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Caught in a Fashion Faux-Pas VIII
December 13, 2004
If you hadn't noticed, there is really only one issue at hand here: SEVERE OVERUSE OF PATTERNS! It's like attack of Geometry! Is it an outfit or is it an error in Microsoft Word? It's not just the bad 70's blouse with vertical stripes. It's not even the fact that this ensemble looks like it should be on the body of someone who wears thick suntan-colored stockings, orthopedic shoes, smells like Chanel No. 5, and was around before black and white television existed. It's the SKIRT! The geometric skirt that quite simply ruins the outfit for all of eternity. And somehow, call me crazy, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the tag on this outfit may read: 100% Polyester. Then again, maybe that's just my own prejudice talking. People people people, if you're going to wear prints, you should usually do so on one half of your body. There are some exceptions to this with well designed outfits, but under no circumstances should different prints be mixed. Do you see what happens when stripes go bad? We have got to better folks. People are counting on us. Past Faux-Pas 
hehe, I think it would be funny to have a new reality TV show where the likes of Paris Hilton are forced to wear outfits like this out in public... like at major celebrity-fests. THAT I would watch. :) 'When Good Patterns Go Bad-' an ActionEye News investigation tonight at 11.... Well, at least the colors match :) Well Joan, I don't entirely think that contrasting patterns clash. However, it must be done very very tastefully. Very. I also watch What Not to Wear, love to see the finished product. My husband thinks Clinton is gay - I do not. I think he is just fashion wise, my husband is not fashion wise. she must've been dazed and confused and blind when she got dressed that day rhoward, I believe she was mesmerized by the skirt, and in her state of hypnosis, she just grabbed whatever blouse was hanging close by. And since her closet is color-coded, she was doomed, doomed, I tell you! That skirt is freaky. Fashion is a power that is weilded with all too little regard for the havoc it can wreak when misused. (hehehe) No wonder my wife buys my clothes, I think it looks fine! :) Aw man, you missed your chance! { Comments are now closed for this entry. } |
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Growing up around trust fund babies, I learned very quickly that money does not buy taste. Michael Moore is proof of this. Here we have a lovely and well-intentioned woman at some high society function in New York City. No, I wasn't there, but if I were, I may have said something to her to likes of "What on Earth were you thinking!" This picture was snagged from some snooty social diary I forget the name of. As always, the identity of the victim is kept a secret, although it was tempting to leave her face so the world could see that even normal, fairly reasonable looking individuals can fall victim to fashion mis-haps.
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Ambra, Ambra, Ambra. ITA that this particular outfit is a disaster. But to say that we should never mix prints? That's going too far.
I've watched about a jillion episodes of "What Not To Wear," and while sometimes Stacey and Clinton are clearly dressing for species native to other planets, I have seen, on more than occasion, the tasteful striped shirt paired with patterned skirt or trouser. This of course must be undertaken with extreme care, but it can be done.
I'm shocked (shocked!) that you could ever be so fashion-provincial! (j/k, in case it's not obvious)