Items you could never wear

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like i said

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 8 November 2010 13:04 (thirteen years ago) link

either way

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 8 November 2010 13:04 (thirteen years ago) link

meant women's panties, natch

amazing disorder (rip van wanko), Monday, 8 November 2010 13:07 (thirteen years ago) link

hi guys!!!!

I have such a list of these.

Pink
Yellow
shorts
sneakers/tennis shoes
athletic wear of any sort unless I am actually exercising (I don't exercise really anyway)
baggy pants
capri pants
pants in general really, I don't have much beyond a couple pairs of skinny jeans
anything too hippie (poncho, bells etc)
anything patterned (exception: stripey tops and tights)
anything navy or white unless it's a really good band t-shirt
any shade of brown (including gold trim/hardware/jewelry)
open-toed shoes
shoes that are not black (would make an exception for the right red or silver)

this sounds kind of awful but it is easy to get dressed I guess

teeny, Saturday, 13 November 2010 03:09 (thirteen years ago) link

I probably share like 80% of those, teeny. I'm a red, white, and black dresser; haet brown, esp brown shoes. I make exceptions for patterns I like but florals are almost always a terrible idea (for me). Etc.!

I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Monday, 15 November 2010 01:07 (thirteen years ago) link

Hi Teeny :-)

I won't wear shorts, capris (my legs are too short for them), or hair dye.

Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Monday, 15 November 2010 01:25 (thirteen years ago) link

My hangup with capris is they're so Mormon. BYU won't let you wear shorts on campus so all the girls wear capris, making them look prematurely old, IMO.

Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Monday, 15 November 2010 01:27 (thirteen years ago) link

Tho I have super short friends who appreciate the existence of capris as regular length pants.

Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Monday, 15 November 2010 01:27 (thirteen years ago) link

i only wear capris that are just below the knee, and only with cute shoes
looks cute and 50s rather than sad and 00s

The Great Jumanji, (La Lechera), Monday, 15 November 2010 01:28 (thirteen years ago) link

Yeah I am thinking the ones that are 4 or 5 inches above your ankle that have like elastic toggles, and cargo pockets, things like that, are the unwearable ones.

Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Monday, 15 November 2010 01:30 (thirteen years ago) link

Tho I have super short friends who appreciate the existence of capris as regular length pants.

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Sunday, November 14, 2010 5:27 PM (20 minutes ago)

you don't have to be super short to appreciate these - you just need to have a bit too much junk in the trunk ... and thighs

sarahel, Monday, 15 November 2010 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link

would rather walk barefoot over broken glass and used needles than wear Crocs

The Jolly Roget's Thesaurus (S-), Monday, 15 November 2010 02:10 (thirteen years ago) link

i only wear capris that are just below the knee, and only with cute shoes
looks cute and 50s rather than sad and 00s

Those are called pedal pushers, and I do wear those on occasion. Regular capris make my legs look even shorter than they are. (I'm a 5'6" woman with the legs of a 4'11" one.)

Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Monday, 15 November 2010 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link

you don't have to be super short to appreciate these - you just need to have a bit too much junk in the trunk ... and thighs

<old joke>

"Capri is an island, not a continent!"

</old joke>

Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Monday, 15 November 2010 23:55 (thirteen years ago) link

three months pass...

http://www.lupashoes.net/l/Skechers-Shape-Ups-Optimize-11801-BBK.jpg

Skechers Shape-Ups
the ugly shoes that say "I think I'm fat!"

great & spacious building (Abbbottt), Sunday, 20 February 2011 23:28 (thirteen years ago) link

Hopefully no one here owns a pair...ok.

great & spacious building (Abbbottt), Sunday, 20 February 2011 23:28 (thirteen years ago) link

Also, I am a little incredulous that they actually do anything, you know?

great & spacious building (Abbbottt), Sunday, 20 February 2011 23:31 (thirteen years ago) link

they protect the soles of your feet from the longest rusty tetanus nails, but not much else i don't think
pokey shards of glass, i guess

Ralpharina (La Lechera), Sunday, 20 February 2011 23:36 (thirteen years ago) link

* when you step in poop, it will be an inch or two further away from your actual foot/sock

* raises the hem of those elastic waistband pants you like so much and ensures that they don't drag in the dirt when you walk

* sort of has that creeper look so when you get them at the thrift you can lie and say you're going for a certain aesthetic instead of just wearing ugly used shoes

Ralpharina (La Lechera), Sunday, 20 February 2011 23:39 (thirteen years ago) link

I had a pair of MBTs when I was a floor nurse. I don't think they toned my ass or anything, but they make you so much taller than if you were wearing regular sneakers.

kate78, Sunday, 20 February 2011 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link

three months pass...

Woah I just saw this thread but Abs Ive got to say a rocked the crochet poncho in the 70s and my secret wish is that it comes back in style for adults.

Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Saturday, 11 June 2011 20:41 (twelve years ago) link

kkvgz i only wear dark wash flares or bellbottoms. my ankle width of choice: 23"

Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Saturday, 11 June 2011 20:43 (twelve years ago) link

what i would never wear: jeggings. It seems logical to me that if something makes a size 0 models look fat they probably aren't going to work for me.

Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Saturday, 11 June 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link

if something says 'chambray' i jump back like a poltergeist hand just came through my tv

Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Saturday, 11 June 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link

i only started even considering tunics. being short is a style hazard.

― The Great Jumanji, (La Lechera), Wednesday, November 3, 2010 9:37 AM (7 months ago) Bookmark

Australians have this problem where they have short legs and really long torsos. I recently discovered instead of buying gigantic tops i can buy tops from the 'tall' section and 30" pants. GOD BLESS AMERICA

Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Saturday, 11 June 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link

Those shape up shoes are clinically proven to do nothing.

I feel like I can't wear red lipstick because it makes my teeth look like a row of yellow yellow corn kernels.

You just need to find the right red! "True" reds like Cherries in the Snow or whatever look fucsia on me and make my teeth look yellow, but an orangey red looks pretty good.

I am sure I could wear glittery shirts with plastic shiny crap sewed all over the neckline* and those shirts/dresses that look like somebody tried to iron on a decal but the shirt was folded up so not all of it got covered by the pattern, but I won't. Shapeless, v-neck t-shirts make me look automatically 15 years older than I am. I hate shorts, although I did recently cut off a pair of jeans at just-below-the-knee length and I guess they look okay.

*I was wandering through the women's plus size sale racks at Macy's last week and it hit me that clothing designers must think fat women's lives are nothing but disco parties 24/7 because there is no other explanation for all of the sequins and shiny bullshit. I mean, it's been years with that shit. When will it end? WHEN WILL IT END???

phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Saturday, 11 June 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link

Leather vests

corey, Saturday, 11 June 2011 21:16 (twelve years ago) link

moccasins

homophobophobia (disambiguation) (cozen), Saturday, 11 June 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link

somebody tried to iron on a decal but the shirt was folded up so not all of it got covered by the pattern

Lolling so hard at this. Or someone ironed a decal on a shirt that was already PLAID!

http://s7.sears.com/is/image/Sears/040D3687000?hei=600&wid=600&op_sharpen=1

Duke Manfist: Action Hero (Dan Peterson), Friday, 17 June 2011 17:26 (twelve years ago) link

clothing designers must think fat women's lives are nothing but disco parties 24/7 because there is no other explanation for all of the sequins and shiny bullshit.

OMFG YES!!! I always thought that it was a sign of contempt for heavy women -- like "LOL you're as big as a Christmas tree, I will make clothes for you that make you look like a Christmas tree!"

sarahel, Friday, 17 June 2011 17:34 (twelve years ago) link

if something says 'chambray' i jump back like a poltergeist hand just came through my tv

― Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Saturday, June 11, 2011 4:46 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark

Watching the X-files the other night I found myself saying outloud, "Nice Chambray buttondwon Scully." She may have even been wearing a turtleneck under it.

\(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Friday, 17 June 2011 17:51 (twelve years ago) link

oops - button-down

\(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Friday, 17 June 2011 17:51 (twelve years ago) link

I feel like I can't wear red lipstick because it makes my teeth look like a row of yellow yellow corn kernels.

You just need to find the right red! "True" reds like Cherries in the Snow or whatever look fucsia on me and make my teeth look yellow, but an orangey red looks pretty good.

I think blue-based reds are supposed to make your teeth look whiter.

I can't wear red lipstick at all because my lips are too big and I look like a clown.

\(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Friday, 17 June 2011 17:54 (twelve years ago) link

the WORST uniform I ever had to wear was a short sleeved chambray button down that was only available in men's sizes and only L and XL. I am a rather small person, and we were required to TUCK IN our work shirts, so I had this almost knee length shirt with sleeves that went past my elbows crammed into my cords. It was ATROCIOUS and v uncomfortable. I looked like someone had shrunk me with a lazer gun but I was still wearing my very old very ugly clothes.

Garyln (La Lechera), Friday, 17 June 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link

clothing designers must think fat women's lives are nothing but disco parties 24/7 because there is no other explanation for all of the sequins and shiny bullshit

my wife got a gift certificate to this really clubbed out mall store. total euro trash clothing. she figured why not go look, maybe she can find something tastefull. she was trying on some jeans and she noticed some shiny bedazzled shit on the ass pockets. she said no thanks, but the salesperson said to her "no really. think of it like this. you're in the club and the light hits your ass like pow and that guy notices. these pants are hot". she gave him back his pants and threw away the GC

jaxon, Friday, 17 June 2011 18:10 (twelve years ago) link

and the light hits your ass like pow
hahaha

Garyln (La Lechera), Friday, 17 June 2011 18:11 (twelve years ago) link

POW!

Garyln (La Lechera), Friday, 17 June 2011 18:11 (twelve years ago) link

x-post

lol lech one summer when I was working at my parents restaurant my mom decided our summer uniform would be short-sleeved mens chambray shirts and khakis. Of course they also had to be tucked in. I found of a picture of me wearing that recently. It was AWFUL. I was not very happy with her that summer.

\(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Friday, 17 June 2011 18:13 (twelve years ago) link

When the light hits your ass
like a big pizza pow
that's a gift-card

wtf is wrong with people? (snoball), Friday, 17 June 2011 18:14 (twelve years ago) link

OH my god stop, today is too brilliant.

you're in the club and the light hits your ass like pow (Laurel), Friday, 17 June 2011 18:15 (twelve years ago) link

Ha! I was super pissed about that uniform too. I was supposed to wear khakis but I refused (naturally) and I wore these little boys-sized Levi's turquoise cords I got at Goodwill. I looked like a total bozo.

Garyln (La Lechera), Friday, 17 June 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link

To this day, I cannot wear khaki or navy pants or collared golf shirts because I feel like I should be taking an order or wiping a table.

I'm kind of with horseshoe in that I don't like to say there are things I cannot wear, but here is a thing that I cannot wear: a capri suit. That's right, a set of matching capri pants and blazer. I saw someone in this today and while she looked okay, I guess, I imagined how I would look in that and was like "holy shit."

phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Friday, 17 June 2011 19:30 (twelve years ago) link

lol

\(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Friday, 17 June 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link

it doesn't sound like a good look

\(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Friday, 17 June 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link

I can't really wear anything that's too ruffly, deliicate, futsy or really girly looking. I find that as a tall woman I shy away from things that are cutesy. They always just look really weird on me. I tend to stick to things with classic simple lines and have fun with accessories. It sucks because it means there's a lot of really nice stuff that i just can't do but I've learned that it just looks too weird.

\(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Friday, 17 June 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link

Right there with ya and I'm short.

you're in the club and the light hits your ass like pow (Laurel), Friday, 17 June 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link

i'm short and love frilly ruffles! (sorry)

Garyln (La Lechera), Friday, 17 June 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link

My mom sort of instilled it in me that tall girls shouldn't do cutesy but I guess for me it's sort of a personality thing too. I just can't picture myself in frilly flouncy things even though I often find them really nice. Take chiffon for instance. I don't think I have or will ever wear anything made out of chiffon. I just can't do it.

\(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Friday, 17 June 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link

even though sometimes I sort of want to

\(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Friday, 17 June 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link

i still live in the vain hope that i may never again have to wear a tie, but i'm not sure that's the point of this thread

all the pretty HOOSes (gbx), Friday, 17 June 2011 20:00 (twelve years ago) link

is that a fetish garment? like a slightly more demure spanking skirt for boobs?

sarahell, Friday, 15 July 2016 18:20 (seven years ago) link

Idk!! I found it in the everyday bra selection and was like o_O

weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 15 July 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link

Bras are kind of weird now, that's what I gathered

weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 15 July 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link


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