In my opinion one of them for guys is wearing shorts that come above your knee…atleast shorts should cover up half of your knee.
Any other opinions?
Jeans that look like they’re falling off.
I think shorts that go below the knee are pointless. They may as well be trousers. The whole point of shorts is that they are short.
You’re pretty young, aren’t you? Some day, the fashion will change, and people will think that “shorts” that hit the middle of the calf look stupid. I remember joking that some day maybe people would wear something like that, when I saw the shorts getting longer and longer, and now they do.
It won’t last forever. We don’t wear togas anymore, either.
Men used to be able to get away with wearing much shorter shorts and nobody thought it was weird or strange. Of course they were still longer than women’s shorts, but that just meant the inseams were an inch or two longer, rather than ten inches longer.
I think today’s style is completely stupid. :rolleyes:
I wish men would wear kilts. So sexy.
As for the fashion mistake: Berets.
Never saw something looking that stupid in my life. On men and women.
I graduated high school in the mid '80s. I don’t think the server here could handle a list that long.
So, I’ll just leave you with the mental image of hot pink stirrup leggings. Oh, and mall hair. What WAS I thinking?!?
Fashions today? If another girl in low rise pants bends over and shows her plumber’s cleavage, I’m dropping a quarter in the slot.
hehehehe , ** Stillsmiling** 
[btw: What’s mall hair?]
The fact that I actually knew what this movie was, when I saw a bit of it on TCM will really date me. But it was Mary Poppins, and the scene I saw was where Dick Van Dyke is dancing with some animated penguins. In order to fit in with the penguins, he pulls down the crotch of his trousers so it looks like he has little short penguin legs…and that’s what you look like when you wear your pants that way!
Orange.
There are maybe 4 people in the world who can wear orange, chances are, you are not one of them.
As one of those people I must say there is a right way and wrong way to sag your jeans…for one never wear briefs and sag and secondly wear a belt so you don’t need to keep pulling your pants up. It’s not like sagging can never look good if done the right way unlike short shorts on guys which always is a mistake.
I used to have Mall Hair. I am so embarrassed to have just admitted that, but I graduated in 1982, so I have an excuse. Mall Hair is BIG 80s HAIR, big, fluffy hair that takes an entire can of hair spray to hold in place. See any music video from the early 80s for an example. Usually accompanied by hot pink stirrup leggings, high-heeled ankle boots, and a ripped black sweatshirt. :o
Ugh! I’m so glad the tights fad is finally over! About **.**000001% of all women actually looked good in them. Yet so many wore them, whether they were fat, thin, big-butted, no-butted, knock-kneed or stick-legged. The slightest imperfection was accented by them. Can you say cellulite? The only thing less complimentary to the female body was when someone would wear only a waist-length shirt with their tights. Ugh!
Did you have the “mall ball” on the front?
It’s where you take about two inches of hair from the front and loop it forward and shellac the hell out of it.
No, I had more like a straight “wall o’ bangs” in front. Contrasted nicely with the wild, frizzy, curly part on the rest of my head. :rolleyes:
I had the full preppy look in high school (Izod shirts, Fair Isle sweaters, khakis, penny loafers, cute pageboy haircut), and then in college, went for the slutty Madonna-wannabe look.
But why should short shorts on a guy be a mistake? Understand, I’m not talking about really short & tight booty shorts like women wear, but rather just somewhat shorter than they are now. It’s just peer pressure; most people want to wear what everyone else is wearing. I understand that, and it’s something teenagers and young adults have followed since the beginning of time. But damn, I think it’d be great if on a hot summer day I could get away with mid-thigh length shorts. Except that it may prevent having people think your weird, I don’t see the advantage of having a couple of yards of extra material billowing around your thighs.
As for sagging pants and other oversize clothing, well, teenagers have always dressed to shock. Nothing new there. But what’s different about the 3XL oversized pants and shirts is that completely hides the shape of your body, as if it’s something to be ashamed of. And that’s a sad thing.
I think it’s a shame that people wear clothing that hides their shape, since clothes are supposed to accentuate the masculine or feminine body, but I doubt that shame is the reason they’re wearing it. Have you heard anyone say that?
This perfectly describes the state of my hair from 1986 until 1989.
As for bad fashion, I can’t believe all the 80s folks have forgotten “the Sweater Dress”
It was a sweater and a dress! It usually had some sort of cowled neckline, shoulder pads, was some bright primary color and you wore it with bright red fake crocodile flats. Oh, and opaque tights. White ones. I had that outfit in 1988 complete with the hair mentioned above. I was 17.
hangs her head in shame
FB
Apparently right now it’s the “in thing” for girls to layer clothes. Like, wearing two whole outfits, one over the other. The first layer is jeans and a t-shirt, with a dress or a mini skirt and a tank top over it. It looks pretty awful. When done in moderation it can be cute (two tanks tops over one another, or a really short dress worn as a shirt), but usually it just looks like the girl forgot to take off yesterday’s clothes.
the OP:
Well, I’m of the opinion that you’re dead wrong.
Pants that come down anywhere close to as far down as your knee aren’t “shorts”. They’re just silly-looking great-grandpa garments that belong in a sepia photograph along with those striped undershirt thingies that men used to swim in at the beach.
Shorts have legs no longer than mid-thigh at the most.
I guess it’s not really a fashion faux paus, but I’m getting sick of going into stores that have a Junior section with slutty clothes, and a Misses section with matronly outfits that look like something my grandmother would wear. I have the hardest time finding something in-between.
I just want to wear something appropriate to my age (30) without looking like a tramp or a soccer mom. /rant
Biggest fashion mistake—Velour track suits—They are sweatpants, no matter what people want to think, they are sweatpants, and they are not appropriate anywhere but your home or the gym. I have seen them at work so often I just want to scream. It’s like people just don’t know any better.