Items you could never wear

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....

oh no

I don't get it.

When people make fashion mistakes that horrific it's especially mystifying to me because presumably he a) looked in the mirror and thought, "Yep, I look dope" and b) encountered other people (wife, friends, etc.) who let him go about his day wearing that monstrous ensemble. I mean really, how can that be?!

Maybe everyone he knows secretly hates him?

maybe he had the jacket zipped and no-one knew the shirt was sheer until after he left the house?? i mean

how does this happen?

oh I just noticed the shirt, fuuuuuuuuuuck

"If I just put on a jacket and take off the gimp mask, I can just go out like this. Oh wait the trousers are arseless."

I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENS!

It's . . . tragic.

sheer tees are for superfit gays and models in editorial shoots imo, and then only sometimes

a) looked in the mirror and thought, "Yep, I look dope"

Honestly? I have made SO MANY MISTAKES this way. Some of the things I used to wear were just borderline costumey -- like one time I wore a wig and dressed up like one of the Shangri-Las. Just on a regular night, a Friday iirc. So many examples, but this is just one.

Before I left the house I looked in the mirror and was like "yeah, i look totally dope." And then I got to my destination, and this guy Bill was like "what's with the wig? you would look a lot better without it" and it was like an awakening -- like, wow i have really stepped over the line this time, huh. I've toned it down a lot, but not as bad as, say, Iona.

Still, maybe he likes to step out, like this makes him feel good. Who the fuck would deny him that pleasure? I kind of support fashion mistakes when worn with panache.

Aw Amanda generally I agree with you when it comes to daring fashion choices but I am with Elmo here and can't support this mesh shirt wearing Santana. It's just not right.

I was so embarrassed about getting heated there -- I just, I dunno, I am really pro-personal-fashion -- I don't care if everyone walks around in a costume all the time -- I mean, we all basically do anyway, so who cares.

It is not flattering, though, I agree. If I knew in my heart that he felt good, I could support it. Otherwise, questionable choice.

I think Steppin' Out is a very important concept

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dopneKcyNXU

I could never wear almost everything phil-two wears (even though it looks great on him!)

I kind of want to make this scary demon head mask thing because it is sooo scary to me:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/2924941863_9ff907bb7a_z.jpg

Free pattern!
But could I even live with myself knowing I was covered in the woolen head of Moloch or some other demon? I don't know if I could handle making a little kid cry based on my attire; I did it once and I felt really bad. (Obv this would be on Halloween.)

It is also very silly at the same time!

whoa that is so cool

Ahhhhhhhhh!

I never look good in ANYTHING trendy, modern or on a mannequin at Barney's, Neiman Marcus etc...It is frustrating. I seem to only look good-great in vintage dresses or repro vintage dresses like Stop Staring, Pin-Up Girl and Whirlingturban. I have tried to do the jeans and heels, scarf tops and dresses but they just look terrible on me. But then I feel so Sandra Dee sometimes when out with my girlfriends. Empire waist makes me look pregnant so nothing in my wardrobe has one.I always get asked how much of a Mad Men fan am I really.
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I still like wearing slips for dresses. I have never been the girl with hoop earrings either. Just not very fashionable.

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Summertime and the living is easy... by Tera in the Isles, on Flickr

Sorry the pic didn't seem to work the first time.

this "maxi cardi" by which i mean FLORAL ROBE

http://www.shopruche.com/images/apparel/8654.jpg

wtf is that

God help me I would wear that as part of my sartorial quest to turn into Maude by the time I hit 50.

hate this muumuu shit

that is a really ugly polyester robe, plain and simple.

That thing is an abomination, and I love housedresses.

i love housedresses too, for wearing inside my house

http://birthdayshoes.com/media/blogs/bdayshoes/Vibram_Five_Fingers/speed800.jpg

I looked again and yup. I'd still wear the floral Maudigan.

Never ever wear toe sneakers though.

god you'd think they could just add a little shield or something to cover the separated toe part/abomination

So it's fall! And you know what's back? SWEATER COATS.

are you referring to those... things... that look like chunky knitted bathrobes...?

Why yes, I am.

polyester floral bathrobes vs chunky sweater bathrobes

ugh. college flashbacks. camel-colored sweater coat + uggs + boot cut jeans was practically a nyu female undergrad uniform back in my day. that's if they even bothered to change into jeans.

a sloppy ponytail and a pack of marlboro ultra-lights really finished off the look

My disapproval of the sweater coats is because it can't be good for the sweater? The knit's going to get all stretched out over the shoulders where all the weight hangs from. I don't like when the knitted lines get deformed or stretched out so they don't match the rest of the pattern. Plus that makes it thinner/less warm wherever there's stress, so the warmest part is somewhere around your knees.

And they hang out visibly from underneath coats. Gross.

dress with dogs on it
http://productshots1.modcloth.com/productshots/0089/8187/1a32915b0d602a23012a8794bafacb79.jpg?1319145105

Important trends in fashion part 1: PENIS PANTS

Jesse just narrated the fashions he saw while walking near UIC's campus, which included a guy wearing pajama bottoms, flip flops, and a gray hoodie with a lace-up neck.

I mean really.

I'd rock the dog dress.

Just kidding, that's awful.

What if it were made of velvet?

Dog printed velvet?

I thought I could never wear ankle-skimming, paperbag-waisted, bright blue peg-leg trousers but hey ho, guess what I just bought. My 25-year-old self would hate me.

i would probably still pass if it were velvet, but i might have to think twice
the cut is also extremely dull
maybe if it were a pinafore?

if i saw a lady wearing that dog dress, i would think that she was a snazzy, fashion-forward lady