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Word. I’ve recently made the switch to all flat front. It’s like when I was, I dunno, 12? and made the switch to boxers.
Sweaters. I tend to be on the warm side, and would never wear a sweater indoors. Outside, in winter, I wear a coat. Would never need a sweater too.
Sneakers. I mean, athletic shoes. Hightops are okay, but I think track shoes always look poufy, like in the hospital when the orderlies wear soft padding rubberbanded around their shoes. I wear boots.
I hardly ever wear dresses anymore, because I ride my bike everywhere every day. They get caught on the seat and screw up your graceful dismount. (As in, crash boom ow.)
I can’t wear white because s- - t happens, and it especially happens to me. White increases this effect by a factor of 10.
Pink. I can’t pull it off, not at all. People would laugh.
God, I sound hopelessly un-glamorous! I guess that’s what happens when girls dress like the Ramones.
I don’t wear shorts, except at the gym. I think they look ridiculous on adults.
I don’t wear white tops. I’m pale already and darker colors look better against my skin.
I don’t wear anything that advertises a brand. (Except my university, I guess.)
I never wear hats, nor do I ever wear shorts or anything with a prominent logo.
I hate it when people wear sunglasses; they hide their eyes and this throws me off when I try to talk to them.
Toques and winter coats with fur-lined hoods are only for when it’s really really cold out. They do not make you look gangsta.
Jewelry that includes gemstones of any kind should never be worn under any circumstances. Ever.
Utilikilt
'Nuff said.
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[li]Jeans without a belt look stupid. There are NO exceptions.[/li][li]Uggs… no, just no.[/li][li]Sandals with socks are NOT allowed outside.[/li][li]Empire line tops look stupid unless you actually ARE pregnant. Sure, models look OK in 'em, but that’s why they are models, they look good in anything.[/li]
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What are the rubber shoes that slip on called? Bright colors, have a lot of holes in them. Very very bad. Maybe you could wear them if your a women, over 50 and working in your garden but no where else. I see men with them and cant believe it.:eek:
Crocs.
And for my own contribution to the thread…
Anything sleeveless. I’m not super fond of short sleeves to begin with, being a girl who prefers hoodies and sweaters, but you’d find me dead before I’d wear a tank top or such out in public.
I’ve got an allergy to people who purposefully overdress for their location. Someone who works with a bunch of jeans-and-Tee folk and wears a suit every day is a dork (and the one in the three-piecers is the champion dork); he’s dressing in a way that says “dude, I’m used to deal with investment bankers and only let you factory grubs revel in my godlike presence because of my generosity”.
Sorry, CSV! The way any store-bought jeans I get need to be refitted, adding a belt just marks the V in the back more (there can be one or two cm between the peak of the V and the bottom of the belt), so I won’t. The same for slacks, mind you.
I’ve been thinking about this. I like to think of myself as fashionable and I enjoy wearing all kinds of clothes, but I also have some pretty set rules about what I personally like. Half my clothes are well made classic staples, and the other half are cheap, trashy, punky and bright clothes.
Shoes Shoes ought to be fairly sturdy- the sort of thing you could walk a couple miles in and not bitch about. This means no heels. Bright colors are okay, especially for sneakers, but never white. White sneakers make you look like a dork. Chunky is good when it comes to shoes. And round toes. No pointy toes ever. I like my feet to look a little stubby. All socks are okay.
Pants Pretty much it boils down to dark blue pants are okay. Black is never good. The color contrast with the shirt always looks pretty 80s and cheesy. Also, it can make you look top heavy. Nothing bugs me more than seeing people with nice normal tops and then a tiny waist and a pair of skinny legs stick out at the bottom. Wide-legged is better than skinny for the same reason. Dark blue jeans always look sharp. Light jeans always make me feel like I look like a soccer mom. Pinstripes are always a good thing. Capris, in general, suck.
Skirts Most skirts are cool except like the long denim ones born-again women like to wear.
Shirts No white shirts. They make my teeth look yellow and I’m just gonna end up spilling stuff on them anyway. I love bright colors, especially reds and bright pinks. But the standard of cool will always be the black turtleneck.
Coat A good tailored 3/4the length coat is the most essential part of a wardrobe. In winter you wear it every day, and it’s so easy to feel frumpy in winter. A very good coat can go a long ways towards making you look and feel good. Ski jackets are for skiing. Polar fleece is an abomination that should only be worn if you are currently on a long distance hike. But if you are in a city, you ought to be wearing a tailored coat. Also, puffy jackets and skinny jeans are never cool- it makes you look top heavy.
Accessories Brown clothes suck. We spent 10,000 years of human history inventing wonderful synthetic dyes so we don’t have to look like mud. Bright colored scarves are great. Silver is better than gold. Skulls are always a good thing. Any and all hairclips are priceless treasures.
even sven, I am so with you on the coats. I live in Boston, where we live in our winter coats for seven months. I have a closetful of coats, accumulated over the years, in different lengths and colors. When it’s miserable out, it brightens my day a little to know at least I look fabulous in my purple trench.
You lose me at the black pants, though. Well-tailored, properly fitted black pants are the foundation of any wardrobe.
I don’t get the hate for empire waists. Like any item, it needs to fit properly to work. A properly fitted empire waist shirt or dress does NOT balloon out from below the bust. It skims the body.
Muffin top is not okay, ever, under any circumstances. Also, your shirt should overlap your pants by at least an inch. You should be able to move without displaying huge swaths of midsection. Pantyhose are the work of the devil. And for the love of god, there is no reason, EVER, to dress as though your upper and lower bodies will be spending the day in different climates. It’s either cold enough for a wool coat, or it’s warm enough for bare legs and sandals. Pick one.
I ought to wear a hat because I live in L.A. and I’m bald. Moreover, I like the idea of hats–fedoras, Indy Jones leather hats, Crocodile Dundee hats, porkpies, berets–in fact, any non prole-cap hat. But be that as it may, I can’t help feeling like a bit of a clown when I wear one, because they don’t go with the other clothes I like to wear. Of course, if it’s night, and cold, then I’m wearing a jacket or other outerwear anyway, and then it’s better.
Jim Morrison was the only person to get away with it, and look where he is!
As for myself: drainpipe trousers = No! white shoes( unless they are trainers) = No! turtlenecks(unless you’re James Bond) = No!
I try to avoid wearing shorts wherever possible. Ironic, because I live in a state that’s entirely tropical or subtropical, but there you have it. It’s got to be really, really, really hot before I voluntarily wear shorts. (Boardshorts for swimming in don’t count, obviously)
I never wear a top and pants that are the same colour. If I’m wearing blue jeans, I’ll make sure I’m wearing a shirt or T-shirt that isn’t blue. If I’m wearing khaki pants then I’ll wear a non-khaki top. The only exception is if I’m out hunting, in which case I do sometimes go for the all-Khaki look.
Jeans must be worn with a belt, and you can’t wear a “Hard Rock Cafe” T-shirt unless you’ve actually been to the Hard Rock Cafe in question. Otherwise you just look like a tosser, IMHO.
I hate going without my baseball cap, and try to avoid situations that require me to remove it.
I avoid shorts except when lounging at home or swimming, due to a horrible case of chicken leg syndrome.
Pretty much any style of clothing other than jeans and a t-shirt, and i’ve even taken to avoiding t-shirts with logos, patterns, or cutesy sayings on them, just going for the plain Hanes undershirts you get in packs of 3 at wal mart.
I disapprove of tennis shoes unless running, in favor of work/hiking boots.
Uh…running in tennis shoes makes for some painful injuries! 
I’m pretty sure I know what you mean.
I have no idea how my husband, who generally manages to dress himself well (except for one unfortunate ‘same color shirt and pants’ incident when he ended up looking like the UPS man), loses all sense of color coordination when he dresses the kids, but that’s only tangentially related to this topic.
Sorry but thongs are a total turn off.
Knowing that even the best intentioned thongs will at some stage rise up into a knot up the wearers sweaty ringpiece does absaloutely nothing at all for me.
Also I think that any man who goes around in public wearing tights is definitely suspect.
But I’m not going to tell Superman that.
I think that the reason why peasant tops are back in style is that the average woman’s size is now a 14. Every woman that I know with a proportionally larger stomach loves them because they aren’t tight around the waist and disguise what they see as their biggest flaw. I think in that case they look a lot better than a tightly fitting top.
This is due to more to age than aesthetics but women with big visible tattoos don’t look very good to me. When I was young it was generally a sign that she had spent some time in prison although I know intellectually that it isn’t that way now. The combination of too-tight low rise jeans, muffin tops, a visible thong and a big tattoo across their lower backs makes me cringe. Now I know how my mother felt when I looked like a hippie.