Oh, lordy. I think we all make some questionable fashion mistakes. If you didn't....I'm really envious. Or you're lying. {No judging}While I'm not willing to show you pictures of my biggest fashion mistakes (sorry!), I will definitely share them with you.
The first one was perming my hair. I always had nice, shiny hair. But it's stick straight and baby fine. So, my mom's hairdresser convinced me to perm my hair in 6th grade. At first I loved it. It was new and different. I had the ringlets I'd coveted for years. My mistake was letting that hairdresser keep perming my hair for 3 years! By the end, I was just a mop of frizzy grossness. I felt a little like this...
My second ongoing faux pas was indulging in the leggings crazy of the mid 90's. I'm a chubby girl...and hindsight is 20/20. Though, I always kept everything covered up. Now that the leggings/jeggings craze is passing through again, I have some very strong feelings on them.
- No one above a single digit size should EVER been seen in public (this excludes the gym, where it's socially acceptable) wearing leggings/jeggings.
- If you must wear them - always make sure you're wearing a top that covers your private parts. Camel toe isn't pretty, and it's sooo much more than I need to know if you happen to be wearing leggings.
- If they're so thin that you can see through them - you aren't wearing leggings. You're wearing footless tights. Go put on some pants, Princess!
- No stilettos. Just, no. And no socks unless you're wearing boots so you won't see them.
Not this...
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA OMG how did you find this picture?!?!
ReplyDeleteThat is my BIGGEST petpeave! I hate when people mistake footless tights for LEGGINGS!
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ReplyDeleteOh my - that last picture is scary!
ReplyDeletetoo funny about the leggings... I wore them when I was younger.. I would have to so dress them up.. Have a great day..
ReplyDeleteLeggings are NOT pants. People seem to think it's all right to use them as a substitute for actual pants. It's awful. I have a pair and love them, but I wear them under dresses.
ReplyDeleteHey Snail Mail partner...
ReplyDeleteI made the same perm and legging errors. To make matters worse since I'm older than you I wore my leggings were actually stirrup pants and I wore them with colorful flats. OH THE HORROR!
I had a perm too, and my bangs added another 4" to my already tall 5'8" self. Oh how I hope and pray that trend NEVER comes back!
Eek! I totally did the leggings thing too and I REALLY hate thinking about it. I never did get a perm. Which always used to bother me, but now I look at my friends' pictures from the time and sigh with relief.
ReplyDeleteTOTALLY agree on the leggings! I once saw a gal at wal.mart that looked pretty much like the picture with tights! Even when I wear leggings I always make sure my dress is still long enough. I won't even do the sweater tunics with them because a, I think I'm a bit too old for that and b, no one needs to see that!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! Totally agree on the tights/leggings!
ReplyDeletei feel like my comments are disappearing, bc I remember commenting on this and it isn't here anymore.
ReplyDeletei am a chubby girl, and I want to be able to wear leggings. I do wear them under dresses and long tunics, but sometimes it just isn't a good look.
and legging are NOT PANTS!