Ridiculous fashion trends

CushyCouture · Oct 21, 2012

What are some ridiculous fashion trends you see nowadays? The funniest one I see is guys wearing ties with jeans, it looks ridiculous. Why would you wear a tie, something that is part of formalwear, with jeans, something that is part of casualwear? Everytime I see a guy do that I just want to slap him lol.

JapanAlex01 · Oct 21, 2012

I think jeans and tie can work on occasion (IE, beige jacket, light blue shirt, dark indigo jeans and navy, polka knit tie), and anyone who says otherwise is overly prissy, IMO.

Obvious ones:

Seeing people with 7 extra inches of trouser fabric.
Small, horrible-looking lapels and polyester suits, etc (you know, the young boy look).
Jeans (most commonly, dad-jean blue) and running shoes.

More personal ones:

Women with massive painted-on eyebrows (*shudders*).
Men with drop-crotch/carrot-shaped chinos (yes, I am getting bored of chinos in pop culture).
Men doing up top button on hipster shirts, that have tiny collars.
Any of that Rick Owens **** you see in SW&D. Worst trend ever.

CushyCouture · Oct 21, 2012

JapanAlex01 said:
I think jeans and tie can work on occasion (IE, beige jacket, light blue shirt, dark indigo jeans and navy, polka knit tie), and anyone who says otherwise is overly prissy, IMO.
Obvious ones:

Seeing people with 7 extra inches of trouser fabric.

Small, horrible-looking lapels and polyester suits, etc (you know, the young boy look).

Jeans (most commonly, dad-jean blue) and running shoes.

More personal ones:

Women with massive painted-on eyebrows (*shudders*).

Men with drop-crotch/carrot-shaped chinos (yes, I am getting bored of chinos in pop culture).

Men doing up top button on hipster shirts, that have tiny collars.

Any of that Rick Owens **** you see in SW&D. Worst trend ever.

Wow really? Ties with jeans serve no purpose and look ugly. If someone does that why don't they wear sweatpants with a tie?
Jeans with running shoes is bad? I like wearing levis with air max 95s, but maybe because my style is either kind of preppy or athletic.

Some more ridiculous trends:

straight guys wearing REALLY skinny jeans, I think they were called "ex-girlfriend jeans"
straight guys wearing tight khaki shorts
people wearing sunglasses without lenses

JapanAlex01 · Oct 21, 2012

Haha, bottom 3: word!

I have seen jeans/tie/jacket work many times. I think it is hard to pull off, so people just blanket rule it; that's really boring and silly, IMO. Let me find you a good example...

JapanAlex01 · Oct 21, 2012

Works:

StumpjumperE · Oct 21, 2012

I have to agree with the jeans w/running shoes being a bad look. Not just a bad look... a REALLY bad look. Nothing preppy or athletic about it. Running shoes go with running gear, period.

I'm mixed on the tie with jeans look. Looks ok on some guys for casual wear, I don't think I could pull it off though.

I don't like the skin-tight skinny jeans look on guys. Jeans should be form-fitting but also comfortable.

StumpjumperE · Oct 21, 2012

And it's not a recent trend necessarily, but I don't like 3+ buttons on a suit jacket. Two buttons is enough for me.

JapanAlex01 · Oct 21, 2012

My rule on trousers: If the thigh (and the rest of the leg, etc) is a wide as your literal thigh when sat down, they are a perfect fit. Technically, for me anyway, any wider and they are going towards too big; any tighter and they are too tight. You want, to aim for that perfect fit, and get all your trousers as close of a fit to that.

Nicola · Oct 21, 2012

CushyCouture said:
The funniest one I see is guys wearing ties with jeans, it looks ridiculous. Why would you wear a tie, something that is part of formalwear, with jeans, something that is part of casualwear? Everytime I see a guy do that I just want to slap him lol.

My guess is you're VERY young. My god have we gotten to the point that wearing a tie is formal wear? A tie something every school boy had to wear. Every shop clerk.

joshuadowen · Oct 21, 2012

I'm against ties and jeans, but for a slightly different reason. I think most guys look ridiculous tucking a button down shirt into jeans. Most jeans have such a low rise that tucking in a shirt is tremendously awkward looking. Really skinny guys can sort of pull it off, but I see tons of not-so-skinny guys doing this, and it's really unflattering.

Stugotes · Oct 21, 2012

CushyCouture · Oct 21, 2012

JapanAlex01 said:
Works:

LOL those pictures don't help your point, those guys all look like tools.

CushyCouture · Oct 21, 2012

StumpjumperE said:
I have to agree with the jeans w/running shoes being a bad look. Not just a bad look... a REALLY bad look. Nothing preppy or athletic about it. Running shoes go with running gear, period.

I'm mixed on the tie with jeans look. Looks ok on some guys for casual wear, I don't think I could pull it off though.

I don't like the skin-tight skinny jeans look on guys. Jeans should be form-fitting but also comfortable.

Well, I agree that wearing jeans with running shoes you actually frequently run in looks bad, because they look beat up. But I like levis with a clean pair of air max 95s. Are you against jeans with tennis shoes too? I used to wear jeans and rod lavers in college.

landshark · Oct 21, 2012

See the recent sartorialist looks thread

Quadcammer · Oct 21, 2012

CushyCouture said:
Well, I agree that wearing jeans with running shoes you actually frequently run in looks bad, because they look beat up. But I like levis with a clean pair of air max 95s. Are you against jeans with tennis shoes too? I used to wear jeans and rod lavers in college.

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