# Regrettable fashions you secretly like **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 31, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937 "2004-05-31T18:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/21 "2004-06-01T05:33:30Z")
Some mullets are really hot. _runs away in shame_ ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/22 "2004-06-01T06:19:29Z")
I love my beret. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/23 "2004-06-01T08:11:11Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I will confess to really liking the exceedingly low-slung women’s jeans, the ones that produce the plumber’s cracks that so many of you complain about. > > Who the hell cares what it looks like from the back? From the front it gives us tummies! It gives us navels! Agreed. A nice stomach can be the sexiest part of a woman’s body. Mm. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/24 "2004-06-01T12:09:47Z")
> [@JuanitaTech](#): > > look!ninjas, you bring the shirts, I’ll bring the pants! I buy those vintage, seventies, flared, men’s sans-a-belt pants like, well, like they’re going out of style! They look _so_ good with a pair of high, high heels. Hooray for sans-a-belt! Are they plaid? ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/25 "2004-06-01T12:31:21Z")
> [@look!ninjas](#): > > And I have a strange weakness for really awful, Greg Brady-style polyester seventies shirts. The bigger the butterfly collar and the more garish the print, the better. Hell yeah. I also bought a pair of bright yellow pants the other day that look like they belong on some 80-year-old Floridian. If there’s a Fashion Hell, I’m going there. I also like fluorescent colors and Nehru jackets. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/26 "2004-06-01T13:33:51Z")
> [@look!ninjas](#): > > Hooray for sans-a-belt! Are they plaid? Two of them are. The others are pumpkin, chocolate brown, black with white piping, white, pale yellow and red. They are sweet! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/27 "2004-06-01T13:42:37Z")
I like and wear big (think George HW Bush) glasses, even though everyone tells me to get new, smaller ones. I’m afraid that it will always look like I am seeing the world through glasses, rather than suspend my disbelief. I also like carnival-barker style striped shirt and porkpie hat combo, I oughta get me one of those someday. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/28 "2004-06-01T15:49:04Z")
**Ludovic** , You’re in luck. Big [sun] glasses are back. hehehe, **Rilchiam** I bet it looks good on _you_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/29 "2004-06-01T16:03:09Z")
I liked Hypercolor shirts and would buy one for every day of the week if they were still available. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/30 "2004-06-01T16:49:28Z")
I agree with everyone about capris–love 'em, love 'em, love em. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/31 "2004-06-01T17:05:02Z")
I love the whole gypsy/peasant/hippie gauzy tops and skirts looks. Regretfully, I look like a potato sack when I’ve tried them on. Wah. Another vote for capris. They are the un-vagina-wedgable shorts. Nothing worst than the female frontal wedgie while trying to walk. And, you don’t have to shave as much, which is always a plus. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/32 "2004-06-01T17:09:44Z")
I still think leg warmers can be attractive on a woman (provided she has the build of a dancer). Still waiting for the revolution to come when everyone dresses like characters from Buck Rogers. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/33 "2004-06-01T17:25:44Z")
I’ll jump in for leg-warmers too. Also for the low-rise jeans, which I didn’t like at first, but now I think they’re great. The vast majority of women I see wearing them look fine in them, though I agree with those who don’t want to see crack. As some have observed, some people need a lower rise so their jeans don’t come up to the ribs, depending on build. One fashion that a lot of people seem to despise is pleated men’s slacks. I’m not big on slacks anyway, but I think there’s nothing wrong with pleats provided that the pants aren’t so tight that the pleats don’t hang right. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/34 "2004-06-01T19:04:25Z")
Another vote for berets – I have a whole stack of 'em. Been wearing them for years, and I’ll keep it up no matter what you say. Shoulder pads – another narrow-shouldered chick here. Not the huge Krystle Carrington ones – just enough to balance the figure, please. And I’ll always be a fan of primary colors. I CONSTANTLY get compliments when I wear my favorite orange top. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/35 "2004-06-01T19:53:50Z")
I really liked the look of Nehru jackets, but never got one myself. I also love hats – I’d love to wear a derby or fedora. Unfortunately, I stick with baseball caps. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/36 "2004-06-01T20:01:19Z")
Leggings ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/37 "2004-06-01T22:46:36Z")
> [@Lobelia Overhill](#): > > Leggings No!!! Well leggings are gorgeous on a woman who looks good in just tights, but so few women look good in them, they mostly either look scrawny and under-age, or like they are carrying a shoppingbag full of mixed fruit tucked down each leg. Personally I’m for wearing pvc trousers, or drag, or New-romantic/gothic styles, so Don’t take my word on fashion as Gospel 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/38 "2004-06-01T23:12:41Z")
Banana clips. I hated the big permed hair that went with banana clips, but those things were handy. I also miss leggings for lounging around in. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/39 "2004-06-02T03:30:01Z")
Ah, banana clips. No matter what I did with my hair, they wouldn’t stay in. The clip would be sliding out of my hair within an hour. I gave up on 'em. How about 80s style jumpsuits? I still have my black and gold (oooh shiny) pin-striped one somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937/40 "2004-06-02T04:05:17Z")
Straight leg, tight jeans worn with Candies slide-on high heeled shoes. I’m built for that look, and I miss it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrettable-fashions-you-secretly-like/247937.md?page=3)