So you look back at your parents’ photos and giggle with the ridiculous fashion sense they had. But with the new snap-happy culture we live in, what fashions are we not going to be able to escape from? Here’s the top ten list of your biggest regrets:
1. Crocs - Who thought it would be a good idea to wear plastic clogs?! Sure, they’re comfy, and yes- they’re waterproof, but it’s not a necessity to pick function over fashion. They are in bright hideous colours that really don’t go with anything. There should be an amnesty for this inhumane and tortured use of fashion.
2. “Body warmers” - You’re wearing a puffa jacket waistcoat! You look like half a Michelin Man! And most notably they’re often from Jack Wills or Superdry, often teamed up with pyjama-like bottoms and flip flops. I don’t understand this look, a definite fashion disaster of the decade.
3. Rave/Neon - From the reign of the Klaxons and Justice came the luminous clashes of clothes. Back comb your hair, mix it with a cassette round your neck, and some luminous skinnies and a clashing top, you’ve got the look. Why did we decide that looking a complete mess was a good idea? God. I cringe.
4. Shutter Shades - Isn’t it cool to only be able to half see because Kanye West did it first?
5. Velour tracksuits - Matching top and bottoms in pastel pink that cling to every lump and bump in the body. The horror of feeling these tracksuits in the wrong direction would make my teeth itch. It’s also bizarre because most people wearing these wouldn’t go near physical exercise if it hit them in the face! It’s just a horror that some still feel the need to wear these.
6. Rah rah skirts - Do you remember those?! The skirts that had layers of material all around it, that stuck out. Absolutely awful for the figure, and was normally teamed with a Lycra tight type top that did nothing for the imagination.
7. Jeggings - An amalgamation of jeans and leggings has hit the nation by storm in the last season. They are basically leggings that have the stitching of jeans with pockets and rivets, and it has to be said - I am not a fan. These tight-fitting bottoms are horrendous for anyone that doesn’t have a Kate Moss figure. If you’re fashioning these this Christmas, go easy on the Mince Pies.
8. Slogan T-shirts - Mostly worn by boys with stupid slogans like “If found return to the pub.” BOYS! Your t-shirt may be marginally witty (if at that), but this doesn’t mean that you are. Go get some bloody style by switching in your very boring t-shirts, with guys all over the nation wearing the same ‘joke’, for some real personality.
9. Ugg Boots - Let’s wear really expensive snow boots when it’s not snowy? Yeah, I can see the logic.
10. Oversized Handbags - Spending a small fortune on the biggest handbag you can set your beady little eyes on. Within these are the essentials that fill about 10%, with the remainder 90% filled with air. A lot like the minds of the people that wear it.
So how many do you have? Cringing from any of the previous fads you had? I know my New Years Resolution will be to be a little bit more street wise with my fashion. But I can’t wait to see what the Noughteens (will this term hit off?) will bring us in the fashion world.
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