The Big Question
Manolo says, our Miss Plumcake asks the Big Question, what fashion trend fills you with inexplicable rage?
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March 5th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Hip-huggers and short tops.
March 6th, 2008 at 12:49 am
Blousy peasant tops appropriate for only 10-12 yr. olds. Bubble skirts. Skinny Jeans. Bare white-blue legs in winter on women fearul of offending the fashionistas with the horror of tights or hose. Shiny gold lame accents. Navy nails. High-heeled strappy sandals below 50 degrees. The concept that everyone who can fit a size four or six. wants to wear teenage styles. Gladiator sandals never did anyone any favors. The inexplicably long-lived brown&pink color scheme. This flatters no one but the very young in their cradles.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:05 am
Summer sandals with socks on men wearing shorts.
March 6th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Camel-toe inducing pants. Sweaters with frou-frou that have been Bedazzled to death (Coldwater Creek stuff). Uggs.
March 6th, 2008 at 10:19 am
YELLOW.
March 6th, 2008 at 10:31 am
The silly boys who “sag” thier pants, that is wear thier belts around thier knees with the rest of the pants so low it defeats the original purpose of pants. Also these same boys wear boxers under thier swimming trunks so they can “sag” those too.-Ayyyyy.
March 6th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Ugg boots, mini skirts and sweaters in the winter.
If you’re trying to keep warm in the winter– you’re obviously going about it the wrong way what with wearing a mini skirt with boots!
March 6th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Crocs. Uggs. Peg leg jeans. And WHAT #%$&@* came up with this new way of sizing jeans? 25,26,27 ad nauseum. What happened to plain old 2,4,6,8 who do we appreciate? And why are the zippers only 2 inches long? Why do I have to look at 15 year olds with muffin tops, not to mention the dolls my age with same? Mini skirts, please. Send them away. And ballet flats, please make them go away. Now.
March 6th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Whale tails.
March 6th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Capris or any other leg attire that is neither pants nor shorts. Skinny jeans. Ballet flats, esp. those sneaker-style ones. GAK!
March 7th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
I must disagree with some of the other commenters–skinny jeans, ballet flats, capris, miniskirts are not going out of style anytime soon (in particular, men seem to really like minis and skinny jeans on women a lot).
The only “trend” that I will say fills me with rage is the Ugg boot. I often find them being worn by stupid people in stupid places (like in 90 degree weather or in a monsoon-like rain).
Also, Nancy, the 25,26,27 method of sizing jeans is not new at all. In fact, that should be the ONLY way pants should be sized, because it is based on your waist measurement (I have a 26″ inch waist, therefore I wear a size 26 pant).
I really hate the vague 0,2,4,6,8 sizing system because it’s not standardized and it leads to inconsistent sizing (makes for some very frustrating shopping). It also leaves the sizing system open to vanity sizing abuse, which is why a size 8 from 40 years ago is now a size 0 (maybe even 00) today.
So I guess you could also say vanity sizing fills me with rage :(
March 7th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Anything “cutesie” that belongs ONLY on a 10 year old that has a LARGE (40 or older) woman STUFFED into it! ie; stretch pants, capris with high heels in the dead of winter with a tank top, short tight skirts on someone with a “shelf butt” (you know what I mean).
March 9th, 2008 at 8:38 am
The most hateful is capri pants — they look horrible on everyone (especially baggy ones). Following close is ballet flats. And thank goodness mules are out — hated them too. Baby doll tops and dresses; basically anything that looks like a muu-muu. Easter outfits because wearing all pastel colors is gross, any time of the year.
March 16th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Uggs. The name says it all.
The babydoll/bubble dress can die a quiet death at any point.
(Frankly, I thought it already had, but it seems to have risen again, like Jason in Friday 13.
Perhaps a stake, like the ones they use to kill the vampires with, would be in order.)