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
Hopefully no one here owns a pair...ok.
Also, I am a little incredulous that they actually do anything, you know?
― great & spacious building (Abbbottt), Sunday, 20 February 2011 23:31 (thirteen years ago) link
they protect the soles of your feet from the longest rusty tetanus nails, but not much else i don't thinkpokey shards of glass, i guess
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Sunday, 20 February 2011 23:36 (thirteen years ago) link
* when you step in poop, it will be an inch or two further away from your actual foot/sock
* raises the hem of those elastic waistband pants you like so much and ensures that they don't drag in the dirt when you walk
* sort of has that creeper look so when you get them at the thrift you can lie and say you're going for a certain aesthetic instead of just wearing ugly used shoes
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Sunday, 20 February 2011 23:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I had a pair of MBTs when I was a floor nurse. I don't think they toned my ass or anything, but they make you so much taller than if you were wearing regular sneakers.
― kate78, Sunday, 20 February 2011 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Woah I just saw this thread but Abs Ive got to say a rocked the crochet poncho in the 70s and my secret wish is that it comes back in style for adults.
― Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Saturday, 11 June 2011 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
kkvgz i only wear dark wash flares or bellbottoms. my ankle width of choice: 23"
― Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Saturday, 11 June 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
what i would never wear: jeggings. It seems logical to me that if something makes a size 0 models look fat they probably aren't going to work for me.
― Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Saturday, 11 June 2011 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
if something says 'chambray' i jump back like a poltergeist hand just came through my tv
― Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Saturday, 11 June 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
― The Great Jumanji, (La Lechera), Wednesday, November 3, 2010 9:37 AM (7 months ago) Bookmark
Australians have this problem where they have short legs and really long torsos. I recently discovered instead of buying gigantic tops i can buy tops from the 'tall' section and 30" pants. GOD BLESS AMERICA
― Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Saturday, 11 June 2011 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Those shape up shoes are clinically proven to do nothing.
I feel like I can't wear red lipstick because it makes my teeth look like a row of yellow yellow corn kernels.
You just need to find the right red! "True" reds like Cherries in the Snow or whatever look fucsia on me and make my teeth look yellow, but an orangey red looks pretty good.
I am sure I could wear glittery shirts with plastic shiny crap sewed all over the neckline* and those shirts/dresses that look like somebody tried to iron on a decal but the shirt was folded up so not all of it got covered by the pattern, but I won't. Shapeless, v-neck t-shirts make me look automatically 15 years older than I am. I hate shorts, although I did recently cut off a pair of jeans at just-below-the-knee length and I guess they look okay.
*I was wandering through the women's plus size sale racks at Macy's last week and it hit me that clothing designers must think fat women's lives are nothing but disco parties 24/7 because there is no other explanation for all of the sequins and shiny bullshit. I mean, it's been years with that shit. When will it end? WHEN WILL IT END???
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Saturday, 11 June 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Leather vests
― corey, Saturday, 11 June 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
moccasins
― homophobophobia (disambiguation) (cozen), Saturday, 11 June 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
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