Women's Fashion Pet Peeves

This trend of clothes just shrinking in the closet ever since Trump got elected also sucks.

Wait I’m still really confused about “buffalo boots”. Do you mean biker boots? I just got a pair with big buckles and I LOVE them but I used to wear “giant shitkickers” back in the day so they feel right to me.

I love cold shoulder tops because I love my shoulders and they’re about the only things I feel comfortable exposing but I only like plain black ones. Anything with a print and cut out seems too complicated.

Love the colors and the pic L posted.

I’ve been trying to be more daring with clothes and wear what I like even if I don’t think I can pull it off or if it’s not my usual style. I recently bought a jumpsuit which I NEVER thought I’d do but it looks so cute! Mind you I haven’t actually worn it yet.

Hate sheer things.

Oh meant to say “giant shitkickers” are what my dad used to call my steel toe docs and creepers.

xposts - I have to buy special long in the torso bathing suits. :/

i love orange and mustard!!
buying new clothes isn't really my jam though so i am waiting for the weird puffy sleeved pea green sweaters to arrive in the thrifts

shoes with chunky heels are pretty ugly.and remind me of my grandma but i would never buy them regardless so /shrug

so, you're telling me, that that is not what you really want

These are buffalo boots. It's funny: I expect everyone (older than 35) to know what these are. Haha. I can picture Thom to roll his eyes now. If I know it, I think everyone else does too. Cause I mean who doesn't know the Spice Girls?

oh speaking of 90s trends -- I'm seeing crepe pants now, and I remember buying/wearing these in the 90s, and they would end up shrinking awkwardly in the wash and also developing holes ... part of me wants to save younger women through my lol-experience, but, i feel like, we all need to have these experiences personally in order to really learn

Oh, the short torso thing isn't really a trend

idk there are a bunch of crop tops/sweaters floating around ... and I actually do have a short torso, and I generally don't like them because they end at my waist, and i like being tucked in at the waist, and also, I do things like a normal person does, like stretch, grab things off higher shelves ... though i will wear a crop sweater or cardigan over a shirt that tucks in or a dress, and feel cute.

i'm very short so i love a crop top/sweater

although like sarahell i usually wear a tank top/something underneath to prevent any eyes from reaching my torso flesh/prevent anyone's eyes from burning on account of having laid themselves upon my torso flesh/protect myself from people looking at my torso flesh tbh

but do they hit you at the natural waist, or above, or is it just that the non-crop versions are too long and make you feel like a child playing dress up? (i feel that way about wide leg pants btw)

xp - lol yes ... my torso flesh is a thing needing protection! like, i am less protective of my boobs than my torso flesh

sometimes in the summer at a bbq or something i might let it out but only special occasions

usually the ones i like hit at natural waist; the ones that are like a bra + 2 inches are too short for me -- i have never been able to comfortably flaunt my torso like a fly girl :( that look is cute, just not for me.

that look is cute, just not for me.

same. I have a friend that totally rocks it, but they are like 28 and on T and transitioning

I mean I'm not into the dadcore puffy white sneaker shoes thing but that's not just for women, that's everywhere in hi-fashion right now I think? Not sure who is actually wearing them irl, but since I never make it into Manhattan or anywhere anymore, maybe I'm just not seeing it.

I only know what jr high kids are wearing and that's like 80% stretch leggings as pants with everything.

Leggings have surpassed jeans in popularity. Very weird. Jeans aren't a "staple" anymore. Even I wear non-jeans pants now. Lol

Tbf jeans are not that comfortable for me and never were--unless they're super baggy they definitely inhibit movement and ability to sit comfortably. My ultimate goal is to wear nothing with a waistband ever again.

I used to be very vocal about being able to wear jeans on friday as a corporate reward WAS NOT A REAL REWARD.

Last fall I was at a place where the "charitable giving jeans summer fridays" had just ended and people in my department so questioned whether they could still wear jeans that calls to HR were placed, opining about whether they could get it in writing, going to the department head to confirm, texting the morning of the non-jeans friday to find out what people were wearing, an emergency stop to Anne Taylor to get regular trousers, more texts. It was insanity and completely compelling.

Most of my jeans have some sort of stretch content in them, so they are more comfortable than traditional jeans, except for the pair of Lane Bryant bootcuts that I've had for like 10 years, but the comfort factor there is def due to how long i've had them ... but for "comfort" i don't wear jeans, but leggings or tights with a kneelength or midcalf housedress. Baggy sweaterdresses are also a thing i like.

I love oversized. But re pants: def jeans person. Esp boyfriend ones. Leggings? I only very rarely wear'em with something oversized. Don't like to flash my bum. Lol.

oh, i wear leggings as "cold weather tights" - so always with something over them - agree re bum

same
although i do have a pair of high waisted jeggings that i wear just like normal jeans and if someone recoils from the sight of my body in this garment that's their eyes getting burnt, not mine

i still laugh when i think about the word jeggings.

i laugh at it too! ... omg that reminds me of this time, I had an interview with a new client and i wore a pair of not at all high waisted jeggings because they were at the top of the stack of pants-like-clothing and I had a massive hangover from the night before ... and it was very very awkward ... and those jeggings have summarily been retired and are currently being used as a source of fabric to sew into the gaps of cold shoulder sweaters and knit tops

Thread comes full circle :D

i love circle skirts

Why are women's suits so uniformly terrible?

are you talking all suits or ones w/pants or ...?

Both with skirt and trousers. I saw a super nice menswear styled suit on someone yesterday and it looked so great. Every single time I have had to look at suits it's impossible to find one where they don't try to embellish it with a weird zipper, sleeve, pocket, peplum or fabric.

ha weird sleeves are a "thing" ... i do like peplums tho. ... on a related note, i am seeing a lot of navy & white pinstripes, but no black & white pinstripes ... i've been wanting a good pair of black and white pinstripe pants for a while now.

I like peplums too but not on suit jackets although I probably have a blazer with a peplum. I like suits to be really linear which is a problem when there are boobs involved.

I love pinstripes a lot.

i guess the issue of what fasteners are on the jacket and where/how is key there

Yeah I prefer 3 buttons but that typically does not work with my body. I really really hate those two horizontal buttons they do sometimes. And I also really hate the huge ass decorative buttons they do.

I remember having to get a last minute suit once thinking it wouldn't be an issue, especially in nyc but it was totally an issue. I hit j crew, banana republic, burlington, macys, and I must've hit some weird gap between seasons because there was absolutely nothing that wasn't matronly or full of "pizzazz." I think I finally found a plain black normal skirt suit but it still had a leopard print lining that made me want to barf.

I like jackets that have the buttons higher up -- the ones that have buttons where mens' suits typically do -- tend to lead to unflattering puckering and tightness in the waist and hips. ... i came to the conclusion not that long ago, that the key is less the jacket, and more the skirt or pants and how well it fits in the waist and flows down from there. ... I used to try to make the jacket serve as camouflage for the flaws of the skirt/pants.

basically, if the top and skirt/pants look great, the jacket is kinda like window dressing. I also tend to create a suit out of separates, which might not be appropriate in all situations

I kind of went to the easiness of just wearing a dress with a blazer over it.

I am looking at pics of Katherine Moenning and Gillian Anderson in suits now.

I do not like paperbag trousers. Just a no-no. They look crap on most people.

yeah, if they don't make you look extra fat (like me), they make you look messy.

Exactly. And you have to be tall otherwise you look like a dwarf.

Ugh are paperbag trousers back in "fashion"? Another reason we are living in hell right now.

i have seen them depicted on online shopping sites, so I assume so? ... also, if you failed to buy everything in coral when it came out, now is your chance to buy coral colored everything on clearance

I still watch Project Runway and the newest season is completely different (different host, mentor, workroom, all size models, not just 1-2 non-white token contestants). I am less likely to get angry during the show about designers seeming good because they only design for 5'9" 115 lb women.

It's kind of crazy how long it took for people to put mf'ing pockets in most dresses.

trying to figure out how I feel about short-alls ... I think they are kinda cute?

in the early '90s i had the raddest pair of overall shorts that ever existed. they were the perfect shade of pea green.

In high school I wore denim shortalls all the time with those high concept tights? that were everywhere in the 90s.

yeah same
that is why they are back

I would buy a pair now if I saw some that I like. I am still very into wearing knee high socks with shorts in the fall. It gives a casual appearance of wearing knee high boots without the commitment.

I think Lechera was talking about Macron?

I thought LL was referring to nathom's shitty ex-husband!

i thought she was referring to an ilx poster!

hahahah -- i feel like the boilersuit was a bit more 60s than 70s? I vaguely remember seeing at least one in Weekend by Godard?