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hotcocoa


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Originally posted by: JoceyBaby23
"I vote "Mom Jeans", the ones with the 9 inch zipper...
Did any of you ever see that SNL skit? so funny....
"youre not a woman anymore.. youre a mom"  :)"


i remember that snl skit! i actually saw it right after my son was born... i'm "not a woman anymore... i'm a mom!!!" LOL... i loved the mom jeans logo on the leather patch at the back of the jeans.


and i will just second the post about the super low rise jeans and large middle hanging out. i see it everywhere and most times these are otherwise fashionable girls.

-- Edited by hotcocoa at 14:52, 2005-03-15

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-The cowboy tuxedo, aka denim jacket with jeans


-socks with sandals


-the commuter look, suit with white tennis shoes


-schrunchies.  I actually have a shirt that says "Ban the schrunchie".


-Ooh, I forgot a big one that all my teachers do.  Monochromatic short sleeve polyester pantsuits.  Shoe choices typically include: tennis shoes, Teva sandals, and Rockport looking shoes.


-On guys: short sleeve button downs with ties.  Something about it just doesn't look right.


The worst fashion faux-pas I've ever seen was last weekend, when I saw a woman wearing a denim jacket with jeans, white tennis shoes, and a blue feather boa to top it all off



-- Edited by theotherjess at 17:11, 2005-03-15

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The absolute biggest faux-pas is the newest trend:  baglady/bummy/upkept look.  Just because celebrities(mary kate and ashley) wear something does not mean its cute!  Theyve even made up a name for it, "homeless chic". 


Fake LV monogram bags.  They are sooooo overdone.


 



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"The absolute biggest faux-pas is the newest trend:  baglady/bummy/upkept look.  Just because celebrities(mary kate and ashley) wear something does not mean its cute!  Theyve even made up a name for it, "homeless chic". 
Fake LV monogram bags.  They are sooooo overdone.
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Noooo, I love Mary-Kate!

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I hate it when girls squeeze themselves into clothes that are two sizes too small. I see this all the time at work and try to steer them to a bigger size, but they never listen.  Today, for example, a girl was trying on a pair of pants in a 12 and she couldn't even button them, but she wanted to try on an 8 instead.  And she bought the 8!! I have no idea how this chick fit into the 8, when the 12 wouldn't even close. Don't people understand that they look better when they buy their real size?

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"wow no one has said this yet fake designer bags! especially the horrible murikami knockoffs."

 


I totally agree. Also here are a few more,I think these may have been said before, tapered leg jeans especially with white scruched up socks and sneakers, spare tires and low rise bottoms, uggs with sweatpants, VPL's.



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" Noooo, I love Mary-Kate!"
I like them too and I sometimes like their style ON THEM.  The rest of us who are over 100lbs and doing this look from head to toe really look homeless. There is nothing chic about it.

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I think white panty hose and white shoes (separate or combined) are the worst fashion faux pas ever. People always look dirty in them. My own mother would cut into me if I ever thought to do this.


Also I hate trend slaves. It is so annoying when people buy things just because they are name brand, i.e. the hideous Dooney bags featured in the Lindsay Lohan ads. I have a Dooney from a few years ago and it makes me ashamed of myself.



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Andrea Julia


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Just saw another one walking down the streets of San Francisco.


Short skirt with mid-calf boots.  I see this a lot and I do'nt like it.



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Ugly shoes, like Birkenstocks, and sandals with white sport socks.


I hate the look of velour track pants - they look sooo sloppy. Especially paired with camel-colored **dirty** Uggs.


The usual campus horrors, namely pajamas and baggy sweatshirts.



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black bras (or any bras for that matter) showing through a shirt


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Originally posted by: miss t
"   I totally agree. Also here are a few more,I think these may have been said before, tapered leg jeans especially with white scruched up socks and sneakers, spare tires and low rise bottoms, uggs with sweatpants, VPL's."

About the uggs... uggs with anything just doesn't work for me. I especially hated uggs with short-shorts in the middle of July. Just because some pop star thinks it's cute doesn't make it so.


And of course, everything else you mentioned is dead-on.



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jen


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Denim jackets with jeans


Matching outfits or matching jewelry to your outfit


Fake designer bags


Things that say 'american eagle' or 'abercrombie' on them


K swiss shoes


People in MI already wearing flip flops



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-when someone shows too much skin, it's so tacky!


-when someone's back hangs out of their pants, it makes them look larger than they are


-when they wear clothes too small



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Originally posted by: lorelei
"all those are good, but I cannot believe nobody has mentioned this one...
super low rise jeans paired with a fat belly"



i totally agree. my husband's boss is probably close to her sixties and loves wearing low-rise pants with tight lycra tops. the result: lots of belly.

p.s. loved the mum jeans skit on snl

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I concur with all of the above.  I would like to include:


1. Black socks w/shorts (especially on old men and when paired with plaid shirts and bucket hats)


2. Heavily applied, frosty pink lipgloss (I went to HS with many of these girls)


3. Very chunky shoes (should be left to Frankenstein)


4. Chipping nail polish (especially disgusting on toes while wearing open toed shoes)


5. Jumpsuits


6. Tracksuits (as in those worn by every middle aged female gym teacher, ever and some males too)


 



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The I moved to the suberbs and don't care about fashion look!

This is what all my friends have transformed into now.

-Colored tee shirt or 3/4 button down in color with white tank underneath.
-Black capris with VPL, b/c now they no longer where thongs.
-Black Steve Madden Slides from 8 years ago, you know the ones that were stretchy and everyone knocked off.

same plain jane haircut
jewelry- pearl earrings and no necklace, or maybe a silver tiffany necklace
one silver bracelet, watch

Now these things can be good all seperately, well except VPL and the shoes, but when they are all together it is like they just gave up.
I am sure this comes a surprise since I am so preppy myself, but hopefully I am keeping it more modern, or please let me know.....


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"The I moved to the suberbs and don't care about fashion look!"


HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....lol that is toooo funny. made me lol in the library. actually everything u said in that post cracked me up.

-- Edited by janey831 at 04:56, 2005-03-21

-- Edited by janey831 at 04:57, 2005-03-21

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1. Pants that are too short

2. Black shoes with light colors (black does NOT go with everything)

3. Nylon "trouser socks" worn with pumps

4. NUDE HOSE - so gross

5. Pleated khakis - the world's least sexy piece of clothing.

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I'm going to go with the Scottsdale Hotness look. It involves:


a) either a too-tight Juicy tracksuit in a really bright color (usually pink) OR bebe jeans and a bebe logo top (rhinestones of course)


b) shoes like these Click for an even bigger image


c) a Dooney, Coach or LV logo bag


d) bleached out hair, super-tan skin and super-fake boobs.


These girls are everywhere! They're like fembots. I'd take the Mom jeans any day over outfits like these.


 



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