I love fashion but sometimes I can’t take it seriously. The past year has brought us some of the best and some of the worst trends of recent memory. Next time I see a shooting star, I’m wishing that all of these bad things would just go away.
- There is no accessory more impractical than the slouchy knitted hat, and for some reason people still wear them. Though they conceal a bad hair day quite well, hear me out. These hats are ridiculous because not only do they miserably fail at keeping you warm, but they also give the impression that your head is horribly misshapen. Hopefully it isn’t.
- Pants are intended to lightly skim the ground, not expose an indecent amount of ankle, nor imitate flood pants. Regardless of whether you cuff, shrink, or snip them, they’ll always look like you borrowed the style from Urkle. But what peeves me the most is the single-roll — it’s just silly.
- Never have I ever seen a more infectious trend than the Navajo/Aztec/Tribal/Ethnic print, and it’s recently held fashion as a hostage. No one knows what to actually call these prints, and to make matters worse, designers have neon-ized everything. Wearing something reminiscent of a small pox blanket just makes you look….like a White Indian? An Indian giver? A colonial sympathizer?
- High-waisted shorts do nothing for you…or your motha.
- But what I hate most of all are shoes that don’t make sense. If 2012 brings me anything good, then please let it me the demolition of physiologically impossible footwear. Like Barbie’s body, shoes such as these are not meant to exist in the real world. They’re actually quite dumb and should be reserved for stage performances, ladies of the evening, or a combination of both.
Double fashion faux-pas? Ew.
