Clothing that makes you skreek out

[Jennshark]

By "skreek" I mean gives you the willies, the yecchs, etc . . . mine are:

Those toe socks that separate your toes from one another (unnatural!)

Digitally-obversely, mittens: They make your fingers live together -- fingers should be independent!

And, tight, tight pants that give even skinny people a spare tire.

[Scott Plaid]

Personally, the idea of a Jenny-Shark skreeks me out.

[Jennshark]

:confused: Personally, the idea of a Jenny-Shark skreeks me out.

[SnakesCatLady]

Pants where the seat of the pants is at the wearer's knees. It is the stupidest, most uncomfortable-looking and most unflattering look I've ever seen.

[Scott Plaid]

:confused:Whenever I see your name, I get a mental image of a girl named Jenny, drawn in the stile of Azumanga Daioh, wearing a shark costume. She refuses to take it off, and refers to herself as Jenny-Shark. Freaky.

[Jennshark]

Whenever I see your name, I get a mental image of a girl named Jenny, drawn in the stile of Azumanga Daioh, wearing a shark costume. She refuses to take it off, and refers to herself as Jenny-Shark. Freaky.

So, your post *is* about clothing that skreeks you out.

I'm not at home wearing a shark costume, it's actually a nickname that came from an unfortunate day surfing where I was caught in a riptide and refused assistance from the lifeguards (old legend that sharks die if they quit swimming.) Just in case you were wondering :D

[Athena]

Digitally-obversely, mittens: They make your fingers live together -- fingers should be independent!

You've never lived anywhere where it gets cold, I take it. Mittens are WAY warmer than gloves, and thus superior.

I'm with ya on the tight pants thing, though.

[Licentious Ectomorph]

This isn't going to win me any fans, but I think capri pants look utterly ridiculous. No one but teenage supermodels should even consider wearing them. Unfortunately, they seem to be the attire of choice for overweight 60-year olds with varicose veins and cankles. My reflexive thought with regard to capri pants is, "This woman doesn't know what size pants to buy."

[jabiru]

This isn't going to win me any fans, but I think capri pants look utterly ridiculous. No one but teenage supermodels should even consider wearing them. Unfortunately, they seem to be the attire of choice for overweight 60-year olds with varicose veins and cankles. My reflexive thought with regard to capri pants is, "This woman doesn't know what size pants to buy."

You beat me to it. I think they look ridiculous on anyone over the age of 15. My legs are short enough as it is, without giving them the lopped off look which capris bestow on them. And the ones which taper in make the wearer's bum look huge.

My other contribution to the 'shriek factor' would have to be g-strings. I'm squirming just thinking about them.

[Rubystreak]

Most men look really stupid in turtlenecks. I also can't understand those turtlenecks with short or no sleeves that some women wear. If you're worried about your neck being cold, then why aren't you also concerned about your arms?

Some women also wear those high heel boots where the heels that look like needles, with the very pointy toes. They look freaky to me, like jester's shoes.

[carlotta]

Thongs. Do not get.


Most skreeky thong conversation ever heard....."how soon after giving birth do you think I can wear thongs again?? "


AAAAAAAAH!

[AuntiePam]

You beat me to it. I think they look ridiculous on anyone over the age of 15. My legs are short enough as it is, without giving them the lopped off look which capris bestow on them.

I'll third that. Why did "high waders" become so popular? Nobody looks good in them though, not even the young'uns. Manufacturers saved money on fabric, but they sure didn't pass the savings on.

I'm not nuts about the new sweater things that stop just below your boobs. Mary Louise Parker wore one on Weeds, and I think Sarah Jessica wore one on Sex and the City. It breaks your body up into thirds, and none of the thirds look right.

They were also popular when I was little (in the 50's). We called them shrugs. They looked dumb then, still do.

[Larry Mudd]

Synthetic track pants that "swish" when their wearers walk.

Swish-swish swish-swish swish-swish.

On the day when I inevitably witness a person wearing both swish-pants and thongs/flip-flops that slap up against their heels with every step, I will probably tackle that person and set them on fire.

Swish-thuwop-swish-thwap Swish-thuwop-swish-thwap Swish-thuwop-swish-thwap Arrrrrrrgh!

[Ephemera]

Most men look really stupid in turtlenecks. I also can't understand those turtlenecks with short or no sleeves that some women wear. If you're worried about your neck being cold, then why aren't you also concerned about your arms?

My favorite shirt has a zip down turtleneck collar and I also like the look of sleeveless turtlenecks on the right woman.

The look that gives me the most pause (but doesn't "skreek me out") is women's shirts that have very loose front collars and kind of bunch up in layers around the front. I've never seen it in person but have seen it on TV a few times, this (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b161/norisea/45fe1bdf.jpg) admittedly poor picture of Buffy Summers from Once More With Feeling being the only one I can immdediately remember and locate online. I just don't like the look of it at all.

[Jennshark]

You've never lived anywhere where it gets cold, I take it. Mittens are WAY warmer than gloves, and thus superior.

I'm with ya on the tight pants thing, though.

Ah, but I have . . . Idaho, Utah, and Montana! Still can't stand mittens, though.

[KRC]

Clothing with sexual messages on little kids--for example, a T-shirt with the saying "You've been a bad girl. Go to my room!" when worn by a 10 year old boy. It's just not funny (not even very amusing on a high school kid, really.)

And mittens suck! They are Christmas presents for 5 year olds, who will toss them aside as soon as no one is looking. Gloves are for adults. Gloves rule!

(But then I live in a place where daytime highs in the middle of January are generally above freezing.)

Don't get me started on turtlenecks on men, especially when the man is also wearing a beret...

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Low-riders on women with a beer gut.

[ms.deanna]

I agree with Mr. Blue Sky. Those pants are not for everyone. Or any pants that make a female have a "camel toe".

[xbuckeye]

Skin-tight shirts on anyone. If you are well-built, wear something that skims, but I don't want to see the ring tabs on the sixpack.

And the worst of the worst...pants up the crack. I squirm uncomfortably any time I see someone walking around with their pants crammed up their ass. I wanna scream! Ew ew ewwww!

[alice_in_wonderland]

Toe socks are badness incarnate.

Pants so tight they give camel toe. yick

Pleated pants on anyone, particularly men. Looks like you're hiding a colostomy bag.

Super high waisted pants - they're not supposed to button under the boobs.

And of course, god-aweful tapered leg pants. Takes a woman with a perfectly normal body, and makes her look like her ass is the size of a dump truck. Not pretty. Not at all pretty.

[Cunctator]

Beige safari suits. In fact, safari suits of any colour.

Plus-fours anywhere other than on a golf course.

[Telperien]

Clothes that don't fit the wearer. As a college student, I see this every day. The girls all wear clothes two or three sizes too small, and the boys wear clothes big enough to fit them and a similar-sized friend. Ugh. High heels with jeans--give me one of your shoes, honey, so that I may gouge my eyes out with the heel. I also hate tapered or pleated pants. I also can't stand low-riders on any woman, no matter how hot she is.

[Flutterby]

I'm not nuts about the new sweater things that stop just below your boobs. Mary Louise Parker wore one on Weeds, and I think Sarah Jessica wore one on Sex and the City. It breaks your body up into thirds, and none of the thirds look right.

They were also popular when I was little (in the 50's). We called them shrugs. They looked dumb then, still do.

They still call them shrugs, you can even buy 'mock shrugs' which is a shirt with the shurg already added on. *shudders* I hate them. They look horrid, and it makes me wonder where the rest of their sweater went. I'm one of those who hateshatesHATES when my shirt/sweater rides up and I have no idea how anyone can wear them.

I also can't understand those turtlenecks with short or no sleeves that some women wear. If you're worried about your neck being cold, then why aren't you also concerned about your arms?

Some women also wear those high heel boots where the heels that look like needles, with the very pointy toes. They look freaky to me, like jester's shoes.

The sleeveless turtlenecks are meant to be worn under a blazer of some kind, not on their own. It's so you can look stylishly warm without being too hot. Too many people violate that though. I also agree with the shoes, jester shoes and my feet ache just thinking about wearing them.

As for all the hate on toe socks.. more for me! I love my toe socks!

[liberty3701]

I've got three words for you: pointy-toed shoes.

or is that two words? damn hyphens.

[inkleberry]

Gaucho pants. Why? They look good on no one! They go with nothing!
Stirrup pants.
Jeans "embellished" with rhinestones.
Cutesey holiday sweaters.

[Corrvin]

Low-riders on women with a beer gut.

I wear low-riding pants, and while I don't have a huge belly (we're talking the legendary "need to lose five pounds" here), those pants magnify every jiggly quarter-inch of it.

Conversely, though, when I feel like a bloated moo-cow, it's not comfortable to wear higher-waisted pants and be sawed slowly in half every time I sit down.

Hows about I give you permission to come and slap me if you catch me in low-riding pants without a loose, long shirt over them?

All that said-- I loathe ponchos. You have no excuse for buying them, and if someone made you one, all it says is "The person who made this is too chicken to make sleeves or do math."

Corrvin

[ZipperJJ]

This is really stupid but I can't stand seeing women in sleeveless - especially stapless or spaghetti strap - shirts on TV. Something about pointy collarbones and underarms really freaks me out.

I think mostly it's when I see them on talk shows. I think about how the studio MUST be air-conditioned and why aren't they cold?!

I also don't like women who wear "belly" shirts when they CLEARLY should not be. Not so much women with a little flab or something but those 20+ lbs overweight who carry it in their tummies. I am something around 80 lbs overweight so I can't even imagine wearing one....but I have seen women who's rolls are hanging out the bottom of their shirt and I can't help but stare.

[elbows]

Okay, it started innocently enough, I was wearing my regular socks about the house.

Did I mention I am in love with flip flops? Well, I love them, and hate to see the summer end when I have to give them up.

One day it was a little cool in the evening and only my toes were really cold,

so....

that's right regular old socks in rubber flip flops. It feels a little odd in the begining. And I've found it's better if you stretch out the toe a touch before you attempt it, don't worry the wash will spring it back just fine.

I got used to it. Now I like it.

It makes my friends bat sh*t crazy. All the better for me. :p

I've even made a couple of converts. I refer to them as cloven feet, and, yes, I know they make special socks for this practise in Japan, but I don't need them mine work just fine, thank you.

If it helps, I hardly leave my house and always try to change to regular shoes before I do. But y'know, every now and then I'm in the car, on the way somewhere, glance down at my feet and go :smack: , and hang my head in shame.

However this effect is wearing off, I go to the corner store without a thought now.

I can't help myself.

Forgive me, I am weak.

[Millit the Frail]

On the day when I inevitably witness a person wearing both swish-pants and thongs/flip-flops that slap up against their heels with every step, I will probably tackle that person and set them on fire.

I think I've worn that combination. :(

But I'm not known for having any sort of fashion sense. Ah, so it goes.

I can't wear high-necked clothing. I have a beautiful sweater that was a gift, and I've only work it once because it has a big, high, cowl neck. I can't have my (shoulder-length) hair getting all static-y on the neck of my shirt. Plus, it touches my chin. Eeee. And it makes my chest feel HUGE. If I could remove the neck, I'd love it.

Oh, and I'll echo: thongs, extreme low-riders (esp. when worn with visible thongs), and pleated pants.

[TellMeI'mNotCrazy]

What really, really bothers me are the ultra low-rise pants. I had no problem seeing people in hip huggers or even fairly low rise pants. But if I can see half of your pelvic bone, and if I can be fairly well assured that if your pants slipped a centimeter I'd see whether you were a natural blonde, bleccch.

Does anybody really find this sexy? Seeing some 14 year olds protruding pelvic bones? And what parent is letting their kid dress like that anyway?

[Johanna]

:confused: What's wrong with thongs? They seem perfectly normal to me.

Granted, I do not wear low-rise jeans, my blouses always overlap my skirts and I don't reveal any of my stuff in the lower abdominal zone. A woman of my age ought to know better than to attempt dressing like a teenager. Thongs are just as acceptable for mature women, as long as they don't show them in public. And it's none of your beeswax.

[Queen Bruin]

You'll pry my toe socks from my cold, dead feet.

I wear them with my flip flops. Not in public, though.

[Jennshark]

Okay, it started innocently enough, I was wearing my regular socks about the house.

Did I mention I am in love with flip flops? Well, I love them, and hate to see the summer end when I have to give them up.

One day it was a little cool in the evening and only my toes were really cold,

so....

that's right regular old socks in rubber flip flops. It feels a little odd in the begining. And I've found it's better if you stretch out the toe a touch before you attempt it, don't worry the wash will spring it back just fine.

I got used to it. Now I like it.

It makes my friends bat sh*t crazy. All the better for me. :p

I've even made a couple of converts. I refer to them as cloven feet, and, yes, I know they make special socks for this practise in Japan, but I don't need them mine work just fine, thank you.

If it helps, I hardly leave my house and always try to change to regular shoes before I do. But y'know, every now and then I'm in the car, on the way somewhere, glance down at my feet and go :smack: , and hang my head in shame.

However this effect is wearing off, I go to the corner store without a thought now.

I can't help myself.

Forgive me, I am weak.

Hmmm, after reading this I think my issue is not just toe socks but anything that deigns to separate toes from one another :eek: I do like the "cloven hoof" description, though.

I found another clothing issue on a trip to the store last night: Fully grown adults who dress in Disney/Warner Bros. character clothes from head to toe (Eeyore sweat pants, Eeyore sweatshirt, Eeyore varsity jacket . . . )

[Farmwoman]

Clothing with sexual messages on little kids--for example, a T-shirt with the saying "You've been a bad girl. Go to my room!" when worn by a 10 year old boy. It's just not funny (not even very amusing on a high school kid, really.)


Ditto to that. I’ve never been accused of being a prude, but the sight of a 12 year old girl in low-rise sweatshorts with the word ‘Sexy’ written across the ass gives me the willies. And I'll add: generally rude and obnoxious phrases-to-wear. The "Bite me" shirt comes to mind as a quaint example of un-clever billboards used to advertise a person's lack of class. Although, I suspect they are useful when searching for kindred spirits in a crowd.

[Dung Beetle]

Clothes that don't fit the wearer. As a college student, I see this every day. The girls all wear clothes two or three sizes too small, and the boys wear clothes big enough to fit them and a similar-sized friend. Ugh.
This is the heart of it for me...nearly everyone I see looks so uncomfortable! The girls are being cut in half by their clothes and the boys are having to hold theirs on. So much of the clothing being sold bears no resemblance to the human body.

[Batsinma Belfry]

Man-shirts, that are tight enough for me to see the size/shape/pointyness of their nipples.

This is likely to be an unpopular opinion, but I don't care for black t-shirts.

[msmith537]

This isn't going to win me any fans, but I think capri pants look utterly ridiculous.


I'll see your capri pants, and raise you what I call "manpri" pants. These are basically calf-length cargo shorts that tried to make inroads into mens fashion about 5 years ago.

[Millit the Frail]

:confused: What's wrong with thongs? They seem perfectly normal to me.

Granted, I do not wear low-rise jeans, my blouses always overlap my skirts and I don't reveal any of my stuff in the lower abdominal zone. A woman of my age ought to know better than to attempt dressing like a teenager. Thongs are just as acceptable for mature women, as long as they don't show them in public. And it's none of your beeswax.

Nothing wrong with thongs on other people, I guess. (Providing I can't see them.) I've worn a thong a few times, though, and the memories I have of the horrible feeling of something sliding way too far up into there...skreeeek! I just can't do it.

[Kalhoun]

This isn't going to win me any fans, but I think capri pants look utterly ridiculous. No one but teenage supermodels should even consider wearing them. Unfortunately, they seem to be the attire of choice for overweight 60-year olds with varicose veins and cankles. My reflexive thought with regard to capri pants is, "This woman doesn't know what size pants to buy."
Well fuckin' told. I hate capris on 97% of the population.

1) You need to be tall
2) you need to be young
3) you need to be thin
4) they need to be tight
5) you need a tan

Anything else is a fashion disaster.

[Robot Arm]

I'll agree with almost all of these, except what's wrong with pleated pants? I do a lot of bike riding and so I have rather large thighs. It's hard to find non-pleated pants that fit me well.

And I'll add...

Intentionally visible bra straps. Sometimes it's a spaghetti-strap top that has no possible chance of hiding the bra, or the bra strap is near the shoulder and the tank top is closer to the neck. I know it was supposed to be daring in its day, I think it looks utterly, utterly lazy and trashy.

[jsgoddess]

The only clothing that really bugs me is stuff that makes noise. Flap flap flap zhwoo zhwoo zhwoo swish swish swish tinkle tinkle tinkle clop clop clop.

[plnnr]

Men's swimwear that is baggy and down around the knee.

Ugh. How can you stand all that wet material flapping around? Not to mention that it must weigh a ton. Plus, I bet your tan looks great. :rolleyes:

[RunSilent]

Hip Hop clothes

[Beware of Doug]

Purposely undersized suits such as worn by filmmaker Wes Anderson (http://www.jump-cut.de/pict180.jpg).

[romansperson]

Unfortunately around here we've got (female) staff people who dress like the students - low-riders and short tops. UGH. I really, really don't need to see the thongs, ass cracks, bellybuttons, or lower back tattoos of any of my co-workers, and yet I do on an almost daily basis. Real professional.

[AuntiePam]

This is really stupid but I can't stand seeing women in sleeveless - especially stapless or spaghetti strap - shirts on TV. Something about pointy collarbones and underarms really freaks me out.


Tank tops? I don't mind them so much, but I wonder why some women wear two of them?

I think everything listed in this thread can be seen on just about any Springer show. Along with women's lacy tops that look like a slip.

[GargoyleWB]

You'll pry my toe socks from my cold, dead feet.

AKA Ninja-socks.

Ninjas wear them, that makes them cool in my book.

[Missy2U]

AKA Ninja-socks.

Ninjas wear them, that makes them cool in my book.

Er - Toe Socks (http://www.bernat.com/data/pattern/image/image_296.jpg) versus Ninja Socks (http://www.karatedepot.com/catalog/images/items/wp-ni-14.jpg)

But they're still very cool. :)

[Infovore]

Mine:

- Toe cleavage. Yeah, I know, some people consider it devastatingly sexy, but I think it looks stupid. If the front of your shoe isn't big enough to cover your toes, get a bigger shoe.

- Saggyy pants. I think it looks ridiculous to see guys with the seats of their pants down around their knees. Though it is amusing watching them try to walk.

- I'll agree about belly shirts with rolls. I'm not saying that large women shouldn't wear them--just that I think it looks really unattractive.

- Speedo-style tight bathing suits on men. (I believe the term is "banana hammock.")

- Women who wear their button-down shirts purposely too tight so it looks like their bosom is straining to bust (no pun intended) free of its moorings.

- "Shrugs"--is that what those ridiculous-looking things that look like half a sweater and tie up under the boobs are called? If so, add me to the list of people who think they're ugly. Ponchos, too. The seventies are gone. Get over it and move on. :)

[Rubystreak]

My favorite shirt has a zip down turtleneck collar

Then you, my dear, would skreek me out. Unless you were some sort of male model, or one of those people who look good in whatever you wear.

and I also like the look of sleeveless turtlenecks on the right woman.

Again, there are some people who will look good in whatever they wear, but rarely does this ever look anything but stupid to me.

Why do some guys allow their butt cracks to show when they sit down? I was at an art opening and there was a guy sitting in front of me with a good 2" of his crack fully exposed because his jeans rode down when he sat. It was atrocious. Don't you feel the breeze down there, dude? Ugh. It was gross.

[tremorviolet]

Intentionally visible bra straps. Sometimes it's a spaghetti-strap top that has no possible chance of hiding the bra, or the bra strap is near the shoulder and the tank top is closer to the neck. I know it was supposed to be daring in its day, I think it looks utterly, utterly lazy and trashy.

Especially if it's a larger bosomed gal trying to get away with spaghetti straps. I'm sorry, some of y'all were blessed in the bust department, the trade-off is not wearing spaghetti straps.

Also, really badlly fitting bras that dig into the back so the wearer has these horribly unattractive rolls above and below the bra band. And it's no just bigger gals, I've seen the back flabbies on slim women as well. It looks horribly uncomfortable and simply ruins the lines of any outfit. Accept the fact that you're no longer 16 and a 34B and get a proper bra.

And don't even get me started on quadraboob...

[Jennshark]

Oooh, I just remembered another item that's skreek-a-licious: Cheap-ass men's acrylic sweaters that are invariably a frenetic pattern of black, gray, and brown. The kind of sweaters that you wash and dry and get those little balls on 'em.

[Scarlett67]

Speedo-style tight bathing suits on men. (I believe the term is "banana hammock.")
We call them "marble bags."
those ridiculous-looking things that look like half a sweater and tie up under the boobs
I parsed this wrong the first time through and was left trying to picture "half a sweater and tie" under someone's boobs. Oops.

[myrnajean]

Why do some guys allow their butt cracks to show when they sit down? I was at an art opening and there was a guy sitting in front of me with a good 2" of his crack fully exposed because his jeans rode down when he sat. It was atrocious. Don't you feel the breeze down there, dude? Ugh. It was gross.

You need to keep a few nickles on hand for these circumstances... Just sit there looking innocent, then lean, *plunk* sit back, admire artwork. lean....aim...plunk!
See how many you can get in before he jumps up and dances :D

[Anne Neville]

Intentionally visible bra straps. Sometimes it's a spaghetti-strap top that has no possible chance of hiding the bra, or the bra strap is near the shoulder and the tank top is closer to the neck. I know it was supposed to be daring in its day, I think it looks utterly, utterly lazy and trashy.

I'll add visible underwear of any kind to that, whether bra, thong, or other underwear. I really don't want to know what color or type of underwear you are wearing.

[Fionn]

Intentionally visible bra straps. Sometimes it's a spaghetti-strap top that has no possible chance of hiding the bra, or the bra strap is near the shoulder and the tank top is closer to the neck. I know it was supposed to be daring in its day, I think it looks utterly, utterly lazy and trashy.

I aree. As much as I hate strapless bras, I've never been able to do the visible-bra-straps look. My mother would appear out of nowhere and smack me upside the head.

It skreeks me out to see women underdressed for cold weather for the sake of fashion. I've done it for the sake of peace at family functions, and it sucks.

[Ephemera]

Then you, my dear, would skreek me out. Unless you were some sort of male model, or one of those people who look good in whatever you wear.

Hah. Not a model by any stretch of the imagination and I look utterly ridiculous in everything I wear. Actually, thinking about it, I'd probably skreek you out no matter what I wore.

[enipla]

The pants below the butt is the silliest thing I have ever seen. I'd like to see any of those guys that think they are 'tough' change a tire, or a light bulb for that matter.

[Mr. Blue Sky]

The pants below the butt is the silliest thing I have ever seen. I'd like to see any of those guys that think they are 'tough' change a tire, or a light bulb for that matter.


What's funny is watching try to walk. They have to crab-walk to keep the pants up. It looks like they dropped a load in them.

[jabiru]

I've seen it. The outfit which encompasses almost all the elements I most loathe:

Capri Pants
With pleats
Not exactly highwaisted but almost - with the top tucked in


She couldn't have dressed to make herself look worse if she'd been auditioning for What Not To Wear

[cher3]

Just recently: A small girl in a pair of those flappy cropped "pants" everyone is wearing lately--in camouflage print.

[Johanna]

Those "flappy cropped pants" are called gauchos. One day last month two women wore them to work, the next thing I know they've suddenly exploded all over the place. The last time I saw gauchos was 1977. They're ba-a-a-a-ack!

Some people think they're chic and stylish. Most people are not fooled. They shake their heads with pity as the gaucho victims stroll by, oblivious to their own fashion victimhood.

[Kalhoun]

Those "flappy cropped pants" are called gauchos. One day last month two women wore them to work, the next thing I know they've suddenly exploded all over the place. The last time I saw gauchos was 1977. They're ba-a-a-a-ack!

Some people think they're chic and stylish. Most people are not fooled. They shake their heads with pity as the gaucho victims stroll by, oblivious to their own fashion victimhood.
They're the wrongest fashion of all.

[Figaro]

I have to go with kilts. On men or women. Never seen one one anybody and thought "yeah, that works."

I'd also like to second the ???? in regard to pleated pants. Unless you buy them 9 sizes too big, they're an absolutely classic look. Most tailored suit pants are pleated.

[Zsofia]

Pleated pants add pant where you don't want to add pant. They make you look fat. They make you look... ill-shaped. Why do you want to look like there's more you there than there is? Flat-front pants are much more tailored-looking. All of my suits that have pants (I won't call them pant-suits, I won't) have flat front pants. Most tailored suit pants for younger women have flat front pants.

[fessie]

Sweatshirts with appliqued kittens on them, as usually worn by old ladies w/sausage curls.

[YaWanna]

I wear low-riding pants, and while I don't have a huge belly (we're talking the legendary "need to lose five pounds" here), those pants magnify every jiggly quarter-inch of it.

Conversely, though, when I feel like a bloated moo-cow, it's not comfortable to wear higher-waisted pants and be sawed slowly in half every time I sit down.

Hows about I give you permission to come and slap me if you catch me in low-riding pants without a loose, long shirt over them?

All that said-- I loathe ponchos. You have no excuse for buying them, and if someone made you one, all it says is "The person who made this is too chicken to make sleeves or do math."

Corrvin

A big word-for-word DITTO to ya, Corrvin!

Also, I have a "thing" about VPL. And white pants on just about anyone. And those shrugs that Auntie Pam mentioned - they just look like one step away from wearing your bra on the outside.

[tremorviolet]

Also, I have a "thing" about VPL.

Oh, I hate that too. Most bikinis give girls this horrible line across the middle of each butt cheek and I can't beleive people don't check the rear view before they leave the house. That said, it's tough to find undies that don't leave a line if you don't want to wear a thong.

Just saw a WNTW: woman wearing capri pants with ankle boots. So the pants ended an inch above where the boots stopped. I think the only reason to wear ankle boots is because, under proper pants, they look like real boots without the bulk. With capris they look horrid...

[cruel butterfly]

As for all the hate on toe socks.. more for me! I love my toe socks!

Me too! I love my flip-flops and toe socks allow me to wear them all year long!



only when I'm not going out in public, of course

[Kalhoun]

I have to go with kilts. On men or women. Never seen one one anybody and thought "yeah, that works."

I'd also like to second the ???? in regard to pleated pants. Unless you buy them 9 sizes too big, they're an absolutely classic look. Most tailored suit pants are pleated.
Maybe for men. Unless you're a pencil-thin woman, pleated pants add 15 lbs to you.

[bordelond]

Maybe for men. Unless you're a pencil-thin woman, pleated pants add 15 lbs to you.
Pleated pants for men are completely different animals from what are called "pleated pants" for women. Recent past thread on the subject (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=321825&highlight=pleated).

On men, especially in suit pants, the pleats should not poof even a little bit. If the pleats do poof out, either that size/style of pleated pants don't fit, or you have just the right build for flat-front pants.

[gigi]

Those "flappy cropped pants" are called gauchos. One day last month two women wore them to work, the next thing I know they've suddenly exploded all over the place. The last time I saw gauchos was 1977. They're ba-a-a-a-ack!

Some people think they're chic and stylish. Most people are not fooled. They shake their heads with pity as the gaucho victims stroll by, oblivious to their own fashion victimhood.
Yeah, I saw a college-aged girl with them and she was referring to them as gauchos and as if they were a new idea!! Just how long will it take for corduroy gauchos (buttoned at the knee) paired with argyle sox to come back? It seems to me I saw a recent picture of Madonna and she had velveteen gauchos on, with high boots. :eek:

My oogy fashion? The stiletto Manolo Blahnik Timberland. (http://www.worldbid.com/showrooms/details.htm?itemID=17375&session=)

And wedge sandals a la Chrissie on Three's Company.

[bordelond]

Re: capri pants on women, from this hetero man's view -- I don't really mind whether or not a woman is short or tall, or a teen or 40-something. What makes capri pants look nice or inappropriate has everything to do with the beauty of the body parts capri pants leave exposed -- the calves, ankles, and insteps (sometimes the heels, too, depending on the shoes).

A woman with nice legs and ankles can wear capris all day, sez I.

[Freddy the Pig]

Sweatshirts with appliqued kittens on them, as usually worn by old ladies w/sausage curls.Hey! My mother wears those!

[Jennshark]

I hafta add a combo I haven't seen since moving from SoCal: Ugg boots worn with shorts!

[gigi]

I hafta add a combo I haven't seen since moving from SoCal: Ugg boots worn with shorts!
Yeah, I think it's Mukuluks with shorts now. Uggs are so last season. ;)

[Necros]

Flip-flops on anyone who is not at home or at the beach. I sincerely do not understand this trend. Flip-flops are not acceptable footwear for most places. However, they are a better alternative than slippers, which I see people wearing now in very strange places, like the mall or the grocery store. Usually these go along with women wearing pajama pants. I realize that no one is concerned with anything by comfort anymore, but geez.

I second (third? fourth?) the sweatshirts with applique.

[vivalostwages]

Extremely baggy saggy pants with a lot of visible underwear. Yecchh.

Also: the visible parts of thongs.

Both of the above make me feel that I'm looking somewhere I shouldn't be--and I am.

[Johanna]

In 1977, I was a freshman in college. A woman my age in my dorm complained about an older grad student on her floor who didn't get along with the undergrad youngsters. Her worst sin, besides being the wrong side of 30, was wearing gauchos. I saw her in the cafeteria once, wearing those corduroy gauchos they had in the '70s that were unsurpassed for ugliness. The older woman looked stern and severe, which was not complimented by her attire.

The day last month I wanted to compliment my co-worker on her black stiletto boots, I just couldn't because her pink gauchos ruined the look. She got offended because I didn't fall in love with her hideous pink gauchos. (Usually fashion is a game played by several women at my workplace, involving many mutual compliments. For someone to actually criticize another's look is unheard of. I've been playing for a few months now, but this was the only time I failed to compliment anyone.)

As evidence that gauchos are now chic, she cited another woman in our office, the chic-est one of us all, a young African-American woman who is slim and always looks perfect, who that day had happened to wear black gauchos that actually looked good on her. Yeah, but how is pointing out that the item you wear looks good on someone else supposed to help your own fashion disaster? At least the fabrics used for gauchos nowadays are soft and flowing, an improvement on the really ugly '70s version.

I'm going to give her one of those maté gourds with the metal straw.

[CanvasShoes]

Pants where the seat of the pants is at the wearer's knees. It is the stupidest, most uncomfortable-looking and most unflattering look I've ever seen.Resounding second (or third, or three hundredth) to that!!!!! They make every wearer look like an oompa loompa. They make guys who are really small and boy-like look even skinnier and more feminine, and men who are big look clumsy and overweight, even if they're not. And they make everyone look oddly proportioned.

It's especially weird when it's one of those matching shorts and shirt-jacket-thing set.

A close second is that weird long shirt/micro mini dress over jeans look. It just looks clumsy and odd.

[CanvasShoes]

TAnd of course, god-aweful tapered leg pants. Takes a woman with a perfectly normal body, and makes her look like her ass is the size of a dump truck. Not pretty. Not at all pretty.
Tapered leg pants must not be what I think they are. Does your butt look the size of a dump truck when you are naked? Why would pants that follow the natural line of your legs make your butt look bigger than it is?

Unless they also puff out at the butt? Maybe I'm not thinking of the same thing. I see Stacy Clinton on "what not to wear" say this all the time. At the SAME time she's wearing a skirt which follows the natural line of the body and narrows in where the knees do.

I'm so confused :D

[CanvasShoes]

My oogy fashion? The stiletto Manolo Blahnik Timberland. (http://www.worldbid.com/showrooms/details.htm?itemID=17375&session=)


BLEEEEECHHH!! Those are hideous.

[Flutterby]

Tapered leg pants must not be what I think they are. Does your butt look the size of a dump truck when you are naked? Why would pants that follow the natural line of your legs make your butt look bigger than it is?

Unless they also puff out at the butt? Maybe I'm not thinking of the same thing. I see Stacy Clinton on "what not to wear" say this all the time. At the SAME time she's wearing a skirt which follows the natural line of the body and narrows in where the knees do.

I'm so confused :D

Tapered pants are straight lined, they just get smaller as they go until they get really snug around the ankle. Some of the newer pants in that style aren't as severly tapered, but classic ones.. well, unless you have slim feet and ankles you almost have to cut yourself out of them to get them off. I have high arches, it's impossible for me to wear those pants.

Narrowing in at the knees is something else.

[CanvasShoes]

Tapered pants are straight lined, they just get smaller as they go until they get really snug around the ankle. Some of the newer pants in that style aren't as severly tapered, but classic ones.. well, unless you have slim feet and ankles you almost have to cut yourself out of them to get them off. I have high arches, it's impossible for me to wear those pants.

Narrowing in at the knees is something else.Right. But if we are standing naked, so our thighs narrow down to our knees and then a curve outward of calves and then narrow ankles and heels.

If a pant follows the same lines...or a skirt follows those lines to the knees and the natural tapering in of the calves to the ankles is revealed, are we saying that that TOO makes the behind look bigger?

[Johanna]

that weird long shirt/micro mini dress over jeans look. It just looks clumsy and odd.I think the dress-over-jeans trend started in Tokyo, that frenetic teenage style trend incubator. I try to imagine what it would be like wearing that, it seems like too much material around the thighs, uncomfortable. Maybe because jeans are almost too heavy for comfort without adding more on top. And yet when I wear shalvar-qamiz (as I am now), it doesn't feel too heavy, even though shalvar-qamiz is essentially a dress worn over pants. But then it's slit way up the sides like ao dai to make walking easy and the material is loose and lightweight, so it works out OK and even looks good. Dress-over-jeans doesn't look right because the two things weren't made to go together.

Tokyo teenage street fashion is made more of imagination and audacity than good taste; I guess a lot of it is finding new combinations of the same old stuff on a limited budget.

[CanvasShoes]

...............And yet when I wear shalvar-qamiz (as I am now), it doesn't feel too heavy, even though shalvar-qamiz is essentially a dress worn over pants. But then it's slit way up the sides like ao dai to make walking easy and the material is loose and lightweight, so it works out OK and even looks good. Dress-over-jeans doesn't look right because the two things weren't made to go together.

Tokyo teenage street fashion is made more of imagination and audacity than good taste; I guess a lot of it is finding new combinations of the same old stuff on a limited budget.
Is a shalvar-qamiz the type of thing worn by East Indian women? I think those are lovely myself. And as you mentioned, a totally different thing. For one thing both pieces are longer and flowing, and they generally are either of the same material, or coordinating material.

Plus, if it's what I think it is, isn't it a traditional outfit of some sort? And as you already said, the micro dress over jeans thing, it's like that old Sesame Street song..."one of these things is not like the others...one of these things just doesn't belong".

:D

[Johanna]

Is a shalvar-qamiz the type of thing worn by East Indian women?Yes, women and men both. Pakistan is the most sartorially unisex country in the world. Everybody wears the same thing.

[Flutterby]

Right. But if we are standing naked, so our thighs narrow down to our knees and then a curve outward of calves and then narrow ankles and heels.

If a pant follows the same lines...or a skirt follows those lines to the knees and the natural tapering in of the calves to the ankles is revealed, are we saying that that TOO makes the behind look bigger?

What you're describing. No. That doesn't usually make the butt look bigger unless you have a big butt and really dainty feet.

This (http://www.dannyswarehouse.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/Pants-%20Blue%20Tapered%20Leg.jpg) is a fairly extreme example of what I'm talking about. Can you imagine someone in that? Just draws the eye to your butt and makes it seem huge. Thinner women with no curves can sometimes pull off those sort of pants precisely because it makes the butt look bigger. Gives a bit of curve to the body (my aunt is that thin, and looks okay in tapered jeans).

I think we might be talking about two different things, but when people say tapered my example is what I think of. A good pair of pants will skim the line of the leg though, emphasizing the good points while masking the bad. My jeans are usually slightly bootcut at the bottom because it balances out my top. If I wore jeans tighter in at the ankle I'd just be floating there, would make my butt look bigger and probably add some height.

[Rubystreak]

I was having dinner with a friend last night and some woman walked in wearing flip flops and no socks. It was around 20 degrees out and we got about 5 inches of snow the night before. WTF? Does she have no feeling in her feet? Or is her intention to lose all feeling in them?

Something that strikes me as funny is the fact that at the bottom of this thread are ads for buying capri pants and gauchos. Oh, the irony!

[ouisey]

I hafta add a combo I haven't seen since moving from SoCal: Ugg boots worn with shorts!

Back in 99 I used to wear my ugg boots with my surf shorts. I picked up the boots in San Diego where I lived for a bit, and moved to Kansas City.

I got quite a few disgusted looks in KC because of those boots. I find it interesting that 5 years later everyone had to have a pair. I guess I couldn't carry off my uggs with the aplomb that Kate Hudson had in Raising Helen (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0350028/).

[kevja]

Baseball caps worn "backwards" were bad enough.

But what makes me shreek is the current style of wearing a baseball cap with the bill slightly tilted to the side.

Absolutely. Totally. Without a doubt. The most contrived fashion look/statement I've seen in 51 years on the planet.

[Infovore]

One fashion choice that always makes me wonder (and I'm not trying to be culturally insensitive here, so somebody set me right if I'm offending) looks like a traditional Indian women's outfit consisting of flowing pants, some kind of long flowing shawl/scarf/poncho, and a short fitted shirt that leaves the midsection bared. While this looks good on young and/or fit women, I've seen it more than once on chubby middle-aged or even older Indian women, where it's not at all flattering.

Is this outfit required for some reason (religious purposes, maybe?) I just can't imagine that older women, including some who looked to be in their late 50s or 60s, would enjoy having their bellies exposed to the world.

Again, please forgive me if I'm being insensitive here--I don't mean to insult anyone's traditions. I'm just glad that they're not mine, because I certainly would not want to have my not-very-photogenic belly out there for everybody to see!

[even sven]

One fashion choice that always makes me wonder (and I'm not trying to be culturally insensitive here, so somebody set me right if I'm offending) looks like a traditional Indian women's outfit consisting of flowing pants, some kind of long flowing shawl/scarf/poncho, and a short fitted shirt that leaves the midsection bared. While this looks good on young and/or fit women, I've seen it more than once on chubby middle-aged or even older Indian women, where it's not at all flattering.

It's a sari (http://www.swayamwara.com/other_services/articles/images/saree-1.jpg) or a lehngra/ghangra choli (http://www.paaneri.com/products/P-05_016b.jpg). In any case, that patch of flesh is just not considered sexually revealing, and thus is not subject to any more scrutiny as, say, our arms or ankles or something. Older women don't consider it "reavealing clothing", it's just clothing. In much of India, chubby women are considered more attractive, because it implies that you've got lots of yummy food to eat.

Conversly, woman walking around in a normal fitted tee-shirt would be considered rather daring and clothes that expose the shoulders or knees are somewhat inappropriate for street-wear. Different cultures, different ideas about what is sexy and not.

[Idlewild]

I saw the skirt/dress over pants thing, oh, 7 years ago in Sydney? I don't think those young women got it from Tokyo, it was an alt-folk crowd kind of look. Rather smashing on the right girl.

I also saw shrugs there then and can't believe they're finally mainstreaming into fashion here. I think they're ... overrated.

[Chanteuse]

Tapered leg pants must not be what I think they are. Does your butt look the size of a dump truck when you are naked? Why would pants that follow the natural line of your legs make your butt look bigger than it is?

Unless they also puff out at the butt? Maybe I'm not thinking of the same thing. I see Stacy Clinton on "what not to wear" say this all the time. At the SAME time she's wearing a skirt which follows the natural line of the body and narrows in where the knees do.

I'm so confused :D

The thing is, they tend to emphasize the width of one's hips as they taper down--sort of like outlining the body in black marker. I once told my sister that tapered-leg pants made a woman look diamond-shaped--she's already narrower at the shoulders, then wide at the hips, and narrow at the ankles.

And ultra-low rise pants make a woman's butt look dumpy, IMO. Two inches high, perhaps--but still dumpy.

And I so agree about the pointy-toed shoes. They don't make feet look long and slender. They make you look like Cruella DeVil.

I don't much like square-toed shoes either--old lady shoes, I call 'em. Just add a short chunky heel, hang your wide patent leather purse from your elbow and shuffle off to town! :D

[Infovore]

It's a sari (http://www.swayamwara.com/other_services/articles/images/saree-1.jpg) or a lehngra/ghangra choli (http://www.paaneri.com/products/P-05_016b.jpg). In any case, that patch of flesh is just not considered sexually revealing, and thus is not subject to any more scrutiny as, say, our arms or ankles or something. Older women don't consider it "reavealing clothing", it's just clothing. In much of India, chubby women are considered more attractive, because it implies that you've got lots of yummy food to eat.
Interesting--thanks for the information! I wasn't actually considering that the patch of flesh was sexually revealing, but rather that a woman might be self-conscious about having flab hanging out. But if chubbiness is sexy in Indian culture, then that explains it. It *is* fascinating how different cultures consider different things attractive. (The outfits you showed in your examples are quite pretty--the ones I've seen in real life have been more subdued and not of nearly so bright colors, usually shades of tan or gold.)

[alice_in_wonderland]

Go here:

http://www.dress-shirts.com/edwards/48a.jpg

Those are tapered leg pleated pants.

They're being worn by a model that's about 5'11, and weighs 98 lbs.

She looks hideous.

God, they make me want to gouge my eyes out. So very, very ugly.

I can't imagine how hideous they would be on a woman that wore bigger than a size 2.

I'm going to go bleach my brain now.

[jabiru]

Those are tapered leg pleated pants.

They're being worn by a model that's about 5'11, and weighs 98 lbs.

She looks hideous.

God, they make me want to gouge my eyes out. So very, very ugly.


What grieves me about those pleated, tapered trousers is that, in spite of suiting only about 0.1% of the population, eventually they'll be back in fashion. Why do hideous looking fashions have to keep coming back?

[Good Egg]

I have to second the Appliqued kitten on sweatshirt or t shirt, or cartoon character. These a re middle aged women who are what? trying to look cute? Doesn't work. I don't get wearing "artwork" on your clothing.
That said, I see nothing wrong with bra straps showing under sleevless tops. Would you prefer they flop around instead?

[enipla]

Baseball caps worn "backwards" were bad enough.

But what makes me shreek is the current style of wearing a baseball cap with the bill slightly tilted to the side.

Absolutely. Totally. Without a doubt. The most contrived fashion look/statement I've seen in 51 years on the planet.Often worn with the pants below the butt.

It's the stupidist thing I have ever seen.

[eleanorigby]

Along with the Timberland excrescence, there are hightop gym shoes (Chuck Taylors I believe they're called now)-with a spike heel on them!


WTH?



Too high of heels squik me out--why can't women walk, instead of teeter?


I second those nasty sweatshirts with the kitties/insert baby animal here--why are they made at all? I thought older folks were supposed to have some dignity, not look like super-annuated pre-schoolers.


Anything too big or too small on any body type whatsoever. No-those size 8 slacks do not make you look thinner if you're a size 14 (and vice versa).


Ties that are either tied too short by the man or just are too short--these guys look like Stan, the Mailroom Clerk.

Short sleeved dress shirts for men--especially when worn with a tie (that is usually tied too short). Ugh.

T shirts that advertise your politcal leanings, (or worse, diss your opponent), make statements about your sex life, personal habits or life philosophy. Cluephone: a slogan read once in a catalogue may indeed be amusing. To be worn as if you are a walking billboard is not.

Clothes that persist in telling you who designed/marketed and overpriced this item--Hilfiger is one, Abercrombie is another. Yes, we know you manufacture clothes and sell them for outrageous prices--why should I advertise for you? (GAP is also guilty). I don't mind a small embroidery or a discrete tag, but the ones that shout it to the world--why?

Colors that don't match--strangely enough, I notice this more on women. Most men I know are either in blue jeans or in suits, so perhaps they don't have the scope that women do. I've noticed alot of reds clashing lately, as well as shades of blue.

Thongs that show because the jeans are too low rider. Nothing says "I'm trash" like underwear hanging out-I don't care how lovely the body. It looks cheap.

[Phèdre nó Delaunay]

Oh, I hate that too. Most bikinis give girls this horrible line across the middle of each butt cheek and I can't beleive people don't check the rear view before they leave the house. That said, it's tough to find undies that don't leave a line if you don't want to wear a thong.

But thongs leave a line too. It's quite visible! I often have a chuckle when out in public seeing girls with thongs on. I'm not talking about those trashy ones who have them hanging out over the top either, just the line of the thong itself being visible under the clothes.

What I hate to see are guys wearing capri pants. I see this way too much! They often have gigantic pockets. Hey guys, capri pants look silly on you! Either wear shorts or long pants.

Whoever said "goatees are the new mullet" a few months ago was spot on! It's not daring anymore, it just looks mullety now.

I have to agree with whoever above mentioned ponchos. They seem to be fading now though. I guess people started noticing how silly they looked on other people and realized it didn't work for them either. Not to mention how restrictive they are if you need to move your arms.

I do like ugg boots though. But I have loved them since I lived in Australia several years ago, I didn't just jump on the bandwagon last season. When I say ugg boots I mean the real ugg boots, not the knock offs. I also have a ridiculous fondness for my drizabone.

[Larry Mudd]

I also have a ridiculous fondness for my drizabone.Me too, but damned if I don't feel conspicuous in it. :D

[Sunspace]

Clothing that skreeks me out?

The aforementioned word-on-the-butt pants, especually if they say things like 'sexy'. This goes for the tops that say 'princess' as well. If you have to tell people that you are sexy, you aren't.

Loud shoes. If I'm standing at one end of a subway platform, and I can hear the click, clack, cleck of your shoes all the way down the stairs at the other end, even before you reach the platform, does that not indicate that maybe your shoes are announcing your position a little too efficiently? Way to let the muggers know you're almost there, lady!

Spike heels in any sort of practical situation, such as, I don't know... walking along the street, maybe? Every winter I see fools trying to get to their bus stops and parked cars by tottering along icy sidewalks next to busy roads. I fell three times last winter in my big ugly boots.

Pointy shoes. Just... ick. If they were sharpened and turned up, I might like them more, but at present they just look awkward and forced.

Logos. I look for logoless wear. I'm not often successful at this though. Today I rejected a jacket that I otherwise might have bought because it had a Tommy Hilfiger logo on the breast.

Hoodies with the hood up. What, are you ashamed to show your faces and heads? Take down your hoods when you come inside like the rest of us.

And as for pleated pants... what if you do have to hide a colostomy bag?

[Flutterby]

Loud shoes. If I'm standing at one end of a subway platform, and I can hear the click, clack, cleck of your shoes all the way down the stairs at the other end, even before you reach the platform, does that not indicate that maybe your shoes are announcing your position a little too efficiently? Way to let the muggers know you're almost there, lady!


That one drives me batshit too. Especially if it's a sort of scuff against the ground sound. Makes me want to grab them by the ear and order them to pick up their feet. (I got in so much trouble as a kid for scuffing my shoes on the ground, now I can't stand it.)

[Mama Zappa]

Well fuckin' told. I hate capris on 97% of the population.

1) You need to be tall
2) you need to be young
....

Or you need to be solidly built, with very long waist and short legs, where regular pants are 6 inches too long. Like my kid (I scour stores looking for capris for her because Mama Zappa doesn't sew and regular pants drag).

Aside from that, though, yeah, capris are a wrongness.

What makes *me* screek? Any guy's pants designed so that they hang low enough to show off the underwear. I've even seen bathing suits designed to mimic that look :confused:. Women in spaghetti-strap tank tops with visible bra straps. If you need a bra under the tank, wear a colored one whose straps look decent, or wear a strapless one, or *wear a different top!*. I think the worst "extension" of that was a year or so back at a water park, when I saw a woman wearing a string-style halter bikini top (triangles of fabric with strings around torso and neck). Over a plain, white, standard-cut Playtex-Living-Bra-like thing. This was not a woman who should have been wearing such a suit top anyway, she was about 50 years older and 100 pounds heavier than the usual target demographic of such things. She'd have done better to just wear the bra. The image is seared in my memory :eek:

[Nava]

Pants the wrong cut.

I have some Daisy Duck genes. Last thing I need is either
1) capri pants
2) pants where the waist is at the hip
3) pants where the crotch is misplaced
4) pants where the waist is as big as the hip
5) any other kind of pants that simply don't fit
Same goes for pretty much everybody else. I can understand liking a bit tighter or a bit looser; the same pants don't look the same when you just put them on straight off the dryer or after 12 hours, but gee...


On other people, you often see (specially in movies or on the red carpet) women whose tits have been sorely mistreated; if the woman herself was a normal weight, she might have tits, but because she's so thin, the poor things look like they're about 30 years older than their owner. So showing most of them through the usage of a low V and no bra is a nasty thing to do. About as sexy as.... oh... as Renée Zellwegger singing about her boobs in Chicago, a movie where the poor things are missing in action!

[eleanorigby]

Well, at least you don't have Daisy Duck jeans ..... :)






I would like to add stuff with excessive amounts of: glitter, sequins, rhinestones, Svaroski crystals or similiar.

A discreet touch of shimmer is one thing--the rest belongs either in the Rose Bowl Parade or at a coronation (and not even there, really).

You really shouldn't sparkle in the grocery store.

[alice_in_wonderland]

Short sleeved dress shirts for men--especially when worn with a tie (that is usually tied too short). Ugh.

To me this says "Mormon missionary". Totally. So if you're not a mormon missionary, and don't want to look like one, don't wear this.

[Anne Neville]

That said, I see nothing wrong with bra straps showing under sleevless tops. Would you prefer they flop around instead?

There are strapless bras, which should be worn with any sleeveless top that won't hide regular bra straps.

[Kalhoun]

To me this says "Mormon missionary". Totally. So if you're not a mormon missionary, and don't want to look like one, don't wear this.
To me, this screams JC Penney Shoe Salesman. Eeeeeeeek! Add a pocket protector and you've just created my nightmare.

[PookahMacPhellimey]

Not sure about the clothing thing but the term "skreek out" makes me er.....skreek out.