# What clothing (styles) do you just love/hate? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 27, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856 "2008-12-27T17:09:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/21 "2008-12-28T15:06:32Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > … so I can only assume you have some sort of issues with someone you’ve met who wore these things. You might be right. I have a vague childhood memory of some family gathering with 2 weird men in white shoes that kept pinching my cheek. Now that I think of it I don’t think that I’ve seen anyone wearing them since that. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/22 "2008-12-28T15:47:36Z")
A second for baseball caps worn backwards. Or indoors. And I hate button-down collars. And the unshaved look on men. And, I don’t know the name for it, but the messy, spikey-looking hair style that has been popular with men the last half-dozen years or so. And keep those damn kids off my lawn! ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/23 "2008-12-28T15:55:00Z")
I don’t like the look of skinny jeans Work boots as fashion- usually with the laces all unraveled jeans with holes short sleeved shirts worn over long sleeved shirts. Those puffy quilted jackets made of shiny fabric cowboy boots Sweats in public Shirts that tell you what store they came from Turtlenecks I do like Plaid- unless it’s in a work shirt Pea coats low rise, boot cut jeans Ombre dyes fitted tees 70s style Converse and Adidas sneakers ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/24 "2008-12-28T16:10:05Z")
> [@Karyn](#): > > You might be right. I have a vague childhood memory of some family gathering with 2 weird men in white shoes that kept pinching my cheek. Now that I think of it I don’t think that I’ve seen anyone wearing them since that. Aw, that’s sweet. You’re forgiven. \ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/25 "2008-12-28T16:10:33Z")
Hate: -Those billowy, shapeless blouses with the psychodelic print that look like something your grandmother would wear in the 1970s, but are now popular for some strange reason. -Skinny jeans. I don’t care what the fashionistas say, no one looks good in them. And sagging skinny jeans are the worse. Skater dudes, I’m looking at you. -Nylon jogging suits. Again, no one looks good in them. Not in the 1980s, not in the 1990s, and not now. Clothes should not make noise when you move. Nor should they be shiny and have elastic at the ankles. -White sneakers and tennis shoes. Athletic shoes are meant to get dirty. I have no problem with dirty, well-worn shoes. But there’s nothing crazier-looking than seeing someone wearing a nylon jogging suit and sporting ultra-white tennis shoes. But I admit I’m in the minority. Love: -Turtle neck sweaters layered under a button-down or a jacket. -Button-down shirts layered under a darker pull-over sweater -Simple brown, gray, or black oxfords–preferably suede or canvas. Low heel but not flat. Thin to moderate sole. Rounded toe, not pointy or squared. Nothing metalic or shiny. -Long bohemian skirts, with long button-downs or sweaters. -Scarves and ascots -Peacoats and trenchcoats (sorry OP). They may look pretentious, but I don’t want to look like the Stay-Puff Marshmellow Man when I have to venture out into the cold. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/26 "2008-12-28T16:12:17Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > I like zoot suits! There’s a place out in California that sells all sorts of different styles and someday I’m gonna get me one. Or two. > […] > My absolute favorite style, however, is the turn-of-the-century sack suit. There’s a guy up in Canada who makes vintage-style clothing from the 18th to the 20th centuries and he’s gonna get a HUGE chunk of my money if I ever get that amount of disposable income. Detachable collars, spats, an’ either a derby or a homburg. The works. You ought to look around in [here](http://www.thefedoralounge.com). Sort of a Society for Clothing Anachronism (and no, they’re not ren festers). ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/27 "2008-12-28T16:25:56Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > Aw, that’s sweet. You’re forgiven. Whew, that was close ; ) > [@](#): > > \ Ouch. I know it’s the damn shoes compelling you but I’m old enough to pinch back now. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/28 "2008-12-28T16:51:24Z")
The current trend of empire-waisted shirts for women. Anyone who has boobs larger than, say, a b-cup ends up looking at least 6 months pregnant while wearing them. Also, the constant knit-fabrics. While not a specific style, I wish we’d move back to a little more structure in women’s clothing - please give me stuff that’s not knit fabric that clings. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/29 "2008-12-28T17:32:43Z")
> [@Ronald\_C.Semone](#): > > And the unshaved look on men. Me too. But I hate the tiny chin goatee even worse, that little blob of hair right under the lip. Who started that fad? ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/30 "2008-12-28T18:00:33Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Me too. But I hate the tiny chin goatee even worse, that little blob of hair right under the lip. Who started that fad? It is called a “Soul Patch.” I have no idea why, but I despise them. Not really a fashion style, than a fashion choice, women who wear 5" heels to Disney World or any other long trekking amusement park/zoo. A store opened up near me, $5 Fashions. I went in and evidently, that is where the hooker look is found in abundance. I really don’t like ill fitting clothing of any sort. Nor the dirty look. I do adore 1950’s era dresses, I’d live in them if I could. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/31 "2008-12-28T18:24:35Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Me too. But I hate the tiny chin goatee even worse, that little blob of hair right under the lip. Who started that fad? Jazz horn players. Helps cushion embouchures that may be overworked and/or the result of unorthodox technique. Earliest example I know of is Bix Beiderbecke, who wore one during the bout with pneumonia that eventually killed him in 1931. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/32 "2008-12-28T19:37:05Z")
Thanks! Good to know there was a reason for the things, but they sure do look silly. Especially on teenage boys. ---
**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/33 "2008-12-28T19:55:06Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > The current trend of empire-waisted shirts for women. > > Anyone who has boobs larger than, say, a b-cup ends up looking at least 6 months pregnant while wearing them. This regrettable trend could be avoided if more women chose the right size in order to ensure that the waist hits _under_ the boobs. I see too many women wearing these shirts so that the flowy part is dangling off the edge of the precipice, if you will. It’s not an effing trapeze top\*. \*These are an abomination. ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/34 "2008-12-28T20:07:01Z")
Hate: Baseball caps, unless you’re actually playing ball or otherwise trying to keep the sun out of your eyes. It especially drives me crazy when men don’t remove them indoors. Makes you look like an over-grown man-child whose mama neglected to teach him manners. On the other hand, more men should wear fedoras. Bow ties. For two years, I was the research assistant for an evil little professor who always wore bow ties. Now they fill me with stabby rage. Even if it weren’t for the negative association, it’s hard to wear one and not look like a twerp. ---
**Author:** ![Fiona\_Greenlee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e68b1a/32.png) [@Fiona\_Greenlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiona_Greenlee)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/35 "2008-12-28T20:17:27Z")
Loves: Hoodies - I even own three sweater hoodies. Boot cut pants - they make you look leggy and tall Doc Martens - comfortable and long lasting shoes/boots Long sleeved jersey shirts that layer under sweaters/hoodies Hates: Clothes that do not fit properly, both too small and too big. Crocs - they are the ugliest shoes I have ever seen and I remember Dr Scholl’s sandals. Birkenstocks - a second runner up to Crocs, with a stronger cult following. Unless they are brand new, they always look like they smell bad. Narrow legged jeans - jeans should hug the ass/thighs, not cut off the circulation to your feet. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/36 "2008-12-28T21:16:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Birkenstocks - a second runner up to Crocs, with a stronger cult following. Unless they are brand new, they always look like they smell bad. You can have my Birkies when you pry them off my cold, dead feet. I don’t wear them for looks…I wear them because 1) they feel great 2) I can walk further in them and 3) my podiatrist approves of them. Now I do rotate them, I have a newer pair that I wear to go out, and an older pair that I only wear in the house. I’m diabetic, and have some neuropathy in my feet, so I get my podiatrist’s approval of my footwear. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/37 "2008-12-28T21:30:41Z")
I love, love, love: - wide-leg trousers on women (long-legged ones, anyway - so elegant!) - pencil skirts - smart coats on anyone - v-neck jumpers on men I hate: - baseball caps - in fact, any kind of sportswear worn when not doing spor - knee-length socks on any female over 12. Oh grow up. - the wrong accesories. I know some people think they don’t matter. Those people are wrong. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/38 "2008-12-28T22:07:00Z")
Hate down vest pubic pants visible thongs or bra straps distressed or acid washed denim giant sports clothing baseball caps (peak front, side or backwards) piping Love tall boots long foaty skirts boat necks hooded sweater coats sundresses Levi 501 batik ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/39 "2008-12-28T23:15:51Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > I like zoot suits! There’s a place out in California that sells all sorts of different styles and someday I’m gonna get me one. Or two. Might be [Andrew’s Formal](http://andrewsformal.com/cart/index.php), aka Salinas Zoot Suits ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/40 "2008-12-29T00:18:05Z")
Love: white shirts or blouses. I have dozens. Cotton, linen, silk, lace, long/short sleeve, sleeveless. Dress 'em up, dress 'em down, wear as a light jacket over a tank top. - I love my long leather trenchcoat. I am a dumpy 5’2", no beauty, and on the down side of 50, and probably look like a beanbag with a rope tied around it, but in my long leather trenchcoat - I. Am. Stylin’!!! I remember the burgundy-chestnut color coats back in the '70s that were popular with women and men. My first love AND Roger Daltrey of the Who (I met him backstage) both had the same long leather coat. A hoodie and sagging pants just don’t cut it with me. - I love my cashmere sweaters that I find at the thrift stores. I have about a dozen, and no, they are not full of moth holes (well, the ones that do, I just wear around the house) - I love classic fabrics like tweed - I adore herringbone. I like red Stewart tartan plaid. I like plaid shirts on men (but prefer dark and subtle - not purple, red and yellow!) - I love to see a slim girl all in winter white (in, duh, winter) or a white linen suit in summer. White looks very “cocktails in front of the fireplace” or “meet me at the country club” . - Don’t tell anyone, but I love the ‘Goth’ look (yes, I know it’s called something else now and is probably out of style). I’m envious. If I were 16 again, I’d shop at Hot Topic all the time! I don’t like: short sleeved “dress shirts” on men. They look dorky and low-class. If you men work in an air conditioned office, wear a regular shirt and roll the damn sleeves up over your forearms! - I hate big white sneakers. Every suburban mom has huge white canoes sticking out of her pant legs. I wear a cheapy pair I got for $13 from K-Mart that have grayed down. They suit me fine. I can’t tell a Nike from a Reebok. - Ripped jeans on anyone over age 18. Teeny camisoles and tank tops on anyone over age 30. Big, styrofoam pushup bras under same on young girls, the better to show off the goods. No daughter of mine ever left the house with her boobs sticking out, cz initial pendant dangling between them, and her ass crack showing because her pants were too low. - Is the big, ugly, expensive, bling-y pocketbook fad over? It should be. - And related, is bling itself over with? One of our well-paid sports heroes here got himself robbed of several thousand dollars of platinum and diamond jewelry hanging around his sweaty neck. I laughed my ass off. I’d imagine this fad may have run its course, getting too dangerous. - Whatever the style, cut, color, or material of pants - nothing infuriates me more than pants that are too damned short! (Too long on young people, I can understand somewhat. They don’t know how to do a hem/don’t have money for a tailor/don’t have mothers who can fix them). But too short - please see short sleeve dress shirts above. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856.md?page=3)