I miss JNCOs and Kikwear, particularly on women. I saw a girl wearing them at school back in '06 or '07 - it was like, where the hell did she come from?
― kkvgz, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Idaho, probably. My 17-year-old brother bought a pair of Kikwear pants a few weeks ago & called me to brag about it.
― 17th Century Catholic Spain (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
white pants
― actual, actual, actual, (corey), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
^^ what are JNCO and kikwear? ankle zipper Guess jeans were the pinnacle of junior high fashion, when i was in junior high.
― sarahel, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Mohair sweaters, but only because I am pretty sure I am allergic to mohair.
― 17th Century Catholic Spain (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
sarahel, JNCO and Kikwear were huge bellbottoms worn by ravers between say 1995 and 2000.
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/967/731216ou5.jpg
― kkvgz, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 19:34 (fourteen years ago) link
hipster onesies - or whatever they call those things that are a shapeless tunic + culottes
― sarahel, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link
xp - ah thank you - by that point i was "safely" in adulthood
I totally rocked that bellbottoms look in 1997ish! Not as a raver, though.Strapless boob tubes that are elasticated around the top. Look totally weird on me.Also most A-line skirts, and I am pretty skinny. They just look so odd on my legs.
― Not the real Village People, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Empire-waist tunics/dresses, but I think they look unflattering on most everybody. I also can't seem to wear white sneakers without looking like a huge dork.
― superpussy, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 21:28 (fourteen years ago) link
JNCOS were my thing for a while the first couple years of college. I loved the shit out of those things. I still prefer wide leg jeans. I can either do slim and straight or wide leg trouser jeans but that's about it.
Sarahel I can't really see why an A-line dress would make anyone look pregnant. Do you mean empire waist? Those are pure evil.
― master of retardment (ENBB), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 00:16 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't wear red lipstick because my lips are too big and I look like a clown. I also can't really wear heels higher than 2 inches because then I'm over 6 feet and can't walk at all.
― master of retardment (ENBB), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 00:23 (fourteen years ago) link
xp - yeah, empire waist!!!
― sarahel, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 00:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh yeah - they're rarely a good idea.
― master of retardment (ENBB), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 00:57 (fourteen years ago) link
i am sort of opposed to the idea that items i could never wear exist, on principle, but those spaghetti strap long dresses that people wore over baby tees in the '90s looked horrible on me.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 01:08 (fourteen years ago) link
ginormous batwing shirts -- you make me look losti will never wear you
― The Great Jumanji, (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 01:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I would like to be the kind of crazy art teacher lady who wears sculpturally draped tunics and geometric flowing things but they all give the impression I am swimming in shapeless mushy fabric. You need shoulders and height for those. RIP my dreams.
― I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 14:30 (fourteen years ago) link
RIP
http://www.brownthomas.com/DesktopModules/Articles/MakeThumbnail.aspx?Image=/Portals/0/SarahPacini.gif&w=400
― I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 14:36 (fourteen years ago) link
i only started even considering tunics. being short is a style hazard.
― The Great Jumanji, (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 14:37 (fourteen years ago) link
like, nice pajamas middle schooler is not the look i'm going for
― The Great Jumanji, (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 14:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Can you live in my brain? Wd appreciate yr commentary on all areas of life.
― I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 14:39 (fourteen years ago) link
lolling at "nice pajamas middle schooler" still.
dudes, there are so many things i would never wear, so many... and yet, here i am wanting, desiring, a pair of skin-tight black leather pants
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 5 November 2010 23:02 (fourteen years ago) link
or maybe just a pair of cheapo h&m faux-leather leggings
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 5 November 2010 23:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Wife beaters!
Aviators!
― the bhagavad geeta (rip van wanko), Friday, 5 November 2010 23:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Wallet chain!
― the bhagavad geeta (rip van wanko), Friday, 5 November 2010 23:43 (fourteen years ago) link
lol those three things are like a uniform for some people
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Saturday, 6 November 2010 00:49 (fourteen years ago) link
shoes, men's shoes, with a buckle or buckles. ack!
― jed_, Monday, 8 November 2010 12:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I really don't think I could wear a baja
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 8 November 2010 12:51 (fourteen years ago) link
cosine the buckles on shoes. Horrible.
I think they look great with knickers.
― amazing disorder (rip van wanko), Monday, 8 November 2010 12:54 (fourteen years ago) link
ok that's really not an image i needed
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 8 November 2010 12:54 (fourteen years ago) link
In the English speaking world, in particular United Kingdom, Ireland, some Commonwealth countries, and occasionally in United States, knickers is a word that is used to describe women's and occasionally (but quite rarely) men's underpants and undergarments, women's lingerie, and for sports pants sportswear. In the United States it more commonly used as a short form for Knickerbockers, a type of golfing pants, also called Plus fours.
― kkvgz, Monday, 8 November 2010 13:02 (fourteen years ago) link
http://rochesterbargolf.com/images/knickers.jpg
― kkvgz, Monday, 8 November 2010 13:03 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.buffalobreathcostumes.com/wolthuis.aspx?productid=930&size=medium
― kkvgz, Monday, 8 November 2010 13:04 (fourteen years ago) link
like i said
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 8 November 2010 13:04 (fourteen years ago) link
either way
meant women's panties, natch
― amazing disorder (rip van wanko), Monday, 8 November 2010 13:07 (fourteen years ago) link
hi guys!!!!
I have such a list of these.
PinkYellowshortssneakers/tennis shoesathletic wear of any sort unless I am actually exercising (I don't exercise really anyway)baggy pantscapri pantspants in general really, I don't have much beyond a couple pairs of skinny jeansanything too hippie (poncho, bells etc)anything patterned (exception: stripey tops and tights)anything navy or white unless it's a really good band t-shirtany shade of brown (including gold trim/hardware/jewelry)open-toed shoesshoes that are not black (would make an exception for the right red or silver)
this sounds kind of awful but it is easy to get dressed I guess
― teeny, Saturday, 13 November 2010 03:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I probably share like 80% of those, teeny. I'm a red, white, and black dresser; haet brown, esp brown shoes. I make exceptions for patterns I like but florals are almost always a terrible idea (for me). Etc.!
― I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Monday, 15 November 2010 01:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Hi Teeny :-)
I won't wear shorts, capris (my legs are too short for them), or hair dye.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Monday, 15 November 2010 01:25 (fourteen years ago) link
My hangup with capris is they're so Mormon. BYU won't let you wear shorts on campus so all the girls wear capris, making them look prematurely old, IMO.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Monday, 15 November 2010 01:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Tho I have super short friends who appreciate the existence of capris as regular length pants.
i only wear capris that are just below the knee, and only with cute shoeslooks cute and 50s rather than sad and 00s
― The Great Jumanji, (La Lechera), Monday, 15 November 2010 01:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah I am thinking the ones that are 4 or 5 inches above your ankle that have like elastic toggles, and cargo pockets, things like that, are the unwearable ones.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Monday, 15 November 2010 01:30 (fourteen years ago) link
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Sunday, November 14, 2010 5:27 PM (20 minutes ago)
you don't have to be super short to appreciate these - you just need to have a bit too much junk in the trunk ... and thighs
― sarahel, Monday, 15 November 2010 01:49 (fourteen years ago) link
would rather walk barefoot over broken glass and used needles than wear Crocs
― The Jolly Roget's Thesaurus (S-), Monday, 15 November 2010 02:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Those are called pedal pushers, and I do wear those on occasion. Regular capris make my legs look even shorter than they are. (I'm a 5'6" woman with the legs of a 4'11" one.)
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Monday, 15 November 2010 23:52 (fourteen years ago) link
<old joke>
"Capri is an island, not a continent!"
</old joke>
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Monday, 15 November 2010 23:55 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.lupashoes.net/l/Skechers-Shape-Ups-Optimize-11801-BBK.jpg
Skechers Shape-Upsthe ugly shoes that say "I think I'm fat!"
― great & spacious building (Abbbottt), Sunday, 20 February 2011 23:28 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.theonion.com/articles/cool-guy-from-middle-school-still-sporting-phat-pa,34730/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview:NA:InFocus
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Friday, 20 February 2015 21:37 (nine years ago) link
^ photo is amazing for catching the stares of the woman and kid
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Friday, 20 February 2015 22:14 (nine years ago) link
lol @ this $72 saggy dog teehttp://www.revolveclothing.com/wildfox-couture-the-hound-tee-in-warm-cement/dp/WILD-WS723/
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Sunday, 17 May 2015 14:47 (nine years ago) link
Link broke
― Jeff, Sunday, 17 May 2015 14:48 (nine years ago) link
whoops -- it's sized for a large husky man, looks like it was bought at a rural gas station in the 80s, dingy gray in color and festooned with a saggy jowled canine
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Sunday, 17 May 2015 14:50 (nine years ago) link
and it's $72
this is a different model but same shirthttp://d1lrgj85cm58ww.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/840x1330/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/w/t/wtj57980c_bbry_1_1.jpg
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Sunday, 17 May 2015 14:51 (nine years ago) link
http://is4.revolveclothing.com/images/p4/n/z/WILD-WS723_V2.jpg
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Sunday, 17 May 2015 14:52 (nine years ago) link
Ew.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Sunday, 17 May 2015 14:57 (nine years ago) link
i'm surprised it doesn't come with pre-stained pits
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Sunday, 17 May 2015 14:59 (nine years ago) link
Of all the things I don't want from my clothes, looking like a starving unloved child who is literally disappearing into a dirty rag is near the top of the list.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Sunday, 17 May 2015 15:01 (nine years ago) link
I get the appeal of baggy clothes that feel snuggly etc, I LIVE in 20-year-old tshirts at home. But they don't have the same studied effect of erasing me from sight or making me look small and insignificant.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Sunday, 17 May 2015 15:03 (nine years ago) link
For $70.
I was marching behind two very very small women yesterday and it was like, how do ppl treat you when you never get bigger than a small 12yo? I bet it's not super duper funtimes somehow.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Sunday, 17 May 2015 15:05 (nine years ago) link
V. Neck. Tees.Hate them with a white hot intensity.
― rip van wanko, Sunday, 17 May 2015 17:35 (nine years ago) link
V necks are my very favorite, on tees and any other item of clothing (blouses, dresses, sweaters, etc.).
Alas, I am a woman with a nice rack, if I do say so myself. Deep v-necks on men are obv a thing now and I'm not so crazy about the look on dudes as on women.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Sunday, 17 May 2015 18:43 (nine years ago) link
i like vnecks on everyonewhy to hate them with such an intensity?
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Sunday, 17 May 2015 18:49 (nine years ago) link
i hate v-necks on men too. especially the super deep ones. ughhhhhhh
― just1n3, Monday, 18 May 2015 02:02 (nine years ago) link
i am with LL, viva la v neck
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 May 2015 02:38 (nine years ago) link
On guys they look either The Gap Zombie or... eurotrash. They look great on girls.
― rip van wanko, Monday, 18 May 2015 02:44 (nine years ago) link
They look good on anyone imo. Just cuz someone wears generic clothes doesn't mean they're a zombie! Lotsa interesting ppl come in plain packages.
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Monday, 18 May 2015 03:23 (nine years ago) link
#normcore
― kate78, Monday, 18 May 2015 05:35 (nine years ago) link
V necks are very "out" rn but I don't mind them nec
My biggest pet peeve rn is the septum piercing which I'm afraid to state publicly
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 18 May 2015 08:28 (nine years ago) link
Depends on the V - a deep one is very Red Carpet Now.
― Madchen, Monday, 18 May 2015 10:41 (nine years ago) link
Eg. http://www.usmagazine.com/uploads/assets/articles/82281-lupita-nyongo-wins-2015-sag-awards-red-carpet-in-elie-saab-gown-pics/1422238343_lupita-nyong-o-zoom-03.jpg
― Madchen, Monday, 18 May 2015 10:43 (nine years ago) link
She could wear anything, on or out, and still look amazing.
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Monday, 18 May 2015 12:07 (nine years ago) link
Alas, I am a woman with a nice rack, if I do say so myself.
you are otm! I am v fond of v necks due to rackage + a short neck
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Monday, 18 May 2015 15:52 (nine years ago) link
otm
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 May 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
Maybe V-necks got American Apparel-ized and that's why everyone hates them? Not sure. They're my favorite bc I dislike being choked also I am short and welcome vertical lines.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 18 May 2015 16:55 (nine years ago) link
^^^^
― ljubljana, Monday, 18 May 2015 18:43 (nine years ago) link
V necks are the most flattering for the larger boobed among us to wear for sure. I am medium of boob size and prefer either a deep scoop or V.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 13:15 (nine years ago) link
Overall though boatnecks are my favorite because I love how classic they are and because they help balance out my shoulder and hips.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 13:16 (nine years ago) link
this is the dumbest most pointless garment i have seen in a long timei have no idea what its purpose is other than to make one's chest look like felix the cathttp://g.nordstromimage.com/ImageGallery/store/product/Large/19/_11971079.jpg
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Monday, 22 February 2016 14:42 (eight years ago) link
it was billed as a "bralette" which i thought was supposed to be a functional garment/a small bra
i loathe shopping
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Monday, 22 February 2016 14:43 (eight years ago) link
is that a fetish garment? like a slightly more demure spanking skirt for boobs?
― sarahell, Friday, 15 July 2016 18:20 (eight years ago) link
Idk!! I found it in the everyday bra selection and was like o_O
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 15 July 2016 19:01 (eight years ago) link
Bras are kind of weird now, that's what I gathered