Worst trends ever II
 

What are the worst trends? Preferably recent ones.

*Red lipstick and nail polish
*Wearing GOLD/PLATNIUM and fake "ice", we all know it's cubic z.!
*Inappropiate wear for school
*Dressing up for school: wearing 4 inch heels, heavy make up, etc.
*Appearing that you're going to hop on a surf-board in a second. :rolleyes: *EDITED* ...unless you're somewhere like Hawaii, California, Florida, etc. where it's warm and have an ocean.
*Thug wear
*Cowboy boots, it's cool in Texas...NOT here.
*Yeah it was cool in middle school to take your walkman/discman and blast the music, but you're in college now, put it away!
*Those new jeans w/ the dirty look.
*LONG Manicured toes...well, showing your toes period
*White guys w/ shaved heads-it makes me paranoid, lol
*Black guys w/ straight hair
*Tube tops
*Those corny skanky tops from AE and A+F saying things like "pet my pussy(cat)" or "So many boys, so little time"
*dark brown lipliner with the clear
gloss inside
*Those mini-skirts that are about 5 inches long-often found at AE and A+F too

Girls wearing ties.

Gotta disagree... red lipstick and nail polish is not a trend, it's a classic. Not everyone can pull it off though. AND I like any man with a shaved head :)

I have to say that I hate big belts. Belts that don't fit through belt loops... what sense does that make? I suppose a few of them were cute initially but now that they've spread to Target and Wal-Mart, they are everywhere and they look kinda stupid.

those belts that are all glitter... not only are they really nasty now but they shed glitter everywhere... I bought one wore it once and all the glitter drove me crazy so I gave it to a friend... those things still bother me...

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Excuse me, I take offense to that.

While it may not be trendy or cool wherever you're at, you have to keep in mind that it's what's comfortable in other places. :rolleyes:

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Yeah it is cool and trendy in Hawaii, where there's REAL surfing and warm weather...but not in the midwest when it's 40 degrees. :rolleyes:

I think it's kind of lame to dress for a sport that it's obvious you're not about to do ... like wearing the surf thing in Minnesota. Or to wear a trendy jogging suit with platform shoes. Or (we see it out here) wearing your complete hiking outfit with fleece and hiking boots when the most strenuous thing you'll do all day is get up and go to the water cooler.

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NO ISHT. If you read my first post, that's what I was trying to say. :rolleyes:

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Uh yeah...I was agreeing w/ you. :rolleyes:

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The rolling eyes threw me off. :rolleyes:

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Ugh, I HATE those! If you're wearing new jeans that look like you just walked off a dirt farm or look as though you've worn out the ass of your pants, GET A NEW PAIR!!! :mad:

At my high school (a performing arts magnet school with NO majority), the stuck up rich kids (regardless of race) ALWAYS used the word "ghetto" when describing something. They never even had a definition when I asked about their connotation for the word.

Example:

"Look at the fonts from this school newspaper from ten years ago. They're all different; they look so GHETTO"

"I feel so GHETTO today"

"OMG! Your bracelet doesn't match your rings! And how can you wear those shoes with that top? You look so GHETTO today."


In addition:

*POGS - Especially when parents would only let their kids play for fun and not for keeps

*Dance Dance Revolution - So, at your prom, are you gonna lay out a mat to do all that shit? My cousin was on a DDR TEAM that competed in a LEAGUE that did CHOREOGRAHPED ROUTINES and went to COMPETITIONS all over California!

*Remember in the early 90s when the Orlando Magic had Shaq and Penny and SO MANY people were wearing Magic gear? Remember when SO MANY people wore Bulls Gear only for people to be ashamed to be Culls fans anymore? I can't stand sports trendsetters. Pick a team and stick with it!

*Henna Tatoos

*Razor Scooters

*Those big backpacks with the HUGE clocks on the back from the 80s

*Did anyone ever have a "Wiz Personal Locker" backpack? It was this huge rectagular back pack that you could store everything in like a locker and it was a b*tch to carry.

*Kids pulling their back packs on luggage carts

thank you !!!! i think they look like elf shoes.

Hey I had those when I was a kid with my blinking LA Gear shoes. I was the pimp daddy.

ALF?!?!!?


where!

I like pointy-toe shoes, but not for everyday. Those suckers hurt my feet.:p

The whole peasant-rich bohemian look is an irksome trend.
Exposed midriffs.

I agree. I shook my head once when I overheard two girls saying that christmas lights on palms trees are "extremely ghetto". :eek:

Or worse, once I wore a cute knitted hanky on my head and someone shouted "T, you're straight thuggin'!" :mad::rolleyes::eek: Helloooooo that is NOT a DO-RAG!

Not fashion related, but still a trend
 

"REALITY" TV -- hated it; still watch it though :confused: :confused: :confused:

Glitter and animal prints must go!!!

NO!!!!! :mad::D I love my leopard!

These are okay, they are just WAY overdone.

OK, maybe this was a KY thing, but during my freshman year of college practically EVERY girl had a short haircut, but they would stick the top of it in this teeny weeny ponytail. *So many* people did that, and I never could understand why!

Oh, and the skunk look--you know, the dark hair with chunky blonde highlights...or worse yet, there's a girl at my school who has the top half of her hair blonde and the underneath half practically black!

Oh, everytime I went to the "rural" part of San Diego (El Cajon, Santee, Lakeside), EVERYONE would always say "The Walmart", not just "Walmart".

"I'm going to the Walmart for some shoes"

"Where are you going?" "To the Walmart"

hey my hair was the half and half (its called two toned) but mine was burgandy and black.... but it was cool.


clothes with the British flag, England does not where our flag let alone their own....

The visible lipliner thing
That skanky ass frosty blue eyeshadow.
Any skanky clothes for anyone under 16.
Women in non-feminized menswear
At my high school there was a fad of wearing Birks w/ sweats
That really unnaturally dark red that was cool about 8 years ago
Big bangs
Heroin chic

legwarmers
20 years isn't that long ago. ;)

Bare midriffs
multiple piercings
blue eyeshadow
pink lipstick
socks with sandals

Oh yes, they do...or they did, about 2 years ago. I was in Britain in the summer of 2001, and clothing with our flag was EVERYWHERE. I couldn't believe it. Everyone wanted clothes with the American flag. I found this really cute backless top at Internacionale that was made out of this chain-mail sort of stuff (only you couldn't see through it) but I just couldn't let myself buy it because it had the Stars and Stripes across the front and that went out over here, oh, when I was in junior high.

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Hey now, there's nothing wrong with showing your toes if you're a girl and your toes are cute! :)

I see some very interesting "fashion" statements at work. It's hard to believe, but people ARE still wearing acid washed jeans. And I see many exquisite mullets every week.

Hey, I have muliple piercings, and I like them (but they're not ridiculous) I also have pink lipstick, but not that bright pink that goes along with the feathered bangs and dark roots of the 80's.

Gotta disagree with you on this one! I don't freestyle, and my perfect attack isn't great, but its a fun evening with friends. Plus, when I play a lot, it keeps me in shape.

Of course, the scene in Cali is wild compared to what we've got down here. We're lucky to have a mall with a machine, much less all those crazy arcades ya'll have.

jeans that are sold with holes already in them. I'm sorry abercrombie but you will not catch me paying that much money for jeans that have holes all over them.

i'm not a big fan of the pointy toe shoes either.

Feel welcome to disagree with me, and if any of this offends anyone sorry; but these are my personal opinions. Likely something I do would give you the vapors.

* People with nasty, crusty, cheddar log feet and toes in flip flops, IN THE WINTER.

* Obnoxious cell phone ring tones, and lights. It is not needed to make the phone operate. Also people who walk around talking on their cellphones having inane conversations; they don't look cool they look stupid and self absorbed.

* Blaring the bass of one's car so loud it makes the inside of my house shake. All the ridiculous lights and nonsense on vehicles. Lowering a Ford Escort and putting tiny wide wheels on it is NOT going to get you laid buddy, and neither are the blue chasing lights and the neon underneath. Furthermore cruising the strip in Anchorage is one of the most pathetic acts one can do.

* Having any sort of undergarments show out the back of one's pants. Men and women for that matter. I don't want to see boxers, thongs, g-strings OR granny panties. This goes double for people under the age of 18. I saw some chick's ass crack at the admit the other day, YUCK.

* Abercrombie and Fitch and all of the similar retailers. The clothes are low quality, they aren't that great, AND people pay an obscene amount of money to advertise for them. Sheep.

* People wearing pyjama pants everywhere. Almost allowable when going to class before noon, but never okay for going to the movies, riding on an airplane, or to jury duty. Take 30 seconds and at least put on some jeans.

* Saying things are ghetto...when one is from a wealthy mostly white suburb and the most "ghetto" they have experienced is listening to Tupac or seeing the projects from the freeway in mommy's SUV on the way to soccer.

* Scooters in general, and worse...motorized scooters. Lazy and dorky.

* Stupid cyber and "leet" speak. U r not kewl. Proper english is not an elitist language...use it.

I feel better now...

First, Giltter and Animal Prints are cool... :) heh

What I hate:

-The sudden fake outburst of American pride with people putting the flag everywhere, yet pre 9-11 they didnt even know what the flag looked like.

-The bohemian look. Why? Yea Ive worn this crap for years cos my parents were hippies... so?

-People who take the thrift store look to the extreme... OR those who buy it at A&F.

-Girls who must look PUT TOGETHER 24hrs a day 7 days a week. We have one sorority on campus who their members could be dying of SARS but they would STILL get all made up to go to the health center (Clarionites know who I mean)

-SKANKY TEENAGERS

-SKANKY TEENAGERS

-SKANKY TEENAGERS!!!

-People who get a LJ cos they think its cool and then dont use it.

-PEOPLE WHO JOIN A SORORITY AND ONLY WEAR LETTERS AND OTHERWISE ARE LAZY AND DO NOTHING!!!!

-A&F

-Stores that sell skanky clothes

-Trendy People

-CLICKY SHOES. Boots are not supposed to click.

-People who are afraid of getting their shoes dirty. Theyre shoes. Get over it.

My least fav trend:
People who bash GLOs and know nothing about them

I am posting to the person who started this thread..i don't consider walkmen and discmen a fad because a lot of us have a long walk to class and it gets boring you know 730 in the morning with a twenty minute walk.

The trends that i hated were:

smiley face clothes-they did it in my town when I was in middle school

black jeans (not black dress pants) because they would get faded and just look ugly

I really don't dig on those bowling shoes people are wearing now either ( so sorry if you like em)

GUILTY!!
 

AngelPhiSig, It seems like you hate trends period, not just picking out the ones you dislike.

I just want to get out of my chair and scream I Love ABERCROMBIE!
... but i may be shot... cause this is so ghetto.

Not to be totally rude but... I get so annoyed when people make comments about certain store, particularly A&F and how people who shop there are mindless zombies with dady's credit card. If I were to go out and bash people who shop at thrift stores, I'd immediately be attacked for discrimination and being judgemental. hello?? I shop at both stores.

I'm not embarassed at all to say I like a good many of the 'horrid' trends listed. and if you look back, gorgeous and confident women can look amazing in any of the rediculous trends over the years... yes, even ugly 80's clothes. the people who are going to look bad 20 years from now already look bad today. If you know how to put yourself together, in most cases the look will be timeless.

That said, I would like to mention that I consider myself to be unique in my style, and not because i refuse to shop at major chain stores, but because if the way i put my outfits together in ways that are unexpected yet appealing. Ive been complimented often on my sense of style, and i do take pride in it.

The metal slinky-type belts. Ladies, many of us over-30s made this fashion mistake once in our youth. Please learn from us and don't do it again.

Overly cutesy sweatshirts (the cartoon kitties, things like that) worn in public. Especially on (ahem) zaftig women. Please, please, have some dignity. Shop in the men's section if you must.

Burberry matching plaid bag and shoes. I used to love that pattern, but it is sooooooo played around here.

***edited to add in response to Meliss's post, I always get amused when people condemn "ugly 80's clothes" when what they are wearing is a redo of...ugly 70's clothes. :rolleyes: FYI, most people did not go to school/work looking like Cyndi Lauper...the prevalent 80's style was more preppie than anything else.

That's why I don't own a pair of pointy-toe shoes - they look like they would jack a sistah's foot up real quick.:eek: :p

dont know if anyone touched on this but

PRE TORN UP JEANS AND HATS ARE LAME AS HELL! BUY REGULAR JEANS OR HATS FOR $10 LESS AND DO IT YOURSELF!

sorry