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Ugly Fashion Trends
11-Feb-23
There are some clothing fashions around that I find really ugly, and I always find myself wondering who on earth would buy them. It's not only the style, but the colours are mostly dull and uninspiring as well. At the end of each season, I have a bit of a laugh because I often see these ugly clothes in the clearance bin. Are there any fashions, if any, that make you cringe?
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  • Sorry if this offends..but i find the shaved one side of head hairstyle a bit unpleasant- only because i have spent so much time in a head injury centre and hosp. for brain injuries and that shaved bit is too close to home!
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    • to think some poor little animal died to make that jacket, seriously I think you could go to an op shop and spend 20 or 30 dollars and look better
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      • what do you call a cardigan blowing in the wind? a cardi gone rather poor i know
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        • I like fashion but I would not follow the trend as I find they are becoming more nuts in style.
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          • no, i like what i like, it has nothing to do with what is "in",, as far as everyone else, they can wear what they want, i have enough serious shistuff to think about, i'm not a fashion cop ;-))
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            • I try to stick with classics and even retro. I can’t afford to replace my wardrobe at a fashion whim. Classic doesn’t go out of style.
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              • And the clothing above is not what I would consider nice or even attractive by any means.
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                • I don't really pay attention to the "fashion style" that goes around every season. That said, I do like the unique, off the wall type of style. It has to feel like me or I won't want it. I feel like if my actual style had a name it would probably be called an outrageous name. My favorite styles are boho and romantic, but i love bold prints and/or colors. I like something that pops. But not like a pizza dress. That's where I start to cringe.
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                  • Ugly as.
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                    • they think they are beautiful, just love them
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                      • UGH! I stick to basics
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                        • Not my style.
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                          • Yes and they are usually by well known designers, weird way out there that I am not sure who would buy them.
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                            • Not hurting anyone with their fashion choices, bar landfill if what you say is correct. Where what you like, I do
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                              • And don’t you feel sorry for all those people who can only afford jeans with huge holes ripped in them ……..
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                                • Alot of what you see on the runway isn't even practical for everyday, some of the clothes you couldn't sit down in or do your work comfortably. I know everyone has different tastes but for me I have to be able to move freely and not be restricted in what I can do, being able to go to the toilet without undressing is good too.
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                                  • It is alright but not for me
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                                    • I don't like this kind of fashion trend
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                                      • I hate those holey jeans and cardigans without any way to do them up
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                                        • Lol …I remember getting heaps for stove pipes and winkle pickers. We are all strange, ugly, weird, horrible to someone, don’t like, don’t look
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                                          • I find everyone strange and weird, but I don't equate that to ugly and/or horrible. I love what makes people odd or unique. Maybe it's because I have always felt different and weird, but I prefer to embrace the weird in most people!
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                                        • Gotta be the male G-string .Like why..?! And if it appears in leopard print . ...bye bye .no really see yourself out like now ! No, no I'll call u ...
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                                          • I guess I'm not "in" fashion and never have been. I like to feel comfortable in my clothes and notice all the silly styles of my youth are now returning. Hopefully not for long!
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                                            • Everything worn in Wal-Mart at midnite!
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                                              • They don't really wear clothes now do they, just underwear...
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                                                • Its up to individuals to wear what they enjoy. I dont like passing comment on fashions because everyone has a different idea of the fashion they like and feel comfy wearing.
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                                                  • Well there is so...becs if you dress like a tramp then you should be treated as one. Image does matter!
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                                                • I don't think I've ever been able to understand "fashion." It has always seemed that the uglier the clothes, the "higher" fashion it becomes. Where in the world would you wear such stuff? And the proposed price of the stuff is designed for people who have enough money to air condition their own little corner of hell. They just want to urge the weak minded among us to salivate and dream of owning one these gaudy trappings for themselves. Fear not! There are web sites that sell used examples )Poshmarks?) of these thing so even the not so poor can have designer fashions of their very own.
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                                                  • It always takes me a while to get on board. Just when a new fashion is coming into vogue I start wearing the previous hip fashion. I agree that there is not too much to like at the moment.
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                                                    • Who really wants to wear clothes anyway .Just putting it out their
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                                                      • Most fashion at the moment is ugly. Thats why everyone's wearing active wear all the time.
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                                                        • Women who wear gym gear to the supermarket, when it's blatantly obvious they haven't seen the inside of a gym in years. Sad.
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                                                          • I fully agree colors are the worst and half of what they pair up doesnt even match!!!
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                                                            • Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I just do not behold some of it
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                                                              • Every generation seems to have their own fashion phases! In these times it appears that you can dress however you like; bright, dull, crazy, bazaar, ugly, pretty and it’s acceptable, cause everyone has the right to be themselves, following fashion trends it not…
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                                                                • Seeing ill fitting clothes on people is about my Fashion Trends limitations.
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                                                                  • I think ugly fashion comes from students that just do not make the grade in the fashion industry so the clothes they produce are still put out there to show just what good fashion is and these ugly things are not it!
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                                                                    • All I can say, everyone has they're own taste, opinion and I cannot/will not judge others by what they choose to wear, and fashion is meant to look fun and fashionable, casual or formal. It's clothing. Thank you for today's interesting topic.
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                                                                      • seen some very ugly fashions... you wouldhave to be ill to consider wearing them.
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                                                                        • Plus ever notice how expensive fashion is becoming. Even the ugly fashion on sale is over priced and hideous. Trends are trends they will come and go. I never get caught up in any of it.
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                                                                          • Some very ugly fashions going around and some cute fashions, to each his own!
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                                                                            • I thought I was seeing things....just joking...this is very....um....interesting.
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                                                                              • All of them at the REIQ Fashion Awards I was basically asked to sign the Official Secrets Act before going into the dress making areas so I would not tell the competition what this crowd was doing. I used to laugh at them as to me all that they where doing was sewing 2 or more bits of cloth together to make a garment for an outlandish price that was as useful as Teats on a Bull for 99.999999999999999999999% of the time most where so pointless that you would be committed for wearing any one of them.
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                                                                                • Trends and Fashions are ways to try and sell clothes to people who don't need them....expensive landfill....
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                                                                                  • Everything oversized. Skinny young girl at size XL lol looks stupid
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                                                                                    • Just look at the picture for one and tattoos for another, I saw a cartoon the other day with two elderly guys trying to guess what each others tattoos were. the younger generation will be the same.
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                                                                                      • Madonna is about the trashiest woman on the planet. Shes still dressing like shes in her teens. Shes in her early 60s, and still exposing her flesh. I think people are just about over her trashy ways now. Act you age madonna!
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                                                                                        • oversize clothes
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                                                                                          • I agree who would buy them
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                                                                                              • I don't like long shorts. What is the purpose they must be just a shot. Like the look of some people going back to shorts as shorts
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                                                                                                • Duck lips and butt lifts on anyone and Lycra on men.
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                                                                                                  • Nothing I find ugly. To each it's own. Not everybody has the same taste in clothes. If they like it, then be proud and enjoy and flaunt it.
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                                                                                                    • Maybe I have reached the old lady stage of my life but the one fashion I cant stand is the "little girl" dress look. Seeing anyone over the age of 10 weaing these frilly just covering the bum dresses makes me cringe. Seeing oversized women trying to act as teenagers is ridiculous. Also most of the current fashions rely on oversized clothing so anyone can wear them without making them look as if they are wearing their older siblings clothes. Actually you can now go to the op shops and buy these clothes for less than their overpriced tags to wear to fancy dress parties or just for a laugh. Unfortunately in some cases there is still freedom of choice regarding how to dress so the fashion designers can make anything work for at least one season. The more material used the more expensive the item and the more outlandish the item looks the more eccentric people will buy it. Weird fashions will continue to reign as long as there are humans to buy them. Same as bright blue orange green yellow hair is now the fashion or black dark red lipgloss to add to the meat paperclip credit card toilet paper dresses . You just have to grin and bear the ongoing crazy world we live in and just be thankful that we aren't all the same liking the same things otherwise what a dull world it would be.
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                                                                                                      • Most of these way out fashions are only seen on the cat walk?? some fashions are so ridiculous but some people buy them.
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                                                                                                        • Jeans that are so torn up that they just need to be trashed! Dress pants for men that are short
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                                                                                                          • Seeing boys or mens underwear because they wear their jeans around their knees. Do they realize how tacky and silly they look? And they only do it because another guy or their friends do it. They are followers, not leaders. It's so easy to see this about their personality because walking around like you have a really saggy diaper isn't the look a caring and classy person who cares about their presentation, would do. Also, older and especially larger woman who wear skinny jeans in the name of "Im heavy and beautiful", is all wrong. Yes, you are probably heavy, or skinny, or normal weight and you are all beautiful. But dress your age and your real size, not what you can wrestle into. Clothes that fit a bigger petson look so much better than clothes too small. Women who are middle-aged dressing like twenty-somethings look like buffoons. Come on, put on an age appropriate look that fits your body, not the body you used to have or dream of having. Ladies, let's look the part. Daisy dukes, just because you're young and tight in the buttocks area aren't modest in any way. Cheap, cheap, cheap. DID SOMEONE HEAR A CHICK CHIRPING? Oh, and jeans that are torn and have holes in all the wrong places look like you can't even find some unholy pants at the second hand store. They just say "I'm a mess and dress like one too". These are my cringeworthy opinions. I went off topic of " fashion faux pas, but that's what I have to contribute. The off the wall Lady Gaga look never has made me look a second time.
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                                                                                                            • What you may think is ugly does not mean others think so, nothing wrong with being individual.
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                                                                                                              • They are discusting
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                                                                                                                • Does anyone remember the starched petticoats - they took up a bit of room on the train going to work but I loved them lol
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                                                                                                                  • Yes back in the 50's. My older sisters wore them but I never did. Back then there were not so many people in Australia so trains were not crowded. My style was the mini dress in the 60's. I was under 5 foot and weighed 6 stone.
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                                                                                                                • gross
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                                                                                                                  • I agree with you Joanne
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                                                                                                                • THEY LOOK LIKE OP SHOP CLOTHES.
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                                                                                                                  • i don,t follow fashions never have but the 50 60 was the best so the style was for me to i wear what i like to old to worry what people think
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                                                                                                                    • REMEMBER THE SHOULDER PADS FOR WOMEN
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                                                                                                                      • Oh, they had their place in history, but no more. I remember mine well in the 80"s along with big hair. Lol.
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                                                                                                                      • I think they are trying to make a come back.
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                                                                                                                      • GigiLinda C
                                                                                                                        At really high end fashion shows on the runways where they exhibit outfits real people just don't wear, I've seen shoulder pads and pointy like shoulder sleeves, but the really big, obvious shoulder pads from back in the day are over for me. Maybe a small, not noticable shoulder pad in an outfit or dress I might do, it just needs to be small and just enhance the shape, not make me look like a football player. Oh how fun it is to think back on though.
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                                                                                                                    • The colour is Okay i like it brown white grey and black are neutral colour.
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                                                                                                                      • I wear what I like and do not care what anyone thinks whether it is the latest fashion or not.I have my own individual style and I'm happy with that.I love clothing and I am a boho romantic at heart and this basically is my look and has been ever since I was in my late teens,I'm 53 now and not likely to ever change my style.
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                                                                                                                        • Men who wear suits, business shoes and NO socks. What's that about? Apart from having putrid feet at the end of the day.
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                                                                                                                          • Ha ha. You know it. Pew!!
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                                                                                                                          • And their feet can't help but get sweaty and sticky. Bet the wife or gf get high on those fumes when he gets home from work. Funky stuff out there. Funny you mentioned it bc I had forgotten I've seen it too.
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                                                                                                                        • I am sure that all generations have had this and every year it appears to change. However, I go for what suits me and know pretty well what colours to wear.
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                                                                                                                          • You said it all Lyn, same here :) and a cooweee to Mr L xx
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                                                                                                                          • Thanks Mopos and a very loud cooweee to Mr M. Haven't heard that expression for years. lol. xxx
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                                                                                                                          • MoposLyn 78550
                                                                                                                            You mean for yonks lol..........................
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                                                                                                                          • Good one as always. xx
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                                                                                                                        • Have to agree with you there, some of them are ridiculous and probably cost a fortune. But each to their own, if they a comfortable with what they wear then go for it.
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                                                                                                                          • Nothing stands out for me in the day to day fashion.
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                                                                                                                            • When young guys wear their jeans etc. so low they look like they will slip down to their ankles. It is horrible when you see their underpants
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                                                                                                                              • I guess the saying is true beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I would never wear any of those clothes but my wife does find some of them to astonishing and as I said before beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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                                                                                                                                • I agree fashion isn't used to be
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                                                                                                                                  • Wearing such fashion clothes makes them look special and no more. Just the look.
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                                                                                                                                    • Too old and sensible to worry about fashion trends. I buy what I like and suits me. I dress to please myself not others.
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                                                                                                                                      • Me too
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                                                                                                                                      • Exactly! Create your own style.
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                                                                                                                                    • I agree with Vicki, that clothing fashion designers are running out of new imaginative ideas for modern day wearing clothes on people. They are getting weird, strange designs that are unpractical and don't fit properly or in at all. Take the two styles in the photo above of the two men. I think they look terrible. They don't match or fit properly on the person. They look sort of trendy but really, who would want to walk around in clothes that don't fit you properly or look like the old fashioned dress of the 1920's etc. You need to think practical for easy casual clothing or something looks smart to wear to a wedding etc. They do look ugly and who really would buy that sort of eccentric unorthodox type of clothing. Next, we will wear skimpy thin clothes or something that resembles a silver space suit. What next? I don't like white as it shows up the dirt easy. I must admit the colours are a bit dull. Maybe dark colours are in fashion at present. My eye for fashion needs needs to come down to earth. I'm sure people would look at you and say what a unusual dress you are wearing. I wonder how hot or cold you feel from the material to how comfortable you feel in them on a hot or cold day. Are they only for show or will people actually wear this sort of thing down the street.
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                                                                                                                                      • I think the best fashion trends I see a lot is people who wear shorts or pants to small or tight and walk around with there stomach or ass crack sticking out.Or the ones who wear t shirts with offensive words make me ??????like they are trying to be seen
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                                                                                                                                        • as I dont watch the idiot box, or read the gossip rags, I miss all this rubbish and spend my time on more productive activities
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                                                                                                                                          • It is not only clothes, some of the hair styles are stupid. Shaving one side of your head looks ugly. That's only one
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                                                                                                                                            • Very true
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                                                                                                                                          • I laugh at the fashion trends on the catwalk. Ridiculous and unwearable. Worse thing is that if they aren’t any use I guess more rubbish on our planet. I wear what’s comfortable and I like. No fashion trends for me. Wasteful.
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                                                                                                                                            • The thing i hate the most, is the fashion the reveal the most of the body, little cloth that covers the top, and stringline cloth that cover the bottom. They might as well walk naked on the platform. They should call it Bare Body Fashion .{ BBF}
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                                                                                                                                              • *ALL* "fashion trends" in the fashion show sense are ugly, if not completely unwearable. Similarly with concept cars, which are almost always highly ugly and impractical.
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                                                                                                                                                • a lot, too many to mention here
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                                                                                                                                                  • really tight pants on men, stop doing this
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                                                                                                                                                    • Ripped jeans. Why anyone wants to pay a fortune for clothes that make them look like they get them from a dump bin is beyond me. Maybe they are just a tramp at heart
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                                                                                                                                                      • I actually love my ripped jeans lol
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                                                                                                                                                      • To each their own
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                                                                                                                                                    • I know nothing. I just wear clothes I have. nothing to do with trend. the whole system is set up by the clothing bussiness just so they can keep making even more money. Don't fall for it. it is bad for earth if you can understand
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                                                                                                                                                        • Well, at 75, with Section 8 Housing, Electric Assistance, EBT Food Card, help with the Internet, and drawing less than $800 a month Social Security, I get all of my clothes, socks, shoes and underwear from a place in town called The Garage of Blessings, where everything is Free! I also get soap, deodorant, shampoo and housewares there, and I have better clothes than if I bought them! People make donations, and homeless, low income or anyone who wants to come there get all items free of any charge. I love my clothes, and I don't care what others think!
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                                                                                                                                                          • What has happened to all those great Colours? Where are the Reds, Greens, Blues, Yellows, Purples, Oranges? Where have they all gone to? Menswear, in particular, is colourless, bland, boring Beige, Black, Navy, Cream, Grey and some of them look like they have been worn on a building site as they just look dirty. We used to think that it was Women who were choosing the so-called colours for Menswear as Womenswear was all bright, cheerful colours and then it all changed and now Women are also only being offered the same ghastly, boring colours men have had to put up with for so many decades. We queried this with one Men's Fashion producers and were told that the reason was that all those colours fade over time! So what? We will still wear them even if faded and then when they start to wear out, get holes in them - given the appalling quality being foist upon the public this is very often - we can buy new ones. Come on, you absurd Fashion Designers, get your act together and give us all some Cheerful, Friendly COLOURs - we are not all in perpetual mourning as you seem to think we want to be.
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                                                                                                                                                            • not practical and not cure...why?
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                                                                                                                                                              • There are a few items that other commentators have said that they think should have NEVER been a "thing" and when it comes to the ripped jeans and pants so baggy that if a wonderful blew those clothes would end up below their knees, but I am reflecting on the shoulder pads of the 1980's. I remember having a few tops and at least one dress that had those dreadful things in them. I would NEVER wear them now but even having said that, at least I wasn't exposing my skin to all and sundry like some people today. It would seem that the further we go from "normal" as a society, the worse the fashion of the day is, and it feels like the debauchery of the mind is also recognised in the debauchery of the clothing worn. Thanks for reading!
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                                                                                                                                                                • I have to agree, the 80's had some diabolical fashions. Those shoulder pads were awful, and not in the slightest flattering. Same goes for those drop-waisted dresses & skirts. They made even the prettiest women look like frumps. And need I mention the ugly oversized Coogi & Ken Done print jumpers. I could go on LOL But in hindsight, I am happier that I had to suffer awful 80's fashion as a young woman than the 'debauchery' that is todays trends. The young girls of today look like they are dressing for a porn film.
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                                                                                                                                                                • Christine M 323842Simone S 316632
                                                                                                                                                                  Ha ha.. and the Jenny Kee knits….
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                                                                                                                                                                • Michelle S 553303Simone S 316632
                                                                                                                                                                  Yes, young girls today dress more provocatively than street workers did in the 80's and it's just a shame. I'd forgotten about the Ken Done jumpers but I envisaged them immediately! Never wore any thankfully.
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                                                                                                                                                              • I don't wear ugly fashion trends.
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                                                                                                                                                                • The only upmarket gear in recent years has been CROCS. (especially the Leaopard skin ones)
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                                                                                                                                                                  • I know what you mean. Who honestly would where some of that trash!
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                                                                                                                                                                    • no, i only include things of importance in my life, i don't care what anyone wears, i feel it's their business and their taste ,,,
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                                                                                                                                                                      • Anything Kim K wears is trash and cringe.
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                                                                                                                                                                        • mostly what I see in movies like Emily in Paris, nobody I know would ware wired clothes like in that fashion show or even What she wore on some days
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                                                                                                                                                                          • kids wearing jeans around their bottom with undies showing
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                                                                                                                                                                            • Seeing people wear those jeans with holes in them, the knees worn out is just ridiculous. Another thing that really annoys me when beautiful looking women put rings in their nostril, on the side that is, or when they put rings in that little piece of skin between the nostrils, the sort of thing farmers do with their pigs! how can people see this and think it makes them look better? They look ridiculous, in my opinion!
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                                                                                                                                                                              • Senior citizen (here) - I am way past the point (at this stage in my life) I follow fashion trends or care about what someone else is wearing (period) - LMAO!
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                                                                                                                                                                                • ....citizen?? you??? haha Not of the US according to you.
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                                                                                                                                                                              • Corsets and micro/mini shorts. I think they should never have been invented.
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                                                                                                                                                                                • Yes, I've seen those images too. Most people aren't going to buy such ugly clothes and be laughed at in the streets, so i don't think this subject or topic is important. Women who expose their private bodily parts, and the media love to show them in a state of almost undress. Kardashian morons and Madonna, and a few Aussie celebrity's. Keep your privates to your self, and dress like a lady, with respect or class.
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