The $100 Question: Tell Schmutzie Which Zombie Fashion Trends Must Die

My goodness, I have seen a few wearing denim leggings, this should not be a staple of anybody's wardrobe!!!

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 Megan Silva

"Big Hair". I have seen some of these models with teased hair just like mine in 1989. Yecch.

has started wearing black rubber bracelets like the ones I used to wear in grammar school

shoulder pads. Why on earth is that becoming fashionable again?

All of them!

god, I can't believe I ever wore those fugly things.

The word "skinny" does not mean they automatically make you look so, my friends. Ugh.

I don;t know why any woman would ever want to look like an inverted pyramid, but the last time it was in, I was in elementary school and I still refused to wear it!

Gauchos.

I won't even describe them. They were also known as 'coolots'...

I used to have a belt--do you remember those stretchy belts with writing on them? It said gauchosgauchosgauchos.

The buckle was two pieces of metal that fit together like a puzzle.

But gauchos are huge for me in terms of nostalgia. Very powerful, like a bomb. I don't think I could emotionally survive a revival of gauchos.

I have seen lots of clothes in the store that now have the hippie tie-dyed patterns on them. I don't think that fashion should come back - life is much different now.

Oh! And the whole wearing your pants hanging halfway down your butt and showing off your underpants is by far the stupidest trend ever. I'm sorry, people, but you don't look like those rappers, you just look stupid! Oh, wait, they look stupid too...

I'm thinking the comeback of the extra wide bell bottom was a BAD idea!

And I still don't get the latest trend of rompers, only certain people can look halfway decent in them. So impractical for real life.

I also hated the little plastic circle with a bar through it that you would slip your t-shirt through so you could cinch it up. I saw a weather lady wearing one on tv a few months ago and couldn't believe my eyes.

wearing multiple pairs of socks at one time so you could stack the colors up your leg.

Leg warmers. Crazy.

That and skinny jeans. Ugh.

Of course, I'd also add that shoulder pads need to be buried and never come back again.

Christina A Mommy Story ( http://amommystory.blogspot.com )

Hammer/parachute pants! Down with parachute pants! Unless, you know, you're actually parachuting.

is my nominee. And in the future, gods forbid the long hobble skirt with a huge slit in the back ever comes back.

I know they are comfortable, but ladies, get a full length mirror. Not many of us really look good in skin tight anything, anywhere.

Adela
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Particularly those spiked, platform heels. Granted, I'm probably biased because I can't walk a step in heels without fear of twisting an ankle.

Definitely, definitely scrunchies.

Tube top.

They do your girls no favors.

Jumpsuits and jeggings (god, what a word - those would be jeans that are leggings, some with stirrups). But not me. Good thing is, I know that I can't wear them, thankfully, even if they do come in my size!

I just want skinny jeans to disappear forever! In the Seventies, they looked okay on the Ramones and pretty much no one else, in the Eighties they "evolved" into leggings which, yes, I wore but not with a ton of joy in my heart. Nowadays, I insist on boot cuts - which are getting harder and harder to find, thanks to the prevalence of the skinnies. This dismays me!

I remember the 80s vividly and the Jane Fonda-esque stirrup pants. Remember those ugly, tight pants? The ones that went under your foot? I wish they would go away forever but unfortunately I see people wearing them again! That is not a trend that should be resurrected.

Ameena Din
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I used to sit in the backs of lecture halls in college and count the bowheads. The shorter the ponytail the larger the bow, too.

I have not paid much attention, either that or I don't get out much, but I did see stirrup pants back. Those made me cringe and run for the hills.

stirrup pants. OH MY GOD, stirrup pants. i fell victim to some particularly heinous magenta ones circa 1986, and... words fail me.

Well, definitely the acid washed jeans. Those were never right. I also hate the skinny jeans. Don't care what decade they're from - they look ridiculous on 99% of the people who wear them.

Amy blogs over at This Northern Life ( http://thisnorthernlife.com ).

Lord, please don't let mom jeans make a comeback.

This is a fairly recent trend...CROCS. Please make them go away! I always thought they were hideous, but people don't seem to agree. Once George Bush was pictured wearing crocs with black socks and shorts, shouldn't that have let people know they were NOT an attractive shoe style? I still see grown women wearing crocs that match their shirts. Sorry, you don't get points for color coordinating. I've heard people say they're good for gardening...well then they should only be seen in your garden, not out at the grocery store, at restaurants, at shopping malls. Please go away, crocs!

You know the thick thick leg warmers...and the matching headbands? Oh please may they never ever see the light of day again. Please.

Skintight, dark wash, zipper-ankled jeans with a zip fly that extends from the waistband in the front, down, under & up to the waistband in the back. Ouch!!!

Skintight, dark wash, zipper-ankled jeans with a zip fly that extends from the waistband in the front, down, under & up to the waistband in the back. Ouch!!!

Stirrup pants. Even worse: stirrup pants made out of shiny shiny spandex.

When will girls learn that leggings do not equal pants?

Painting on a Wall ( http://paintingonawall.blogspot.com )

None of them. Zombie fashion is at least fun, and that's more than I can say for a lot of the hipster trends. Kids take themselves too seriously these days. What ever happened to Pretty in Pink fashion? Why can't I make a hideous pink shoulder-padded prom dress out of a perfectly good 1950's cocktail dress? I ask why not?? :)

Elizabeth blogs at I'm the Boss of Me Now ( http://imthebossofmenow.blogspot.com ) and designs for Quite Clever Jewelry ( http://www.quiteclever.etsy.com ).

Miniskirts so short they don't even cover the "subject."

Hip-hugging bell bottoms. Creepy then, creepy now.

"Don't be content with being average. Average is as close to the bottom as it is to the top."

Drop waist dresses, which probably never looked good on anyone, even those tiny little stick figure girls, of which I was never, ever an example. I had a couple of cotton jersey dresses, tye-dyed, with drop waists. And I *cringe* now thinking about how I wore them to sing in front of a crowd of people.

At the time I thought those sweaters were butt ugly so why then am I and all my friends wearing similarly hideous knitwear in all our high school yearbook pictures?

I can live through cutting effing shoulder pads out of EVERYTHING- even in the 80s as a TWEEN I knew better- but I cannot stomach the hair. Please people, no 80s hair. Please & thanks.

WHY...someone please tell me...WHY am I see LEGWARMERS in stores again??!!

What does it take? Wooden stakes? Silver bullets? Beheading?

I don't care - I'll do it.

This is an unspeakable evil.

This isn't from the 80s, but I can't believe the guys' pants that hang so far down you wonder why they don't just go ahead and FALL down are still around (?)

Nancy

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I really hate Parachute Pants, but I do love me some Cargo Pants. No, these are not cut from the same cloth. I don't even understand why the were invented.

from bell bottoms. I just really despise them.

My hair never worked in the stupid clips, and I was an outcast because of it.

I don't want to spend any more of my life cutting shoulder pads out of shirts and jackets.

After nursing three kids for 6 consecutive years, I'd be happy if I never saw another flipping pocket label. You know those little princess sleeve blouses that had Members Onlyish labels on them? Maybe it wasn't a style, maybe it was just a nightmare. I just do not need anything announcing the Picassoesque state of my rack.
Amanda
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I am basically pretty ignorant about fashion but I would really really like to see the current trend of wearing extremely high heels go away.

Cathy  R.