Okay, so most people who were alive and old enough to remember the 80s can definitely guess what's coming. Fashion is a beast that constantly evolves, and sometimes it means updating snippets of the past. Sometimes those snippets are welcome...sometimes they make us cringe. These are those trends.
10) The Mullet. Do I need to say why? This would have to be one of the worst things to happen to hair since male pattern baldness.
9) Fluro/neon. Not always awful, but it is huge this season. The reason why I hate that this has come back is because it is so easy to do wrong, that just the population as a whole cannot be trusted with it! Particularly teenagers!
8) Acid Wash. Oh 1980's do us all a favour and keep your acid wash jeans.
7) Members only jackets. You know who should wear these? The cast of Grease. Nobody else. They do nothing for anyone!
6) Leotards on the outside. I don't care how good Jane Fonda made it look, it still never should have happened. Especially with leg warmers and a belt. Especially in fluro. No. Just no.
5) Short shorts for men. Think back to the 70s when even men got away with hot pants. Never again please! The only place those short shorts should be regular fare is the AFL field. I don't need to see a bloke's pubes protruding from the bottom of his shorts.
4) Bike shorts as pants. This was big when I was a kid in the 90s, the bike shorts and t-shirt as regular fare. Honestly, I am guilty of this one, but in my defence I was a child! Keep it at the gym people. Never again.
3) The porn star moustache. Think Magnum P.I. The only time a mo of this caliber should be seen is for Movember.
2) Ruffled cravats. Austin Powers is quite possibly the only character to get away with this, and that's because he isn't real.
1) Heeled sneakers AND Ugg boots in public. I would do dark and dirty things so that high heeled sneakers would never see the light of day ever again. Why do they need to exist? They don't! Sneakers are for working out, stalking celebrities, and gardening... oh and SNEAKING. Have you ever heard anyone successfully sneak in heels? Seriously if your outfit warrants heels, just get real ones like a normal person.
And as for ugg boots, they are called UGGs for a reason, they are ugly. Australia invented uggs and we invented them to be worn at home the way all slippers were intended to be worn!
So sorry for the delay AGAIN this week but thanks to a loan from the bank of Dad, I am back online properly now! I bought a new charger Friday (forgetting that it was iPhone day it was a mission given I have a Macbook so had to go to Next Byte!) but it wasn't enough! However, I couldn't be offline for the Emmys, so I had to sort it out right away!
Oh, speaking of the Emmys, next Sunday will be a huge Sunday 10, in fact it will be a Sunday 20 of my best and worst looks from the Emmys Red Carpet!
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Can't wait for the best and worst of the Emmy's. Your posts always put a smile on my face. Sadly I am a child of the 70's who had to live through the 80's and the fashion faux pas 's of the time. I do remember my five foot frame increasing to 5' 8" with the heels of the day. Oh wow and here they are again but my sensible legs will not be forced back into them.
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