Just Killing Time.... Fashion Statements You Cant Stand.

I'm another one who can't stand the writing - ANY writing - on the butt. "princess" "sexy" "tease" ... honestly, can we just write "trashy" and call it a day?

It's not really a fashion statement but it drives me crazy!!
Dress pants (slacks) that are too short!

this isn't about ME or an ADULT - but about what parents let their children wear!! THOSE fashion trends.....

Little girls or even teenagers in mini skirts (I guess I should say MICRO mini!) as a former cheerleader - i get mini skirts - but NOT on an 8 year old...

Half T-shirts...for ANYONE! Yes, i owned a few from concerts but didn't wear them....

But overall - it's letting young girls/kids dress like adults....yuck!!!

I HATE to see a young man walking in a half-straddle, trying to keep stupid his pants from falling down, constantly adjusting to keep them to just halfway over his @ss crack with at least half of his underwear showing. Seriously, I don't know that I've ever hated, or ever will hate any fashion trend, and I use that phrase loosely, worse. And it's not even that I care so much about seeing his underwear, as I just can't stand watching someone walk with their legs spread wide apart, obviously struggling to keep his pants up! It's SO RIDICULOUS!!

And I hate gladiator sandals too, Rachel!

I can't stand those shorts w/a word written across the butt like "princess". I hate that it not only draws my attention to that part of someone's anatomy (most of them young girls) but I'm sure it draws the attention of dirty old men to a young woman's butt.

Mukluk boots. Oh man, I don't get them. Especially the ones covered with fur and have furry balls hanging off of them. I just dont understand why it's "cool" to look like you have strapped 2 pomeranians to your feet to go to the mall. It could work... If they were in Alaska hunting seals. JMO.

ADDED: Justin Beiber haircuts! I'm tired of seeing boys flick their heads so hard they are going to twist them right off their bodies.

I think mine are less fashion 'statements' than they are fragments, ha ha. (Insert your own geeky grammar joke here.)

I'm not a fan of the 'short shorts and Ugg boots' look. I'm not wild about uggs in any case (nothing personal, I'm sure that half the world isn't wild about the Keen's I wear, either), but the short-shorts with it look utterly ridiculous. Pick a season and dress for it.

I'm not doing cropped leggings either. I'm forty and short, those things chop my legs off at the wrong place.

Not a fan of the "maxi" dress. It's a hybrid: bikini top on top, beach cabana underneath. Just not my thing.

Lots of the clothes I see at stores (H&M in particular) look so thin and fragile, like rags, waiting for just one tug before "riiiiiip!" I'm not sure why "raggedy" is the new look there. Maybe I'm missing something....

Lastly, that new shade of bright canary yellow that's been out for the past year or two. That is an incredibly unflattering color on most people, myself included. I don't even want to look at it.

I'm sure I could list off more, but I'm actually pretty fashion impaired.
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Oh, of course just like the rest of us,I totally abhor the 'low, showin' off my Calvin Kleins" as well with the guys.... the problem is, I've been seeing this trend for the last 20 years, so I didn't figure that as "new". So I'll also throw in "activewear for lounging" (think Juicy Couture, which is not in fact couture) and anything with letters or words on the bum declaring one's 'hotness'.

Anybody over 38 in Juicy or BeBe . . . :P

C'mon ladies.

I'm also sick of camisoles as shirts. What happened to modesty?

I could care less about adult fashion trends - I just wear what I want to wear, and is comfortable and looks decent enough.

Kids today though...I have 2 teenage stepsons, and 1 is into the "skinny jeans for guys" look. He's a bean pole already, and purposely buys and wears girls jeans for how skinny they are. He was doing the Emo Hair for a while, then a year ago gave himself dreadlocks, which still look God-awful on him with his stringy white-person hair. The other stepson wears the loose baggy jeans way down below his hips so the top half of his boxers stick out. I can't stand either trend!

I just did a presentation at the local middle school for their career day and one of the things I saw on many of the girls were super mini skirts that were also very poofy with lots of ruffles - they looked wider than they were long. Also paired with skimpy tops and strappy heels. I kept thinking, I thought there was dress code - why are these 13 year olds dressed like hookers? And on Career Day, no less? What kind of career are they thinking of for themselves?

I also hate the words on the butt, and the whole "wearing pajamas and slippers out in public" thing. How hard is it to put on some jeans and real shoes?

I hate Uggs. Chances are, if you're over 20 and wearing these--you look like a chump.

Writing on the butt shorts. Please.

Moms over a "certain age" that *think* they can pretty much wear when their teens are wearing.

And why are women such a slave to Coach purses? Hello--It not a status symbol anymore!

Gladiator sandals. I can't stand them for some reason. Those, paired with the rolled up boyfriend jeans... no thanks!!

Denim jackets. I think my mother traumatized me.

Anything 80's... this includes acid washed jeans, which are trying to come back. Please no!!

Those stupid one piece 'rompers' for grown ups... this inlcudes shorts overalls. WHY?! My 1 year old looks cute in rompers... grown women do NOT, you look ridiculous.

Fashions I can't live without: my ripped jeans. I will wear them until they fall off my body. My plain black nike flip flops. Tshirts I wore when I was 10. Sky high black heels. Plain spaghetti strap tanks with 'grandma' sweaters on top. Oversize sunglasses. Ridiculously floppy sunhats. Anything 'hippy'. 'Wife beaters' in every color. These are my staples :)

UPDATED FOR LEE: I hate bolo ties ;)

I teach in a high school and the half shirt is coming back.

The girls are also wearing patterned hose under denim shorts.

Toms shoes - yeah, they are a great cause but they look like grandma shoes.

A big YUCK to all three of these.

Tube tops and low ride jeans. Not just together, but especially together.
I saw a gal the other day whose jeans rode so low on her hips, her butt crack showed, just a bit, but EWWW!

I don't like seeing men & young men walking around like they craped their pants.
Pajama bottms to the stores.
Skinny jeans on boys the ones that are too skinny you can't breath in them.
Mini skirts on young gals.
Wedge shoes for toddlers.
Cut off shorts.
Fuzzy boots/shoes
Any shoe with zippers
Sleezy clothing for young gals,including the high heels for juniors
Low rise jeans (don't bend over we can see your butt crack)
Crocs
I'm sure I have more

form fitting shirts. If you have a really flat stomach, they look great, but really - if you are soft AT ALL - it just looks terrible.

I really, really can't stand baggy pants on guys. I also hate the shorts that guys wear that go way below the knee. It looks ridiculous!

I don't like the bright red or super dark maroon hair color either. You know, the ones not found in nature.

Athletic wear/sweats as everyday wear. Seems to be the mom staple around here. Seriously, it looks like women just rolled out of bed and most of the time they look bigger than they really are. It's no more effort to put on pants and a shirt, so I don't get it. If "What Not to Wear" would show up in suburbia, they'd hit the jackpot.

Low-rise pants. Had enough of seeing flabby tummies and thong underwear sticking out.

Sweat pants/shorts with big words across the bottom, like "JUICY." Ack.

Tank tops with bra straps hanging out.

Skinny jeans on GUYS!!!! with the whole punk/rock theme-their hair a huge mess and the plug earrings etc.

gladiator sandals

old men who wear socks to their calves with sandals!!!
teeny bopper girls with tiny camisoles, mini skirts that BARELY cover their behind.

I say anything goes for kids-that's their time to be all out wrong with clothes and still feel cool -I know I did :) Skinny jeans? Enjoy with that twiggy bod!

But for all age groups-I hate skank wear! there is no reason to wear super short skirts or shorts just because it's everywhere, there are ALWAYS other trendy lengths to choose from that are more flattering and less trashy, and I don't need to see your boobs fall out or your bare spare tire or your plumber's crack. These rules go for teens as well, who are often guilty. But weird clothes, go for it. I loves me some crazy fashion sightings and bizarre hairdos.

BUT, no matter what people are wearing (even skank wear), we don't criticize it because we don't want to teach the kids to be judgy, so when we see something 'way out there', my husband or I might say, "woah, that is fabulous" to each other with a sincere tone, not a sarcastic one. The kids have no idea we don't mean it. It's our code for "WHAT??!!!"

We live near a lot of people who have what we call the "PA porcupine" hairdo(we never saw it before we moved here, but it's way common and hasn't gone away in the past 5 years). Whenever we see one, my 5 yo daughter looks at me and says, "Mom, her hair is FABULOUS", and I say "It sure is dear!" and she says, "You should get yours like that!" And I say, "maybe one day!" She also saw a lady with some stripper pumps and a super skimpy red dress and a LOT of tanning and said, "Mom, isn't that lady pretty?" and I said, "Yes, dear, she is FABULOUS!" Now if my daughter tries to wear that when she's older, I'll have something different to say about it....

anything with writing on the butt.

I ditto pretty much what everyone else said here especially Jenny C.

What I also hate is when women wear white panty hose with anything!!

I work with a woman who wears white, WHITE panty hose with her black suits, white suits, green suits, you name it!

It would look SO much better if she just wore hose that were a neutral skin color like nude or beige!

Crocs on adults...really? STOP IT!

Cropped pants. They either need to be full length jeans, or shorter than the knee. And women who where high waters like they don't know they look ridiculous!

Hip hugger jeans.- I'm over seeing peoples cracks.

Ugg boots over jeans. - It was cool at one time, not anymore.

French toenails! Very 2005. And it looks like finger toes. eww.

Chunky blond highlights on dark brown or black hair.

People who look like leather from being in a tanning bed daily.

Oh boy, I'll stop. Otherwise my list would take over this site.

Baggy jeans/pants hanging off kids butts, skinny jeans on guys, guys wearing shirts open with jewelry trying to recreate Jersey shore or something I guess; girls trying to look like snookies and grown women dressing like teenagers. My absolute men wearing socks with sandals...ugh!

-I think flip flops anywhere but the beach and pool are horrible.
-I also hate slide on shoes on most women-esp delicate ones like mules. You really need to be so thin to wear them-otherwise you look like you are popping out of your shoes.
-Definitely low or lower rise jeans on women and girls. It is a style that looks so bad on 95% of the female population. Makes otherwise thin women look fat.
-Hating the maxi skirts out now. Another style that looks good on such a small % of women.
-Also-the puffy mini skirts are looking really bad.
-Gladiator type sandals on anyone that does not have thin legs look bad-or any sandle/shoe that has a horizontal line at the top b/c it trunkates the leg.
-I hate monogrammed purses too
-Capris look so bad on most women too-they hit at such a bad place and so make most look much heavier. Hitting mid calf is the worst.

For men-OMG I hate when grown men wear a football/hockey or baseball jersey. Or when they wear their baseball cap backwards. Jorts too-yuck!

so many of these things listed, I agree, I dislike them all as well (except maybe capri's...in the south, you can not wear jeans year round and sometimes shorts just aren't appropriate for every woman!)....anyway, the one thing I see so often that really makes me shudder is the low rider jeans on ladies (both younger and older) that do nothing but draw your eye to their muffin tops and over-hanging bellies....I swear I want to by like Stacey from What Not To Wear and just grab them by the arm and ask "Really? You REALLY think that people are looking at you in those jeans and thinking how hot you look???" I pretty much hate almost any short that comes from Hollister or Aeropostle....they are dressing our young ladies like hookers (and I think it's yuck to see anyone over 30 sporting their Aeropstle t-shirts!)...I don't like tank tops with bra straps glowing from underneath them, take the time to find a bra with a clear strap - it makes a HUGE difference....and I agree with the mom that said the Justin Beiber haircuts, I am ready for those mop top hairstyles on boys to be done, done, done. :-)

I've been seeing a lot of spandex tube tops lately. Yechhh!

Skinny jeans on guys...especially if they're not really skinny. I just don't get it.

Skinny jeans on men...I cannot get onboard with that one.

Leggings, Im sorry, they are not flattering.

I got to add people who wear pajamas to the store. Come on, atleast wear some sweats!! I cringe when I see them. I saw a whole family one day in pajamas.

This is really not a fashion statement but: women's dress clothes with no pockets.
Crocs oh yuk
Gladiator sandals and open toe boots
underwear showing -- it called 'under'wear for a reason
big huge purses
team apparel
men in baseball hats all the time

I hate, hate hate, HATE those furry boots!! I live in Texas, for Pete's sake, and people wear them all the time. How hot & sweaty their feet must be. GROSS!!

I also hate those gladiator sandals and those boot/shoe things with the open toe. YUCK.

Those disgusting aladdin pants. They didn't catch on very well but I was seeing them occasionally.

low, low, LOW rise jeans are disgusting.

Saggy pants. I do not want to see your tighty whities!

I can't stand the look of crocs but I have worn them for 8+ hour shifts and my feet didn't start hurting till I was leaving work, so I wear the real crocs and not the knock offs. Knock off's don't do a thing for the foot.
Uggs. can't stand them. Ugly boots that should not be worn during the summer.

For guys I hate it when the younger generation will wear their pants very low, often they are barely hanging on below the buttocks or even lower. Who on the streets want to see your boxers anyway that are hanging out and sometimes the crack is showing.
My husband hates the capris or any type of cropped pants for women, although I still wear them occasionally :) He tells me every few weeks ever since I've known him (10 years) "when are these things going to go out of style, nobody looks good in them and in ten more years, we're all going to back at pictures of ourselves and wonder what we were thinking." But I suppose that true with any clothing item.
For anyone...Crocs! They make anyone's feet look enormous, they're terribly uncomfortable (yes I've tried them) and last is I would guess they can't be good for the foot since they are so lose and slide around so arch support wouldn't be so good. Also I agree with you on the ugly boot sandals things too.

crocs! blech! these are for gardening, not going to the mall or anywhere else. Unfortunatly one of my daughters loves them.
Bra straps and underwear should not be seen!
If you are male and you have to hold your pants or walk funny to keep your pants up then they DON'T FIT! I used to work in a middle school in SC when this 'trend' became popular. One of the boys was caught robbing a convenience store. He was caught because his pants were so low that he couldn't hold them, the cigarettes and the hot dog he stole. His pants fell down and tripped him up while he was running. He he he. Served him right!
Words on the butt=TRASHY
boots with open toes or cut outs- WTH season are you supposed to wear those catastrophies? Boots for fall and winter, sandals and open toes heels for summer. Not both at the same time! Summer your feet will sweat, winter they will freeze. What idiot thought those up?

A LOT on here that I agree with, a few I don't but I haven't seen anyone say my #1 "fashion" peeve of all time (actually it's a tie): men in white pants or thongs. Men do not belong in thongs, period, end of story. And men in white pants - I'm sorry but men have too much "business" to cover up and white pants don't cut it! And don't get me going on white sports pants (football, baseball, etc.). Why?!?!?!

Great topic!
I hate: the shorts/tights/cowboy boot look on anyone over the age of 20. Teens are allowed to look funny for a minute though I agree that the skank in training is inappropriate. Not dressing to accommodate your size and shape. Many of the nonos listed are done by folks who saw and liked a piece of clothes and when they put it on, the muffin top, coin slot, boobage explosion didn't matter?
I hate jiggle booty!! That's when you are wearing clothing without the proper underwear and your butt is jumping and bumping around underneath.... Jiggle booty is not just for curvier or plump women, it can and does happen to smaller ones too!
Last one: too small or too big or too old or No bras! To wear an ill fitting bra is a crime that hurts everyone!!! LOL

gold teeth,
ill fitting pants,
pants with writing on the butt,
dresses with one sleeve missing,
parachute pants,
chunky plastic jewelry,
giant gold chains,
tube tops
sunglasses or purses that cost more than a car
muscle shirts
tongue rings
face tattoos
really high arch eyebrows
obvious weaves on white girls
bolted down braids on ANYONE
dreadlocks(yuck)

And might i say i totally own crocs, wear them in the garden, or when i am planning on standing up a long time (ie like when i worked) I really dont think they are that bad. Yeah they arent pretty but not terrible

***and i totally live in camisole shirts, i live in houston. i figure i have a choice, camisole shirts or profuse sweating....which is worse?

leggings and those baby doll shoes! ugh lol but to each her own.

I know I'm late to this party, but I have to add to it. I drive a school bus, so Oh boy the things I see! Most of what I hate has been covered, Crocs, Uggs, and Who killed Bigfoot and stole his legs? But the worst the teen age girls in tanks. Ladies no one want to see your chest hanging out of your shirt, and please please if you have to have those bra straps showing don't wear a faded and torn white bra that is gray now. And tube tops are bad enough by themselves so skip the bra underneath....cant go without the bra?? Then a tube top is not the right choice for you.

I hate it when people wear uggs with shorts. If your feet are cold, why are you wearing shorts? I wouldn't want to smell those boots in the middle of summer, this is Miami we're talking about here! I also hate the booties, they have got to be the ugliest shoes ever made. This winter, I saw girls wearing pea coats with shorts, another one of those tacky things that make no sense. If it's cold enough to wear a coat, it's cold enough to wear long pants, not white daisy dukes. It seems harem pants, a la MC Hammer are making a comeback and I hate those as well. I must say though that the nastiest things are women with cellulite wearing short shorts and wearing no bras so their nipples show. I don't know if they think men will find them sexy for showing their nipples, but in reality, most men (and women) find this trashy! As for men, I not only hate the baggy pants that fall off their waists and show their boxers, but also jeans that are so baggy that the pants are bagging up around the butt area and the butt disappears under all that fabric, and I also hate it when they wear these bright colored shoes. For example, yesterday, a guy had a dark blue polo shirt with neon yellow shoes, yuck!!

I bet I'm alone in this, but flip-flops. Puleese people, we are not at the beach. I don't want to see your nasty toes. It's like a G-string for your feet and I can see your crack. Bleech.

Gladiator shoes/heels/sandals. Sooooooo ugly!!

And I agree, the open toe boot thing you mentioned. So ugly.

And those hideous mc hammer pants - I can't believe they are making a come back!

Pointy shoes. hate them hate them.

I hate the shirts and dresses that are so blousy it makes the skinniest person look pregnant.

I have a nice body and I won't wear clothes that make me look pregnant or are not appealing to my figure.

Hate the Tom's shoes too....

Shirt dresses...eeww! Can you say Brady Bunch?!

Skinny jeans on guys

Adults (especially men!)who wear crocs (I can understand if you're a nurse or standing on your feet all day). They're still hideous shoes no matter how comfy they are!

Goth girls who have multi colored hair or a solid bright obnoxious hair color (can you say bright red?!), numberous piercings and then refer to themselves as "sexy!" Sexy...really? more like, you have issues...serious issues.

Underwear showing because your pants are 5 times too big and hanging halfway down your a$$.

Men that wear capris. Sorry guys, but please leave those to the ladies!!

Men that wear tight shirts.

And this is just a few!! :)

I teach high school and my list is endless...but here's the top five...no, wait...six...

1. below the butt pants. I once had a student tell me he wore his pants that way because he was so "big." I laughed for 20 minutes straight and could never again look him in the eye without laughing...

2. low cut tank tops with push up bras...and then stashing your cell phone in your bra. Cleavage is nice, but so is leaving something to the imagination...and the jiggling when the phone vibrates is [head slowly shaking]

3. low cut jeans on girls so we not only see their plumber butt crack, but what color their thong is. I once had 8th grade boys drooling--literally--over that.

4. lip piercings. I'm still waiting for a couple to get their hoops entangled while kissing in the hallways and be late to class...

5. Tongue studs. If students aren't clacking them on their teeth, it makes their speech so slurry they sound drunk.

6. long, greasy, I-haven't-washed-my-hair-this-millennium-and-you-can't-see-my-eyes hair on guys.

Fun thread...thanks!

I agree with crocs! I can't stand them! and baggy pants on guys (that show there boxers!) baby jewerly too! mini skirts on kids as well! I do disagree with the woman who says leggings arent flattering. they shouldnt be worn with a tee or anything, but I danced for years and have really nice legs, and love wearing leggings with anything that goes dowwn to my upper thigh (needs to cover my butt) and the poster who said moms wearing the same things there teens are wearing. I dont know if I am at the cut off point. but I am 26 and very tiny and tops from the womans department don't really fit me. I have to shop in the teen department, before I had my son I was even smaller and did alot of shopping in the little boys department for tops.

Tattoos.....low rent and really, are you going to want to see that same thing all your life?? And what happens when it all sags during your later years?

Anything that gives a woman a muffin top that hangs over her pants. Buy a larger size, PLEEEASE. Good grief, most of us can pinch more than an inch but we don't have to spill out of our pants.

GREAT THREAD!!!

strongly dislike: skinny jeans on boys, boot / sandal thing, teenage girl showing cleve, 80's style!! I really can not believe people are wearing neon high-tops and acid washed jeans again .. sad, very sad.