Forget everything you’ve heard in the style and beauty magazines. Forget everything those celebrities wore, that once was considered the hottest style out there. Fashion trends have had their ups and downs, but a few have been warranted as so bad, they’re ingrained in our memories forever. Here is a count down of the six most infamous fashion trends over the past 30 years.
6) Jeggings
Massive ladies' legwear fail.
The Helen Keller of legwear (and I don’t mean in an inspirational way), jeggings marked a dark time in the fashion industry. Becoming largely popular in 2008, everyone thought jeggings were the best thing to happen and they were just flying off mall racks all over the country. While we don’t discriminate, there is a very small decimal of the population who can actually make jeggings look flattering. If you’re too thin, you run the risk of looking like No Heart and if you’re on the heavy side, well, you know. But if you’re perfect, like flawless body of Athena perfect, then I hope you have enough decency to avoid jeggings all together.
5) Crocs
If Willy Wonka had a tire factory.
There’s not much to say about Crocs other than the hypnotic force they emit that makes people in their right mind think that they’re stylish. There is nothing stylish about Crocs, and yet they still keep coming back. In recent months and years, Crocs have come out with hundreds of different styles from snow boots to sandals, but don’t be fooled. No amount plastic lettering and faux fur is going to make them any better. That is not to say that Crocs don’t have their place in society, so let’s just keep them with gardeners.
4) Mullet
This is only a little bit okay.
Let’s let the noble mullet remain in our hearts, not on our heads. Sure it seemed like a good idea at the time, business in front party in back and whatnot, but it’s all fun and games until someone gets a horrible hair cut. Countless celebrities have publicized the haircut coining it as “original” and “unique.” But we all know the truth. In fact, I believe that the mullet was invented as a sort of social experiment to determine just how far people would go to be similar to celebrities, but the outcome was astronomically devastating.
3) Uggs
Sassy.
There’s a reason they’re called Uggs, and that is because they’re Ugg-ly. Beside the fact that they’re like walking on the clouds of Mt. Olympus and their warmth can only be compared to a warm summer’s day, they are pretty much useless. Silly teeny boppers will usually pair Uggs with leggings (used in the place of pants) with an oversized boyfriend sweatshirt with the hood cut off. Classy.
2) Everything Ed Hardy
This poor girl is too good for these rags.
Unfortunately, unlike the other items on this list, Ed Hardy merchandise has zero redeeming qualities. There is nothing attractive, appealing, or acceptable about Ed Hardy attire. The trashy tattoo-like designs, skulls, roses, and whatever other cliche artwork they can throw in completes the bedazzled and trying-too-hard look of Ed Hardy. No to mention the overused stock sentences such as “Love kills slowly,” which, coincidentally, adorns every angsty teenager’s Facebook status.
1) Shoulder Pads
It's nearly impossible to take them seriously.
There is nothing as unattractive as a lovely young lady trying to look like a pretty linebacker. Shoulder pads are a fate worse than death and they scream, “I’m uncomfortable with my petite figure,” louder than female body builders. In the 80s, shoulder pads were paired with short, tapered skirts and a small waistline, the point being to give the body a geometric shape. As awesome as that sounds, it didn’t turn out that way, in fact it just made everyone’s head looks too small.
