Items you could never wear

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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.

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

OH my god stop, today is too brilliant.

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.

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."

lol

it doesn't sound like a good look

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.

Right there with ya and I'm short.

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

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.

even though sometimes I sort of want to

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

On a whim I just google searched and someone out there is making suit that consists of capri pants and a 3/4-length sleeve blazer. I mean what?

I like ruffly fluffy things but feel like they are too fussy for me. Any clothes that make me feel like I'm trying too hard are very mentally uncomfortable for me to wear.

On a whim I just google searched and someone out there is making suit that consists of capri pants and a 3/4-length sleeve blazer. I mean what?

omg

this is just

capri pants and a 3/4-length sleeve blazer

Surely this would just look like you shrunk your whole outfit.

someone out there is making suit that consists of capri pants and a 3/4-length sleeve blazer

thom browne, amirite???

capri pants and a 3/4-length sleeve blazer.

This seems...reasonable to me? I'm not sure I'd go for capris, but if I had the kind of legs that could wear cigarette pants, there have totally been suits with cigarette pants and an evening-ish jacket on top for forever.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0X4NhY5UCAM/SrrOpxHtIdI/AAAAAAAAAWA/oYJtvBf5Z30/s1600-h/butterick7557.jpg

lol, i was gonna say thom browne too

http://s-ak.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/terminal01/2011/6/17/12/carlos-santana-in-a-see-through-shirt-22157-1308327057-18.jpg

....

oh no

I don't get it.

When people make fashion mistakes that horrific it's especially mystifying to me because presumably he a) looked in the mirror and thought, "Yep, I look dope" and b) encountered other people (wife, friends, etc.) who let him go about his day wearing that monstrous ensemble. I mean really, how can that be?!

Maybe everyone he knows secretly hates him?

maybe he had the jacket zipped and no-one knew the shirt was sheer until after he left the house?? i mean

how does this happen?

oh I just noticed the shirt, fuuuuuuuuuuck

"If I just put on a jacket and take off the gimp mask, I can just go out like this. Oh wait the trousers are arseless."

I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENS!

It's . . . tragic.

sheer tees are for superfit gays and models in editorial shoots imo, and then only sometimes

a) looked in the mirror and thought, "Yep, I look dope"

Honestly? I have made SO MANY MISTAKES this way. Some of the things I used to wear were just borderline costumey -- like one time I wore a wig and dressed up like one of the Shangri-Las. Just on a regular night, a Friday iirc. So many examples, but this is just one.

Before I left the house I looked in the mirror and was like "yeah, i look totally dope." And then I got to my destination, and this guy Bill was like "what's with the wig? you would look a lot better without it" and it was like an awakening -- like, wow i have really stepped over the line this time, huh. I've toned it down a lot, but not as bad as, say, Iona.

Still, maybe he likes to step out, like this makes him feel good. Who the fuck would deny him that pleasure? I kind of support fashion mistakes when worn with panache.

Aw Amanda generally I agree with you when it comes to daring fashion choices but I am with Elmo here and can't support this mesh shirt wearing Santana. It's just not right.

I was so embarrassed about getting heated there -- I just, I dunno, I am really pro-personal-fashion -- I don't care if everyone walks around in a costume all the time -- I mean, we all basically do anyway, so who cares.

It is not flattering, though, I agree. If I knew in my heart that he felt good, I could support it. Otherwise, questionable choice.

I think Steppin' Out is a very important concept

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dopneKcyNXU

I could never wear almost everything phil-two wears (even though it looks great on him!)

I kind of want to make this scary demon head mask thing because it is sooo scary to me:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/2924941863_9ff907bb7a_z.jpg

Free pattern!
But could I even live with myself knowing I was covered in the woolen head of Moloch or some other demon? I don't know if I could handle making a little kid cry based on my attire; I did it once and I felt really bad. (Obv this would be on Halloween.)

It is also very silly at the same time!

whoa that is so cool

Ahhhhhhhhh!

I never look good in ANYTHING trendy, modern or on a mannequin at Barney's, Neiman Marcus etc...It is frustrating. I seem to only look good-great in vintage dresses or repro vintage dresses like Stop Staring, Pin-Up Girl and Whirlingturban. I have tried to do the jeans and heels, scarf tops and dresses but they just look terrible on me. But then I feel so Sandra Dee sometimes when out with my girlfriends. Empire waist makes me look pregnant so nothing in my wardrobe has one.I always get asked how much of a Mad Men fan am I really.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/5841714880_3595537504.jpg
I still like wearing slips for dresses. I have never been the girl with hoop earrings either. Just not very fashionable.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/5841714880_3595537504.jpg
Summertime and the living is easy... by Tera in the Isles, on Flickr

Sorry the pic didn't seem to work the first time.

this "maxi cardi" by which i mean FLORAL ROBE

http://www.shopruche.com/images/apparel/8654.jpg

wtf is that

God help me I would wear that as part of my sartorial quest to turn into Maude by the time I hit 50.

hate this muumuu shit

that is a really ugly polyester robe, plain and simple.

That thing is an abomination, and I love housedresses.