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zeitgeist4 · Gucci

seen any bad outfits lately?

poptart · Coach

Oh dear! That sounds awful.

As a matter of fact, I saw something horrible the other day.

Icky, icky, icky shoes; a weird, frumpy, JC Penney-type striped tee shirt (I have nothing against the store, but we all know there are good choices and bad choices at good 'ole JC Penney); and (shudder) TEAL-COLORED TAPERED MOM JEANS!! And this woman was like 30.

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Shoes kinda like these, but worse.

Maddie · Coach

Haha that's awesome.

So mine was pretty great because I cannot stand this girl. She's a spoiled little brat from Texas and is sooooo fake to everyone.

Anyway, she was wearing black leggings, black studded cowboy boots, a white dress shirt, and as usual, waaaayy too much makeup.

Not that bad right? She's about 5'4" and a size 14. Learn what works for your body!

Christine · Coach

Eww, yes.

First, about 2 weeks ago, I drove past a woman standing outside of her parked car. She was wearing a neon green straw hat, a hot pink windbreaker (like 4 sizes too large), neon green pants, and hot pink shoes. The hot pinks and the neon greens matched exactly......It was so bad, I almost couldn't believe my eyes......

And then, I was at an amusement park on Saturday. I saw a very large-chested girl wearing a zip-up hoodie with *nothing* underneath, and the zipper was pulled up juuuuuust high enough to keep her braless chest from busting out....it was totally obscene. The zipper was level with her belly button. That's not the worst part --- throughout the day, I saw about 8 other girls with the exact same getup! I think it's becoming a trend!!

NCshopper · Hermes

OMG I saw a girl yesterday at Borders and wanted some of you all to be there to see it because I just did not understand. She was probably about 20 or so and looked like she had just come back from church or something. She had on a white short sleeve button down shirt, buttoned ALL the way up to the top, a red headband that was pretty cute, decent black shoes, but the kicker was the skirt. It was black with white polka dots, pleated, and knee length. But the really bad part was that the skirt was pulled up to right underneath her (rather large) boobs. Awful. I wanted to brush her hair, get her some contact lenses and dress her up. Just a little tweaking and she could have been cute.

Bastet · Kate Spade

When I was at the mall over the weekend I saw a woman wearing one of those boxy jumper things over a t-shirt. This pic is the closest example I coud find. Except her jumper was made of denim and it didn't have pockets. Her t-shirt was the same color blue as the jumper. And she was wearing huge blue plastic clogs (crocs?) and one of those mini backpack purses. She was young, too, probably around 20something or 30.

Kelly · Hermes

I know I've seen some but can't quite remember any except this Saturday. I went dancing, and of course some people want to wear tight things and look good. But this girl who was at the table in front of us for a while had on a nice enough outfit I guess, because I dont' remember anything notable about it except the shirt. It was a plain red t-shirt, but it was *so* tight. She had three big rolls across her belly which ran to each side (and one extra that was only on her stomach) and the shirt creased into every single one of them! Couldn't she feel the fabric rubbing her? I don't know when she looked at herself and thought "hot damn, I should go out in public like this"

kenzie · Chanel

I saw a girl when I was at the mystery dinner on Saturday wearing a very low-cut, sheer, chiffony empire waist camisole. Cute, right? Noooooooo.

It seems that she forgot to put on her DDD bra that night and while there may have been a murder mystery to solve, there wasn't any mystery about what was under her shirt. You could see everything. And I mean, EVERYTHING. ICK! She also wasn't the smallest girl in the world and clearly hasn't figure out how to dress for her bodytype yet.

-- Edited by NylaBelle at 18:29, 2006-05-01

calico · Kenneth Cole

This was awhile ago, but when I saw these outfits, I made a mental note to post about them. Number 1: short, weird patterned babydoll dress with opaque BRIGHT blue tights and Teva sandals. Number 2: I don't remember all the details, but I remember she was wearing a Burton backpack, and carrying a little handbag that MATCHED her backpack (as in, same color and pattern... ew)

Okay, so reading back on those, they aren't that bad... but I thought they were at the time. Oh well.

ejc423 · Coach

Well I went to a steeplechase on Saturday and saw a few super cute outfits, mostly mediocre, and a few that were cringeworthy.

Ok, so there's a lot of seersucker, madras, straw hats, etc. Think 20,000 male and female versions of Chic. Adorable. So my friend and I walk over to the business school's tent and see this group of people get out of the car. One of them is dressed appropriately. One is wearing jeans. Whatever. And the third one. . . She was a teeny girl (thank GOODNESS!) and was wearing a yellow tee, red hotpants and sneakers. I don't mean daisy dukes, I mean hotpants. Like spandex underwear with cheeks hanging out. I could not stop staring at her, so I guess her mission was accomplished. But hotpants? Seriously?

laken1 · Hermes

I can't even begin to list outfits. I spent the weekend at a knitting conference. There were about 70 people there total & about 3 half way fashionable people. It was depressing & made me feel nerdy in ways I can't even begin to explain. On the up side, my DH reminded me that it made me the queen.

boobaby · Kate Spade

This was actually a couple years ago, but I was walking to work one morning around 8 am, and I saw a woman wearing a total Ann Taylor outfit, like brown pinstripe slacks (kind of tapered, not too cute) and a beige sweater set. She was carrying a briefcase. Very conservative. Except for the shoes:

I work in the Loop, so I see a lot of bad business wear. Recently, on a very chilly, break out the winter coat kind of day, I saw a woman who had waist length dark blonde hair wearing a tan suit - boxy and the skirt barely covered her butt. It was very Ally McBeal. And she had bare legs and tan shoes. From the hair to the skin to the shoes and the suit, it was just so monochrome. Plus it was inappropriate for the weather.

zeitgeist4 · Gucci

I just thought of another one. There's a new girl at work whis is in her 20's or early 30's. She wears this all lime green outfit, like the color below. It has a short sleeve (the kind that go to the elbow), turtleneck top, matching pants (complete with VPL), and a crochet sweater, also green. She wears it at least once a week.

-- Edited by zeitgeist4 at 17:39, 2006-05-02

Kitty · Hermes

boobaby wrote:

This was actually a couple years ago, but I was walking to work one morning around 8 am, and I saw a woman wearing a total Ann Taylor outfit, like brown pinstripe slacks (kind of tapered, not too cute) and a beige sweater set. She was carrying a briefcase. Very conservative. Except for the shoes: I work in the Loop, so I see a lot of bad business wear. Recently, on a very chilly, break out the winter coat kind of day, I saw a woman who had waist length dark blonde hair wearing a tan suit - boxy and the skirt barely covered her butt. It was very Ally McBeal. And she had bare legs and tan shoes. From the hair to the skin to the shoes and the suit, it was just so monochrome. Plus it was inappropriate for the weather.

OMG!! That's hilarious!! What was she thinking?

I know someone who recently bought a similar shoe to that one only it lights up when you walk and it's from payless!! How horrible is that?

My entire office is pretty much a fashion disaster...

Kitty · Hermes

Yes.

http://www.mystylediary.net/Default.aspx?user=magenta

Lilykind · Hermes

Kitty wrote:

Yes. http://www.mystylediary.net/Default.aspx?user=magenta

I guess it's a personal taste thing, but I LOVE her MSD. She has more balls that I ever will...I've always wanted to wear stuff like this out in public and I wish I had while I was still young and not bound to a dress code.

Kitty · Hermes

Lilykind wrote:

Kitty wrote:
Yes. http://www.mystylediary.net/Default.aspx?user=magenta

I guess it's a personal taste thing, but I LOVE her MSD. She has more balls that I ever will...I've always wanted to wear stuff like this out in public and I wish I had while I was still young and not bound to a dress code.

I will give her credit for wearing those outfits in public. Takes guts.

Hermione · Kate Spade

hmm i looked at her page expecting disaster but i think that's totally cute and creative - i wouldn't wear it, but i would have when i was 17! probably up to 19 or 20, actually...

i say kudos to her for creativity and thinking outside the box. she seems like a punky teenage version of smash to me.

Kitty · Hermes

It's just so not my thing..it looks clown-ish, IMO.

Mandy · Kate Spade

I saw a great one on my way home from work yesterday. A man crossed the street in front of me wearing black baggy jeans that were splattered with white bleached spots, a black tee shirt, and a black bullet proof vest. Yes, a bullet proof vest and he was not a cop. It even had something embroidered on the back. I work in downtown Atlanta, but come on its not that bad.