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1. High waisted trousers/jeans. On a short-waisted woman, these shorten the torso and make her look stunted. On a pear-shaped woman, these make her look as though her bottom goes halfway up her back. Even Kate Moss looks terrible in these, so what hope is there for normal women?
The ideal waistband is 1-2 inches below the navel - enough to lengthen the torso and shorten the bottom, but not enough to cause the dreaded muffin top. Fashion designers take note.
2. Skinny jeans. On skinny girls these actually make hips look wider by turning the thighs into two denim-encased strings of spaghetti dangling from a boxy pelvis. And any normal woman with hips and thighs, the legs will end up looking like a pair of overstuffed blue sausages. Especially odious when teamed with ballet flats.
3. Empire line. Should never be seen outside a Jane Austen costume drama. Hides the waist and makes even a slim woman look as though she's expecting. Put a busty, apple-shaped woman in an empire-line dress and she will resemble a heavily pregnant sow.
4. Cropped trousers. These shorten the legs and unless you're a lanky six footer, they will turn you into a dumpy dwarf. They looked bad in the 80s and they look bad in the noughties.
5. Leggings. Another 80s fashion crime revisited for some unknown reason. Highlights every lump, bump and dimple you were hoping to hide. On a hot day, any crotch and buttock-cleft sweat can also be clearly visible on lighter coloured varieties. Hideous, unforgiving thrush magnets.
6. Puffed sleeves. We're adults, not six year olds going to a party.
7. Smock dresses. Shapeless and ugly. You might as well wear a potato sack.

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I also make it point not to wear anything that I wore the FIRST time around.
If one is south of 40, this can be a challenge.

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By the time you reach 40 you have a pretty good idea of what suits you and what doesn't. When some horrible fashion like high waisted trousers comes round again you know to avoid it like the plague, whilst younger, less experienced girls buy it because it's "on trend" irrespective of whether it looks good or not.

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When you say high waisted jeans/trousers, are you talking about the rise of the jeans...I'm assuming so...yeah those are really old skool..aka mom jeans.
As for skinny jeans...it depends what kind of body frame you have but they do look good on some body frames. Maybe because women naturally have a bigger pelvis it looks slightly odd on them.
Leggings aren't that bad...they are coming back into fashion..mostly for women and I've seen the look sported by some models for some Mens Fashion Collection. I personally don't like it...not because it looks bad(maybe for men)...but way too popular.
Cropped trousers...I liked...maybe even cropped jeans..I used to sport the look recently...its kinda cool..it has that boyish look to it..plus you can wear some funky colored or stripped socks to show off. I think the look is good if you can pull it off....Levis Premium Line ($200+ jeans) has them now and it was the same look for Dior Homme Spring 06 Collection....mostly Pete Dothery inspired.
And Yeah...the rest is ugly...
Some Cropped Trouser Looks:
http://men.style.com/slideshows/mens...WAY/00390m.jpg
http://news.ef360.com/EditManager/Up...6234123372.jpg
Skinny Jeans done right (More Modern I guess..)
http://buyself.img.jugem.jp/20060714_193689.jpg
http://men.style.com/slideshows/mens...WAY/00010f.jpg

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Good grief, the model in that bottom pic looks like Jack Skellington! He needs a high protein diet and some gym workouts STAT!
I'd be frightened of taking that young man to bed in case I snapped him like a dry twig!

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Quote: Originally Posted by Indiscreet Good grief, the model in that bottom pic looks like Jack Skellington! He needs a high protein diet and some gym workouts STAT!
I'd be frightened of taking that young man to bed in case I snapped him like a dry twig! I like thin men, but this guy doesn't look like it came naturally, he looks as though he dieted or drugged his way to this state. If I found him in my bed, I'd be extremely glad I know CPR...
And you omitted just one thing fashion sin: stretch jeans.
They seem like they ought to hug your curves, but, thanks to their tensile strength, they just manage to clamp the buttocks together, not a hot look on anyone.
Don't know about leggings though... on the one hand, your comments on them are spot on, and I saw so many ill-advised women (didn't they have friends?!) wearing these things, that I SWORE I'd never wear them.
One day, however, I decided to be strictly fair, and try on a pair, just to prove to myself that these are unwearable monstrosities.
I wore them out of the shop. The cashier had me sitting on the counter to scan the price tag.
I lived in leggings thereafter. I could not believe how good they looked (if it hadn't been for the sort of feedback I got, I would have chalked it up to brain damage induced by wearing only black, or protracted PMS, or something); perhaps it's compensation for the fact that all those cropped jeans out there make me look like a penguin.
So, I'm neutral on this one. But they've GOT to be black. And they have to have a thong under them, 'cause bunched knickers... let's not go there.

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There are several fashion faux pas that I dislike.
1. Asswriting. I don't want to see "BEBE" or "PINK" or "HOLLISTER" or whatever spelled out on your bum, thank you very much. Extra tacky points if they're in rhinestones.
2. UGG boots. Even the hottest fashionista looks weird in these. Let the surfers put 'em on to warm up their feet.
3. Tube tops. I just don't like them.
4. Mall bangs (curled bangs held with hairspray). These went out in the eighties yet many ladies still unconvincingly rock them.

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@ Mongoose - I guess if you have the body for them. They do not flatter me, though, so I won't wear 'em. And why is it fat people always wear them in pastel colours?
@ Linnea - agreed on all four. There's one girl at my gym who has a wobbly bum. I may not have noticed how wobbly but for the fact she has tracksuit bottoms with writing across the butt. Now my derriere isn't perfect by a long long way but I'm not about to draw attention to it by plastering giant writing across it.
Ugg boots are well named, IMHO. Ugly. Ugh. Yep, that just about sums them up. So they're comfy? So are my velour drawstring pants and slipper socks. I'm not going to wear them outside my home, though!
Tube tops don't flatter anyone, and are just asking for a wardrobe malfunction!

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Yes...those models are very thin...but they do naturally look like that..most of the models on that runway show are 15-17 kids picked off the streets of London, Paris, Berlin, etc.....I've heard they eat Mcdonalds, skateboard, smoke and play video games before a show.

I don't like Ugg boots..yes those are very ugly..but leggings...I don't like them but they're actually coming back into fashion...I'm surprised.

I don't like women who wear really high heels when they're really short...trying to look taller though they come off as looking like a fool..sorry...it just looks funny. Flat shoes for shorter women is fine.

When wearing an outfit...please mix some colors in.....I don't wanna see you wearing head to toe..one color....you have to show me that you can mix and match colors and patterns.

Anything with big lables on it......and the Louis Vuitton or Gucci monogram. Having fashion is not about how much you can spend on it...find a nice vintage bag in a thrift shop that looks good, then you'll surprise me.

People leaning more onto the bigger side who wear black to look slimmer.....embrace your weight.

and I can think for a few others...but I'll stop.

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I don't like women who wear really high heels when they're really short...trying to look taller though they come off as looking like a fool..sorry...it just looks funny. Flat shoes for shorter women is fine.

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From Wikipedia
Reasons for wearing high heels include:
*they change the angle of the foot with respect to the lower leg, which accentuates the appearance of calves
*they change the wearer's posture, requiring a more upright carriage and altering the walk
*they make the wearer appear taller

*they cause the wearer's legs to look longer
Reasons for not wearing high heels include:
*they can become painful or damaging for some wearers.
*they can shorten the wearer's stride
*they can render the wearer unable to run (of course, the urge to run in heels is well documented)