# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/61 "2008-12-30T07:24:40Z")
> [@Influential\_Panda](#): > > [slightly off topic] > > The fattening of America has come full circle. They thought they could keep upping the sizes every year and I’d just quit buying clothes, but we as a society have gotten so fat I can now shop in the Boy’s department. MWAHAHAHAHAHA > [/sot] I am a 24 year old female and I shop in the boys department all the freaking time. Among the plusses: [ul] [li]The prices are low[/li][li]The clothes come in nice shades of blue, green, red etc[/li][li]None of the clothes are pink[/li][li]None of the clothes have frills or lace[/li][li]None of the clothes have ‘sassy’ little sexual comments/announcements on them[/li][li]Some of the shirts have robots on them! ROBOTS![/li][/ul] It helps that I am short, so I can get the mediumish boy stuff to fit me easily. Before discovering the joys of boy’s department shopping, I found that most of the stuff available to me was pink or sported some other nauseating feature as well as being too large. Within the last year Every. Single. One. of my local department stores have stopped stocking women’s pants that are small enough to fit me. I am not abnormally skinny - in fact I would not describe myself as skinny at all. This angers me greatly. On top of this, the sizing system appears to have been corrupted for the purposes of Evil. I should add, in the spirit of the thread: +1 to empire-waisted clothing haters list and in case you cannot yet tell - I dislike much of modern women’s fashion ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/62 "2008-12-30T14:08:41Z")
> [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](#): > > [ul] > [li]Some of the shirts have robots on them! ROBOTS![/li][/ul] How _you_ doin’? ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/63 "2008-12-30T14:15:50Z")
There’s another style lately that I think looks strange, and that’s shirts that are longer than your jacket. It looks messy to me and I keep wanting to tell people to tuck in their shirts or wear a longer jacket. I know it’s in style but I can’t see myself going out that way. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/64 "2008-12-30T14:25:57Z")
I hate summer clothing in general. I feel like a little girl when I wear shorts, tank tops, cami’s, etc. Sundresses can be nice, but everything else just looks and feels so unsophisticated. I love the transition into fall when I can start wearing long pants, jackets and boots. ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/65 "2008-12-30T14:53:45Z")
I just remembered walking shorts for the office. Do they look good on anyone? The first time I saw pinstriped shorts I was completely baffled. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/66 "2009-01-04T15:01:03Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > Does that mean it’s OK to wear a fedora if it’s cold and if, as in my case, one is bald, or do I have to wear a ball cap or a woolly cap? Does a fedora really keep your head warm? If so, and you are wearing it only when other (i.e., not weird :)) people are wearing normal winter hats, then fine. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/67 "2009-01-04T17:49:12Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Does a fedora really keep your head warm? If so, and you are wearing it only when other (i.e., not weird :)) people are wearing normal winter hats, then fine. Almost any hat keeps your head warm. A fedora most definitely would, as it is commonly made of wool or a heavy felt. ---
**Author:** ![Unsquare\_Dance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b3f665/32.png) [@Unsquare\_Dance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unsquare_Dance)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/68 "2009-01-04T18:52:23Z")
I wear jeans and t-shirts. I like long-sleeve t-shirts the best, even when it’s hot. I have a gigantic collection of ThinkGeek, Penny Arcade, and GameStop reserve bonus shirts. It comprises my entire wardrobe. My work clothes are plain tank tops with cardigans over the top and plain khaki pants. No cargo pockets. I layer long-sleeve shirts under short-sleeve shirts. I am the ultimate queen of geek hoodies. Most of what I own is black. My jeans… I’m picky about jeans. I need them baggy, but not Fiddy Cent baggy. I can’t wear anything low-rise or even mid-rise. Mid-rise is low-rise on me because I’m insanely high-waisted. I really like the Gap boy-cut jeans. I hate jeans that are so tight, it looks like they are trying to crawl inside my butt. All in all, my fashion sense is horrible. 😛 I wear men’s khaki pants. I can’t stand the way we cut women’s trousers. I don’t need people seeing my buttcrack when I bend over or sit down. I also don’t need anything to hug my hips and thighs. They stand out well enough without help. I love fashion, but I love it on other people. I love modeling, fashion photography, and design, but I just hate putting it on my body. ---
**Author:** ![LilGypsyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilGypsyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilGypsyGirl)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/69 "2009-01-04T23:47:41Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > 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 Bolding mine. Um…whuh?? Also, put me on the list of baseball caps with the flat bill - HATE!! Make it worse and wear the hood of your gigantically oversized hoodie sweatshirt over it. Assjack. ---
**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/70 "2009-01-05T00:08:18Z")
I’m glad I’m not the only one who had no idea about the ‘pubic pants’. Um, low-rise jeans?? I have no fashion sense, especially since I’m 5’9" and overweight, and an hour-glass figure since I was 13. Button-down shirts and pencil skirts? I wish. I do love jeans, thick socks and T-shirts, hoodies, and good, supportive hiking boots or running shoes. I love long, swirly skirts…I think since I spent so much time in my youth dressed in Civil War attire, I’m much more comfortable in long skirts and fitted shirts. I hate seeing girls dressed so slutty – say no to butt cracks! And boys who have to hold on to their crotches to keep their pants up. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@Big\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/71 "2009-01-05T10:39:20Z")
> [@Karyn](#): > > If someone wants to wear tiedyes they shouldn’t be those cheap imitation ones - find a real deadhead who makes them or don’t wear them at all. You are my hero. ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856/72 "2009-01-05T13:55:42Z")
> [@Big\_Blue](#): > > You are my hero. Something tells me there’s a story here about gifts of imitation tiedyes made with cheap dye… I’m spoiled. One of my oldest friends is still one of the best dyers around and he rents a cabin on our property now. He mostly does wholesale bolts of silks and velvets now but his shirts and other clothes are perfect, without a single white spot or colors bleeding where they shouldn’t. I rarely wear tiedyed shirts in public anymore but I wear the silk and velvet scarves all the time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-clothing-styles-do-you-just-love-hate/478856.md?page=3)