and didn't really look like jumpers because of being pulled so badly out of shape. Bright yellow hi-tops. Ridiculously baggy jeans which swamped me
This was only four or so years ago.
Oh and white t-shirts. NEVER EVER WEAR WHITE T-SHIRTS.
E2A: football shirts when not actually at the football, and i'm starting to have second thoughts on the drawer full I own
This was only four or so years ago.
Oh and white t-shirts. NEVER EVER WEAR WHITE T-SHIRTS.
E2A: football shirts when not actually at the football, and i'm starting to have second thoughts on the drawer full I own
mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
Balbi said:Christ. Jeans i'd ripped myself because they were new. Yellow sunglasses with thick black frames. Too many badly fitting band t-shirts. Jumpers which you could fit two people into and didn't really look like jumpers because of being pulled so badly out of shape. Bright yellow hi-tops. Ridiculously baggy jeans which swamped me
This was only four or so years ago.
Oh and white t-shirts. NEVER EVER WEAR WHITE T-SHIRTS.
E2A: football shirts when not actually at the football, and i'm starting to have second thoughts on the drawer full I own
I remember it well young man...........
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I think those backwards flatcap style Kangol hats I wore were pretty awful. I thought I was cool like Samuel l Jackson. In reality the blue beret style hat made me look like Frank Spencer. I know this because older people at work mocked me thus
What is wrong with white T shirts? I haven't got any because I like colours but what is it about white that is considered wrong?
shakespearegirl
just worked out taglines
American tan tights with a brown jersey stretchy very cheap mini dress.
I was very hungover and didn't look at the tights in the shop in the morning no tight emergency.
The piss was totally ripped out of my all day at the achingly cool design company where I was working
I did look a bit stupid to be fair
I was very hungover and didn't look at the tights in the shop in the morning no tight emergency.
The piss was totally ripped out of my all day at the achingly cool design company where I was working
I did look a bit stupid to be fair
I am more than willing to take back what I said about white t-shirts now
quite right. a plain white t-shirt is an essential part of anyone's wardrobe, usually to be paired with faded blue jeans.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Loons 
I had a royal blue crimplene pair like the ones on the left
I had a royal blue crimplene pair like the ones on the left
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
It wouldn't have been as horrific an effect had I not been quite so short and ample.
Fedayn
Well-Known Member
this one wasn't my fault
my first suit was brown, my mum bought it for me when we were going to a wedding in the 70s, with the brown suit I had a green flowery shirt, with a tie in the exact same pattern as the shirt
mum!!!
Marty the suedehead!!
I am more than willing to take back what I said about white t-shirts now
And am considering a pair of dungarees for festivalling.
You cannot just flip back and forth in your clothing style on a whim every 4 years. If you wouldn't wear white t-shirts then, you can go without now.
As for dungarees at a festival, that is fine, they go well with the wellingtons you need to slosh around in the mud.
There was a girl wearing some bright yellow loon pants yesterday, swooshing her way into a taxi. They stretched nicely over her well-shaped bottom as she bent to get in the car.
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
I'm never fashionable, ever. My entire life is just one big fashion faux pas.
I'm so unfashionable, I think you pronounce the x in faux pas. The s, too.
I'm so unfashionable, I think you pronounce the x in faux pas. The s, too.
dessiato
4 years and I still cry sometimes
During my brief hippy period I wore a pink shirt, yellow trousers, green jacket and blue boots, topped off with an afro. Later I had a white suit which I wore with a black shirt and tie. Then, on another occasion I went out in a black suit, shirt and tie.
I've had my moments!
I've had my moments!
Ceej
Where is my mind?
I had a turquoise boiler suit, zip, 10 buttoned straps across the zips, wide belt, seven pockets and matching very high-heeled court shoes. You had to take the whole lot down to your ankles to take a pee, and be very careful you didn't leave it too late - took ages to get on and off. Lost a crowd of mates on a night out once as they left without me - I'l been in the loo so long they forgot about me....that's what they said, anyway.
pinkmonkey
2.4 hour party person
White nylon tights
Blue frosted lipstick
Optical Art black and white printed leggings
Baby pink hair extensions
Black plastic 'bin liner' map
Body Map top which was clearly inspired by a straitjacket
Going clubbing in my bra and pants
The fashion police were constantly seen parked outside my family home between 1983 and 1987.
Blue frosted lipstick
Optical Art black and white printed leggings
Baby pink hair extensions
Black plastic 'bin liner' map
Body Map top which was clearly inspired by a straitjacket
Going clubbing in my bra and pants
The fashion police were constantly seen parked outside my family home between 1983 and 1987.
Cloo
Banana for scale
Some trousers I bought at the Reading Festival, sort of elasticated waist horrors made of a patchwork of that South-American stripey material, all in black, purple and blue. TBF, I did actually realise at the time that they didn't look that good and I didn't wear them very often.
