Jul 23, 2018 - But I digress... What trend would you like to see go away forever?
I really don’t even begin to understand the tiny sunglasses trend, but was hard-pressed to explain why, so I turned to my friend Jessica Morgan, one half of the peerless Go Fug Yourself team, to break it down for me. “My basic feeling,” she says, “is that they are dumb. The whole point of sunglasses is to cover a myriad of sins—eye-bags, crows feet, you haven’t plucked your brows, you’re tired, whatever. These tiny sunglasses do none of that! They are breaking the covenant of the sunglasses! What is even the point of sunglasses if they don’t even cover the entire eye area? Also, I am old [ed note: she is not], and so everyone wearing them looks to me like they’re going to a rave in a PG-13 horror movie from 1995, and all they need are tiny butterfly clips in their hair and overly plucked brows. I do not care for them.” OK ladies, your turn.
Kim France
I was born in Houston, Texas in 1964 and have lived in New York City since 1988. I had a long career in magazines, working at Sassy, Elle, New York, and Spin, and in 2000, I founded Lucky magazine, which I edited for ten years.
Fanny packs! I keep seeing them re-branded as “belt bags,” but they will always be the touristy terrible fanny packs of decades past to me. Meh.
Off the shoulder, or cold shoulder tops. I’m so over them.
Lace-up tops. The kind with a little v-neck and ties that look like shoelaces, especially. They’re just too late-era Monkees for me.
I am also over off the shoulder and cold shoulder tops. I am also tired of seeing men’s underwear from sagging pants and women’s bra straps. I get it if your bra strap accidentally shows, but for goodness sake I don’t need to see the majority of it no matter how lacey it is!
Mullet hems.
So many good ones. I would go with the “contouring” makeup trend. And I say this as a child of the 80s.
cold shoulder. they’re just arm fat frames.
Agree! I despise this look!
Hate cold shoulder. Tacky, tacky, tacky.
Sing it, sister! And they already look so dated.
Tiny sunglasses also don’t protect your eyes as well from evil UV rays!
I loathe flat slides, like the kind you’d wear to the shower in my college days, as footwear that is worn out in public. I also would be very happy to never see another cold shoulder.
Well, i don’t know if these are a full blown trend, but they exist – Platform oxfords, platform tevas. I really dont get it.
Shorts with longer pockets hanging under. Cold and cut off shoulders. Totes with logo all over(it is not trend, but i am so sick of seeing them. I just don’t understand why adidas sandals are supposed to be cool.
Weird green or blue nail polish! I feel strongly that polish should be in the pink family. I can’t get used to it.
I admittedly like blue on my toes sometimes. But green just looks like some kind of icky fungus.
Cold-shoulder haters unite!
I feel so much less alone after this thread!
Right? This is the most therapeutic place on the internet!
So, most of here hate cold-shoulder tops. Why? What is it about them that so many of us find repulsive to our demographic and sensibilities?
I am genuinely intrigued.
They just scream “dumb, pointless trend.”
Here’s the thing for me: Donna Karan created the look in 1993 for Hillary Clinton. It was daring and new then. Fast forward to Oct 2017…Harvey Weinstein & #metoo….Donna Karan defended Harvey Weinstein during a red carpet interview at the CinéFashion Film Awards on Sunday. She told a reporter ‘we have to look at ourselves’ and question how women are presenting themselves and their sexuality.
**I now associate cold shoulders with anti-feminism.
Yes! I agree wholeheartedly.
They look cheap.
Cold shoulders. Designer micro bags that can only fit your lipstick but still cost as much as a full-sized bag. Bike shorts outside of an athletic/exercise context (cough*Karadashians*cough). Jeans so torn you could apply lotion to your legs without taking your pants off. And, yes, tiny sunglasses.
I can’t stand cold-shoulder tops. Hate them. Though I’m seeing less of them than last year, so fingers crossed they are going away.
Cold- shoulder’s cousin, Off-the-shoulder, can GTFO too.
Yoga and sweat pants trying to pass off as work attire.
I’m with all of you on the cold-shoulder situation. Also: Maxi dresses. Universally unflattering!
May I also say that maxi dresses are STEAMY. Like being in one of those hot yoga tents. Can’t be healthy for our nether-regions.
I dunno. I’m tall and pear shaped with cankles. Maxi dresses are my life! So much more flattering than shorter dresses when they show off my small upper body and flow over the rest.
Off the shoulder tops…they are EVERYWHERE. For us bustier girls who must wear an industrial strength strapless bra ALL DAY in order to wear one of these – they are like kryptonite. On top of that, I have big boobs and small shoulders so they constantly slip up unless I am wearing double sided tape on my shoulders…TOO. MUCH. WORK.
AMEN!
That is my problem too. I don’t mind the look so much. I can bear a strapless bra for a few hours, such as a formal event where I don’t need to move much. But a casual, hot day, throw-on and go piece, that requires special, uncomfortable underthings, makes no sense to me.
Cold-shoulders make me cringe for purely aesthetic reasons.
Being the practical person that I am, can I just add that from a utilitarian standpoint, sunglasses are supposed to protect your eyes from the sun damage. The sunglasses that the model is wearing cannot do that very well, if at all. On a different note, I’m very happy that midi has supplanted mini for the time being although I’m certain the mini will make return engagements. I can’t say that there’s any one trend that I want to see go away forever but I would like to see the word “boho” go away FOREVER. I don’t know why I dislike that word so much but I do.
Mom Jeans! What the hell?
Are these Trends We Would Never Wear, or Trends We HATE?
For the former–strapless, cold shoulder, off the shoulder. For the latter, I am Team Anti-Tiny Sunglasses FOREVER. They are like grills for your eyes.
Those awful box-cut tops. I don’t need help looking like a tetris-cube, thanks.
Shredded/ripped jeans! But then my instafeed “tragic denim” would be moot. Follow us, I think you’ll like!
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LEGGINGS as streetwear, dress up, travel…they are for your house…for the gym…do not use them as 24 hour a day everything and anything…..and especially with short tops. Even you thin women…do not look good with your butts hanging out in leggings/yoga pants…
Jeans with dumb cut off hems that make you look like a castaway from Gillian’s Island. I don’t get it at all, especially when it’s a look anyone can easily do to a pair of pants, anyway.
My 15 year old daughter wears her mom jeans every day it’s not too hot. When she bought them, I tried to tell her how deeply shameful they once were. She doesn’t care. Luckily, she does look very cute in them.
ETA P.S. I hate big, billowy sleeves. They seem like they would get in your coffee, your food, your car door. Yuck.
Oooh, another post I just love!
I think we’re all in agreement on the cold shoulder, off shoulder trend. Especially in sweaters. I mean, cold shoulder sweaters? Are you kidding me?
– tiny sunglasses (foolish)
– mom jeans (so unflattering, the trend must have been resurrected by a mean old man)
– flat, slip on slides
– mules (so mightily impractical)
– big, fringe-y scarves in the summer
– fanny packs, aka belt bags (because we could all benefit from more bulk)
– yoga wear worn all day (I live in South OC and I’m telling you 80% of women wear this)
– fake eyelashes
– once a week hair washing (that’s just bad hygiene)
Bad hygiene to wash your hair once a week? Sorry, but you’re misinformed. Frequent shampooing strips your scalp of natural oils and dries out your hair. It’s especially bad for curly-haired girls like myself.
I’m definitely over the crayola hair color trend…sorry but most specifically on our GOACA crowd who for sure remembers it from the first time around! The young ones I can forgive (almost) because they know not what they do and are young, wrinkle-free, and gorgeous enough to get away with it ONCE. maybe. And I can sincerely live without 6 and 7 inch heels (whatever happened to 3” being considered high?) what I am love love LOVING as a curly girl is the natural beauty trend. Let’s keep that one. And yeah. I still love all things “french girl” even though that really means “french fashion editor girl” but emmanuel and garance could still sell me anything.
So with you on the insanely high heels! They’ve been with us far too long.
I have another: statement sleeves. My chunky, flabby, midlife couch-potato arms really don’t need any embellishment.
I see all kinds of bad trends that have filtered into middle America at church each Sunday. Layers of false eyelashes so thick the old gals can barely keep their eyes open…”cold shoulders” with a white cap sleeve camisole worn underneath…eyebrows seemingly drawn on with a stencil and Sharpie. These are on women in their 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, i.e. Old Enough to Know Better
But far worse than these is the youth trend of wearing a soccer-ball-sized bun atop the head, just like having a 2nd head up there. Then came the half-up bun trend which has been around several years and won’t die and makes otherwise beautiful young girls look like they’ve lost a lot of IQ points.
I feel like the strong eyebrows trend has gone WAY too far. I mean, if you have them naturally, great, but some of these people who are getting microbladed brows are going to regret it as much as those who plucked their brows too much in the 90’s. Just a weird, unflattering, and, most offensive to me — UNNATURAL — look.
I also think the full crazy makeup face in everyday life has got to go. I see it on young women and it just makes me cringe.
YES, that’s another one. So much heavy makeup now that people keep talking about a “double cleanse” as the answer to all skin care troubles. It’s like lather, rinse, repeat.
Quickest way to add 15 years to your face — wear a sh*t ton of makeup.
Culottes! They are not flattering, Everlane! I look at photos of my chic Mom wearing them in the 1970s, and she was 5’9 and skinny and even SHE looked bad. Begone.
Yoga pants as pants. I don’t really need to see your ass when I’m out and about.
Furry Gucci mules … why walk around with hobbit feet? And what happens when it rains? I am genuinely keen to know.
Adidas sliders are bad enough but when worn with white socks as well … you’re taking the advantage of sliders (bare feet) and then negating it by covering up. Or am I just too practical and should every fashion trend be a little illogical?
So many of my go-away trends are already taken. Go away, weird shoulders/sleeves and black caterpillar fake eyelashes on everyone (my dog has even considered going to a lash bar). Go away, leggings as pants on everyone. Go away, severely shredded 1980s jeans (Story time. We were riding on a train in Europe, when a young woman sitting beside my husband stood up, took off her skirt and put on her brand new, ripped jeans. Forever trashy, and etched in my brain.).
My personal go-away is mid-rise pants. The new ones are more like what the old low-rise pants were. Low-rise pants only ever looked good on young Cher. They do not suit people who are long in the rise, or carry their weight around the middle, or anyone my size or age. Seriously, these pants are barely above the crotch. So thanks to this, it’s muffin top and plumber time.
High waists suit me, and look good on me. Why can’t we have carry-through silhouettes for a variety of female shapes each season? My shape for me, your shape for you.
Trends are not for everyone, but everyone adopts them and wears them in Everytown. Stop it. Just stop.
And never, ever let tube tops back into stores again.
Is a cold arm top as despised as a cold shoulder top? Asking for a friend
Yes, sorry.
Wait…what’s a “cold arm top”???
Shocking how quickly this comment thread went from discussing a TREND to body shaming yourself or the women who wear them.
The half tucked in top. It’s like a giganto arrow pointing directly to my stomach and that is NOT GOOD!!!
The Queer Eye guys and Kim France say it’s good, so I’m all for it. Tummy and all!
head thongs—if your ornament is so heavy that you can’t keep it in place with a headband, just wear it on your neck, okay?!
Cropped flares = clown pants.
I certainly don’t want low-rise to come back but there’s something about high-rise jeans that aren’t cutting it for me. Comfortable as they hold everything in but my already flat butt looks horrendous and needs to be covered at all costs.
And tucking a shirt into high waisted jeans is too cringe-worthy for words. For me.
Cannot stand the yoga pant look either.
I can’t stand the Kardashian’s for many reasons but they’re continued encouragement of women and girls to pile on 20lbs of putty colored makeup on the daily makes me rage.
SOOOOO late to the party, but I’ve gotta get it out of my system!
1 Crop tops – Yes, we know you work out all day and have 6-pack abs. I don’t.
2 Clear plastic purses – How are you supposed to hide anything? And P.S. My 5-yr old granddaughter has one of those.
3 Pussy bow blouses – “Workin’ 9 to 5.” Nuff said.
4 Hooker dresses…aka Herve Leger bandage dresses. I had a 40-yr old boss who thought she looked SO hot in hers….Nope. Just like a high-priced call girl.
Also late but:
–leggings as pants
–acid-wash denim (it was horrible the first time!)
–ruffly sleeves, ruffles everywhere