Very light, faded blue jeans. They look cheap. Also, cardigans worn with only the bottom few buttons undone--it makes the wearer look bloaty.

Ooooouuuuuuuu!
I really hate when people wear pajamas in public, and to class. I mean, I know they're comfortable, but what's so uncomfortable about a pair of jeans and a tennis shoe? You can go casual without looking like a complete slob.

Additionally, I'd like to see the demise of the Croc, as well as any sort of poncho. WORST FASHION TREND EVER!

Jeans that look as if the wearer had been climbing through barbed wire fence--unsuccessfully.

Exposed br@ straps.

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Originally posted by BrandieUMSL:
Ooooouuuuuuuu!
I really hate when people wear pajamas in public, and to class. I mean, I know they're comfortable, but what's so uncomfortable about a pair of jeans and a tennis shoe? You can go casual without looking like a complete slob.

Something else that might need to be considered these days: At least in my not-so-humble opinion, the only acceptable reason for still being clad in pajamas after, say, about 10:00 a.m. (and then only at *home*) is illness or recent surgery.
These folks who go out in public in pajamas may find that others are looking nervously upon them as possible disease carriers.
Yes, I wrote the above with tongue planted firmly in cheek, but this pajamas-as-sportswear thing has got to DIE.
It needs to die now. Don't bother to tell yourself that yours "don't look like pajamas."
They do, too. You may think we can't tell, but we can.
What's next, people walking out of their homes in their underwear, with a toothbrush hanging out of the mouth?

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Originally posted by LunaBeam:
Jeans that look as if the wearer had been climbing through barbed wire fence--unsuccessfully.

I agree!
The ripped jeans thing should not be allowed to squirm back into fashion.
I hate the exposed sraps, too.
All right. You're wearing a br*. Congratulations, but we don't want to know what color it is.
There's a reason why it's called underwear.

It's nice to know that there are people who think like I do about these trends! Uggs, flip flops, pajamas worn as clothes and ripped jeans should all die, die, die!

Also, what's with women wearing the tightest stretch tops they can find to showcase their tremendous bulging midriffs and stomachs and the fat back sticking out of their bras? Ewww!! Don't they ever look in the mirror?

I absolutely have to agree with everyone that chose pajamas in public. I think that is the worst. It looks sloppy and lazy, and, I just don't care.

Also, flip flops at almost any occasion except for bbq's beach etc, should actually be outlawed. Can't there be laws against some of these things??

I tried to stay out of this.....

I'll be glad when we've seen the last of:

1. Straight, flat witch hair being called a
hairdo. Especially when it gets
pulled into a pony tail that sticks
straight out the back of the head.

2. Shrunken jackets - look like they actually
got left in the dryer.

3. The epidemic of being dressed-down that, IMO, started in the 60's when the social rules everybody lived by were dismissed as old fashioned and no longer applicable. Since then, people have more and more seriously adopted a "no rules" mentality which leads them to take the easiest way out - resulting in totally sloppy dress due to no dress code.

4. Compliants about flip-flops. What exactly is the problem? Is it the open back? - then complain about open back shoes - all of them. Is the problem with flip-flops the thong between the toes? There are lots of thong sandals out there that are not considered flip- flops because they have a back or back straps. There are flip-flops with plenty of support and others with platforms and high wedge heels - so is it the back out or the thong in those cases? I agree there are places where beach-type flip-flops do not belong, but then maybe open shoes don't belong at those places at all - not just flip-flops.

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Originally posted by gobaygo:
I agree there are places where beach-type flip-flops do not belong

If I understand correctly, the complaints have been about this very type of flip-flop. The consensus seems to be that flip-flops are okay in settings like the beach, the park, or the back yard. The problem, at least for me, is that the blasted things have become ubiquitous - somebody seems to have decided that even cheap, tacky flip-flops are appropriate footwear for occasions of degrees of formality up to and including coronations. Is it *really* so much effort to slip on a pair of pumps instead?
I think that's what makes many of the trends mentioned here so annoying: an implied lack of respect for the occasion.
I mean, if you turn up at a wedding in flip-flops and cut-offs, your appearance suggests: "I was hosing off my air conditioner filter and noticed the time, and realized that the formal wedding of my best friend of 25 years starts in half an hour, but I figured, 'So, what? Why bother to put on nice clothes for *that*?'"

Okay, I'll say it: I hate black lipstick!
I don't see it that much anymore, but it seems to be trying to make a comeback lately.
Now, I've got no problem with carefully-applied dark lipstick, it's the absolutely coal black stuff I can't abide.
It may be great for a costume party, but for everyday life, nope.
If you like dark lipstick, and have the sort of face that can wear it well, fine; there are lots of gorgeous deep berry reds and plums on the market.

For me it's those "half moon" headbands worn by anyone over the age of 14.

If your wearing it any place other than your bathroom to hold your hair back while you wash your face then, as far as I'm concerned, your just bizarre.

And no, I don't care that it's (insert uber designers name here) and it cost you over 300 bucks....

Now you're not only bizarre but STUPID too.

It looks like even advertisers are struggling to find models that look sufficiently young enough to effectively model this cr*p...

http://www.shopstyle.com/browse?fts=headband

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Originally posted by fit4me13:

3. black lipstick
4 .black fingernail polish
5. flat black hair dye
10. natural fabrics

I am SOO with you on these!
Black lipstick makes you look like you have gangrene, and black nail polish looks like you slammed your fingers in a car door.
Coal black hair is too stark for just about anyone.
I realize that some people are making a certain statement with their black lips, black nails, black eyes, etc., and there's no law against that.
However, when people try to wear black lipstick as if it were mainstream, like Revlon Red or something, it just does not work.
As I've stated before, however, I think dark, non-black lip colors are great, if you have nice lips and a good complexion.
I just bought MAC's Night Violet lipstick, a very deep purple wine, and love it. I do have to blot it, and top it with a shimmery gloss, to keep it from looking too goth to suit me.
Some trends that seem extreme can sometimes be adapted to be more wearable.

OOH; I thought of another one:
multi-colored hair!
I can see how it might be fun to spray some bright color into your hair to enjoy for a single evening, for a party, but I've seen people whose hair seemed to be dyed like that in a rather long-lasting way.
I'll admit that I'm conservative, but I'm not radically so.
I just find that when someone has, say, light brown hair, and just the ends are flamingo pink or fire engine red, I find that to be vedddy distracting.

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Originally posted by CNo64:
OOH; I thought of another one:
multi-colored hair!...

Oh no CNo64...you should LUV this MO S&C just ambushed yesterday in St. Louis...
What if her hair matches her clydesdale boots? Would you like it better then? lol!

http://www.stltoday.com/blogzo...mbushes-in-two-days/

Streaks of color in the hair was a very hot look on the runways of Paris Fashion Week S/S 10.

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Originally posted by voguette:
Streaks of color in the hair was a very hot look on the runways of Paris Fashion Week S/S 10.

I KNOW!!!

AND SO WERE THESE!
http://www.highsnobette.com/ne...ng10-shoes/#comments

I think that crazy hair was supposed to be strictly "editorial" (like for photo shoots and shows) like these shoes obviously are. At least, I really really hope they are...

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Originally posted by voguette:
Streaks of color in the hair was a very hot look on the runways of Paris Fashion Week S/S 10.

But there's often a big gap between what appears on runways and what is suitable for those of us in the "real world."
I'm just saying that I, personally, don't care for multi-colored hair.
As long as I'm not forced to color my own hair that way, it matters not to me.
I just don't like it.
Some people do.
Fine. My hair stays its natural very dark brown, while people who want Coast Guard orange streaks in their hair get them and enjoy them.

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AND SO WERE THESE!
http://www.highsnobette.com/ne...ng10-shoes/#comments

I think I twisted my ankle looking at those shoes!

Okay, I'll say it:
I hate piercings!
I don't mean one tiny hole per earlobe(I've got those, myself!), I mean eyebrows, tongue, nose, navel, etc., to the point that a person starts to rather resemble some sort of human pincushion.
I especially dislike those biig practically hockey-puck-sized holes in the earlobe, the ones that reduce the earlobe itself to a thin, tightly stretched band of tissue. Euw!
The worst part of that is knowing that the wearer may eventually be in for some seriously painful tearing and/or reconstructive surgery.
I realize that fashion isn't always comfortable, but does it have to be downright mutilating?

Leggings.

Grown women wearing T-shirts with young adult novel themes; i.e. Twilight or Harry Potter.

The designer sweatsuit trend. I think it is silly to pay big bucks for a sweatsuit. Sweatsuits should be reserved for the most casual activities (jogging, watching the kid's soccer game). Paying big bucks for one does not make it OK to wear out to dinner.

Along similar line, shorts and pants with words on the butt.

Something new I have seen lately is the 'boyfriend blazer'. When I have seen this advertised, the blazer always looks like an oversized shapeless thing S & C always throw away. It only looks half way decent int he advertisements because the model is stick thin and is standing in a position you could still see her form.

My personal opinion is I dislike tatooes on women and think they are a contrast when she dresses up.

A few I like:

The midrise jeans and pants.

The women's haircut that is a little longer in the front and shorter in the back. I think it is so cute and looks great on women of many ages. (I realize others may disagree with this).

Bold jewelry.

Amen on the boyfriend blazer trend - it is exactly the overlong, boxy blazer S&C would toss. Likewise the boyfriend jean, which is baggy, tapered, AND rolled up to mid-calf. AND is worn with those bootie shoes that I do think look super-cute on models and celebrities but would make most women's legs look terribly short.

There's a difference between trends that look universally bad because of shape (the mom jean) and some that don't look good on everybody~(rolled jeans with heels), there are also trends that can be tweaked to make it work if you want to,(gladiators/booties with above knee skirts or dresses) and those that allow women of a playful/inquisititve nature play and have fun seeing themselves in a new way and enjoying looking differently by experimenting. having an open mind and seeing which is which is not only educational, but fun.
Don't discount something just because it's new or short lived. a $20 dollar necklace can upgrade and modernize an older item. many of my favorite trends are not supposed to work for me and lo and behold, they did: maxi dresses, gladiator sandals, high neck tops and dresses, booties, skinny jeans with a tunic and heels~
sometimes you have to Make It Work.

Flattering and fresh boyfriend blazer: $215

http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Brows...DOVR~19197/19197.jsp

Chic ankle boot: $200

http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Brows...DOVR~19995/19995.jsp

Fun Boyfriend Jean: $98

http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Brows...DOVR~23367/23367.jsp

Taking inspiration from trends and making them work for you: priceless

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