most hated style articles

i doubt ill be able to find a picture of this, but i see so many (frat) guys wearing plaid shorts and a striped polo shirt at the same time

it's so awful

plaid shorts are for assholes

nah, plaid shorts rule! vertical stripey button-down shirts are for assholes, though

those t-shirts with the stupid drawings on them are loathesome. would be okay with being forced to eyeball a thousand patterned hoodies if it means the death of those tees

vertical stripey button-down shirts are for assholesthe office.

i wear plaid shorts goodbye

ha, I thought this was going to be a thread for most hated articles about style

Stern Looks, Sharp Curves

in which the writer goes to Jil Sander and makes sure to let us know several times that she is too small for the clothes?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/fashion/10CRITIC.html

plaid shorts are good

i wear plaid shorts just not with a striped polo at the same time

plaid shorts are either good or not good but that depends on what the fucking plaid looks like, doesn't it

also depends on whether or not the shorts fit

I love you guys.

In the same vein as daria (who was totally right about that pustulant Jil Sander scrap), I bring you Love Your Sunglasses; Should I Know You?

"Why are designer sunglasses bucking the downturn of other luxury goods? Retailers and other fashion authorities cite It-bag fatigue..."

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT FATIGUE, LADY.

speaking of sunglasses, i left my beloved guccis out of their case and got a nasty scratch on one lense. is this fixable? laurel, do you have a thrifty home remedy to recommend?

surely you could get new lenses cut at an opticians anyway. I mean, it's the frames you pay for really.

You'd probably have to replace both at once, though, to get them to match -- I imagine the coloration/shading of the lenses in at least some of the luxury brands are proprietary or custom-manufactured for that season.

Otherwise, no idea! Sorry, ducks. :(

pretty much all sunglasses look stupid on me except these h&m ones i've had for 4 years (which only look sort of stupid).

buffing with cloth has reduced it somewhat. i might try a tip i found online: wash, then apply lemon pledge and buff. the wax supposedly masks the scratch, although you have to reapply every few days. plus, ew - that stuff is nasty.

They're pretty good at colours in my optician and it's just a local one, you could ask if they'd be able to match it first and if they think so then go for it

get the lenses replaced with a totally different color - then you have a pair of CUSTOMIZED gucci sunglasses!

ooh!

of course, it may just be cheaper to get a pair of gianfranco ferre ones from overstock...

booh!

omg everyone die
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/fashion/24skin.html?_r=1&ref=health&oref=slogin

"Becky Lee, 39, a Manhattan photographer, declined when a friend asked her — and five other attendants — to have their breasts enhanced."

eek.

that said... if someone was willing to pay for me to have botox or suchlike, i would gladly accept.

i would accept the botox i guess, at least it's temporary? you could not pay me to get some janky discount boobjob though.

actually i would do the botox but make them use it to treat my migraines instead

the idea of discount plastic surgery is horrifying! and so is the idea that it's acceptable to ask your friends to go under the knife for your stupid wedding.

I love the word "janky".

that said... if someone was willing to pay for me to have botox or suchlike, i would gladly accept.

-- lauren, Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:40 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

A little botox party at least makes some kind of twisted over-girly sense, but there's something explicitly creepy about telling your friends your wedding requires them to have bigger tits.

I mean, what, so when you're really old your grandchildren can sit on your knee looking through your photos and go "I love you, grandma, your friends were totally stacked?"