Most peculiar and horrible fashion trends ever to see daylight.
Fake Nipples
These are silicone or plastic nipple forms to be worn by women to make their nipples more noticeable. What ever happened to trying to hide your “pronounced” nipples in public? Many companies have now started offering these sets for about $20.
Cone Shaped Breast Tops
I know Madonna introduced this quite a while ago but this peculiar fashion trend is showing up on the runway and the streets now. Some of the designs are milder than others, some with cones sticking out well over a foot! How do you hug someone while wearing that?
Socks with Sandals
This one doesn't quite make sense; if it's warm enough to wear sandals why do you need the socks? If it's cold enough to wear socks, don't the sandals defeat the purpose?
Extra Pointy High Heels
What is the point of wearing a shoe you can't hardly get your foot into? Many women all over the world have even resorted to undergoing surgery to make their feet better shaped to fit these heels. Ouch! The shoes aren't cheap either, most well know designers can run $400 and up per pair. Double ouch!
Oversized Colorful Feathered Hats
This abnormal fashion trend has been spotted on the runway and at churches all over the country every Sunday. These hats are usually vivid colors with what appears to be a bird or part of a bird perched on top.
Thick Neon Shoestrings
For this disaster, a person would remove the white or black shoe laces that came with their sneakers and replace them with extra thick neon colored strings. The most eye catching part of your outfit should definitely not be your shoelaces.
Shoulder Pads
These pads used to be a staple in every blouse, top, or dress for women available. Overall perspective, women looked more like football players.
Jewelry for Teeth
This catastrophe was accomplished by super gluing small clear or colored rhinestones to someone's front teeth. The expression looked more like braces that glam and ended soon after it started. Recently a new trend in “teeth jewelry” began with the grills. Grills are a formed metal and crystal clad thin object that people place over their teeth. Also, folks can go to the dentist and have their teeth covered in gold or silver and decked out with diamonds.
Good observations, though I admit, I sometimes wear socks with my sandals (the kind that are black, plastic, sporty, but not thongs)
#2 by Tarra B., Feb 3, 2008
To Samara Latent:
Thank you so much for your comment! It is truly appreciated!
#3 by Erica T Barton, Feb 3, 2008
Great article. I never would have guessed.
#4 by EdRoberts, Feb 5, 2008
You have forgotten the codpiece; which was often decorated. Wow! If this ever makes a comeback, it will rival the modern cameltoe - which you also forgot to put on the list...
#5 by EdRoberts, Feb 5, 2008
To be clear, I consider the cameltoe to be a GREAT fashion statement!
#6 by Author, Tarra B., Feb 5, 2008
EdRoberts:
Thank you some much for your input. There are so many ridiculous and outrageous fashion trends and I am sure I have missed many. Maybe I should write a sequel :) Thanks again, Tarra B.
#7 by Double negative police, Feb 14, 2008
"can't hardly"...should be "can hardly" Hope this helps.
#8 by Alexa Gates, Feb 15, 2008
yikes! and some of these fashion things are coming back?
#9 by Morgan, Feb 25, 2008
funny, liked it
#10 by Gerlaine, Feb 28, 2008
I love it. I did not know about the fake nipples. That one made me smile.
